There is no justification for the killing of non-Muslims, no justification whatsoever

By Yassir Qahi

So, the leader of the Pakistan Taliban, the 'masterminds' of the gruesome, deadly, inhumane and barbaric attack on over a hundred schoolchildren has released a video explaining why he wanted to kill the innocent and pure souls.

WATCH the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo2X1dqRctk

Allah is my witness, I swear I feel disgusted even looking at him much less publicising his voice. But I have a higher motive. I want you to listen carefully to his arguments and justifications, and realize that these are EXACTLY the same arguments that Da’esh (Islamic State of Iraq and Levant), al-Qaeda and other groups use to justify their gruesome killings of innocents people.
As I have said before, when you open the door to extremism, it will only get worse, and those whom you considered extremists (e.g., al-Qaeda) will become innocent pacifists when you compare them to the next splinter group (eg., Daesh), and just when you thought it couldn't get worse, you realize you were wrong all along, and that it is possible to get fanatics who are simply beyond the scale of human understanding (eg., Pakistan Taliban).
For the hundred thousandth time, we are all in agreement that American foreign policy in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, etc., is inhumane, barbaric, and murderous. No one is justifying or supporting them. (Still, in the comments, we will get internet-jihadists who claim that I support American invasions...talk about being deaf, dumb and blind!).
But our religion teaches us that we cannot just randomly kill innocents in retaliation for the wrong done to us.
I reiterate: opening this door WILL lead to acts like those of the Pakistan Taliban.
"Fight for the sake of Allah those who have fought you, but do not go beyond the bounds, for Allah does not love those who go beyond the bounds." (Al-Quran 2:190).
An innocent soul, such as (as per explicit hadith) a woman, a child, a worshipper, and (based on qiyas) in our times a civilian, is simply off-limits. No “ifs”, “ands”, or “buts” about it.

May Allah guide us to act with wisdom and maturity, and save us from ever using His beautiful religion to spread evil and bloodshed in this world, even if people are unjustly killing us (Muslims).

~Yassir Qadhi is is an American Muslim scholar and writer of Pakistani descent and he is Dean of Academic Affairs at the Al-Maghrib Institute, an Islamic educational institution. He has written books and has lectured on Islam and contemporary Muslim issues. A 2011 New York Times Magazine essay described Qadhi as "one of the most influential conservative clerics in American Islam".