Can Muslims Have Non-Muslim Friends?
But the verse 2:221 talks about not marrying the Mushrikeen.. if that verse is applicable for not marrying all polytheists for all time, then how can at other places the word Mushrikeen mean specific Pagans at the time of Prophet ? If the verse 2:221 had said “anyone who commits shirk” then the issue would have been clear, as Christians also commit shirk but the verse 2:221 doesn’t refer to them.