“There is no compulsion in religion,” as the Qur’an says, so Agam Goldstein-Almog could have refused to recite Islamic prayers and wear the hijab. She could have chosen to be killed instead. No compulsion! “‘Chained slave-wife’: Former hostage reveals Hamas forced her to wear a hijab, say Islamic prayers,” Jerusalem Post, August 22, 2024: Former […]
Hamas forced Israeli hostage to recite Islamic prayer
“There is no compulsion in religion” (Qur’an 2:256), but that statement is all too often honored in the breach. Agam Goldstein-Almog was perfectly free to choose to die rather than to recite the Islamic prayers. “Freed hostage recounts torture of women in Gaza’s terror tunnels – Washington Post,” Jerusalem Post, January 18, 2024: As soon […]