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Questions of the "Holy War", the "Anti-Jesus Islam",
"polygamy". "Divorce", "Status of Women in Islam", and so
on, are the most frequent ones. And it is in the service of
truth, and for the sake of the honest people among those in-
nocent and misinformed inquirers, that the attempt is made
to examine these questions briefly.
L The Holy War lJihad)
Was Islam spread at the point of sword? Was the Mus-
lim emblem "The Qur'an or the sword?" Were the Muslims
imperialist and after mundane power or loot? Some people
like to think about that in affirmative terms; some others in
the negative, and some are undecided, perplexed and reluc-
tant. But where does the Qur'an stand? What does the history
of Muhammad reveal in this connection? It is certainly im-
perative on every honest person who has respect for truth
and human dignity to find out for himself and to reveal his
findings to others.
The Quran makes it clear that, whether we want it or
not, war is a necessity of existence, a fact of life, so long as
there exist in the world injustice, oppression, capricious am-
bitions, and arbitrary claims. This may sound strange. But is
it not a matter of historical record that humanity - frorn the
early dawn of history up till now - has suffered from local,
civil and global wars? And is it not also a fact that, more of-