Motif
Divinely authorized armed defense
divinely_authorized_armed_defense
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Cosmic and Supernatural Combat. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) THE KORAN. / PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE / SECTION I. / SECTION II.; lines 2864-2911 confidence: high
The narrator says Mohammed's passiveness was due to lack of power; after assistance from Medina he announced God's permission for defense and later claimed divine leave to attack, destroy idolatry, and establish true faith by the sword.
The passage says Mohammed announced that God allowed him and his followers to defend themselves against infidels, with a Koranic passage cited as the first permission for arms.
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