A verse within this is commonly taken out of context. People like to think we are told to fight unbelievers and kill them, and commonly quote just one of these verses. If you look at the entire thing in context, you see it says to fight those who wage war against YOU. Meaning if they started it, well DUH fight back! It goes further to say that if they stop, you stop too. Nowhere does it say to fight just because they are not muslims. Look at the context.
[002:190] In the path of Allah, fight those who wage a war against you. But do not exceed the limit. Indeed, Allah does not like the transgressors.
[002:191] Kill them wherever you find them. Expel them from where they drove you away. Persecution and oppression are worse than killing. Do not do battle with them near the sacred house of worship (Makkah), unless it is they who engage you in battle there. If they fight you there, then slay them (there). That is the due punishment for the disbelievers.
2007-05-04 21:34:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
[002:192] If they desist, then of course Allah is the most Forgiving and the most Merciful.
[002:193] Fight (and confront) them till corruption and repression cease, and until faith in Allah (and justice) prevails! But if they desist, then let there be no aggression, except against the oppressors.
Did this make you thinik about believing everything you see? Did you think about how it is wiser to put things into context and do the research, or do you just want to keep believing anything bad? Even in interpretation, which is sometimes flawed, we are to take the best meaning. A word in arabic can literally have a hundred meanings, some similar and some not. If one meaning is "beat" and another is "leave the area", you are to take the better (leave the area) over the not so good.
2007-05-04 21:35:29 · update #1
I am fully aware of the context. I don't understand why the radical Islamics don't read the whole thing, or why those who condemn all muslims don't either. The problem is interpretation and interpreting things however you want to suit your agenda.
2007-05-04 21:39:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
This is so much different from what the Bible teaches.
To 'love' your enemy, to NOT kill in ANY circumstance. To 'turn the other cheek'. To forgive ' seventy times seven'.
If the real God is a loving God, with power to sort out all problems, [ and he is] then the above from the Quran, to him ,
would be UNACCEPTABLE.
It would mean that Muslims are obeying a FALSE god.
And there ARE other 'gods'
(2 Corinthians 4:4) among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through.
2007-05-05 05:01:11 · answer #2 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is printed is not the problem. What people do and believe is. It is not us outside of Islam that have the problem of believing it says to kill all nonbelievers. It is you muslims that believe this that is causing the real problem.
It is a fact that many Muslims will definately espouse such beliefs and especialy the leaders go get others to create more hate.
Fact is that Muslims are killing each other more than any other. That sure does not make any sense to me at all.
2007-05-05 05:01:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All that is Moot when you consider the Quran came from Muhammed who was merely a man and his actions in a civilized society would put Muhammed in prison with all the other Child Molesters and Murderers.
Then consider Jesus, who rose from the dead, and who "Never" sinned, and "Never" had to kill or wage war with anyone, much less teach people to "Kill" those that didn't believe in Him!
Jesus actually rose people from the dead as He did so Himself!
Jesus loves you and wants to be your friend!
2007-05-05 20:51:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
what rules this
and they (....) are not happy about
there is aya in the quran says
"la ikraha fi iddin"
meaning
no doing by force in religion
"qad tabayyan elrushdu mena alghai"
it is clear now the path of goodness and path of badness
so this is a clear order on its own to speak out what is moslems relation to unmoslims
i ll try to get it for you now whch ayya
sura 2 (albaqarah)
ayya 256
i hope
2007-05-05 05:54:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We war not against flesh and blood but principalities and powers in high places. Satan is on the attack.....But Jesus is our defense against the evil one. Only he is are protection to win. The battle is not ours it is the Lords. Not by our power nor our might but by his spirit says the Lord.
2007-05-05 04:46:13 · answer #6 · answered by God is love. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whatever happened to love, and peace, and contentment, and all those nice things that religion is supposed to invoke.
More better to be Atheist, that way you will live a better life without the religious mumbo-jumbo.
2007-05-05 04:39:28 · answer #7 · answered by The Master 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
As soon as everyone (Afghanistan) realizes this, then, (barring Suras 2-9) we can have peace.
Sallam.
2007-05-05 04:40:16 · answer #8 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it doesn't matter, all religious cult foundations are wrong for abusing the innocent, yours and theirs, its your choice to be controlled and deceived by such babble, live life stay free, ...
2007-05-05 04:57:52 · answer #9 · answered by a soul 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YOUR AN IDIOT. killing and fighting is for weak , cowardly, scared fools. if you want to fight , i will beat you. so go away and you are safe, remain to attempt to make pain on my peace and you will be exterminated. so be nice and you wont get your feelings hurt when i pound you.
2007-05-05 04:42:24 · answer #10 · answered by Sean B *Greenthumb* 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋