İNANÇ VE DÜŞÜNCE ÖZGÜRLÜĞÜ BAĞLAMINDA İSLÂM'IN KILIÇ ZORUYLA YAYILDIĞI İDDİALARINA KARŞI İMAM MÂTÜRÎDÎ'NİN YAKLAŞIMI.

'Quran adopts a positive attitude towards Non-Muslims, due to they can choose the religion that wish to follow and live it freely. On the other hand, Muslims were commanded to fight with Non-Muslims, especially the Arabian polytheists because of making humanity restless and peaceless. In tafseer literature, there has been a controversy on how to be associated the 'kital' and 'seyf' verses with the freedom of faith that Islam suggests to people. By citing the severses, many assertions have been made claiming that Islam was spread by the force of swordand it has no freedom of faith. This article focuses on the interpretations of Maturidi on 'kital' and 'seyf' verses, and also against the claim that Islam was spread by the force of sword. Maturidi draw a detailed framework in his book Te'vîlât and tried to refute this claim with rational evidences and Islamic citations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]