Koran has more than 100 verses calling for death to non-believers

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Re: “Only Islam can defeat Islamic State”, Letters, September 7.
William Page is a wonderful person, but his whitewashing of the Koran cannot go unchallenged. There are at least 109 verses in the Koran urging Muslims to make war against non-believers in order to promote Islam, many containing graphic details such as the chopping off of heads and fingers.
Again and again Muhammad demands that “infidels” be murdered wherever they might by hiding. Muhammad also ordered the assassinations of poets who had satirised him.
Finally, it is important to note that many of the so-called verses of peace in the Koran have been abrogated – nullified in favour of the Surah (verse) of the Sword.
I am not a Christian, but the contrast between the life of Jesus and that of Muhammad could not be greater.
Jesus never hurt anyone, he preached love for all people and he lived a life of moral restraint. Muhammad (according to Muslim historians) ordered the assassination of enemies and the beheading of captives, preached Allah’s intense hatred for unbelievers, and spent his latter years wallowing in wives, sex slaves and wealth stolen in battle.
Jesus sent out apostles to convert by word. Muhammad sent out armies to convert or kill.
Dean Barrett