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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger
do not worship what I worship. Nor will I worship what you
worship nor will you worship what I worship. You have your
religion and I have my religion." (Qur'an, 109:1-6)
Since force and compulsion are prohibited in the Qur'an, there is
no justification for war, aggression, enmity or anger. What things,
apart from converting, would Muslims compel polytheistic commu-
nities to do? It is clear that it is unlawful for someone to be forced to
convert. Therefore, according to the Islam in the Qur'an, imposing
Islam can never be a pretext for war.
War for Ideological or Ethnic Superiority?
Islam respects all ideologies, all nations, all ethnic groups, all
ideas and all faiths. The Qur'an irrevocably
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