Islam 1: Muhammad, the first Caliphate, and the core teachings
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Surahs of the Koran Address Different Problems, Right?
There are many asuras in the koran that deal with war. And they govern what mohammed considered to be a just war and a defensive war. It's open to doubt whether any one of these prophecies is intended to govern all war as such, or if they were about particular questions that arose in that cular series of wars with mecca. There's also a lot of condemnation of the unbelievers, rite kafir, or unbelievers. So mohammed clearly directed a lot of animus towards, towards unbelievers who did not embrace his message.
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