This Jewish Journal article I find to be plain wrong in several areas. Here's two:
1. The article uses Koranic verses that preach peace and love to counter those that preach war. The trouble is nowhere in the article does the Jewish Journal mention the Koranic principle of abrogation, the rule that later verses supersede earlier ones. The earlier verses were generally peaceful, the later ones generally warlike.
2. The article includes this claim:
The Jewish Journal article troubles me deeply.
1. The article uses Koranic verses that preach peace and love to counter those that preach war. The trouble is nowhere in the article does the Jewish Journal mention the Koranic principle of abrogation, the rule that later verses supersede earlier ones. The earlier verses were generally peaceful, the later ones generally warlike.
2. The article includes this claim:
'Killing children, killing innocent people or killing women is not acceptable. A Muslim can protect himself only in legitimate self-defense. Otherwise, killing the innocent is a sin.'The trouble is that Islamists see only the Muslim as innocent, thus non-Muslims can be killed.
The Jewish Journal article troubles me deeply.
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