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Letter: Muslims and tolerance
In the Koran, Surah 42, it states in two places that those who worship gods other than Allah will receive their retribution only from Allah; and that this is not from Muhammad
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n the Koran, Surah 42, it states in two places that those who worship gods other than Allah will receive their retribution only from Allah; and that this is not from Muhammad. Let alone his distant followers.
A fortiori, no Muslim is allowed to claim the right to exact retribution from other Muslims, who worship no other god but Allah.
Indeed, it is stated in the same Surah (verse 40): “The reward for a wrong is a wrong the like thereof; but whoever forgives and offers reconciliation, his reward is with Allah. Verily, He disapproves of oppressors.”
J.P. Veerman
Pangandaran, West Java
