Through Force or Faith? — Page 167
Chapter 3 Holy Prophet and Wars by Dr. Mohammad Daud Majoka The verses of the Holy Quran that refer to wars have been dis- cussed in detail in the second chapter. Here a review of the usual objections raised against the Holy Prophet s as with reference to the wars is intended. The adversaries have to criticize everything because of their prejudice and parochialism. It is not possible to enumerate all those objections and to give detailed replies here in this limited space. Therefore, we would group them into different categories according to their logic and respond to them in prin- ciple in the light of authentic history books and narrations. The majority of these objections belong to three categories: First: Objections saying that war is undesirable under any condition and Muslims have been embroiled in them. This covers all objections in which the essential argument is that the Holy Prophet s as engaged in wars whereas Jesus did not, and this is one distinction and superiority that Jesus has. ( Al-Kindy, The Apology, translated by W. Muir, Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, Second edition, London, UK, 1887, p. 100) Second: Second category is of objections that allege that the wars that the Holy Prophet s as fought were not defensive but