True, but the definition of innocent varies greatly. According to the Quran, those who disbelieve are the worst of creatures. How can I be worse than a rat or an ant? Only due to my lack of believe.
the verse that says that (98:6) doesnt say that these people are not innocent, merely wrongdoers.
The Byzantine Empire has never broken any oaths. They were fighting the non-Muslim Persians for hundreds of years. Apparently they were invited to become Muslims but refused. 9:29 is a call for offensive warfare and 9:30 is the justification for it. It is about belief, not about having done anything to them.
9:29 has to do with the Tabuk expedition. Here's a hadith on it:
“I never remained behind Allah’s Messenger from any expedition which he undertook except the Battle of Tabuk and that of the Battle of Badr. So far as the Battle of Badr is concerned, nobody was blamed for remaining behind as Allah’s Messenger and the Muslims (did not set out for attack but for waylaying) the caravan of the Quraish, but it was Allah Who made them confront their enemies without their intention (to do so). I had the honour to be with Allah’s Messenger on the night of ‘Aqaba when we pledged our allegiance to Islam and it was more dear to me than my participation in the Battle of Badr, although Badr was more popular amongst people as compared with that (Tabuk). And this is my story of remaining back from Allah’s Messenger on the occasion of the Battle of
TABUK. Never did I possess means enough and (my circumstances) more favourable than at the occasion of this expedition. And, by Allah, I had never before this expedition simultaneously in my possession two rides. Allah’s Messenger set out for this expedition in extremely hot season; the journey was long and the land (which he and his army had to cover) was waterless and
HE HAD TO CONFRONT A LARGE ARMY, so he informed the Muslims about the actual situation (they had to face), so that they should adequately equip themselves for this expedition, and he also told them the destination where he intended to go. …” (
Sahih Muslim Book 37, Hadith 6670)
Notice the fact that they were already there. It would suggest it was they who had started it.
Therefore society can never change. If I can't even tell my family members.
I should've been clearer, you can tell your parents your lack of faith, but they can't ever lay a hand on you unless you publicly announce it.
If you have valid criticism you can discuss it with an imam and have that criticism resolved.
Read the end of p.314 and the beginning of p.315:
A man killed his wife for insulting Muhammad. The case was brought before Muhammad and he decided not to punish him.
I believe this pretty much mirrors the widely accepted attitude of Muslims regarding Charlie Hebdo. Even many so-called moderate Muslims think it was just for the mockers to be killed.
It was not his wife it was a slave. The issue with this is that she was killed for doing it continuously without pause.
He chose to kill her after giving ample warning to stop and by disregarding and slandering Islam she was killed. Of course, this does not mean Muhammed apporoved of the way it was done, we may never know. It is also not fair to make an entire religous ruling based on one course of action that may not represent the "right way".