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First let me say that the Koran does not insist that unbelievers be forcibly converted--they can be killed, instead; or, if they are other people "of the Book" (Jews or Christians), they may be subjugated under Islamic rule and forced to pay the poll tax. Elsewhere in the Koran it is written that "there shall be no compulsion in religion", and as can be seen from the three choices above, there are two other options other than conversion.
However, here is what the Koran does say (in four translations):
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Sura 9:29 Qatiloo allatheena la yu/minoona biAllahi wala bialyawmi al-akhiri wala yuharrimoona ma harrama Allahu warasooluhu wala yadeenoona deena alhaqqi mina allatheena ootoo alkitaba hatta yuAAtoo aljizyata AAan yadin wahum saghiroona
YUSUFALI: Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
PICKTHAL: Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture as believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that which Allah hath forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion of Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low.
SHAKIR: Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Messenger have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection.
KHALIFA: You shall fight back against those who do not believe in GOD, nor in the Last Day, nor do they prohibit what GOD and His messenger have prohibited, nor do they abide by the religion of truth - among those who received the scripture - until they pay the due tax, willingly or unwillingly. (excerpt)
http://www.universalunity.net/quran4/009.qmt.html
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First, let me start by saying that Christianity is inherently violent, and that this is reflected by all Christians in government, across all time and in all places -- as Christianity has a causal relationship with violence, as I will now demonstrate (because, of course, as we all know now, thanks to our good friend M's beautifully argued theory that Biblical quotes will suffice in proving far-reaching political and social theories):
Exodus 35:2
"On six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be sacred to you as the sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day shall be put to death."
Case closed, Christians are violent, homicidal maniacs who must be sent back from whence they came.
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You can't answer the text I provided, which shows that the Koran tells Muslims to be aggressive towards non-believers--so you resort to sarcasm and parody.
But even your parody is wrong, for the text you cited to impugn Christians or Christianity is from the Old Testament (essentially Jewish), not the New Testament--and as such does not reflect the teachings instructions of Jesus, which appear in the New Testament in the Gospels.
The advent of Jesus Christ created (for believers) a new covenant with God, and the old laws were not of primary importance any more. Jesus also turned the Old Testament principles of an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, and hating one's enemy--completely upside down; instructing instead to forgive those who do you ill, and to love one's enemy; and Jesus proved it by his own real example of not resisting, and even loving and forgiving, his own tormentors and executioners.
Jesus gave the Two Great Commandments:
Matthew 22:36 “[Jesus], which is the great commandment in the law?” And he said to him, ’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”
http://www.secondexodus.com/html/cat...tscommands.htm