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Playing God

Introduction	6
Statement of the Divine Practice	9
Realization of the Divine Practice in the Preaching of Messengers	12
i. The Propagation Phase	13
ii. The Acquittal Phase	15
iii. The Judgement Phase	18
Realization of the Divine Practice in the Preaching of Muhammad (sws)	25
i. The Propagation Phase	26
ii. The Acquittal Phase	32
iii. The Judgement Phase	33
Misplaced Directives	46
i. The Punishment of Apostasy	47
ii. Waging War against Non-Muslims	51
iii. Dhimmi Status of Non-Muslim Minorities	53
iv. Prohibition of Friendship with Non-Muslims	54
v. The Superiority of Muslim Blood	56
vi. Greeting Non-Muslims in an Inferior Way	57
vii. Non-Muslims to be Doomed in the Hereafter	59
viii. Assassination of Non-Muslims	59
ix. Prohibition of asking for Forgiveness for Non-Muslims	61
x. Prohibition of Inheritance between Muslims and Non-Muslims	62
xiii. Struggle for the Supremacy of Islam	67
Conclusion: Relations with Non-Muslims	69
i. Hamid al-Din al-Farahi (1863-1930)	75
ii. Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904-1997)	78
iii. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (b. 1951)	81

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