Re: Those who do not obey shall be destroyed

Gary Pupurs <[email protected]>
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At 01:10 PM 9/24/2001 -0400, Bijan Parsia wrote:
>http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/hamas.htm
>
>Promising, but article seven:
>
>"Moreover, if the links have been distant from each other and if
>obstacles, placed by those who are the lackeys of Zionism in the way of
>the fighters obstructed the continuation of the struggle, the Islamic
>Resistance Movement aspires to the realisation of Allah's promise, no
>matter how long that should take. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant
>him salvation, has said:
>
>"The Day of Judgement will not come about until Moslems fight the Jews
>(killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The
>stones and trees will say O Moslems, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me,
>come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, (evidently a certain kind of
>tree) would not do that because it is one of the trees of the
>Jews." (related by al-Bukhari and Moslem)."

Can anyone confirm that this is indeed a passage attributed to The Prophet 
(I assume, Mohammed) ?  And maybe offer some context, if there is any?

 From what I know of Islam (admittedly novice), this doesn't sound 
right.  Perhaps it's a very bad translation to English in order to fit 
certain purposes?

-g
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