Regarding Islam and the Koran - what does the Koran say about "killing your enemies?"?

Answer 1

,"Fight and slay the pagans (infidels) wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war." - Sura 9:5

"Prophet, make war on unbelievers and hypocrites, and deal rigorously with them." - Sura 9:73

"Let not the unbelievers think they will ever get away. They have not the power to do so. Muster against them all the men and cavalry at your command, so that you may strike terror into the enemy of God and your enemy... Prophet, (Muhammed) rouse the faithful to arms! If they (the non-Muslims) incline to peace (accept Islam) make peace with them." - Sura 8:59

"If they reject your judgement, know that it is Allah's wish to scourge them for their sins." - Sura 5:49

"Believers (Muslims), take neither Jews nor Christians to be your friends: they are friends with one another. Whoever of you seeks their friendship shall become one of their number, and God does not guide (those Jewish and Christian) wrong-doers." - Sura 5:51



EVERYONE who refuses to SUBMIT becomes the Enemy!

Answer 2

I dont know what Koran says about enemies. But Koran regards all people of other religions as enemies and asks the muslims to wage war on non-muslims.

Koran is very intolerant of other religions. It asks the muslims to convert all the non-muslims into muslims by waging a holy war called Jihad.

This is how the Jihad works...........
In India millions of Hindus have been tortured and killed in a brutal manner by the muslim emperors who came from the middle east, since many of them refused to accept islam. Some of them have taken to islam for fear of life. 99% of todays muslim population today in India have ancestors who where hindus before the barbarian attacks of the muslim foreigners.

Answer 3

Today I viewed the video of muslims killing an American Christian. It was so brutal and cold blooded. And they call them selves Gods Children ?? Boy somewhere along the line they must have read it backwards. The slaying of this man was horrible. I have never seen a video so grafic and sinful. If they think this is what God would want, then they are 100% wrong. No wonder when I went to help a muslim women in the parking lot, she would not look at me and acted as if I was filth. They don't know me. I am a good person and along with millions of other Americans. Who are they to judge me ? I have never done anything wrong other then to help and befriend them. This video I viewed today, was awful. Animals shouldn't even be butchered the way this man was. It was as cold blooded as cold blooded can be. All of us Citizens in the United States need to become strongly United. We don't need this crap over here. They can go home and take it all with them. Look at the video, called beheaded. It makes me not only sad to think a human could be killed like this, But I am Mad !!

Answer 4

HA, why can't WHYNOTASKDON put a complete succession of ayats instead of breaking it up into little pieces to take it out of text? It says one may only have war in self defense or against aggression. He is a complete succesion of ayats (sections) separated.

190] You may fight in the cause of GOD against those who attack you, but do not aggress. GOD does not love the aggressors.

[2:191] You may kill those who wage war against you, and you may evict them whence they evicted you. Oppression is worse than murder. Do not fight them at the Sacred Masjid, unless they attack you therein. If they attack you, you may kill them. This is the just retribution for those disbelievers.

[2:192] If they refrain, then GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

[2:193] You may also fight them to eliminate oppression, and to worship GOD freely. If they refrain, you shall not aggress; aggression is permitted only against the aggressors.

[2:194] During the Sacred Months, aggression may be met by an equivalent response. If they attack you, you may retaliate by inflicting an equitable retribution. You shall observe GOD and know that GOD is with the righteous.

[2:195] You shall spend in the cause of GOD; do not throw yourselves with your own hands into destruction. You shall be charitable; GOD loves the charitable.


PS: Muslims don't consider Christians, Jews, or any religion that worships One God, or anyone whom doesn't have a religion but believes in One God to be an infidel. Infidels are pagans.

Answer 5

I never read the Quran, but I worked overseas in a Muslim country. For one thing, there are different interpretations of the teachings, just like with Christianity and the Bible. My experience is that they don't consider killing an "Infidel" a sin, and an Infidel is anyone who isn't Muslim. Just my two cents.

Answer 6

No idea, but since both Islam & Christianity are based on the Jewish bible, i can only guess it says pretty much the same thing. Wipe them out of the face of the earth.

Maybe i'm wrong. I sure hope so.

Answer 7

Pretty much the same as the bible does. Christianity and Islam are both from Judaism and they all speak of violence.

Answer 8

It says fight those who fight you but do not pass limits. Do not be a transgressor.

Answer 9

It is very easily interpreted to encourage killing nonbelievers until they convert.

Answer 10

Here's a part I've written to talk about Islam's attitude towards war and killing in general. It's a bit long, but thorough - i hope. You can check out my msn space, given below, for other misperceptions of islam.

War is abominable, but sometimes necessary. World War II required that Nazism be confronted. Any nation which advocates justice could not have stood idly by and watched this dangerous threat lead to the deaths of millions of innocent, undeserving people. Hitler’s regime had to be thwarted. “If God did not drive some back by means of others the earth would be completely corrupt, but God is bountiful to all.” 2:251 “Those who have been attacked are permitted to take up arms because they have been wronged – God has the power to help them – those who have been driven unjustly from their homes only for saying, ‘Our Lord is God.’ If God did not repel some people by means of others, many monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, where God’s name is much invoked, would have been destroyed. God is sure to help those who help His cause – God is strong and mighty.” 22:39-40 Fighting oppression – or aiding those who cannot defend themselves – and self-defense are the only justifiable reasons for war. Yet, when the word Jihad is mentioned, it is automatically associated with terrorism and violence. The meaning of the word Jihad is to ‘strive’, or ‘make effort [in the way of God]’. It can be both peaceful and physical. Muhammad PBUH said, “The best Jihad is when a person strives against his own self for the sake of God.” This is when a person strives in resisting and avoiding temptations to remain pure.

However, it is the physical Jihad which has been subjected to many negative criticisms. In the Qur’an, it says, “Why should you not fight in God’s cause and for those oppressed men, women, and children who cry out, ‘Lord, rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors! By Your grace, give us a protector and helper!’?”4:75 “Fighting is ordained for you, though you dislike it. You may dislike something although it is good for you, or like something although it is bad for you: God knows and you do not.”2:216 People who falsely claim that Islam is pro-war make it sound as if Muslims and prophet Muhammad PBUH were the only servants of God who have ever fought in wars. What about David, did he not kill Goliath in war? Or Solomon, did he not have armies that fought in God’s cause? Are David and Solomon not ‘Christian’ and ‘Jewish’ prophets as well? What about Moses, did he not command the Children of Israel to fight those who occupied Jerusalem? Were they not cursed for forty years to roam in the desert because they did not fight?

With a dangerous resort such as War, however, rules and guidelines have to be instilled in order for people not to overstep the bounds of justice and become the very oppression they were fighting against. “Fight in God’s cause against those who fight you, but do not overstep the limits” – prohibition of starting hostilities, fighting non-combatants, disproportionate response to aggression, killing children, women, the sick, or the elderly – “God does not love those who overstep the limits. Slay them wherever you find them and drive them out from where they drove you out, for persecution is more serious than killing. Do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque unless they fight you there. If they do fight you, kill them – this is what such disbelievers deserve – but if they stop, then God is most forgiving and merciful. Fight them until there is no more persecution, and your worship is devoted to God. If they cease hostilities, there can be no further hostility, except towards aggressors. A sacred month for a sacred month: violation of sanctity [calls for] fair retribution. So if anyone commits aggression against you, attack him as he attacked you, but be mindful of God, and know that He is with those who are mindful of Him. Spend in God’s cause: do not contribute to your destruction with your hands , but do good, for God loves those who do good” (2:190-5).

Both non-Muslims eager to criticize Islam and some Islamic extremists have repeatedly used qur’anic verses to put them out of context and give them new meaning. They distort what the verses say by omitting parts and masking further explanations. This technique has been frequently used to justify erroneous views, especially for the previously mentioned verses. ‘Slay them wherever you find them’ taken out of context implies that Muslims may kill non-Muslims wherever they find them. As mentioned above, the only situations where the Qur’an allows Muslims to fight are in self-defense or the defense of the oppressed who call for help; but even then, this is restricted to those with whom the Muslims do not have treaty obligations. “If they seek help from you against persecution, it is your duty to assist them, except against people with whom you have a treaty: God sees all that you do” 8:72 (Haleem, 2004). Not even breaking treaties is permissible in Islam, so how can people claim that murder is?

(Back to the verses 2:190-5) “The pronoun ‘them’ refers to the words ‘those who fight you’. Here, Muslims are here being allowed to fight the Meccans who attacked them. ‘Wherever you find them’ or ‘come up against them’ is also misunderstood. As exegetes and commentators explain, the Muslims were anxious that if their enemies attacked them in Mecca, which was and is a sanctuary – in which no Muslim is allowed to fight, or kill even an animal or plant – and they retaliated and killed, they would be breaking the law. The Qur’an simply reassured the Muslims that they could defend themselves when attacked, even if they killed their attackers, whether within the sanctuary or outside it. However, the six verses that concern war (2:190-5) contain many restrictions and are couched in restraining language that appeals strongly to the Muslims’ conscience. In six verses we find four prohibitions; seven restrictions (one ‘until,’ four ‘if,’ two ‘who fight you’); as well as such cautions as ‘in God’s cause,’ ‘be mindful of God,’ ‘God does not love those who overstep the limits,’ ‘He is with those who are mindful of Him,’ ‘loves those who do good,’ and ‘God is most forgiving and merciful.’ ” (Haleem, 2004).

“Equally misinterpreted and taken out of context is the following qur’anic verse: ‘When the [four] forbidden months are over, wherever you find the polytheists, kill them, seize them, besiege them, ambush them – but if they turn [to God], maintain the prayer, and pay the prescribed alms, let them go on their way, for God is most forgiving and merciful.’ 9:5 The hostility and bitter enmity of the polytheists and their persecution of the Muslims during the time of the Prophet PBUH became so great that the disbelievers were determined to convert the Muslims back to paganism or finish them off: ‘They will not stop fighting you [believers] until they make you revoke your faith, if they can.’ 2:217 It was these hardened polytheists in Arabia, who would accept nothing other than the expulsion of Muslims or their reversion to paganism, and who repeatedly broke their treaties, that the Muslims were ordered to treat in the same way – either to expel them or to accept nothing from them except Islam. But, even then, the Prophet PBUH and the Muslims were not simply pounce on such enemies, reciprocating by breaking the treaty themselves: an ultimatum was issued, giving the enemy notice that, after the four sacred months, the Muslims would wage war on them.” (Haleem, 2004).

“Yet the main clause of the sentence – ‘Kill the polytheists’ – is singled out by some non-Muslims as representing the Islamic attitude to war, even some Muslims take this view and allege that this verse abrogated many other verses, including ‘There is no compulsion in religion’ 2:256 and even, according to a possible extremist, ‘God is forgiving and merciful.’ This far-fetched interpretation isolates and decontextualizes the many reasons given in order to fight such polytheists: they continually broke their agreements and aided others against the Muslims, they started hostilities against the Muslims, barred others from becoming Muslims, expelled them from the Holy Mosque and even from their own homes. Moreover consistent with restrictions on war elsewhere in the Qur’an, the polytheists who do not break their agreements and keep the peace with the Muslims are granted security: ‘If any one of the polytheists should seek your protection [Prophet], grant it to him so that he may hear the word of God – then take him to a safe place – for they are people with no knowledge.’9:6 ” (Haleem, 2004).

War in Islam is only resorted to in order to establish justice. It is something God has ordained on His faithful servants who seek to do good in the lands. As for killing in general, the Qur’an explains, “Do not kill each other, for God is merciful to you”;4:29 “Never should a believer kill another believer, except by mistake […]. If anyone kills a believer deliberately, the punishment for him is Hell, and there he will remain: God is angry with him, and rejects him, and has prepared a tremendous torment for him.”4:91-92 “On account of [his deed], We decreed […] that if anyone kills a person – unless in retribution for murder or spreading corruption in the land – it is as if he kills all mankind, while if any saves a life it is as if he saves the lives of all mankind.” 5:32

Peace be with you