PrintMarch 18, 2011
The Lesson in the Death of Yoav Fogel
Quite often, criticism of the Quran is accused of being contextually incorrect, its detractors charged with cherry-picking quotes in efforts to demonize Muslims. Below is one of those oft-quoted blurbs that Islamic apologists insist is just another of the Quran's messages where the "peaceful" meaning escapes Western critics. Observe the Quran, Sura 9, verse 123:O you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous.If there is a message of "peace" in the passage, I certainly cannot discern it, and find it completely understandable that such a conclusion might also elude other Western critics. While it may be true that millions of Westernized or more civilized practitioners of Islam are able to extraordinarily find the meaning of this passage to be something other than what it clearly states, and though some translations imbue the verse with a more...(Read Full Article)
