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To: RLK
So what explicit instructions does the Koran command for chopping off the heads of the infidels?

"Remember Allah inspired the angels: I am with you. Give firmness to the believers. I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: you smite them above their necks and smite all their fingertips off of them." (Sura 8:12)

In the interest of fairness, some Muslims do not take this injunction as a command for present-day action because (a) Allah was speaking to angels, not men, or (b) this passage refers to a historical event (battle of Badr).

42 posted on 08/26/2003 3:23:10 AM PDT by tictoc
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To: tictoc
"Remember Allah inspired the angels: I am with you. Give firmness to the believers. I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: you smite them above their necks and smite all their fingertips off of them." (Sura 8:12) In the interest of fairness, some Muslims do not take this injunction as a command for present-day action because (a) Allah was speaking to angels, not men, or (b) this passage refers to a historical event (battle of Badr).

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You seem to go out of your way to explan away the seriousness and intent of these proclamations. Why are you an apologist for this crap?

50 posted on 08/26/2003 5:58:50 AM PDT by RLK
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