In the Islamic invasions of India in the middle ages, ghazni and Timur, used that verse, to &quot;slay the idolaters&quot; to slaughter hundreds of thousands of Hindus - even after Indian cities surrendered. In Delhi alone, Timur slaughtered a hundred thousand men. He threatened his own court poet to slaughter idolaters or face execution.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ibiblio.org&#x2F;britishraj&#x2F;Jackson5&#x2F;chapter09.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ibiblio.org&#x2F;britishraj&#x2F;Jackson5&#x2F;chapter09.html</a>
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