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Originally Posted by martyh
That's correct ,one also has to be careful when reading meaning into various pieces of text ,when a text says "fight the non believers" what does it mean ? does it mean fight in a violent way (shoot/kill/maim) or does it mean fight in a passive way ,according to texts in the Quran a Muslim can only be aggressive in self defence .As in all religious texts the meaning is read in a different way by different people who want it to say a certain thing to suit their own personal needs hence we end up with different factions of the same religion
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Well I suppose if you read what the 'leaders' interpretation of the word fight by his actions in the book. then you can assume what he and they mean by fight.