gandalf wrote:
Quote:quran: 5:16
And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend
You make it sound like muhammad was doing nothing but benignly quoting messages of love and peace.
Well let's look at what he was doing
5 15. O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger making clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the Scripture and overlooking much. There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book.
No love and peace here, he's telling the Jews and Christians, they have got it all wrong, they should have the qur'an
5 16. By which Allah guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace and brings them out from darknesses into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path.
Again the oppression, Jews and Christians have it wrong the qur'an is right
5 17 They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the son of Mary. Say, "Then who could prevent Allah at all if He had intended to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?" And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.
More railing against Christians, they are wrong
5 18 But the Jews and the Christians say, "We are the children of Allah and His beloved." Say, "Then why does He punish you for your sins?" Rather, you are human beings from among those He has created. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and to Him is the [final] destination.
Again reviling of Jews and Christians allah punishes them
5 19 O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger to make clear to you [the religion] after a period [of suspension] of messengers, lest you say, "There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner." But there has come to you a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And Allah is over all things competent.
Again Jews and Christians are wrong muslims are right
5 20 And [mention, O Muhammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember the favor of Allah upon you when He appointed among you prophets and made you possessors and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds.
More lies Moses did not worship allah
5 21 O my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you and
do not turn back [from fighting in Allah 's cause] and [thus] become losers."
Now we get to the crux of it go and kill people in allah's cause.