Also, I have a Quran in front of me and I've read 100 pages into it.
That's the trick. The beginning of the book is peace seeking because at that stage mohammed didn't have the military power to push anyone around and was still trying to gain followers. Later in the book when his bandit army had grown enough is when it starts calling for the deaths of anyone not submitting to him.
That's the trick. The beginning of the book is peace seeking because at that stage mohammed didn't have the military power to push anyone around and was still trying to gain followers. Later in the book when his bandit army had grown enough is when it starts calling for the deaths of anyone not submitting to him.
The latter parts abrogate the earlier ones.
Got it. I'll have to read into it more.