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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

enormous self-sacrifice and religious devotion. Until that time,
our Prophet (pbuh) had merely resorted to methods of compromise
and trying to convince the other side, as required by the verse "…
argue with them in the kindest way …" (Qur'an, 16:125) even
though the sole aim of the pagan Quraysh was slaughter.

All the wars described in the
Qur'an were defensive wars
that took place in that region
under circumstances that ne-
cessitated defensive action.
The verses for defense were
sent down for those specific
conditions of the times.

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