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From: PRASTOWO@QUCDN.QueensU.CA
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Subject: Re: Question
Message-ID: <1991Feb18.214406.21648@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 18 Feb 91 21:44:06 GMT
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In article <1991Feb14.190247.19879@nntp-server.caltech.edu>,
reddy@bach.austin.ibm.com (Satish Reddy) says:
>
>>Zafar Iqbal writes:
>>
>>>In article <1991Feb12.061033.25437@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
>mh52+@andrew.cmu.e
>du (Mohamed Adzlee Harun) writes:
>
>>>1.  Can an Islamic State invade a polytheistic state which refuses to
>>>accept Islam although, it is  not hostile to the Islamic State?
>>Before invasion, the Islamic state asks the second state to accept Islam
>>If it refuses, then it is asked to live as dhimmis under the islamic state.
>>IF it refuses this then the Islamic state can invade.
>>
>
>I don't follow the arguement quite here.  Why should an Islamic state should
>invade a polytheistic state in the first place.  Is'nt invasion for whatever
>purpose against Islam as invasion involoves killing people.
>

If I may suggest, you could simply skip the arguement. In this delicate
fikh [law ?] matter, you need proper Qur'an/Sunnah references. There are
plenty of other postings answering the question with proper references.


Bambang Prastowo