164. Does God encourage believers today to fight and war against people of different beliefs till their own religion triumphs? (Holy War / Jihad)

the Bible No
Yes the Quran

the Bible's Perspective

Romans 12:17-19Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honourable in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
Hebrews 12:14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
James 1:20for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

the Quran's Perspective

Al-Baqara (The Cow) 2:190-193Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you but do not transgress. Indeed. Allah does not like transgressors. And kill them wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al- Haram until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers. And if they cease, then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah and [until] worship is [acknowledged to be] for Allah. But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression except against the oppressors.
Al-Tawba (Repentance) 9:29Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.

Notes

Jihad is the largest subject in the Qur’an: 139 verses out of 6,236 = 1 out of every 45 verses. The Hadith is 21% about Jihad: The Sirah (the biography of Muhammad) is 67% about Jihad. 64% of the Qur'an is malevolent against the "Kafir".

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