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The song also plays in the episode ""

But is it really wrong to use force to defend an innocent person including yourself against an unjust, violent attacker? Someone inferring a mandate to wage indiscriminate, offensive war from Qur'an 9:5, "Kill the idolaters wherever you find them," could only do so by ignoring the particular historical context of that passage, verses elsewhere that urge defensive and limited uses of force only, such as Qur'an 2:190, "Fight in the path of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits, for God does not love transgressors," and numerous other verses praising patience in adversity and nonviolent preaching

Killing in the Name

Because these are not the words of a compassionate and just God.

Killing in the Name of God: Now, Muhammad and his successors did express some important moral rules for fighting holy wars: women, children and the elderly were not to be directly attacked though they could be enslaved
Killing in the Name: During the crescendo of their performance, frontman Zack De La Rocha started out only singing "I won't do what you tell me", with a pause where he normally sings "fuck you", but after a few lines, he screamed the lyrics, "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" repeatedly
Killing in the Name of God: The song was also voted at number 17 in the 1998 edition of and was voted number 6 on the in 1993

There may even be a genetic tendency in our species, like that of our chimpanzee relatives, to attack and kill others for no reason except that they aren't "one of us	People of all faiths can agree, I hope, that innocent civilians should never be directly targeted, that indis-crim-i-nate weapons and tactics should never be used against military targets in ways that would produce large civilian casualties, and that captured soldiers should not be tortured or executed but treated humanely
In sum, if compassion should temper our fury and restrain us from waging wars of annihilation, are there also times when justice should override mercy? Rage Against the Machine added their support	The song received substantial airplay in Europe and drove the band's popularity outside its home country

There may even be a genetic tendency in our species, like that of our chimpanzee relatives, to attack and kill others for no reason except that they aren't "one of us

People of all faiths can agree, I hope, that innocent civilians should never be directly targeted, that indis-crim-i-nate weapons and tactics should never be used against military targets in ways that would produce large civilian casualties, and that captured soldiers should not be tortured or executed but treated humanely

In sum, if compassion should temper our fury and restrain us from waging wars of annihilation, are there also times when justice should override mercy? Rage Against the Machine added their support

The song received substantial airplay in Europe and drove the band's popularity outside its home country

Killing in the Name of God

Halsall Tragically, some advocates of aggressive religious war can still be found today in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Killing in the Name of God: Note that a system of criminal justice almost always requires some degree of force, though it need not impose capital punishment
Killing in the Name: We need to face these things head-on
Killing in the Name of God: I saw heaven wide open, and a white horse appeared; its rider's name was Faithful and True, for he is just in judgment and just in war