Anonymous (8)

Like most religious texts, it helps to frame the Qu'ran in context of the time it was written. And, like a lot of religious texts, there is much that never evolved. Clearly this was written by a man for the sake of men and men alone. And like the bible or other religious texts, it is rife with contradictions. The hadiths are the real problem - as with Christian apologists, there are so many interpretations of the original text - and those are the guides that seem to be fueling the violence.

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