Allah said _"Kill them wherever you find them..."_ Qur'an 2:191
Christians always quote this verse, but they never ask the simple question: WHO IS "THEM"?
You cannot know who "THEM" if you don't read the verse before it.
Qur'an 2:190 says:
_"Fight in the way of Allah THOSE WHO FIGHT YOU but do not transgress."_
So "THEM" in 191 is NOT Christians. "THEM" is NOT innocent people. "THEM" is NOT your neighbours.
"THEM" Means The people who were fighting the Muslims, who expelled them from their homes in Makkah, who tortured and killed them.
That is why 191 itself says:
"Expel them from wherever they have expelled you.", so it's a counter attack and self defense.
Did Christians expel Muslims from Makkah? No.
Did Christians torture Muslims in Makkah? No.
That was the Quraysh idol-worshippers.
And they also hide the verse AFTER it.
Qur'an 2:192 says:
_"And if they cease, then indeed Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."_
Even with those attackers, the moment they STOP, we must STOP.
That is Islam.
And Allah makes it even clearer in another Surah:
Qur'an 4:90:
"So if they withdraw from you, and do not fight you, and offer you peace, then Allah has NOT given you any way to fight against them.
No way. No excuse. No permission, Islam did never ever give any Muslim right to kill any non muslim just like that.
The verses clearly said if they don't fight you and they offer peace, Allah has closed the door for you to fight them.
And this is how Allah commands us to treat Christians who live in peace with us:
Qur'an 60:8:
"Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes- from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly."
Allah Even praise Christians in Qur'an 5:82
"You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the muslims [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allah; and you will find the nearest of them in affection to the Muslims are those who say, 'We are Christians.' That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant."
They are the "nearest in affection" to the believers. Because among them are priests and monks who are "not arrogant" unlike the Jews.
So don't let anyone fool you with one verse cut in half.
190 tells you WHO to fight.
191 tells you to defend yourself against them.
192 tells you to STOP when they stop.
4:90 tells you you have NO RIGHT to fight those who offer peace.
60:8 tells you to be KIND and JUST to Christians who don't fight you.
STOP INSULTING MUSLIMS and ISLAM
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