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To: SeekAndFind
...“cherry-picking” violent passages and quoting them “out of context.”

The rules of context for the Qur'an are, IIRC, that if a part disagrees with another part, the part written later prevails. The peaceful parts are early; the hateful parts are later and thus binding upon Muslims.

2 posted on 03/04/2015 7:06:39 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed

RE: The rules of context for the Qur’an are, IIRC, that if a part disagrees with another part, the part written later prevails.

Is this just one school of thought? Or is this the prevailing Islamic teaching?


4 posted on 03/04/2015 7:09:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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