“One of the many wise things in the Qur’an is verse 13:11: “God will not change the condition of a people until they change it themselves.”
-Juan Cole
University of Michigan professor Juan Cole is one of the country’s most well-known academic apologists for radical Islam. He also runs a blog inexplicably named, “Informed Comment”. Naturally, Cole is Johnny-on-the Spot with a predictable reaction to the terrorist attack in San Bernardino. Naturally, it is not Islamic terrorism at fault here; it is the NRA and lack of sufficient gun laws. Cole even quotes the Koran to make his point.
http://www.juancole.com/2015/12/security-shootings-terrorism.html
As for that quote in the Koran, the rest of the verse states,
“But when Allah wills a punishment for a people, there is no turning it back; Nor will they find anyone other than Him to protect them.”
Sura 13 was recorded during the Medina period of Mohammad’s life when he was spreading Islam through war. I would also point out that the Koran said nothing about guns because they didn’t exist at that time. I do know of two people, however, who read the Koran: That would be Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik. Who knows? Maybe they were acting out their own interpretation of Sura 13 verse 11.
