Naomi - // I haven't told you it's 'instruction'. //
Dear dear Naomi, your memory is going - you posted this only yesterday -
// The Koran is (allegedly) the direct word of God and is, therefore, irrefutable and beyond reproach - but I’ve told you that before. //
But your saying one thing one day, and forgetting it the next, is not a problem, it just undermines the certainty of the way you post, as though because you have studied Islam, it makes you more able to pronounce in the Koran than any Muslim.
Your un-changing position that the Koran is 'instruction' and therefore is interpreted literally, is your perception, and not a undisputed truth, even though you regularly post it as such.
It is clearly not the perception of millions of Muslims, who live peaceful lives, disinclined to 'take over' anywhere - probably because, as I have said, they do interpret as they see fit.
Now since it's not my faith, and it's not my book, and it's not speaking to me, I don't feel I have the right to rigidly pronounce what it is, and how it should be read, or understood, or acted upon, if at all.
Since it's not your book and it's not your faith and it's not speaking to you, why do you think you can pronounce as you do, and then argue with anyone who thinks differently?