You make a good point

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jul 5, 2013 at 06:59

You make a very good point. And that is my point if ayat al-sayf is abrogated this would mean that Muslims understanding of the Qur'an and Islam for the past 1400 years has to be rewritten and who is going to do that

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