Aslim Taslam

Aslim Taslam () is a phrase meaning "accept Islam and you will be saved".Abidullah Ghazi & Tasneema K Ghazi, Teachings of Our Prophet: A selection of Hadith for Children, IQRA International Education, p. 3. that is taken from the letters sent by the Islamic prophet Muhammad to various kings and rulers in which he urged them to convert to Islam.Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 196by Khaled Abu Toameh September 18, 2006
==Letters of Muhammad==
Muhammad, according to the usually told Islamic historiography, sent ambassadors with such letters to Heraclius the emperor of Byzantium, Chosroes II the emperor of Persia, the Negus of Ethiopia,by Sajida M Muqawqis the ruler of Egypt, Harith Gassani the governor of Syria and Munzir ibn Sawa the ruler of Bahrain. The account as transmitted by Muslim historians reads as followsNadia Maria El-Cheikh, "Muhammad and Heraclius: A Study in Legitimacy", Studia Islamica, No. 89. (1999), p. 5-21.
===Western Translation===
===Arabic Translation===
The letter to Chosroes II is similar except that it refers to Magians instead of the Arisiyin.Gerrit Jan Reinink, Rijksuniversiteit Te Groningen, "The Reign of Heraclius (610-641): crisis and confrontation", Peeters Publishers (2002), ISBN 9042912286, p. 125-128.
==Similar Letters of Leaders from Muslim countries==
On September 17, 2006, in response to the Pope Benedict XVI Islam controversy, characterized by Gazan clerics as "the result of his hatred for Islam and not the result of ignorance." one of them, Sheikh Imad Hamato, called on the pope to "repent and ask for forgiveness" and said: "We want to use the words of the Prophet Muhammad and tell the pope: aslim taslam." 
In May 2006, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, sent a similar letter to US President George W. Bush saying aslim taslam. 
Henryk M. Broder, Hurra, wir kapitulieren! Von der Lust am Einknicken (“Hurray, we are capitulating! About the lust to bend over backwards”,) Berlin 2006, pp. 71-90 
Osama bin Laden sent a handful of such letters both to America and to Europe saying aslim taslam
Bruce Lawrence, Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama Bin Laden, London/New York 2005
American-born Al Qaeda Muslim convert Adam Gadahn sent a video to the American people and said aslim taslam.September 2, 2006
Egyptian Cleric Hassan Abu Al-Ashbal issued a similar statement aslim taslam to President Barack Obama.
November 27, 2009November 27, 2008
Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia spokesperson, Ismail Yusanto said to Nikolas van Dam, the Dutch ambassador for Indonesia that the Dutch government is responsible for the Fitna (film) of Geert Wilders and said aslim taslam.
April 4, 2008
==Critical responses==
In response to the aslim taslam invitation to submit to Islam, the Italian author and journalist Oriana Fallaci asserted the rejoinder "lan astaslem" () meaning "I will never surrender/I will never submit/I will never be a Muslim".Oriana Fallaci, The Rage and The Pride (La Rabbia e l'Orgoglio), 2001. 
 by Michelle Malkin September 15, 2006 Michelle Malkin has taken up this slogan as a response to the WTC terrorist attacks by Michelle Malkin September 11, 2006
 by Michelle Malkin September 11, 2006
 by Michelle Malkin September 11, 2008
==See also==
*Iyyakum wajahannam
*Dawah
*WikiBook: Learn Arabic
*Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic
*Glossary of Islamic terms in Arabic
==References==
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Category:Islamic history
Category:Muhammad
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Category:Separation of church and state
Category:Conversion to Islam