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Fatwah
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Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:17:09 GMT
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http://www.ict.org.il/articles/fatwah.htm

I hadn't read this before. I also haven't read the Koran (there seem to be
many possible spellings of this, I've also seen Qu'urran, for example)

But this quote from the beginning of the fatwah HAS to be taken out of
context, right?

"But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the pagans
wherever ye find them, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them
in every stratagem (of war)"

++Lar



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  Re: Fatwah
 
(...) I also dunno about the context thing, but further down in the article "Crusaders" are mentioned to be "terrorizing" the people living in Arabia. Obviously, it is an interpretation made by people who must think the 12th century isn't over yet (...) (23 years ago, 7-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Fatwah
 
(...) What do you think? Are you even unsure? What is your hunch on this? Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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