Michael Zehaf-Bibeau

[Mystic]

To be honest, I think the turn the other cheek words found in the gospel is unrealistic. Mohammad and his followers were facing hostility, and they were forced to react. However, as I shown, the Quran doesn't go on to say you can fight whoever or fight all disbelievers for simply being disbelievers. It said if they incline to peace, to incline to it. Yes there is a lot of verses about Jihaad, but, they put limitations. For example even in Suratal Baraat where it says to kill polytheists after the sacred month is over, it says it's due to them breaking treaties, and as far as those who stayed true to the treaties, to stay true to them. But all these verses are taken out of context.

So, if you want peace, prepare for war.

Now, if there was just some way to view anything as an act of war against Islam...

This is unfair. In the beginning, the Quran was telling the disbelievers, peace, and to each their own religion. It was only after being oppressed, did the Quran, say permission to fight has been given you to because of being oppressed and talked about being kicked out of their homes.

But it stated if the other side incline to peace, to incline to it as well.

Now a person with a dark heart can twist it and say we must fight all people in the west for the foreign policies. But most Muslims say this not an accurate representation of the spirit of these verses.

Take for example the verse, not to kill a soul except for killing another soul or mischief in the land.

Does this allow the killing of innocents? So why take some verses literally while ignoring others.

A holistic approach is needed and also the Quran says "none shall touch it but the pure". So it's own words, it needs a pure heart to understand the Quran. This is because a dark twisted heart can always twist verses and see things in a wrong way and not want to learn wisdom.