Page 73 - Islam Denounces Terrorism

Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) 71

The fact that our Prophet (pbuh) engaged in no self-defence until
the revelation of the verses permitting such activity represents enor-
mous 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.
Having made that important point, we shall now examine all the

verses that the peddlers of superstition and opponents of Islam seek to
offer as evidence for the violence perpetrated supposedly in the name
of Islam, and will refute their errors on the subject one after the other.

Before looking at these verses, we need to know that all the battles
described in the Qur'an were waged against a particular community in
that region, and that these special conditions are expressed in the vers-
es. That community was a polytheistic one, with which an agreement
had been reached. Therefore, all these battles were determined by the
behaviour and aggression of the community in question which had