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while it is not mentioned even once in the Qur'an. Which of these two religions, then,
was highly likely to have been spread by the sword?
[3]Islam instituted jihad as a means of protecting the weak, such as women and children,
and not for killing people, as it is all too often erroneously understood. The Qur'an (4/75)
states, "And how should you not fight for the cause of God, and for the helpless
old men, women, and children who say, Deliver us, Lord, from this city of
wrongdoers, grant us a protector out of Your grace and grant us a supporter
out of Your grace?" Jihad was also instituted in self-defense, and not as an act of
aggression: "And fight for the religion of God against those who fight against
you, but transgress not by attacking them first, for God loves not the
transgressors." (Qur'an 2/190). It was also instituted as a means of insuring the
freedom of calling others to Islam and not forcing them to embrace it: "There is no
compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clear from Error." (Qur'an 2/256); "And
say, 'The truth is from your Lord, so let him who will, believe; and let him who
will, disbelieve.'" (Qur'an 18/29)
[4]Because the presence of these and many other texts is a cause of great
embarrassment to the "editors" of the Bible, we find that they occasionally add or delete
whatever texts suit them, which testifies to the corruption to which the Bible has been
subjected. For example, 1 Samuel 6/19 reads, "Then He struck the men of Beth
Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. He struck fifty
thousand and seventy men of the people." In the English, French, German and
Arabic translations, however, we find "seventy men" instead of "fifty thousand and
seventy men", as it does not befit the Merciful Lord to kill such a huge number of people,
hence the blatant deletion. Besides, it was decided, believing that merely "looking" into
the ark of the Lord is not a crime that requires genocide. If they do not refrain from
deleting or adding texts to the Bible today due to the spread of printing and the fact that
the Bible is virtually accessible to almost everyone, one wonders what the situation was
like in the ancient times when only priests had access to the Bible!
[5]The Bible attributes heinous acts of genocide to Prophet David, of which he is totally
innocent. In 2 Samuel 12/29-31 we read, "So David gathered all the people together
and went to Rabbah, fought against it, and took it. Then he took their king's
crown from his head. Its weight was a talent of gold, with precious stones.
And it was set on David's head. Also he brought out the spoil of the city in great
abundance. And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to