-- Raymond Ibrahim
What are we to make of the glaring contradiction between the Koran's claim that "there is no compulsion in religion" (2:256) and the many other verses that call for war, slavery, and death to those who refuse to submit to Islam (9:5, et al)--to say nothing of the militant behavior of the prophet of Allah, Muhammad? This is the question Stephen M. Kirby examines in his new book, Islam's Militant Prophet: Muhammad and Forced Conversion to Islam.
