...sword ! — how stern and peremptory his commands ! " When ye encounter the unbelievers," he says, "strike off their heads, until ye have made a great...ransom, until the war shall have laid down its arms." It is the voice of Mohammed, and he is waging fierce war to uproot one superstition, that he may plant...

...Idolaters whenever ye shall find them, and take them prisoners, and besiege them, and lay in wait for them. When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads until ye have made a great slaughter of them." (ch. ii., iv., ix., xlvii.) " Verily God loveth those who fight for his religion in battle...

...command to propagate the new religion by force of arms. " When ye encounter the unbelievers," said he, " strike off their heads until ye have made a great...until the war shall have laid down its arms." This command was consonant to the feelings of his followers. They first waged war with the Meccans and the...

...war. Oh prophet, wage war against the unbelievers and hypocrites, and be severe with them. When you encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads until ye have made a great slaughter."* Again in the Psalms and the Prophets, and especially in the 22nd Psalm and 53rd chapter of Isaiah it...

...from their Lord), he will expiate their evil deeds from them, and will dispose their heart aright. When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their...dismission afterwards, or exact a ransom, until the warriors shall h;ivc bid down their anus. This shall ye. do." — Chap, xlvii. From numerous passages...

...those who courageously fight to uphold and advance the influence of Mohammedanism. The Koran says, "When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their...great slaughter among them ; and bind them in bonds. . . . Verily, if God be pleased, he could take vengeance on them without your assistance ; but he commandeth...

...but I know not whether that which ye are threatened with be nigh, or whether it be far distant1." " When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their...vengeance on them without your assistance ; but He commanded you to fight His battles, that He might prove the one of you by the other. And as to those...

...but I know not whether that which ye are threatened with be nigh, or whether it be far distant1." " When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their...vengeance on them without your assistance ; but He commanded you to fight His battles, that He might prove the one of you by the other. And as to those...

...GOD propoundeth unto men their examples.'f When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their head?, until ye have made a great slaughter among them ;...have laid down its arms." This shall ye do. Verily if Gon pleased he could take vengeance on them, without your assistance ; but lie commandeth you toftght...

...instructed in the humane doctrine taught in the Koran, chap, xlvii., in these words, " If ye meet with any unbelievers, strike off their heads, until ye have made a great slaughter of them : and bind them in strong bonds : and give them their liberty freely, or take a ransom, until...