OFFICIAL ARABIC TRANSLATION: What the Qur'an Meant: And Why It Matters, ...

CHAPTER 9 OF THE QUR'AN TELLS THE BELIEVERS (MUSLIMS),
FIGHT THE POLYTHEISTS "AFTER FOUR MONTHS".
WHILE GARY WILLS DOES BELIEVE THE QURAN OR ISLAM WAS
TO SOME DEGREE PERHAPS 'MYSOGINISTIC', WE CAN ALSO DISCUSS
THIS FURTHER.

HOWEVER, HE RECOGNIZES THAT THERE IS NO ACTUAL SWORD VERSE IN
THE QURAN. EVEN "HOLY WAR", IS A MISNOMER AND NOT FOUND ANYWHERE
IN THE SCRIPTURES OF MUSLIMS.

JUHD, OR AL JIHAD ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS. STRIVING AND STRUGGLE,
ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT THE
NONBELIEVERS IN BATTLES, AND SKIRMISHES...

THE FACT IS, MANY NON MUSLIMS FIND THE QUR'AN FASCINATING
AND TODAY MANY OF THEM ACKNOWLEGE THAT THERE IS NOTHING
"EXTREME" OR "EVIL" ABOUT ISLAM, OR THE QURAN.

BUT WE HAVE TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND MUCH BETTER WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN READING, AND KNOW THAT WE ARE FAR FROM ABLE TO
PERCEIVE MANY OF THE NUANCES WHICH WE ARE MEANT TO PICK UP ON,
ONLY BECAUSE A GLOBAL CAMPAIGN OF HATE HAS BEEN WAGED AGAINST
ISLAM AND THE STUDY OF THE QURAN EVEN BY MUSLIMS!

ISN'T IT TIME TO STOP HATE AND PREJUDICE BASED ON RELIGION AND TO
LET THE QURAN SPEAK FOR ITSELF?