For Henrik: You are doing a good job!

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Oct 13, 2006 at 07:12

Hi henrik:

The translation of the first three words in verse Q2:216 is: "Kutiba 3aliakumu al-qitalu....then the usual Quranic blah....blah...blah." and this means: "Written (ordained) upon you the fighting...." and the fighting here is and you guessed it: Jihad or holy war or harb muqadassa.

And yes jihad means: holy war.

As a matter of fact Q2:216 was interpreted in the ancient commentaries as the foundation of jihad or holy war.

So the question now becomes: How come Akbar does not know that? But again you are dealing here with Pakistanis and tablighees that know no Arabic and are out to spread Islam at any cost!

And then Akbar has the chutzpah to claim that islam and the Qur'an do not belong only to the Arabs! ...If you need help I will stick around, just let me know.

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