Interpretation

Submitted by vlad (United States), Sep 28, 2004 at 16:24

One's understanding of the Koranic verse (2:256) "There is no compulsion in religion" can be through the interpretion in a scholarly manner or it can be understood through historical analysis and inference from past behavior. If the latter is adopted, a Taliban-like interpretation is rather inevitable. This interpretation seems to be the rule in much of the Muslim world today.

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