To: Sun Tzu who wrote (217214 ) 8/27/2007 10:41:55 AM From: one_less Read Replies (2) | Respond to She knows, or should know, what she submitted is propaganda. The Pagan tribes referred to in those passages were waging war against Muslims 1400 years ago, mostly slaughtering Muslims by ambush. So finding the pagans (who were doing that) and killing them was a matter of simple survival. Many/most did abandon paganism and become Muslims, in which case the order to have them killed didn't make much sense and, in fact, was merciful considering the slaughtering the Pagans had been guilty of. History reveals that pagan tribes abandoned paganism because they learned it was false not because they were forced to. No one stops believing something or starts believing something as a matter of force. It is humanly impossible to force belief and that is confirmed in the Quran, as well as other sources."In the Muslim community, the holy war [i.e. jihad] is a religious duty, because of the universalism of the Muslim mission and the obligation to convert everybody to Islam either by persuasion or by force... The other religious groups did not have a universal mission, and the holy war was not a religious duty for them, save only for purposes of defense... They are merely required to establish their religion among their own people." (and we are living in the 21st century Nadine) . Not only is this propaganda it is a lie and for anyone with even a minimal understanding of history, an obvious one. Nadine knows that because she has been over it numerous times on numerous threads. She seems to enjoy supporting the Muslim extremist agenda and getting a nuke em all rally going anyway.
