amishrockstar
Puritan Board Freshman
Can someone help...
I've been witnessing to Muslims lately and have come across the assertion that the Qur'anic passages that speak about killing the enemies of Islam, are actually "self defense" passages.
How would you answer a Muslim who says that we need to take the passages about killing "infidels" in their context --and that the "context" is Muhammed declaring that Muslims should defend themselves against the attacks of the infidels?
Here's one case of a verse taken out of context:
in Surah 4:101, the Qur'an says "the Unbelievers are unto you open enemies" and one book that I have will actually cite that as the verse, but in the context of the entire verse, the Qur'an says "When ye travel through the earth, there is no blame on you if ye shorten your prayers, for fear the Unbelievers may attack you: for the Unbelievers are unto you open enemies."
One more quick example:
Surah 2:191 is cited in a book as "Kill the disbelievers wherever we find them" but when the Surah is read in context, it's talking about fighting unbelievers who fight against Muslims; it even says that if the "unbelievers" stop, that the Muslim is to stop fighting against them.
Any thoughts on answering Muslims?
Thanks,
Matt
I've been witnessing to Muslims lately and have come across the assertion that the Qur'anic passages that speak about killing the enemies of Islam, are actually "self defense" passages.
How would you answer a Muslim who says that we need to take the passages about killing "infidels" in their context --and that the "context" is Muhammed declaring that Muslims should defend themselves against the attacks of the infidels?
Here's one case of a verse taken out of context:
in Surah 4:101, the Qur'an says "the Unbelievers are unto you open enemies" and one book that I have will actually cite that as the verse, but in the context of the entire verse, the Qur'an says "When ye travel through the earth, there is no blame on you if ye shorten your prayers, for fear the Unbelievers may attack you: for the Unbelievers are unto you open enemies."
One more quick example:
Surah 2:191 is cited in a book as "Kill the disbelievers wherever we find them" but when the Surah is read in context, it's talking about fighting unbelievers who fight against Muslims; it even says that if the "unbelievers" stop, that the Muslim is to stop fighting against them.
Any thoughts on answering Muslims?
Thanks,
Matt