RE: islam religon of peace?
November 18, 2010 at 5:27 pm
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2010 at 5:34 pm by Rayaan.)
(November 18, 2010 at 4:45 pm)Thor Wrote: And doesn't the Koran also say this:
"Slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out ... If they attack you (there) then slay them. Such is the reward of disbelievers."
Doesn't sound very "peaceful" to me.
The Quran is definitely not telling us to kill disbelievers wherever you see them. That is one of the commonly misunderstood things that atheists like to cite from the Quran (without having proper knowledge of the Quran in the first place). Actually, it was a permission only given to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) when he was being attacked by the pagans and the non-Muslims of Makkah. Is he just going to stand there and do nothing while his followers are being attacked? No. The point is that fighting in the name of Islam is allowed only for the purpose of self-defense, which is, when the enemy attacks first (because of our religious beliefs).
There is a historical context to this verse and that's why many layman people, and even Muslims, are misinterpreting the verse because they don't understand it.
Here's a more thorough answer:
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satel...9503544502
