Q2:256

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Nov 19, 2014 at 07:06

Hi Michael

You are very correct. However read al-Tabari's tafseer of Q2:256 and his explanation for what is really "no compulsion in religion" and you will be in for a surprise

http://www.quran-for-all.com/t-2-3-256.html

The reality is there Q2:256 was abrogated by ayat al-sayf or Q9:5 and ayat al-jizya or Q9:29 and this is indeed what Ibn Kathir says and that it was abrogated by ayat al-Qital

http://www.quran-for-all.com/t-2-1-256.html

But again Muhammad was a poor theologian

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