Submitted by JohnC (New Zealand), Apr 19, 2013 at 22:46
Verse 2:191 does not support the notion that Muslims should only fight non-Muslims when attacked. It is quite clear that this limitation only applied to the Sacred Mosque. Unbelievers are to be killed everywhere they are found
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