Through Force or Faith? — Page 87
Chapter 1 — Analysis of the Papal Lecture 87 6. The Holy Prophet Muhammad enjoined spreading the faith through violence. (God forbid) He presented this argument against the coercion in faith in the words of the Kaiser Spreading faith through violence is something unreason- able and not acting reasonably is contrary to the nature of God. The Pope made the following assumptions: For the Kaiser it was self-evident. The proof given for this assumption is that Kaiser was shaped by Greek philosophy. 7. Muslims believe the God is Transcendent, and His Will is not constrained by any categorization by man. Thus, He is not even constrained to act rationally. Proof of this assumption is given by quoting Ibn H azm as following: ‘God is not bound even by his own word, and nothing would oblige him to reveal the truth to us. Were it God’s will, we would even have to practice idolatry. ’ After constructing the edifice of his theory on a fabricated assump- tion, the final conclusion drawn by the Pope is: