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Originally Posted by Jamroll
Walaikum salam,
Inshallah, you won't "go to hell" over comments with "some dude" over the net.
I believe the phrase "oppression is worse than slaughter" is taken from Surah 2, verse 217, where the discussion took place amongst the Muslims about fighting the mushrikeen during the sacred months (during which any fighting and bloodshed was prohibited).
"They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Say: "Fighting therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of Allah to prevent access to the path of Allah, to deny Him, to prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members." Tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter. Nor will they cease fighting you until they turn you back from your faith if they can. And if any of you Turn back from their faith and die in unbelief, their works will bear no fruit in this life and in the Hereafter; they will be companions of the Fire and will abide therein."
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salam
thanks. that seems to be talking about death in battle, not mass wholesale slaughter of civilian populations. The conflict in Iraq today is waged primarily by armed groups against civilian populations. You cant honestly say that its better for all those bosnians in srebrenica to be raped and massacred by the serbs than for them to remain alive within Bosnia as a state in Yugoslavia. This is the model that is occurring in Iraq every day. How do you think all the Sunni neighborhoods in Baghdad were emptied (and plenty of shia villages as well)? Certainly there are better alternatives to that. I dont think that quranic aya applies here
Before you tell me that the Americans kill civilians i'll acknowledge that they do, however the US role in day to day combat in Iraq has been steadily declining over the past few months, which is why the number of American troops killed or wounded in action is so low these days. With Al-Qaeda in Iraq destroyed and the American mission a general failure that is winding down, most of the killing today on all sides of the fight is being done by Iraqis. Thats not related to the issue