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Forum => Controversial => Topic started by: vooke on October 29, 2014, 08:16:26 AM
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Thoroughly debunked
Oftentimes, Muslims present specific Quranic citations in order to convince non-Muslims, especially Westerners, that Islam is a very tolerant religion that allows for or even promotes peaceful coexistence with other religious groups. The most famous citation, one that I am sure many Westerners have heard presented on the media, is surah 2:256:
There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error; therefore, whoever disbelieves in the Shaitan and believes in Allah he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handle, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing. Shakir.
This passage has already been addressed and analyzed in light of its historical context elsewhere on this site (Interpreting Quran 2:256).
We will therefore not delve too much into this passage, except for providing the following Muslim exegesis of the text:
Question:
Some friends say that whoever does not enter Islam, that is his choice and he should not be forced to become Muslim, quoting as evidence the verses in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed, all of them together. So, will you (O Muhammad) then compel mankind, until they become believers”
[Yoonus 10:99]
“There is no compulsion in religion”
[al-Baqarah 2:256]
What is your opinion concerning that?.
http://www.answering-islam.org/Shamoun/badawi_tolerance.htm