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 (2} "Permission (to fight) is given to those upon whom war is made because they are oppressed, and most surely Allah is well able to assist them";"Those who have been expelled from their homes without a just cause .…" (xxii. 39, 40).

The third object of war is, however, a vexed question. It has furnished enemies of Islam with a pretext for carping against the faith, though the Holy Qur-án has given the most desirable and humane teachings on the subject.

"No compulsion in Religion" is the universal immunity given by the Qur-án to an adherent of every faith, no matter what its form. Islam came to establish freedom of conscience and action in general, but particularly in religion. A Muslim is bound to wage war against any person, whether of his own kin and kith and religion or not, if they interfere with the beliefs even of a non- Muslim. This state of affairs in religion has been called "Faith for God" in the Qur-án, that is to say, everyone must be allowed to choose his own faith and worship his God in the manner he thinks right. It is a disturbance of this state of things that makes a Muslim draw the