May you see the light

Submitted by Ali (Canada), Dec 28, 2008 at 04:14

well you mentioned the verse from the Quran that states " There is no compulsion in religion" and then you stated your reasons of it not being in compliance with other parts of the Quran. You also said that if a non-muslim was to live in Muslim territory, he/she would have to pay a tax. This is correct but let me tell you that everything in Islam has a region. Tax is acquired to be [aid so that it can be spent back on the people by the rulers as in our times today. You mentioned that tax is supposed to be paid by non-muslims but you do not know that Muslims are also obliged to pay two different types of taxes which when combined come to a greater value than that of the tax paid my non muslims. Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam.

you also mentioned "Mohammad ‘suggests' that he will worship what he will worship and that the ‘unbeliever(s)' will worship what s/he (they) will worship"– with the implication of ‘why can't we all just get along'. This is in line with ‘there is no compulsion in religion'.

You have taken the meaning in a wrong way. The verse suggests that you cannot change what a person believes in by forcing them to temporarly believing something. Its saying that you cannot force a Christian to abondon his beliefs by forcing him into Islam. It therefore suggests that every person has the right to what they believe.

In an earlier response to noor, you said that you could not get past the point in the first Surah where Infidels are mentioned. The first surah has no mentions to Infidels I urge that you actually read the Quran. It does however say Infidel in other parts of the Quran but just as a way to refer to people who are nonbelieving, If you are to ask why the Quran says supposedly "kill the Infidels" then I will say that you must get the understanding of the Quran right. The Quran is not just a book of guidance but it is also a book that has incidents from the life of the Prophet(PBUH). If the Muslims were attacked and the Prophet was in question as to what the Muslims should do then he would recieve a revelation from Allah(God), which is the Quran. When the Prophet would recieve revelations from Allah then his cheecks would turn red and the people that observed him explained it as if he was completely changed.

Let me know if you have any questions as I will be more than happy to help.

Peace

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