[T-Rock]

[i]"Whosoever kills even one human being, other than for man slaughter or tyranny on earth, it would be as if they had killed all of humanity. And whosoever saves even one human life, it will be as if they have saved all of humankind (Koran 5:32)"

Interesting how Sura 5:32 is frequently quoted out of context in relation to Sura 5:33. The result is that the part you quoted from verse 32 only applies to Muslims. It doesn't apply to non-Muslims. Anyone who doesn't accept Islam or is at war with Islam is making "corruption in the Earth," and is to be "killed or crucified." Those unwilling to submit to Islam are considered to be spreading mischief in the land...

Never mentioned by the President or any of the others who quote this verse as if it condemns Islamic jihadist violence are several important facts: it comes within the context of a warning to the Jews, and is not presented as a universal principle; it contains the important exception “unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land,” and it is followed by v. 33, which specifies the punishment for that mischief: “The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter.”
Thus this passage is explaining what must be done with Jews who reject Muhammad, not dictating lofty moral principles. Ibn Warraq sums it up: “The supposedly noble sentiments are in fact a warning to Jews. ‘Behave, or else’ is the message. Far from abjuring violence, these verses aggressively point out that anyone opposing the Prophet will be killed, crucified, mutilated, and banished!”

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2007/09/bl...rses-1-60.html

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/..._omits_5.html#

Sorry for the Hijack...