Peter, I am afraid that you are indeed quoting the Koran out of context. For example, where you cite Surah 9:121 ‘Make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil fate’ you have omitted the crucial qualifying consecutive verse which goes as follow: ‘No, I’m only joking, you’ve got to have a laugh, haven’t you? No, take people as you find them, that’s what I always say.’
On the crime of "misquoting" the Koran
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Guy Reid-Brown, a commentator on a Peter Hitchen's column on misquoting the Koran, made the following remarks:
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