No Compulsion in Religion (2:256)
Quran Talk Blog · Article · February 16, 2015
No Compulsion in Religion
2:256 There shall be no compulsion in religion: the right way is now distinct from the wrong way. Anyone who denounces the devil and believes in GOD has grasped the strongest bond; one that never breaks. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.
There should be no compulsion in religion according to the Quran, except so much of modern day Islam if full of compulsion. It is common in so called Islamic countries to mistreat people who hold different beliefs. In certain countries these acts can be punished by imprisonment, lashings, stonings or even death. It is everyone’s God given right to be able to make their own decisions in this world and not be subject to being forced to the beliefs of others. God wants us to make our own decisions to be righteous or unrighteous.
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“If the people of the scripture (Jews, Christians, and Muslims) believe and maintain a righteous life, we will remit their sins and admit them into the blissful Heaven. Had they observed the Torah, the Gospel, and what is revealed herein from their Lord, they would have enjoyed provisions from above them, and from beneath their feet. Some of them are righteous, but most of them are evil doers.”