Status Updates From The Koran

… Like there’s not an Islamic equivalent to the morality and pacifism of the sermon on the mount, and I’m not saying there is. The vibe of reading it is much closer to the OT. But idk why it took so long for me to say that, or why I wanted to😂

…so while the Koran still bans war unless it is as a last resort or as self defense “Fight in the cause of God against those who fight you, but do not exceed the limits. Indeed, God does not like aggressors… And if they cease, then indeed, God is Forgiving and Merciful.”. But there isn’t the radical pacifism in Jesus’ turn the other cheek messaging…

… For instance, the Koran still keeps mostly to an eye for an eye. Speaking of doing good to those who have not wronged you, “Allah loves the equitable”. But still says that if someone has wronged you for your religion or driven you out of your land that it is bad to make friends with them, and implicitly(as said in other verses) to not engage in retributive combat…

So far the Koran, or Qu’ran ig, has been good. It certainly has parts which are violent and dominant, I would certainly not say more than the OT. And just like the OT the overarching themes do center around God loving justice and mercy and equity. So while a lot of the themes are similar, there is a noticeable difference between Jesus’ teachings and the Koran’s…

(11:9)

وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةًۭ ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَـٰهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيَـُٔوسٌۭ كَفُورٌۭ ٩

And if We give man a taste of mercy from Us and then We withdraw it from him, indeed, he is despairing and ungrateful.

I was kinda tired of being told what Muslims believed or how terrible it was. And decided to read it for myself. I’m hoping it’ll be insightful given the insane rise in Islamophobic rhetoric in popular media and verbal and physical violence against Muslims across the first world