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{{Quote|{{Quran|7|103}}|Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them: So see what was the end of those who made mischief.}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|7|103}}|Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them: So see what was the end of those who made mischief.}} | ||
Clearly "mischief" which is also equated to "waging war against Allah and His Messenger" in the very next verse, ''can and does apply'' to someone who simply refuses to accept Islam.<ref>Some apologists may try to claim that Pharaoh and his chiefs were "bad men" who deserved their "end". But anything else they may or may not have done is irrelevant to this discussion. The verse cites only one reason for punishing them, and that sole reason is for "wrongly rejecting" Allah's messengers.</ref> So what was first offered to us as the hight of moral teachings found in the Qur'an, turns out to be an extremely intolerant call to violence. | Clearly "mischief" which is also equated to "waging war against Allah and His Messenger" in the very next verse, ''can and does apply'' to someone who simply refuses to accept Islam.<ref>Some apologists may try to claim that Pharaoh and his chiefs were "bad men" who deserved their "end". But anything else they may or may not have done is irrelevant to this discussion. The verse cites only one reason for punishing them, and that sole reason is for "wrongly rejecting" Allah's messengers.</ref> | ||
According to Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the world's most quoted independent Islamic jurist: | |||
{{Quote||Surah al-Ma'idah (5:33) says: ''"The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle is that they should be murdered or crucified."'' According to Abi Kulaba's narration '''this verse means the apostates. And many hadiths, not only one or two, but many, narrated by a number of Muhammad's companions state that any apostate should be killed'''. }} | |||
So what was first offered to us as the hight of moral teachings found in the Qur'an, turns out to be an extremely intolerant call to violence. | |||
On the 20<sup>th</sup> of July, following the [[Images:United Kingdom|7/7 terrorist attacks]] on London, Islamic cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed publicly stated "I condemn the killing of innocent people." only to be secretly recorded by an undercover reporter for the Sunday Times explaining two days later "Yes I condemn killing any innocent people, but not any kuffar." | On the 20<sup>th</sup> of July, following the [[Images:United Kingdom|7/7 terrorist attacks]] on London, Islamic cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed publicly stated "I condemn the killing of innocent people." only to be secretly recorded by an undercover reporter for the Sunday Times explaining two days later "Yes I condemn killing any innocent people, but not any kuffar." | ||