Islam doesn't believe in freedom DEBUNKED

Whether Meccan or Medina verses, Islam let people to choose to believe or disbelieve.

MECCAN VERSES :

# To You Your Religion and To Me Mine

# Proclaim: "This is the truth from your Lord," then whoever wills let him believe, and whoever wills let him disbelieve


# NOW [as for thee, O Muhammad,] We have not sent thee otherwise than to mankind at large, to be a herald of glad tidings and a warner; but most people do not understand


# Whoever chooses to follow the right path, follows it but for his own good; and whoever goes astray, goes but astray to his own hurt; and no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another" burden.

# And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds, Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?" But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised


MEDINA VERSES

# Those WHO BELIEVE THEN DISBELIEVE, AGAIN BELIEVE AND AGAIN DISBELIEVE, then increase in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them nor guide them in the (right) way.

# But if they turn away, [O Muhammad], say, "Sufficient for me is Allah ; there is no deity except Him. On Him I have relied, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.

# The Messenger’s duty is but to proclaim the Message.

# Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.

# There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in God hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break.”


And Oh. This is from the At Taubah (Surah Chapter 9) aka "the most favorite Chapter to misquote". Just to show you what the chapter is all about.

First and foremost, It's the story of self defense. To fight the disbeliever. BUUUT not only your ordinary next-door disbeliever. But the ones who pretended to be Muslim AND (with capital A N D ) wanted to kill the Prophet (around 500 A.D of course!)

# O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination. 9:73

#They swear by Allah that they said nothing (bad), but really they said the word of disbelief, and they disbelieved after accepting Islam, and they resolved that (plot to murder Prophet Muhammad SAW) which they were unable to carry out, and they could not find any cause to do so except that Allah and His Messenger had enriched them of His Bounty 9:74...

Even so, the Quran says these nasty fellas should be repent.

# If then they repent, it will be better for them, but if they turn away, Allah will punish them with a painful torment in this worldly life and in the Hereafter. And there is none for them on earth as a Wali (supporter, protector) or a helper. 9:74

The same story (At Taubah) also contains the naturally meek side of Prophet Muhammad, which is very forgiving even to nasty fellows.

# Whether you (O Muhammad SAW) ask forgiveness for them (hypocrites) or ask not forgiveness for them … (and even) if you ask seventy times for their forgiveness … Allah will not forgive them, because they have disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW). And Allah guides not those people who are Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah) 9:80.

The story of At Taubah ends with the description of the feeling of Muhammad who was always grieving and anxious about other people

# Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger (Muhammad SAW) from amongst yourselves (i.e. whom you know well). It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty. He (Muhammad SAW) is anxious over you (to be rightly guided, to repent to Allah, and beg Him to pardon and forgive your sins, in order that you may enter Paradise and be saved from the punishment of the Hell-fire), for the believers (he SAW is) full of pity, kind, and merciful 9:128.

And this is the what God ordered to Prophet Muhammad to those who turn away (last verse of At Taubah)

# But if they turn away, [O Muhammad], say, "Sufficient for me is Allah ; there is no deity except Him. On Him I have relied, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne 9:129."

~end of story~

See, Even the story of At Taubah, is not even close to the oh-so-gruesome story of, let's say, 1 Samuel 15:3 "Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.'"

And Do you notice. The LAST VERSE of At Taubah aka "the most favourite Chapter to misquote" Quran speaks so gently, exactly coherent with lot of other verses, such as:

# NOW [as for thee, O Muhammad,] We have not sent thee otherwise than to mankind at large, to be a herald of glad tidings and a warner; but most people do not understand
# There shall be no compulsion in religion: the right way is now distinct from the wrong way.  (Quran)
# If they charge thee with falsehood, say: "My work to me, and yours to you! ye are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for what ye do!"

# To You Your Religion and To Me Mine