1. Nabeel Qureshi, Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward, Michigan, 2016, page 29

2. Lane, Edward William, An Arabic English Lexicon. London, Willums and Norgate, 1863 CE, available online at: http://www.tyndalearchive.com/TABS/Lane/

3. Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Book of Asking Permission, Chapter: To Greet Everybody [http://sunnah.com/bukhari/79/10]

4. The Holy Quran, 5:17

5. The Holy Quran, 6:128

6. The Holy Quran, 37:80

7. The Holy Quran, 59:24

8. The Holy Quran, 2:113

9. Ā’ina-e-Kamālāt-e-Islām, Rūḥānī Khazā’in, volume 5, pages 57-58

10. The Holy Quran, 2:257

11. National Peace Conference 2015, Baitul Futūh Mosque, London

12. Answering Jihad, page 30

13. Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, The Book of Jihad [http://sunnah.com/riyadussaliheen/12/67]

14. https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul13.html

15. The Holy Quran, 8:62

16. The Holy Quran, 2:191

17. The Holy Quran, 16:127

18. The Holy Quran, 9:4

19. The Holy Quran, 5:9

20. Sunan Abī Dā’ūd, Book of Jihad, Chapter: Regarding Calling Idolators to Islam [http://sunnah.com/abudawud/15/138]

21. The Holy Quran, 8:68

22. The Holy Quran, 47:5

23. The Holy Quran, 3:8-9

24. The Holy Quran, 22:40-41

25. Transmitted by Ibn Isḥāq as given in Al-Bidāyah, volume III, page 72

26. Ma’mar ibn Rashid: The Expeditions (‘Kitāb al-Maghāzī’) – An Early Biography of Muhammadsa, page 67

27. The Holy Quran, 60:9

28. Sunan Nasā’ī, The Book of Jihad, Chapter: The Obligation Of Jihad [http://sunnah.com/nasai/25/2]

29. Key points taken from the the address at the 11th National Peace Symposium by His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaa, Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community [http://www.alislam.org/egazette/articles/keynote-address-at-the-11th-national-peace-symposium/]

30. Answering Jihad, page 31

31. Life and Character of the Seal of Prophetssa, volume 1, page 192

32. The Holy Quran, 2:217

33. Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Military Expeditions led by the Prophetsa (Al-Maghaazi), Chapter: The Ghazwa of Al-Fath during Ramadhan [http://sunnah.com/bukhari/64/310]

34. Life and Character of the Seal of Prophetssa, volume 2, page 52

35. De Lacy O’ Lear, Islam at the Crossroads, London, 1923, page 8

36. The Holy Quran, 16:126

37. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/aug/20/uksecurity.terrorism1 [Retrieved Friday, April 15, 2016]

38. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/08/two-british-men-admit-linking-extremist-group-syria [Retrieved Saturday, April 16, 2016]

39. http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/intl_world/amanpour-didier-francois/ [Retrieved April 10, 2016]

40. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/paris-attacks-fugitive-isis-gunman-was-thought-be-rent-boy-who-visited-gay-bars-1529974 [Retrieved April 10, 2016]

41. Author Jurgen Todenhofer, who lived with IS for 10 days, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-36035409 [Retrieved Saturday, April 16, 2016]

42. Sunan Ibn Mājah, Book of Tribulations, Chapter: The tribulation of Dajjal, the emergence of ‘Īsā bin Mariamas and the emergence of Gog and Magog [http://sunnah.com/ibnmajah/36/153]

43. Masnad Aḥmad

44. Sunan Ibn Mājah, Book of Tribulations, Chapter: The appearance of the Mahdi [http://sunnah.com/ibnmajah/36/159]

45. Sunan Dār Qutnī, vol. 1, Bāb Salātul Kusūf wal-Khusūf

46. Recorded statements of Prophet Muhammadsa in books such as Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī

47. Our Teaching, page 17 [http://www.reviewofreligions.org/240/our-teaching-2/]

48. Ibid., page 21

49. Answering Jihad, page 16

50. Conditions of Bai‘at and Responsibilities of an Aḥmadī, page 77

51. Ishtihār (The Announcement), May 29, 1898. Majmū‘ah Ishtihārāt, volume 3, pages 46–48

52. The Holy Quran, 24:56

53. Masnad Aḥmad

54. World Crisis and the Pathway to Peace: A Compilation of Speeches and Letters of His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaa, Imam and the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, and Fifth Successor to the the Promised Messiahas. Source: [http://www.alislam.org/library/books/World-Crisis-and-Pathway-to-Peace.pdf]

55. For details see http://www.muslimsforhumanity.org.uk/ and http://www.muslimsforpeace.org/

56. http:/trueislam.com/eleven-points/

57. The Holy Quran, 22:79

58. Answering Jihad, page 38

59. The Holy Quran, 25:53

60. The Holy Quran, 29:70

61. The Holy Quran, 5:106

62. Jāmi‘ At-Tirmidhī, The Book on Virtues of Jihad, Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Virtue Of The One Who Dies Guarding The Frontier From The Enemy [http://sunnah.com/tirmidhi/22/3]

63. Ruddul Mukhtār ‘alad Durrul Mukhtār, Al-Juz Ar-Rābi‘, page 120

64. The Holy Quran, 22:40

65. The Holy Quran, 9:13

66. The Holy Quran, 2:191

67. The Holy Quran, 16:127

68. The Holy Quran, 2:192

69. The Holy Quran, 2:194

70. Anjām-e-Ātham, Rūḥānī Khazā’in, volume 11, page 37

71. British Government and Jihad, page 23

72. Answering Jihad, page 38

73. Hadīqatus Ṣāliḥīn, page 852; also, Mishkāt, Kitābul ‘Ilm

74. Malfūẓāt, volume 2, page 129; also, Review of Religions, March 2010, page 21

75. Ibid., pg. 8

76. Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Book of Oppressions

77. British Government and Jihad, page 26

78. The Holy Quran, 21:108

79. The Holy Quran, 17:83

80. The Holy Quran, 2:257

81. The Holy Quran, 18:30

82. The Holy Quran, 4:138

83. The Holy Quran, 109:1-7

84. The Holy Quran, 3:65

85. The Holy Quran, 16:126

86. Life of Muhammadsa, page 194

87. Life of Muhammadsa, pages 197-198

88. Life of Muhammadsa, page 253

89. Life of Muhammadsa, page 253

90. Malfūẓāt, volume 3, pages 176-7

91. The British Government and Jihad, pg. 14-15

92. The Holy Quran, 2:55

93. Mufridātul Quran, page 393

94. The Holy Quran Experiment. (2016). YouTube. Retrieved 27 March 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEnWw_lH4tQ

95. Gun makers design rifle with Bible verse on side to repel Muslims. (2015). Mail Online. Retrieved 27 March 2016, from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3221602/Florida-gun-makers-design-assault-rifle-Bible-verse-cross-etched-repel-Muslim-terrorists.html

96. The Holy Quran, 4:30

97. The Holy Quran, 2:196

98. Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Book of Funerals, Chapter: What is said about committing suicide [http://sunnah.com/bukhari/23/118]

99. Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Book of Military Expeditions led by Prophet Muhammadsa, Chapter: Ghazwa of Khaibar [http://sunnah.com/bukhari/64/243]

100. Lipka, M., & Lipka, M. (2015). Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world. Pew Research Center. Retrieved 27 March 2016, from http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/12/07/muslims-and-islam-key-findings-in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world/

101. The Holy Quran, 3:111

102. Answering Jihad, page 43

103. The Holy Quran 2:191

104. Sunan Abī Dā’ūd, Book of Jihad, Chapter: Regarding Killing Women [http://sunnah.com/abudawud/15/193]

105. Life and Character of the Seal of Prophetssa, volume 2, page 103

106. Ibid.

107. Ibid., page 106

108. Ibid.

109. Ibid.

110. The Holy Quran, 2:218

111. Life and Character of the Seal of Prophetssa, page 107-8

112. Sunan Abū Dā’ūd, Book of Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership, Chapter: How Were The Jews Expelled From Al-Madīnah? [http://sunnah.com/abudawud/20]

113. Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, The Book of Prophets, Chapter: The death of Mūsāas [http://sunnah.com/bukhari/60/81]

114. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book of Jihad and Expeditions, Chapter: The Battle of Dhū Qarad and other battles [http://sunnah.com/muslim/32/160]

115. Life of Muhammadsa, page 222

116. The Holy Quran, 9:5

117. The Holy Qur’an with English Translation and Commentary, volume 2, page 864

118. See Arabic-English Lexicon by Lane, under the word, ba-ra-aa, meaning, “Free from it; namely a fault, defect, imperfection, blemish, or vice; and also followed by min-hu, clear, or quit of it…”

119. The Holy Quran, 9:1 (Translation of Sir Zafrullah Khanra)

120. The Holy Quran, 9:128

121. The Holy Quran, 18:7

122. The Holy Quran, 56:80

123. Jāmi‘ At-Tirmidhī, Abwābu Tafsīril-Quran, Bābu mā jā‘a filladhī yufassirul Qur’āna bi-ra’yihī [http://sunnah.com/urn/739320]

124. Recipients of divine revelation who are not Prophets. Singular is Muḥaddath

125. Blessings of Prayer, pages 27-30

126. http://www.soebratie.nl/religie/hadith/IbnSad.html (293-294 of 471)

127. The Holy Quran, 4:125

128. The Holy Quran, 16:98

129. The Holy Quran, 46:16

130. Sunan Ibn Mājah, The Chapters on Marriage; Also narrated in Jāmi‘ At-Tirmidhi (Vol. 1, Book 7, Hadith 1162) [http://sunnah.com/urn/1262960]

131. Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Book of Belief, Chapter: The statement of Prophet Muhammadsa: Religion is An-Naṣīḥah (to be sincere and true) to Allah, to His Messengersa, to the Muslim rulers, and to all the Muslims [http://sunnah.com/bukhari/2/49]

132. Sunan An-Nasā’ī, The Book of Jihad, Chapter: Concession Allowing One Who Has A Mother To Stay Behind [http://sunnah.com/nasai/25/20]

133. Al-Ādāb Al-Mufrad, Book of Parents, Chapter: Dutifulness to One’s Father [http://sunnah.com/adab/1/5]

134. Narrated by Al-Ḥākim in Al-Mustadrak 4/177, Kitāb al-birr wa’l-silah

135. Jāmi‘ At-Tirmidhī, Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives, Chapter: What Has Been Related About Spending on Daughters And Sisters [http://sunnah.com/tirmidhi/27/18]

136. Al-Ādāb Al-Mufrad, Book of General Behaviour, Chapter: The punishment for outrage [http://sunnah.com/adab/38/7]

137. Sunan Ibn Mājah, Book of Etiquette, Chapter: Honoring one's father and being kind to daughters [http://sunnah.com/ibnmajah/33/12]

138. Al-Ādāb Al-Mufrad, Book of Guests and Spending, Chapter: A man spending on his family [http://sunnah.com/adab/32/6]

139. Life of Muhammadsa, page 229-230

140. Homicides, firearm offences and intimate violence 2009/10: Supplementary volume 2 to Crime in England and Wales 2009/10. Home Office, 2011.

141. Finney, Andrea. Alcohol and intimate partner violence: key findings from the research. London: Home office, 2004. Also see: Office for National Statistics (February 2013), ‘Focus on: Violent Crime and Sexual Offences, 2011/12’, p. 20, Table 7.11

142. Institute of Alcohol Studies; Alcohol, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault

143. The Holy Quran, 4:35

144. See article by Maulānā Mubarik Ahmad Tanveer (Missionary, Germany), published in Mahnāmah Akhbār Ahmadiyya Germany, Sept.-Oct. 2014, pages 3-4

145. Sunan At-Tirmidhī, The Book on Suckling, Chapter: What has been related about a woman’s rights over her husband

146. Tafsīr At-Ṭibrī, Tafsīr Surāh An-Nisā’, Al-qaulu fi ta’wīlihī qaulahū Ta’ālā waḍribūhunna

147. The Holy Quran, 3:8-9

148. The Holy Quran, 30:22

149. The Holy Quran, 4:20

150. Sunan Abī Dā’ūd, Book of Marriage, Chapter: The Rights Of A Woman Upon Her Husband [http://sunnah.com/abudawud/12/99]

151. Sunan Abī Dā’ūd, Book of Marriage, Chapter: Regarding Chastisement of Women [http://sunnah.com/abudawud/12/101]

152. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book of Pilgrimage, Chapter The Hajj of the Prophetsa [http://sunnah.com/muslim/15/159]

153. The Holy Quran, 3:32

154. The Holy Quran, 59:8

155. Sunan Ibn Mājah, The Chapters on Marriage; Also narrated in Jāmi‘ At-Tirmidhi (Vol. 1, Book 7, Hadith 1162) [http://sunnah.com/urn/1262960]

156. Sunan Ibn Mājah, The Chapters on Marriage [http://sunnah.com/urn/1263030]

157. The Holy Quran, 4:129

158. The Holy Quran, 4:36

159. The Holy Quran, 2:230

160. Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Book of Divorce, Chapter: Al-Khul' and how a divorce is given according to it [http://sunnah.com/bukhari/68/22]

161. Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Book of Divorce, Chapter: Al-Khul' and how a divorce is given according to it [http://sunnah.com/bukhari/68/24]

162. Numbers 27:8-9

163. The Holy Quran, 4:20

164. Exodus 21:7-8 (New Living Translation)

165. Leviticus 21:9 (King James Version)

166. Deuteronomy 22:23-24 (New Living Translation)

167. Colossians 3:18

168. Timothy 2:12

169. The Holy Quran, 33:36

170. The Holy Quran, 4:20

171. The Holy Quran, 2:230

172. The Holy Quran, 4:30

173. The Holy Quran 2:188

174. The Holy Quran, 4:37

175. Sunan Ibn Mājah, Book of Etiquette, Chapter: Beneficence Towards Slaves [http://sunnah.com/ibnmajah/33/34]

176. The Holy Quran, 90:13-14

177. The Holy Quran, 2:178

178. Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book of Emancipating Slaves, Chapter: The virtue of manumitting slaves [http://sunnah.com/muslim/20/26]

179. Islam and Slavery, page 25

180. Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Book of Sales and Trade, Chapter: The sin of a person who sells a free man [http://sunnah.com/bukhari/34/174]

181. The Holy Quran, 24:34

182. The Holy Quran, 8:68

183. The Holy Quran, 47:5

184. The Holy Quran, 16:127

185. Chashma-e-Ma‘arifat, pages 244-5 [as translated in Islam and Slavery, pages 58-9]

186. Answering Jihad, page 76

187. Zakāt refers to money every Muslim is required to donate, prescribed at 2.5% of assets kept throughout the year.

188. Tafsīr-e-Kabīr, volume 6, page 130

189. Ephesians 6:5

190. Titus 2:9

191. Exodus 21:20-21

192. Sunan Ibn Mājah, Book of Etiquette, Chapter: Beneficence Towards Slaves [http://sunnah.com/ibnmajah/33/34]

193. Al-Ādāb Al-Mufrad, Book of Being a Master, Chapter: Disciplining the servant [http://sunnah.com/adab/9/16]

194. Sunan Abī Dā’ūd, Book of General Behavior, Chapter: Regarding the rights of slaves [http://sunnah.com/abudawud/43/396]

195. See full text of the speech here: https://www.alislam.org/books/shariah/index.html

196. Ibid.

197. 2:256

198. The Holy Quran, 88:22-23

199. The Holy Quran, 16:91

200. The Holy Quran, 5:9

201. The Holy Quran, 5:39

202. The Holy Quran, 18:7

203. The Holy Quran, 9:128

204. Paraphrased from an audio answer of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmadrh: http://www.askislam.org/society/correction_and_rehabilitation/question_118.html

205. Jāmi‘ At-Tirmidhī, Chapters on Zuhd, Chapter: What Has Been Related About 'The World Is A Prison For The Believer And A Paradise For The Disbeliever [http://sunnah.com/tirmidhi/36/21]

206. Paraphrased from an audio answer of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmadrh: http://www.askislam.org/society/correction_and_rehabilitation/question_179.html

207. http://www.askislam.org/society/correction_and_rehabilitation/question_963.html

208. The Holy Quran, 18:30

209. The Holy Quran, 10:109

210. The Holy Quran, 2:257

211. The Holy Quran, 4:141

212. The Holy Quran, 6:69

213. The Holy Quran, 63:9

214. Saḥīḥ Muslim, The Book of the Merits of the Companions, Chapter: The Virtues Of 'Umarra [https://sunnah.com/muslim/44/37]

215. Essence of Islam, Volume 2, page 25

216. The Holy Quran, 2:201, Sir Zafrullah Khanra translation

217. Gen 35:5

218. Gen 35:11-12

219. The Holy Quran, 7:200

220. The Holy Quran, 42:41

221. The Holy Quran, 5:9

222. The Holy Quran, 8:62

223. The Holy Quran, 10:58

224. The Holy Quran, 15:89

225. The Holy Quran, 17:83

226. The Holy Quran, 3:111

227. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/violence-more-common-in-bible-than-Quran-text-analysis-reveals-a6863381.html

228. http://odintext.com/blog/text-analysis-Quran-bible-3of3/

229. Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya, Part III, pages 179-180