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From: bes@tybalt.caltech.edu (Behnam Sadeghi)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: Excerpt from USRA Family Magazine: (Forgiveness)
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Date: 27 Nov 90 15:48:00 GMT
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Mark writes:

   I am somewhat confused.  I am not a Muslim, but in other postings to
   this group I have seen several instances where people have said that
   Islam specifically endorses the idea of "An eye for an eye, a tooth
   for a tooth", since to do otherwise would be unjust.  Doesn't this
   call for forgiveness then go against a precept of Islam?

The relevant verse in the Quran states that "an eye for an eye, a tooth
for a tooth" is permissible but forgiveness is preferrable.

My understanding is that the verse is about crimes committed by one
individual against another like murder, physical attack, etc.  (I could
be wrong).

Behnam Sadeghi