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Reply #90 - Jul 30th, 2017 at 12:18pm
 
Doesn't what? State is clearly in the context of the holy months? Or make vague references in the more general context?

https://quran.com/2/194

[Fighting in] the sacred month is for [aggression committed in] the sacred month, and for [all] violations is legal retribution. So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.
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Reply #91 - Jul 30th, 2017 at 12:43pm
 
Is it any different to USA's 'just' wars which are 'just' because they can?

Yes, the difference is that the USA has weapons of mass destruction which cause hundreds of thousands of deaths without a care as to civilian deaths.
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Reply #92 - Jul 30th, 2017 at 1:25pm
 
freediver wrote on Jul 30th, 2017 at 12:18pm:
Doesn't what? State is clearly in the context of the holy months? Or make vague references in the more general context?

https://quran.com/2/194

[Fighting in] the sacred month is for [aggression committed in] the sacred month, and for [all] violations is legal retribution. So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.


22:39-40 is not 'vague' or 'oblique' by any stretch of the imagination.
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Reply #93 - Jul 30th, 2017 at 1:30pm
 
polite_gandalf wrote on Jul 30th, 2017 at 1:25pm:
freediver wrote on Jul 30th, 2017 at 12:18pm:
Doesn't what? State is clearly in the context of the holy months? Or make vague references in the more general context?

https://quran.com/2/194

[Fighting in] the sacred month is for [aggression committed in] the sacred month, and for [all] violations is legal retribution. So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.


22:39-40 is not 'vague' or 'oblique' by any stretch of the imagination.


It lacks the word "only," which is necessary to interpret it the way you do.

The Koran is full of justifications and encouragement for slaughtering the infidel. 22:39-40 is just another one.
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Re: Islam's just war theory
Reply #94 - Jul 30th, 2017 at 3:58pm
 
freediver wrote on Jul 30th, 2017 at 1:30pm:
polite_gandalf wrote on Jul 30th, 2017 at 1:25pm:
freediver wrote on Jul 30th, 2017 at 12:18pm:
Doesn't what? State is clearly in the context of the holy months? Or make vague references in the more general context?

https://quran.com/2/194

[Fighting in] the sacred month is for [aggression committed in] the sacred month, and for [all] violations is legal retribution. So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.


22:39-40 is not 'vague' or 'oblique' by any stretch of the imagination.


It lacks the word "only," which is necessary to interpret it the way you do.

The Koran is full of justifications and encouragement for slaughtering the infidel. 22:39-40 is just another one.


Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged.

You don't think the use of the word 'permission' is a bit of a giveaway?


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Reply #95 - Jul 30th, 2017 at 4:50pm
 
It means they have permission to fight Gandalf. It does not say only, and there is no shortage of verses to contradict an interpretation that inserts the word only.

Is English your second language?
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Reply #96 - Jul 30th, 2017 at 6:09pm
 
freediver wrote on Jul 30th, 2017 at 4:50pm:
It means they have permission to fight Gandalf.


Fight who FD? Does it state a specific circumstance? The verse actually says what this scope is. Funny you choose to omit this rather relevant detail.
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Reply #97 - Jul 30th, 2017 at 6:20pm
 
Yes Gandalf - those who are being fought.

Gandalf, if I gave you a list of 100 statements encouraging you to post on this forum, and one of them said you are allowed to post on the Islam board, seeing as you are a Muslim, would you interpret that as me saying you are only allowed to post on the Islam board?
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Reply #98 - Aug 3rd, 2017 at 3:07pm
 
freediver wrote on Jul 30th, 2017 at 6:20pm:
Yes Gandalf - those who are being fought.


Nearly FD, but not quite. It goes on you see - fight those who are being fought... because?

This is what we call context, and the good book is considerate enough to give one here

freediver wrote on Jul 30th, 2017 at 6:20pm:
Gandalf, if I gave you a list of 100 statements encouraging you to post on this forum, and one of them said you are allowed to post on the Islam board, seeing as you are a Muslim, would you interpret that as me saying you are only allowed to post on the Islam board?


That could possibly be the worst and most inappropriate analogy I've seen from you yet.
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Reply #99 - Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:39pm
 
It is an entirely appropriate analogy. The Koran gives all sorts of encouragement to slaughter the infidel. It does not make sense to choose a particular one and interpret it as the only context in which slaughtering the infidel is permitted.

There are plenty of places where the Koran does limit the conditions in which Muslims can slaughter the infidel. These are stated plainly and clearly. Again, it does not make sense to read contradictory conditions into a verse does not actually say what you want it to.

Gandalf, what is the difference between "reinterpreting" the Koran and lying about what it says?
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Reply #100 - Aug 4th, 2017 at 11:57am
 
freediver wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:39pm:
It is an entirely appropriate analogy. The Koran gives all sorts of encouragement to slaughter the infidel. It does not make sense to choose a particular one and interpret it as the only context in which slaughtering the infidel is permitted


Lets get one thing straight - nowhere anywhere in the Quran does it tell muslims to slaughter infidels for being infidels. Nowhere. In fact the only circumstances in which fighting is explicitly permitted that we have come across include: 1. when treaties have been broken by the enemy (chapter 9), 2. when attacked and oppressed (22:39-40 - and 2:190). And on *EVERY* one of these instances, it always orders muslims to stop when the oppression stops and/or when the enemy inclines towards peace.

freediver wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:39pm:
Gandalf, what is the difference between "reinterpreting" the Koran and lying about what it says?


I have given my interpretations with logic and evidence, you may take it or leave it - or you may decide to cry about me lying - its really up to you. But if you are still unsure about what lying means, allow me to explain through an example: taking a claim you heard only once from a single muslim, and then writing an article in which you attribute the claim to multiple muslims - is a bare faced lie. Furthermore, it is lying again to claim, when challenged about this, to claim that you referenced other muslims besides that one muslim - when you demonstrably did not.
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Reply #101 - Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:28pm
 
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Lets get one thing straight - nowhere anywhere in the Quran does it tell muslims to slaughter infidels for being infidels. Nowhere.


Right. Is it for not being Muslims?

freediver wrote on Jul 30th, 2016 at 10:08am:
5. Then when the Sacred Months (the Ist, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islamic calendar) have passed, then
kill the Mushrikun
(see V.2:105) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and prepare for them each and every ambush.
But if they repent and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and give Zakat, then leave their way free. Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.


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In fact the only circumstances in which fighting is explicitly permitted that we have come across include: 1. when treaties have been broken by the enemy (chapter 9), 2.


You are misrepresenting the Koran Gandalf. That is not what the verse says. It says to slaughter the infidel unless you have a treaty with them, except for when the break the treaty. The treaty is the exception to the general rule of slaughtering the infidel, and the broken treaty is the exception to that exception - one that Muhammad liked to exploit on the weakest of pretexts.

freediver wrote on Jul 30th, 2016 at 10:08am:
4. Except those of the Mushrikun with whom you have a treaty, and who have not subsequently failed you in aught, nor have supported anyone against you. So fulfill their treaty to them to the end of their term. Surely Allah loves Al- Mattaqun (the pious - see V.2:2).

5. Then when the Sacred Months (the Ist, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islamic calendar) have passed, then
kill the Mushrikun
(see V.2:105) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and prepare for them each and every ambush.
But if they repent and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and give Zakat, then leave their way free. Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.


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And on *EVERY* one of these instances, it always orders muslims to stop when the oppression stops and/or when the enemy inclines towards peace.


You are misrepresenting the Koran again Gandalf. It says to stop the slaughter for the sacred months.

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I have given my interpretations with logic and evidence


You have misrepresented the Koran, then accused me of lying when I suggest other Muslims might tell the same lies about the Koran.

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But if you are still unsure about what lying means, allow me to explain through an example: taking a claim you heard only once from a single muslim, and then writing an article in which you attribute the claim to multiple muslims - is a bare faced lie. Furthermore, it is lying again to claim, when challenged about this, to claim that you referenced other muslims besides that one muslim - when you demonstrably did not.


Can you quote any of these lies Gandalf?

Are you the only Muslim that tells these particular lies about the Koran?

Did you make these "interpretations" and "logic" up yourself, or are you getting nit from somewhere else? Why won't you reveal your sources?
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Reply #102 - Aug 5th, 2017 at 12:20pm
 
Gandalf this does not even make sense. Permitting war when treaties are broken or people feel oppressed contradicts your claims that the Koran only permits war in self defence. If you are going to lie about the Koran you should at least be consistent.
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Reply #103 - Aug 5th, 2017 at 12:28pm
 
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Reply #104 - Aug 7th, 2017 at 8:51am
 
freediver wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:28pm:
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Lets get one thing straight - nowhere anywhere in the Quran does it tell muslims to slaughter infidels for being infidels. Nowhere.


Right. Is it for not being Muslims?


Where does it say that FD?

Again, the only explicit justification for fighting is for self defense. Spot the difference between:

1. Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged.

and

2. kill the Mushrikun wherever you find them

Clearly one gives a reason for fighting, the other does not. Hence, there is no passage anywhere in the quran that tells muslims to kill non-muslims *FOR* being non-muslim. Whereas there are several instances where muslims are told to go to war *FOR* self defense - whether it be fighting those who attack you, fighting against oppression or fighting those who break a treaty.
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