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   From: surfer@no.spam.net   
      
   On 20 Sep 2006 02:39:29 -0700, "sdr"  wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Muslims (most especially of all pious Muslims) MUST do   
   >everything the Koran orders them to do without the   
   >slightest novelty, embellishment, or variation.   
   >   
      
   Actually the Koran says:   
      
   “Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth has been made clear   
   from error. Whoever rejects false worship and believes in Allah has   
   grasped the most trustworthy handhold that never breaks. And Allah   
   hears and knows all things.” [Sûrah al-Baqarah: 256]   
      
   “If it had been your Lord’s will, all of the people on Earth would   
   have believed. Would you then compel the people so to have them   
   believe?” [Sûrah Yûnus: 99]   
      
   “So if they dispute with you, say ‘I have submitted my whole self to   
   Allah, and so have those who follow me.’ And say to the People of the   
   Scripture and to the unlearned: ‘Do you also submit yourselves?’ If   
   they do, then they are on right guidance. But if they turn away, your   
   duty is only to convey the Message. And in Allah’s sight are all of   
   His servants.” [Sûrah Âl `Imrân: 20]   
      
   “The Messenger’s duty is but to proclaim the Message.” [Sûrah   
   al-Mâ’idah: 99]   
      
   More at:   
   http://islamtoday.com/showme2.cfm?cat_id=29&sub_cat_id=607&CFID=   
   8060106&CFTOKEN=28211580   
      
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