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>>14831551
Warfare is terrorism. Terrorist is just a pejorative for non state partisan

>>14726906
Terrorists, you say?

>>14651188
>he can have all the wives he wants
No, it doesn’t say that, I already addressed this.

>he can have all the female slaves he wants
Any Muslim can, provided she is enslaved in a halal way (through jihad). You are free to have sex with her, however her chastity is protected (24:33). She and slaves in general must be clothed and fed as well as their masters are (Sahih Muslim 4092). If she converts, she cannot be a concubine and you must marry her. If she bears a child, she cannot be sold, and must be either freed or supported as a lifetime concubine and becomes free upon your death; all her children with her master are legally free and legitimate.

>he’s always right
That’s not true at all, verses 8:67-68 are the voice of Allah ﷻ sharply rebuking Muhammad’s ﷺ actions. The Prophet ﷺ is completely correct on doctrine and the paragon of men, the superlative man, but he was still a man, he made mistakes. By calling him “perfect” we don’t mean infallible or inerrant, just that none of his teachings were false and his is the nonpareil of humanity.

>forbid paintings, poetry, music
He forbid iconography (including depictions of prophets), not painting in general. Although what qualifies as iconography is disputed, it’s universally held to include any depiction of prophets; stricter interpretations hold it be any depiction of humans or animals (anything visibly animate), others simply lifelike, realistic depiction (which normally actually excludes photography as that’s generally ruled as a reflection, although not all say photography is halal, Islamqa for example does not), but photography too can be considered iconography in some contexts, especially in veneration of leaders, in which case it is haram). Poetry was certainly never forbidden, many chapters of the Qur’an, including those used in prayer, are literally rhyming poetry. Music for dancing or using musical instruments is forbidden, singing (if done by men) is not if the lyrics aren’t sinful, also some schools permit percussion instruments accompanying singing; dancing is permitted if it’s just with your spouse, or not in the presence of the opposite sex, men and women often celebrate a wedding by dancing, just in a sex-segregated way. Now while we’re on this subject, there is a western misconception that Islamic calligraphy was used to get around injunctions against art. This is simply false, the very strictest opinion (and this is what I follow) is that animate beings cannot be depicted in detail, but if their face or hands are not detailed, and the picture doesn’t adore a place of honor, it is permitted. Abstract depictions are universally halal and always have been, this was true from the beginning.

Islamic ballet (note women can dress more freely before puberty): https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/24/ballet-school-for-muslim-kids-uses-poetry-instead-of-music-for-performances-10974080/amp/