Iraq and Abuse!

[Hazam'sBro]

I have actually had to read parts of the 'Koran' from an English Literature course that I took while in undergrad. I thought the rhetoric was very similar to the bible. Here are some interesting quotes I extracted from it and presented to the class.

[2.193] And fight with them until there is no

persecution, and religion should be only for Allah

[4.89] They desire that you should disbelieve as they

have disbelieved, so that you might be (all) alike;

therefore take not from among them friends until they fly

(their homes) in Allah's way; but if they turn back, then

seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take

not from among them a friend or a helper.

[4.95] The holders back from among the believers, not

having any injury, and those who strive hard in Allah's

way with their property and their persons are not equal

[4.144] O you who believe! do not take the unbelievers

for friends rather than the believers; do you desire that

you should give to Allah a manifest proof against

yourselves?

[5.51] O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the

Christians for friends; they are friends of each other;

and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then

surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the

unjust people.

[8.39] And fight with them until there is no more

persecution and religion should be only for Allah; but if

they desist, then surely Allah sees what they do.

[9.5] So when the sacred months have passed away, then

slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them

captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in

every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and

pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them; surely

Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

[9.11] But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the

poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith

[9.29] Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in

the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His

Apostle have prohibited, nor follow the religion of

truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until

they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and

they are in a state of subjection.

[9.30] And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and

the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah;

these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the

saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy

them; how they are turned away!

[9.33] He it is Who sent His Apostle with guidance and

the religion of truth, that He might cause it to prevail

over all religions, though the polytheists may be averse.

[9.123] O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers

who are near to you and let them find in you hardness;

and know that Allah is with those who guard (against

evil).

A religion that thrives for equality?