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Old 04-13-2009, 05:12   #1108
Richard
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Get a copy of the book "Reliance of the Traveller." Read the sections about "Abrogation" - which tells you later sections of the Quran overrule the earlier ones...Then read about Jihad.
Don't have time or the desire to read the full text of that or any other book on the topic, Raymond Ibrahim - who has testified before Congress on this issue - has an excellent essay on this concept at:

War and Peace — and Deceit — in Islam
http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/ibrahim022709.html

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