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From what I understand of Islam, they have a doctrine where things in the Quran that Mohammad said later in life carry more weight than things he said earlier.
Thus lots of peaceful sounding and noble things that appear early in the book are canceled out by other things he says later on.
Thus none of these can be actually put into context.
That’s correct. Abrogation is quite the doctrine, never mind it being proof to the “unbelievers” of the utter heresy of anything Mohammed said.
>> Thus lots of peaceful sounding and noble things that appear early in the book are canceled out by other things he says later on.
Later on he had syphilis
Correct, it is call “Abrogation”. You can’t cherry pick quotes from the Quran, you have to know the *order* - which is made more difficult by the fact that the book isn’t in chronological order.
Therefore, pointing these out is pointless. Mo got more and more violent as time went on, murder was common and specifically calls for “smite the necks of the unbelievers” (Christians and Jews) - I’m sure all these quotes probably apply still to Muslims, so long as they’re the “right kind of Muslim” !!!
The more peaceful Mecca verses of the koran are pretty much superseded by the more aggressive Medinian verses of the Koran.