Indeed, the Qur'an states that, but what so many people neglect to do is to go to the next step, and determine the meaning of the term "innocent" as expressed in their theology.
Please consider these all from their "Holy Writings" as you attempt to define an "innocent"
Jewish people are enemies of Islam
Volume 3, Book 50, Number 890:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
… Now Abdullah bin Umar went to his land and was attacked at night, and his hands and feet were dislocated, and as we have no enemies there except those Jews, they are our enemies and the only people whom we suspect, I have made up my mind to exile them."
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Volume 3, Book 39, Number 524:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle gave the land of Khaibar to the Jew's on the condition that they work on it and cultivate it, and be given half of its yield.
[2]
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 597:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "No child is born but has the Islamic Faith, but its parents turn it into a Jew or a Christian…
[3]
[1] http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/050.sbt.html#003.050.890
[2] http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/039.sbt.html#003.039.524
[3] http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/093.sbt.html#009.093.564
Conversion from Islam means death:
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 577:
Narrated 'Ali:
I heard the Prophet saying, "In the last days (of the world) there will appear young people with foolish thoughts and ideas. They will give good talks, but they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out of its game, their faith will not exceed their throats. So, wherever you find them, kill them, for there will be a reward for their killers on the Day of Resurrection."
[1]
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 271:
Narrated Abu Musa:
A man embraced Islam and then reverted back to Judaism. Mu'adh bin Jabal came and saw the man with Abu Musa. Mu'adh asked, "What is wrong with this (man)?" Abu Musa replied, "He embraced Islam and then reverted back to Judaism." Mu'adh said, "I will not sit down unless you kill him (as it is) the verdict of Allah and His Apostle
[2]
[1] http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/061.sbt.html#006.061.577
[2] http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/089.sbt.html#009.089.271
Whenever I hear someone say "Islam is a peaceful religion" I cringe.
I cringe because that person has not bothered to do a simple fact check by going to a site on the Qur'an, and doing a search on the terms, "Jew", Christian" "infidel" and others as it comes to mind. I'd also do a search on the word, "innocent" just to look at things from their perspective. You see, anyone can take a class on "Comparative religions", but unless one has read any of the things in the works of any cult, by themselves, and without anyone feeding them pablum, they can see for themselves that this religion instills hatred for Jews, and Christians from the get-go.
It is also a very misogynistic religion. It says it in its readings, and you can see it in their burkas
Here are other Qur'an quotes:
“Whoever offers violence to you, offer you the like violence to him.” 2:190 (
Volume 4, Book 53, Number 377 Volume 8, Book 73, Number 111, Volume 9, Book 92, Number 416)
2:276
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 127: Narrated Al-Bara:
I heard the Prophet saying (or the Prophet said), "None loves the Ansar but a believer, and none hates them but a hypocrite. So Allah will love him who loves them, and He will hate him who hates them
Partial Sunan Abu Dawud
Book 40, Number 4582: Narrated AbuDharr:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The best of the actions is to love for the sake of Allah and to hate for the sake of Allah.
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[1] http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/083.sbt.html#005.058.127
A side note in history is apropos. The Crusades had excesses, as all wars do. However, they were in large measure a “just war” because they were a response to the aggressive expansion of Islam. “…by the incursions of the Seljuk Turks, … that invaded southwestern Asia in the 11th century and eventually founded an empire that included Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and most of Iran. Their advance marked the beginning of Turkish power in the Middle East.”
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Their taking of Jerusalem led to the first of five crusades, beginning in 1095. The first crusade melded two ideals: pilgrimage to a holy place, and freedom of access for Christians to go to Jerusalem. The Seljuks were Sunnis, the most numerous of the Islam branches, and they forcibly converted all those in Jerusalem to Islam, and killed those who did not convert.
It is also obvious that the leopard has not changed his spots. Using different technology, groups like the Taliban, and their ilk continue to use force, death and terror to “evangelize“ the extreme agenda as taught in the Qur'an.
[1] Encyclopedia Britannica, electronic edition 2004
Ecclesiastes1:9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. (ESV)
