10-15-2003, 05:12 PM
Well, the text does not exactly say "Stay away". The verses actually advocate killing people. That I find more than a little troubling. :eek:
Now, I don't believe for 1 second that the 1.2 billion muslims worldwide would go out and kill someone because they were not following Islam. No, only a tiny, tiny wee fraction of extremists in certain conditions would take things so literally and sadly it does happen. However, this type of verse is ammunition for intolerance.
But just to balance things out, I have also seen verses that contradict 4:089. I don't have the verse numbers to hand. But this leaves me wondering, what is going on here ?