it of its resources.

Western civilization—along with its military strategy and its militant intellectual bent—rests on nothing but bloodshed and the dismemberment of innocent victims who possess neither power nor strength.

It is a policy founded on the Pharaoh’s dictum: “I show you only what I see, and I guide you only to the path of right guidance” (Quran 40:29).

It is a policy that seizes minds and freedoms—“Whoever is not with us is against us”—and is like a malignant tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, with no firm root.

By contrast, Islam’s rules of war, its legislation on jihad, and its humane civilization are the exact opposite of the wars waged by its adversaries.

Its banner and cloak are peace and peaceful coexistence; and when it does fight, it is solely in self-defense or in defense of its call, so that there be no persecution and religion