Where in the Quoran does it say "kill the infidel
wherever you find him". It doesn't come up in Ocean.
I think this is what you are looking
for:
That is because those who
misbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their
Lord. Thus does God set forth for men
"That is certainly not what they would say they were doing. What they do is
take the verse "kill the infidel wherever you find him" which was revealed
later, as abrogating "let there be no compulsion in religion." But let me
stress, only some Muslims do this. "
Susan,
Here are some of my
Good answer Susan. Concise. To the point.
Covers the bases. That's a new one for me regarding Charlemagne. Didn't
know he converted the Saxons. Interestinglyone of the contexts
of "slay them" is:
190. And fight for the cause of God against those who
fight against you: butcommit not the
I heard that Shoghi Effendi at one point removed a person from the Cause without
declaring him an enemy of the Faith or a Covenant-breaker, based on the verse leave
that soul to himself. That is, that there was precedent for the House of Justice
removing a person from the rolls.
Brent
Until we get the Baha'i Studies webpage up and running (through the
kindness of Mark Foster), I plan to upload one or two books/manuscripts
each Wednesday morning on Tarikh Files. These will be in pdf format and
will consist mostly of Persian/Arabic sources, though occasionally will
include
Hi, Ahang,
At 08:05 PM 6/18/2004, you wrote:
Until we get the Baha'i Studies webpage up and running (through the kindness of Mark
Foster), I plan to upload one or two books/manuscripts each Wednesday morning on
Tarikh Files.
All the files I have so far will be uploaded by Sunday evening.
This interpretation of corrupt religious leaders as merchants
That's a very interesting interpretation. And to me, it does not in the slightest
degrade the profession of merchant.
Similarly, in the Book of Revelation the new Law is foreshadowed as a woman (12:1);
and corrupt religion as a