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Muhammad experienced bitter persecution in Mecca, but when he became politically and socially powerful, he launched severe attacks and bloody wars against his enemies. He sometimes became intolerant and unforgiving. In the Quran, he commands more than sixteen times that his enemies, all unbelievers, and those who have slipped away from Islam should be killed:

"Kill them wherever you come upon them. Expel them from where they expelled you; sedition is more grievous than slaying. Fight them not by the Holy Mosque until they should fight you there; then, if they fight you, kill them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers" (The Cow 2:191).

"Take not to yourselves friends of them, until they emigrate in the way of God; then if they turn away seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take no friend nor helper from among them" (Women 4:89).

"Fight them, till there is no persecution, and the religion is Allah's entirely" (Spoils 8:39).

"When the sacred months are drawn away, slay the idolators wherever you find them, and take them, and confine them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush" (Repentance 9:5).

Muhammad did not bring peace to the world, but many wars. He sent his followers into raids and holy wars more than thirty times. He himself participated in such attacks and expeditions twenty-nine times. He commanded his people to shed the blood of his enemies. He was the example of the believers and the political leader of the Arabian peninsula.

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Posted By: MichaelX @ 02/13/2009 9:46:20 AM

Have you killed in the name of your god today? That seems to be the way things are going. More death, and turmoil has been created by "religeous beliefs" than anything, ever. Fact.
You "people" have bumped your heads. Wake up. You are forsaken, but only in your own small minds.
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Posted By: SALAMWALAKUM @ 11/22/2008 8:34:50 PM

MUSLIM MEN CAN MARRY FOUR WOMEN AT ONE TIME, MUSLIMS HAVE TO PRAY FIVE TIMES A DAY, WOMEN HAVE TO WEAR A HEAD COVER, COMMENTS POSTED BY QARTHA FROM THE QURAN I CAN GO ON. BUT THE FINAL QUESTION IS WHY DO SO MANY BELIEVE?
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Posted By: qartha @ 10/10/2008 4:48:21 AM

Muhammad experienced bitter persecution in Mecca, but when he became politically and socially powerful, he launched severe attacks and bloody wars against his enemies. He sometimes became intolerant and unforgiving. In the Quran, he commands more than sixteen times that his enemies, all unbelievers, and those who have slipped away from Islam should be killed:

"Kill them wherever you come upon them. Expel them from where they expelled you; sedition is more grievous than slaying. Fight them not by the Holy Mosque until they should fight you there; then, if they fight you, kill them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers" (The Cow 2:191).

"Take not to yourselves friends of them, until they emigrate in the way of God; then if they turn away seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take no friend nor helper from among them" (Women 4:89).

"Fight them, till there is no persecution, and the religion is Allah's entirely" (Spoils 8:39).

"When the sacred months are drawn away, slay the idolators wherever you find them, and take them, and confine them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush" (Repentance 9:5).

Muhammad did not bring peace to the world, but many wars. He sent his followers into raids and holy wars more than thirty times. He himself participated in such attacks and expeditions twenty-nine times. He commanded his people to shed the blood of his enemies. He was the example of the believers and the political leader of the Arabian peninsula.