The Baha'i Studies Listserv IMHO, the Qur'an does not command the "slaughter" of anyone. It does permit fighting in some cases, but not the outright slaughter of innocent people.
Peace On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Mark A. Foster <[email protected]>wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > I posted a shorter version of the following on another list: > > IMO, with the slaughters in the TaNaH or in the Qur'An, the only right and > wrong is what God wills through His Prophets. The same is true today. > > "Fight in the cause of God those who fight you, but do not transgress > limits; for God loves not transgressors. And slay them wherever you catch > them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out; for tumult and > oppression are worse than slaughter.... But if they cease, God is > Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.... If they cease, let there be no hostility > except to those who practice oppression" > Qur'An 2:190-193 (A. Yusuf Ali translation) > > And Samuel saith unto Saul, "Me did Jehovah send to anoint thee for king > over His people, over Israel; and now, hearken to the voice of the words of > Jehovah: > 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have looked after that which Amalek did to > Israel, that which he laid for him in the way in his going up out of Egypt. > Now, go, and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath, and > thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from > infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass.'" > 1 Samuel 15:1-3 (Young's Literal Translation) > > The time for the destruction of the world and its people hath arrived. > Baha'u'llah (Shoghi Effendi, Promised Day is Come, page 3) > --- > :) Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociologist > 29 domains: http://markfoster.net > Two books: http://bahaifaith.info > Clinical: http://fosterservices.com > > ______________________________**____________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-624073-953325.** > e9a9b042dd227e4657deb0ff0d3845**[email protected]<leave-624073-953325.e9a9b042dd227e4657deb0ff0d384...@list.jccc.edu> > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] > Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/**read/all_forums/subscribe?** > name=bahai-st<http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st> > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/**read/?forum=bahai-st<http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st> > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > New Public - > http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-624104-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
