Okay buz it is time to reign in the anti-Islamic rhetoric.
You may be correct that violent factions of Islam do pay more attention to the warlike passages of the Quran, and so use an interpretation you are suggesting. But that same thing occurs in fundamentalists of all religions (most notably the monotheistic ones), and it is not proper to extrapolate that everyone within such faiths believes in those singular interpretations or that that is what their religion is about.
Islam's book, the Quran states that the ultimate goal of Islam is to conquer the world for Islam
This is a false claim, and it is easily shown to be wrong. While you quotemine some specific passages, you have conveniently left out the passages within the same section which put them in context. This section deals with the aftermath of broken pacts with muslims by Jews and Xians (and I believe pagans too), and discusses what is to come of it. Many interpret this as suggesting a temporary condition since it deals with specific treaties, and at most guidance on what happens when similar deals get broken in the future. I might add that nowhere is it suggesting that the whole world is some sort of goal to fight for.
Here are some other passages from the same section.
9:1 Freedom from obligation (is proclaimed) from Allah and His messenger toward those of the idolaters with whom ye made a treaty.
9:4 Excepting those of the idolaters with whom ye (Muslims) have a treaty, and who have since abated nothing of your right nor have supported anyone against you. (As for these), fulfil their treaty to them till their term. Lo! Allah loveth those who keep their duty (unto Him).
9:6 And if anyone of the idolaters seeketh thy protection (O Muhammad), then protect him so that he may hear the Word of Allah, and afterward convey him to his place of safety. That is because they are a folk who know not.
9:8 How (can there be any treaty for the others) when, if they have the upper hand of you, they regard not pact nor honour in respect of you ? They satisfy you with their mouths the while their hearts refuse. And most of them are wrongdoers.
9:10 And they observe toward a believer neither pact nor honour. These are they who are transgressors.
9:12 And if they break their pledges after their treaty (hath been made with you) and assail your religion, then fight the heads of disbelief - Lo! they have no binding oaths - in order that they may desist.
9:13 Will ye not fight a folk who broke their solemn pledges, and purposed to drive out the messenger and did attack you first ? What! Fear ye them ?...
The concept that this is temporary and regional in nature, if not made clear by commentary within the quotes above are reinforced by other passages of the Quran, most notably the section devoted on what to do with disbelievers...
109:1 Say: O disbelievers!
109:2 I worship not that which ye worship;
109:3 Nor worship ye that which I worship.
109:4 And I shall not worship that which ye worship.
109:5 Nor will ye worship that which I worship.
109:6 Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.
That's it Buz. Yes the Quran suggests all disbelievers are mistaken and headed for damnation of some kind, but that is the same for all abrahamic texts. This clearly states that disbelievers are allowed to coexist. There is no sense that they must convert or die. That is the interpretation held by many (the majority) of muslims in the world.
So let's set aside the Islam bashing (especially given what they can point to in the Bible regarding Xians and Jews) as a theological reason for rejecting this deal, and look at the practical problems of having such a deal.
Okay?
holmes
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