RE: [Quranic Reflection]: There shall be no compulsion in the acceptance of religion
March 11, 2020 at 5:40 am
Some of us get it from the Quran:
'Fight those who believe not in God and in the Last Day, and who do not forbid what God and His Messenger have forbidden, and who follow not the Religion of Truth among those who were given the Book, till they pay the jizyah with a willing hand, being humbled.' (9:29)
Jizyah here is clearly intended to humiliate non-Muslims. Further, it makes it obvious that the tax isn't really paid 'with a willing hand' as Muslims are enjoined to fight non-Muslims until they pay up.
In other cultures, it's referred to as a 'protection racket'.
'No compulsion in religion', my bony Irish arse.
Boru
'Fight those who believe not in God and in the Last Day, and who do not forbid what God and His Messenger have forbidden, and who follow not the Religion of Truth among those who were given the Book, till they pay the jizyah with a willing hand, being humbled.' (9:29)
Jizyah here is clearly intended to humiliate non-Muslims. Further, it makes it obvious that the tax isn't really paid 'with a willing hand' as Muslims are enjoined to fight non-Muslims until they pay up.
In other cultures, it's referred to as a 'protection racket'.
'No compulsion in religion', my bony Irish arse.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
