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Single Idea 6825

[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 1. Causing Death ]

Full Idea

Do not kill except for a just cause.

Gist of Idea

Do not kill except for a just cause

Source

Mohammed (The Koran [c.622], Ch.25)

Book Ref

Mohammed: 'The Koran', ed/tr. Dawood,N.J. [Penguin 1968], p.209


A Reaction

Slippery slope! I can see that pleasure would not be a just cause, and ensuring the entry of all humanity to paradise might be one, but I find the area in between a little unclear. The Koran seems to allow you to decide for yourself.


The 23 ideas from Mohammed

There shall be no compulsion in religion [Mohammed]
Unbelievers try to interpret the ambiguous parts of the Koran, simply to create dissension [Mohammed]
He that kills a believer by design shall burn in Hell for ever [Mohammed]
Unbelievers will have their skin repeatedly burned off in hell [Mohammed]
Punish theft in men or women by cutting off their hands [Mohammed]
Killing a human, except as just punishment, is like killing all mankind [Mohammed]
You may break off a treaty if you fear treachery from your ally [Mohammed]
Make war on the unbelievers until Allah's religion reigns supreme [Mohammed]
Allah cannot have begotten a son, as He is self-sufficient [Mohammed]
The Koran is certainly composed by Allah; no one could compose a chapter like it [Mohammed]
The unbelievers shall drink boiling water [Mohammed]
Do not kill except for a just cause [Mohammed]
True believers see that Allah made the night for rest and the day to give light [Mohammed]
Do not split into sects, exulting in separate beliefs [Mohammed]
Allah rewards those who are devout, sincere, patient, humble, charitable, chaste, and who fast [Mohammed]
Repay evil with good and your enemies will become friends (though this is hard) [Mohammed]
Those who avenge themselves when wronged incur no guilt [Mohammed]
I created mankind that it might worship Me [Mohammed]
The righteous shall dwell on couches in gardens, wedded to dark-eyed houris [Mohammed]
Heaven will be reclining on couches, eating fruit, attended by virgins [Mohammed]
Be patient with unbelievers, and leave them to the judgement of Allah [Mohammed]
Instead of prayer and charity, sinners pursue vain disputes and want their own personal scripture [Mohammed]
Allah is lord of creation, compassionate, merciful, king of judgement-day [Mohammed]