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Originally Posted by Prototype
Islam is a missionary religion that tells its followers to spread their faith not to dissimilar from Christian missionaries.
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True, but expecting a dif result.
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Now here’s thing, a believer is not necessarily a Muslim. “The People of the Book” as they are called in the Quran (followers of other Abrahamic religions) are believers. Non believers are anyone else that is not a Muslim.
“The People of the Book” are spoken of quite well in most of the Quran, non-believers not so much, but both are to be treated with kindness and tolerance.
“…ye should show them kindness and deal justly with them…” Sura 60:8
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This is untrue as it relates to believers/non believers. In Muhammeds early Meccan days he was concilitory towards Christians/Jews as he thought they would convert. He also feared for his life as he had few followers and no 'strength of Arms'...this is when he wrote the 'we can all get along' verses.
In his later Madina period, when he was a warlord and powerful, he wrote very aggressive verses commanding Jew/Christians to convert.
The obvious total contradictions (God changed his mind?) have been explained away by Islamic jurisprudence (AL Azar University and others) thru 'abrogation' or simply ' in any contradictory Quranic verses (there are many) the later verse overrides (abrogates) the earlier.
The vers you quoted has been abrogated.
5:51 "Take not the Jews and Christians as Auliya (friends/protectors), they are but Auliya of each other. And if any amongst you (Muslims) takes them, then surely he is one of them (Kafir)
8:And fight them until there is no more fitnah (disbelief in anything but Allah) and the religion will be for Allah alone. But if they cease (other Religions), then certainly, Allah is all seer of what they do.
4:47 O you who have been given the Scripture (Jews/Christians)! Believe in what We have revealed confirming what is with you, before we efface faces (making them without nose/mouth/eyes) and turn them hindwards, or curse them We cursed the Sabbath Breakers.
And the Commandment of Allah is always executed