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The Two Basic Concepts
Misused by Those Who Por-
tray Islam as a Violent Faith:
Sharia and Jihad
God describes the Qur'an as follows in
one verse:
... This [the Qur'an] is not a narration
which has been invented but confirmation
of all that came before, a clarification of
everything, and a guidance and a mercy
for people who have faith. (Qur'an, 12:111)
As God explicitly states in this verse, the
Qur'an is "a clarification of everything,"
although it is never enough for the peddlers
of superstition. They do not regard the path
revealed by the Qur'an as suited to their own
false religious conceptions. For that reason,
throughout the course of history they have
maintained that some of the commandments
of the Qur'an are "not sufficient" (surely the
Qur'an is beyond that) and need to be inter-
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