JGN, Dont quote a verse in isolation. This is from the Sura Taubah where there was a treaty between prophet Mohammed and the Mushriks which was unilaterally broken by the Mushriks. That is when God sent this verse commanding prophet Mohammed to fight them and subdue them. Read the entire chapter. I have seen this too many times, a verse is picked in isolation and quoted as if God has commanded muslims to just go after non-muslims and kill them. Please always look up the context. Look at verse 6 of the same chapter 6. And if anyone of the Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) seeks your protection then grant him protection, so that he may hear the Word of Allâh (the Qur'ân), and then escort him to where he can be secure, that is because they are men who know not.
