To: jude24
Sura 42-114: When ye encounter the infidels, strike off their heads till ye have made a great slaughter among them, and of the rest make fast the fetters.
"defensive war" ... "not take on non-combatants"? It's for sale, but I'm not buying it :-)
110 posted on
04/04/2007 10:03:45 AM PDT by
so_real
("The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
To: so_real
That verse was in a unique situation, specifically, Mecca, which had not only expelled Muhammad, but sought to execute him for teaching Islam. Or so the argument goes.
It's no less violent than Deut. 7.
111 posted on
04/04/2007 10:12:35 AM PDT by
jude24
(Giuliani 2008 - because the War on Terror and the War in Iraq are what really matter.)
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