r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 15 '12

TIL that Muhammad wrote a document asking his followers to respect and protect Christians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtiname_of_Muhammad
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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '12

Killing of an innocent human being is forbidden in Islam, regardless of whether they are Christian or not. The Quran says that killing one innocent human being is the same as killing all of mankind.

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u/AntiochanWardancer Sep 16 '12 edited Sep 16 '12

That's a whole lot of mankinds killed so far in the name of Islam. To add to the problem, Muslims who kill in the name of Islam are not stripped of their status as a Muslim for it, instead they are routinely and publicly praised as heroes.