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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Verse (ayah) 256 of Al-Baqara is a widely quoted verse in the Islamic scripture, the Qur'an. The verse includes the phrase that "there is no compulsion in religion."The version is important to the debate on conversion to Islam and apostasy from Islam, specifically whether the "compulsion" is taken to refer to conversion to or apostasy from Islam. The overwhelming majority of Muslim scholars consider that verse to be a Medinan one, when Muslims lived in their period of political ascendance, and to be non abrogated, includingIbn Kathir, Al-Tabari, Al-Nahhas, Al-Suyuti,. According to all the theories of language elaborated by Muslim legal scholars, the Qur'anic proclamation that 'There is no compulsion in religion. The right path has been distinguished from error' is as absolute and universal a statement as one finds, and so under no condition should an individual be forced to accept a religion or belief against his or her will according to the Quran."@en }

• Al-Baqara_256 abstract "Verse (ayah) 256 of Al-Baqara is a widely quoted verse in the Islamic scripture, the Qur'an. The verse includes the phrase that "there is no compulsion in religion."The version is important to the debate on conversion to Islam and apostasy from Islam, specifically whether the "compulsion" is taken to refer to conversion to or apostasy from Islam. The overwhelming majority of Muslim scholars consider that verse to be a Medinan one, when Muslims lived in their period of political ascendance, and to be non abrogated, includingIbn Kathir, Al-Tabari, Al-Nahhas, Al-Suyuti,. According to all the theories of language elaborated by Muslim legal scholars, the Qur'anic proclamation that 'There is no compulsion in religion. The right path has been distinguished from error' is as absolute and universal a statement as one finds, and so under no condition should an individual be forced to accept a religion or belief against his or her will according to the Quran.".