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Single Idea 6827

[from 'The Koran' by Mohammed, in 29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 6. Islam ]

Full Idea

Make war on the unbelievers until idolatry is no more and Allah's religion reigns supreme.

Gist of Idea

Make war on the unbelievers until Allah's religion reigns supreme

Source

Mohammed (The Koran [c.622], Ch.8)

Book Reference

Mohammed: 'The Koran', ed/tr. Dawood,N.J. [Penguin 1968], p.309


A Reaction

This should presumably be seen in context, as a war speech written during a conflict, like Churchill 'fighting them on the beaches', which does not apply to modern German tourists. However, one worries about how fundamentalists might read it.