Originally posted by Afro Cheese
Here you miss the point. The historical context is precisely why the text contains passages that apply during wartime, which are the violent passages in question.
It doesn't sound it's just for wartime to me. It's to spread Islam, the one true religion. "Fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides Allah) and the worship will all be for Allah Alone."
Originally posted by Afro Cheese
I'm not denying the connection. I'm saying that there is an agenda on behalf of some to promote that violent image. Some of them are Muslim terrorists promoting actual violence, and others are critics of the religion who want to emphasize its violent side. Both will tend to overstate the extent to which an honest reading of the Quran promotes endless holy war by honing in on the passages that support this narrative and ignoring the rest. There's nothing productive or honest about that.
😂 I don't think it can be overemphasized. It definitely doesn't get stressed enough, at least not in the mainstream media. Liberals are too afraid of "Islamophobia," so they don't approach the problem honestly. I honestly was unaware of how horrible the Islamic texts are for a long time. I think a lot of people just don't know. Sure, there's a balance that needs to be struck in dealing with the issue because many millions of Muslims are peaceful, and live by many of our liberal values, but that's not because that's the core doctrine of Islam, it's in spite of it. Many, many other millions of Muslims greatly oppose liberal values vital to a free society and people need to look honestly at what the texts are preaching. It's not tolerance and acceptance of women, homosexuals, and free-thinkers; it's subjugation and totalitarian theocracy, whether achieved through political policy or violence. Either one is undesirable.