Peaceful verses have been aborgated (replaced)

Submitted by young (United States), Jan 5, 2010 at 18:31

you miss a basic point. The earlier more peaceful suras were replaced by the later more violent ones. This is the principle of abrogation. This principle is widely acknowledged among the main schools of Islamic thought. You know this...

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