Herbert,
The Koran will always contain, what the Koran contains. e.g. Koran 9.29
Instead of men trying to 'dally it up', into something that it is not [so that we can feel more comfortable], men are going to have to confront the reality of what the REAL Koran contains, and confront the truth about what the REAL Koran urges its followers to do.
And that, is ?
That the moslem [whenever he has the means] must strive to conduct a never-ending religious war, by moslems, against those who are not moslems.
And any attempt by the Politically Correct crowd, to produce an 'abridged version' of the Koran [
so that they can avoid reality, and truth], won't change the fact, that there will always remain, an un-abridged version of the Koran.
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Creed of the sword
Mark Durie
September 23, 2006
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the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdel Aziz al-Sheikh, issued a statement on the official Saudi news service, defending Muslims' divine right to resort to violence: "The spread of Islam has gone through several phases, secret and then public, in Mecca and Medina. God then authorised the faithful to defend themselves and to fight against those fighting them, which amounts to a right legitimised by God. This ... is quite reasonable, and God will not hate it."
Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric also explained that
war was never Islam's ancient founder, the prophet Mohammed's, first choice: "He gave three options: either accept Islam, or surrender and pay tax, and they will be allowed to remain in their land, observing their religion under the protection of Muslims." Thus, according to the Grand Mufti,
the third option of violence against non-Muslims was only a last resort, if they refused to convert or surrender peacefully to the armies of Islam........
At the beginning, in Mohammed's Meccan period, when he was weaker and his followers few, passages of the Koran encouraged peaceful relations and avoidance of conflict: "Invite (all) to the way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious." (16:125)
Later, after persecution and emigration to Medina in the first year of the Islamic calendar, authority was given to engage in warfare for defensive purposes only: "Fight in the path of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits, for God does not love transgressors." (2:190)
As the Muslim community grew stronger and conflict with its neighbours did not abate, further revelations expanded the licence for waging war, until in Sura 9, regarded as one of the last chapters to be revealed, it is concluded that
war against non-Muslims could be waged more or less at any time and in any place to extend the dominance of Islam.http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20460114-601,00.html
Quote:
Here, for example, are two very illuminating passages from the canonical Life of Mohammed by Ibn Ishaq, as translated by A. Guillaume, and a third passage, from the earliest known Muslim historian.
Ishaq: 204 - "'Men, do you know what you are pledging yourselves to in swearing allegiance to this man [Muhammad]?' 'Yes. In swearing allegiance to him we are pledging to wage war against all mankind.'"
Ishaq:231 - "Muslims are one ummah (community) to the exclusion of all men. Believers are friends of one another to the exclusion of all outsiders."
And here is Al-Tabari, a very early Muslim historian, in book 9, chapter or section 69, reporting words that Muslims believe to have been said by Mohammed himself - "Killing infidels is a small matter to us".
These texts are not fossils from a distant past. They are not dead letters. They are still 'live' and carry tremendous weight in the imagination and practice of many Muslims around the world.
...DDA
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