Motif
Sacred places preserved through divinely sanctioned opposition to violence
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Sanctuary and Asylum. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 25657-25746 confidence: medium
Without God repelling violence, "monasteries, and churches, and synagogues, and the temples of the Moslems" where God's name is commemorated would be demolished.
The passage states that without God repelling some men by others, multiple kinds of worship buildings would be demolished.
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