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Ahhhh, the operative word here is “OFFENSE” which can mean anything that happens to bother a Muslim no matter how trivial it may be. Say I wear a cross around my neck in Saudi Arabia and you can see it, although this is a trivial thing it is forbidden in that country. Openly reading the Holy Scriptures in public is also forbidden although it certainly is not really hurting anyone. Can church bells be rung to call Christians to prayer? How about Christian clergy wearing their clerical robes in public. These are very small trivial things but is blown out of proportion by those who feel “OFFENDED”.
So, your statement above is really pointless unless you tie down exactly what is an offense.
"Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Apostle have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection.
And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them" (Quran Sura 9:29-30)
Enmity and hatred will reign between us until ye believe in Allah alone." (60:4)
“Make war on them until idolatory does not exist any longer and Allah’s religion reigns universally.” (8:39) (2:193)
Some quotes from Muslim scholars S.A.A. Maududi and A.H. Siddiqi in “Jihad in Islam” :
“Islam wishes to destroy all States and Governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and program of Islam. Islam requires the earth - not just a portion.”
“[Muhammad taught:] Wage war for the sake of Allah. Kill whoever denies Him.”
“Jihad has been made obligatory on every Muslim . . . and in His [Allah’s] eyes avoidance of Jihad is the greatest sin.”
Each Muslim should have an ambition for martyrdom, be a lover of death. Every martyr shall have seventy deer-eyed houris as his consorts.
[and,] “Jihad shall continue until the Day of Judgment.”
Hadith:
‘O Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and hypocrites and deal rigorously with them; their home shall be Hell’ (IX.73).
‘O believers, fight the infidels who dwell around you, and deal rigorously with them’ (IX.124).
‘Do not yield to unbelievers, but strive against them in a strenuous Jihad’ (XXV.54).
‘Fight for the cause of Allah with the devotion due to Him’ (XXII.77).
'Whether unarmed or well-equipped, march on and fight for the cause of Allah with your wealth and your person’s (IX.41).
what kind of love, respect, equal rights do you expect from a cult?