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[quote=Anonymous]O my little dissembler.  Clearly, you're counting on finding a roomful of non-Muslims who have no idea what it is that you're quoting.  Let us review the surah you brought:

O Prophet! When the believing women come to you—pledging allegiance to you that they shall not associate anything ?as a god? with God; nor shall they steal; nor shall they commit illicit sexual intercourse; nor shall they kill their children; nor shall they come forth with ?a previously conceived child in? a calumny they forge between their own hands and legs; nor shall they disobey you in any rightful thing—then accept their allegiance, and seek God’s forgiveness for them. Indeed, God is all-forgiving, mercy-giving. — Ahmad Zaki

Now, what exactly is the Quran talking about here?

When Muhammad was still nowhere as powerful as he would become, he and his followers camped out at Medina. At the time, Mecca was controlled by the Quraish, a pagan tribe. The relations between the two were often strained. The hostilities, though, ended by concluding a Treaty of Hudaibiya, the conditions of which were seen as burdensome by many Muslims. One of them was that anyone from Mecca entering Medina was subject to being returned to Meccans (even if the escapee claimed to be a Muslim and not pagan - remember, at the time Islam was still a new thing), while the reverse wasn't true for the other party.  Eventually, the matter was resolved by the revelation that if women claiming to be Muslim emigrate to Medina seeking refuge, they should be examined by the ruler (Muhammad), and if found to be of good character and not Meccan spies, they should be admitted to residence. Call it an expedited  background check for the Medinan green card. That's why the conditions that they should not lie, steal, kill their children or associate others with God.  It's not to vote. It's to prove that they are in fact Muslim as they claim to be. (Have you heard of any test of character before voting? Huh? Bad people vote too, you know).

This has nothing at all to do with voting. It has to do with one tribe attracting followers from another.  And shame on you for trying to sell it as a semblance of voting. [/quote]

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