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Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) 89

reason and creates corruption by constantly breaking peace agree-
ments because once that is done, those communities that have become
accustomed to spreading corruption will no longer have the strength to
do so and other groups of polytheists preparing to follow their lead
and create corruption and start attacking will thereby lack the courage
to do so. This is a necessary and important precautionary measure
against that community that breaks every peace treaty, and one that

will prevent subsequent conflict.
Great importance is attached to sanctions being "deterrents" in the
constitutions of just about all countries of the world and in interna-

tional law. The aim is to prevent an offense being committed by the
same or another person. These precautions in international law are
extremely appropriate, and it is unjust, as well as a violation of both
common sense and fairness, for people who regard them as necessary
for states of law to oppose the same measures when it comes to Islam.

Examination of Verse 4 of Surah Muhammad:

Therefore when you meet in war those who are unbelievers strike
their necks. Then when you have decimated them, tie their bonds
tightly and set them free or ransom them, until the war is finally over.
That is how it is to be. If God willed, He could avenge Himself on
them. But it is so that He can test some of you by means of others. As
for those who are killed in the Way of God, He will not let their
actions go astray. (Qur'an, 47:4)

As with other verses, what this verse is emphasizing is the pres-
ence of a climate of war. The treaty has been broken, the polytheists
have gone on the offensive and there is now no alternative but to
respond to that aggression. What this verse is describing is the inter-