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Quran does not instruct Muslims to murder Jews or non‑Muslims

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“The Quran instructs Muslims to murder Jews and all non‑Muslims who do not convert to Islam.”
False
Confidence: High Checked on October 6, 2026

Summary

The Quran does not contain verses that order Muslims to murder Jews or all non‑Muslims who do not convert; its teachings on non‑believers emphasize justice, fairness, and, in cases of armed conflict, fighting only those who actively wage war against Muslims. Islamic scholarship and reputable analyses consistently reject the notion that the Quran mandates universal killing of non‑Muslims.

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muhammadfactcheck.org
  • Muhammad Fact Check

    The tradition which is presented to prove that Muhammad ordered Muslims to kill Jews concerns a future situation of conflict between Muslims and Jews and has nothing to do with day-to-day Muslim-to-Jew relations.

pbs.org
media.lanecc.edu
washingtoninstitute.org
en.wikipedia.org
  • Antisemitism in Islam - Wikipedia

    Their quality of life under Muslim rule varied considerably in different periods, as did the attitudes of the rulers, government officials, the clergy, and the general population towards Jews, ranging from tolerance to persecution. An antisemitic trope commonly found in some Islamic (and Christian) discourse is the accusation of Jews as the "killers of prophets", finding justification in some depictions of the Banu Israil (Islamic name for the Israelites) made in the Quran...

jcfa.org
jewishvirtuallibrary.org
  • Islam: References to Jews in the Koran

    [5.33] The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement, [5.41] O Apostle! let not those grieve you who strive together in hastening to unbelief from among those who say with their mouths: We believe, and their hearts do not believe, and from among those who are Jews; they are

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binbaz.org.sa
  • وجوب عداوة اليهود والمشركين وغيرهم من الكفار - موقع الشيخ ابن باز

    وفي صحيح مسلم عن أبي ... ﷺ: والذي نفسي بيده لا يسمع بي أحد من هذه الأمة يهودي ولا نصراني ثم يموت ولم يؤمن بالذي أرسلت به إلا كان من أهل النار...

  • بيان حديث قتال المسلمين لليهود، وفي أي زمن؟

    فالمقصود: أنه ثابت عن رسول الله ﷺ، وأن المسلمين يقاتلون اليهود، وأنهم ينصرون عليهم حتى إن الحجر والشجر يقول للمسلم: يا عبدالله، تعال هذا يهودي تعال فاقتله. أما كون ذلك في وقتنا هذا محل نظر، فإن الذي يقاتلهم المسلمون، والمقاتلون الآن ليسوا على المستوى الكامل من جهة الإسلام، فيهم المسلم وفيهم غير المسلم، وليس هناك تطبيق فيما بلغنا

quran.com
  • Tafsir — Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 155 - Quran.com

    (and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture.) referring to the Jews who claimed to kill `Isa and the ignorant Christians who believed them. Indeed they are all in confusion, misguidance and bewilderment.

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