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9:5 is not restricted to self defence:5. Then when the Sacred Months have passed, then kill the Mushrikun (disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and prepare for them each and every ambush. But if they repent and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and give Zakat, then leave their way free. Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. "If such is the case, then when we read verse 9:5, it should clearly state that Muslims should attack first. We should see the word "First" in the verse, or at least a word synonymous to it. So let's quote the verse and see."The fact that it didn't state the word 1st, proves that it was in self defence? This doesn't even make sense. If I say "on December 18th kill all Muslims who have been fighting with U.S. troops. & in January kill Muslims wherever you find them." will you say that the 2nd fighting is in self defence, because I didn't say "1st"? The answer is no, the fact that it doesn't say the word 1st, doesn't mean that it isn't. According to pros logic, since Verse 3 doesn't say the words "2nd", it means that it wasn't in self defence.Further more Pro ignores the proof that verse 5 is not in self defence:a) The self defence killing was already commanded in verse 3, to take place on "the greatest day".Thus the verse 5 killing which is set for "when the Sacred Months have passed", & says "wherever you find them" is refering to the rest.What was the difference between the 2 killings, other than that the 2nd one was non-discriminatory, on the rest of non believers.b) If it was self defence it should be done right away.c) Why does it refer to them as "Mushrikun (disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah)". It should have just said your enemy's/oppressors. The fact that it uses that term "Mushrikun" to describe him indicates that the war was religious in nature, & not simply self defence. Continuing with his line of reasoning, he similarly rejects all the other verses since they don't say the word "1st".As I already pointed out this reasoning is ridiculous. MORE SOURCES:sura 25, verse 52 states: “Therefore, do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with this, a great striving.”Hadith:Bukhari (52:177) - Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him." Bukhari (52:220) - Allah's Apostle said... 'I have been made victorious with terror' Bukhari (52:256) - The Prophet... was asked whether it was permissible to attack the pagan warriors at night with the probability of exposing their women and children to danger. The Prophet replied, "They (i.e. women and children) are from them (i.e. pagans)." In this command, Muhammad establishes that it is permissible to kill non-combatants in the process of killing a perceived enemy. This provides justification for the many Islamic terror bombings. Muslim (1:33) - the Messenger of Allah said: I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah Muslim Book 019, Number 4294: "... when the Messenger of Allah appointed anyone as leader of an army or detachment... He would say: Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war...When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one of these, you also accept it and withhold yourself from doing them any harm. Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them. Then invite them to migrate from their lands to the land of Muhairs and inform them that, if they do so, they shall have all the privileges and obligations of the Muhajirs. If they refuse to migrate, tell them that they will have the status of Bedouin Muslims and will be subjected to the Commands of Allah like other Muslims, but they will not get any share from the spoils of war or Fai' except when they actually fight with the Muslims (against the disbelievers). If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah's help and fight them. When you lay siege to a fort and the besieged appeal to you for protection in the name of Allah and His Prophet... HISTORY:The entire culture of the land once known as Mesopotamia was swept away in the final conquest of the region by Muslim Arabs in the 7th century CE which resulted in the unification of law, language, religion and culture under Islam.(1)A list of categories of Muslim wars from, http://en.wikipedia.org.... I will detail part of 13.1: 13.1 Early Islam (622-634) 13.2 Shia Martyrdom (680) 13.3 Córdoba revolt (818) 13.4 Execution of Christians in Córdoba (850-859) 13.5 Anti-Jewish violence in Muslim Spain (1010-1013) 13.6 Pogrom in Fez (1033) 13.7 Massacre of Jews in Granada (1066) 13.8 Almohads of Spain 13.9 The Assassins (1124) 13.10 Forced conversions of Jews in Yemen 13.11 Ibn Taymiyyah 13.12 Bahmani sultans (1347-1480) 13.13 Timur (Tamerlane) 13.14 Fes Massacre (1465) 13.15 Safavid kings (1501) 13.16 Massacre after the battle of Chitod (1568) 13.17 Barbary pirates 13.18 Expulsion of Jews from Yemen (1679-1680) 13.19 Massacre of Jews in Safed (1660) 13.20 Rise of Wahhabism (1744) 13.21 el Djezzar (1783-1801) 13.22 Tetouan Pogrom (1790) 13.23 Jihad in Africa (1810-1818) 13.24 Java War (1825-1830) 13.25 Suleika affair (1834) 13.26 Safed and Hebron violence (1834-1835) 13.27 Forced conversions of Jews in Iran (1838-1839) 13.28 Damascus Blood Libel (1840) 13.29 Massacres of the Assyrians (1840-1860) 13.30 Jihad in Africa (1861) 13.31 Rafin Jaki battle (1873) 13.32 April Uprising (1876-1912) 13.33 Jihad in Sudan and Egypt (1880) 13.34 Hamidian massacres (1894-1896) 13.35 Settat and Taza pogrom 1903/1907 13.36 Greek Genocide (1914-1923) 13.37 Genocide of Assyrians (1914-1920) 13.38 Massacre of Assyrians in Iran (1914-1915) 13.39 Ottomans jihad - 1914 13.40 Armenian genocide 1915 13.41 Arab riots 1920-1921 13.42 Moplah rebellion 13.43 Forced conversion of Jewish orphans in Yemen 13.44 Muslim Brotherhood 13.45 Hebron massacre 13.46 Simele massacre 13.47 Jaffa Massacre 13.48 Rashid Ali coup 13.49 Farhud pogrom 14 Nazi Germany Early Islam - 622-634: 3. Attack upon the 'Banu Qaynuqa' Jews6. Attack against the Banu Nadir Jews.7. Massacre of the Banu Qurayza Jews.Medina in 627, Muhammad's followers killed between 600 and 900 of the men, and divided the surviving Jewish women and children amongst themselves, after the Jewish tribes refused to accept Muhammad and convert to his movement.9. The torture and killing of Kenana ibn al-Rabi10. The slaying of an old woman from Banu Fazara11. The killing of Abdullah Khatal and his daughter.12. The attack upon Tabuk. for becoming an apostate.Though they offered to surrender, Muhammad felt the need to make an example of them. "The adult males were condemned to death, and the women and children to slavery. Between 600 and 900 males were beheaded ." Three large Jewish tribes dwelled in Medina in Muhammad's time: the Banu Nadir, Banu Kainuka, and Banu Qurayza. When war broke out between Muhammad's new supporters and the Meccans, the Jewish clans of Medina remained neutral and were at first unharmed. Nevertheless after the 627 failed Meccan siege of Medina, Muhammad accused the Jews of siding with the Meccans and ordered an attack on them. The reference to this episode in Islamic text is in Sura 33 of the Qu'ran, known as “The Clans.”[68] (The Qu'ran tells of three Jewish tribes conquered by Muhammad near Medina, "Two were permitted to choose conversion or exile, but the third was allowed only conversion or death."[69]). (1)http://www.ancient.eu.com...