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HOSTILITY TO ISLAM
It is not strange or surprising that Islam has enemies
and fighters, as from the first time the Prophet Mohammad
(PBUH) spoke out concerning his call, and started spreading
its contents among his family and tribe, he was addressed
by all who considered it a threat for their position and found
in its principles what hampers their interests or limits their
control. If hostility to Islam mostly came from unbelievers
in Islam, it does not preclude that some who claim believing
in Islam are enemies of it since they distort speech about its
real meaning. These are the hypocrites whomAllah warned
the Holy Prophet against and cautioned him regarding their
risk and on top of them those who aim at sedition in doing
what is similar to the content of the Holy Quran Verses;
they are those whom the Holy Quran talked about in the
Holy Verse No.(7) in Surat Aal-i-Imraan:
"It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muhammad], the