Page 75 - Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

Examination of Verse 33 of Surat al-Ma'ida:

The reprisal against those who wage war
on God and His Messenger, and go about

the earth corrupting it, is that they should be
killed or crucified, or have their alternate

hands and feet cut off, or be banished from

the land. That will be their degradation in the
world and in the hereafter they will have a ter-

rible punishment. (Qur'an, 5:33)

The subject we have particularly stressed in all the verses about
warfare is also noticeable in this verse. The characteristics of the com-
munity to be fought against are set out in great detail here: they wage
war on God and His Messenger and go about the world corrupting it.
These people do not merely engage in physical attacks on Muslims;

they also spread corruption across the world. The verse is speaking of
a community that represents a problem for the whole world, that
everyone regards as a perverse, corrupt and warlike society.

As in all wars, killing is possible in resisting a community that
has actively declared war on Muslims, so long as it is a last resort,
and one of the measures that can be imposed is to force those people
from their lands. To put it another way, according to the verses of the

Qur'an, Muslims are permitted to do things that would normally be
forbidden – killing and forcing people into exile – only in the event
of such a state of war.

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