Crazymikey. The Quran is not a message to muslims, actually, you will find very few references to muslims. The main people that the Quran came to is believers....believers are not necessarily muslim. Hindus could be believer. Afterall, they believed that this is world is virtual and that the hereafter is the reality. They believe in doing good....Hindus are thus believers. The Quran is a message to humanity. You have as much right to use these verse as a muslim does. The Quran is not a book that came for a single people or race, although the muslims would love to claim authority over it. The Quran is for everyone.
You must first understand the cause of Allah...Many muslims have taken their own selfish causes and called them the causes of Allah. In that case, you have all the right to condemn these people, but don't blame the Quran for it. Fight is not always a physical one. Humanity are instructed to fight those that fight them first, but once justice prevails, we are asked to stop the fighting and not transgress our limits. This verse should be used equally by Bush or Saddam. It's not exclusively for Saddam.
Try to understand the rest of the Quran from that premises. Look at it as a revelation for higher authority to all humanity. It's not a message to muslims. The Quran is not the muslims book.
crazymikey said:“Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits, for Allah does not love transgressors”. 2:190
You must first understand the cause of Allah...Many muslims have taken their own selfish causes and called them the causes of Allah. In that case, you have all the right to condemn these people, but don't blame the Quran for it. Fight is not always a physical one. Humanity are instructed to fight those that fight them first, but once justice prevails, we are asked to stop the fighting and not transgress our limits. This verse should be used equally by Bush or Saddam. It's not exclusively for Saddam.
Try to understand the rest of the Quran from that premises. Look at it as a revelation for higher authority to all humanity. It's not a message to muslims. The Quran is not the muslims book.
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