King Solomon
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Yes i agree with you but problem is different words of Arabic have different or multiple meaning..for example many peoples take verse Quran, 5:51 out of context to claim that Islam don't allow Muslims to take Jews and Christians as friend. Now the Arabic word "Awliyaa" was used in that worse which has different literal meanings for example Allies, Friends, Guardians/protectors, alliances etc. Its very easy for someone who is not well literate in Arabic to give totally different meanings to this verse and same is the case with different verses deal with topic of jihad or holy war. If you just take their literal meaning without actual context then you will completely lost
Simple? Take the meaning which is closest to original arabic - As far as I know this is saheeh international.
You see, finding the context is not so difficult at all as you are assuming! Only if we use our intelligence provided by God. The verse 5:51 you mentioned states:
O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.
What does it say? "Allies of one another",right? Those jews and christians who are allies of one another. In today's world, we can see that the "Zionist" alliance is based on alliance between certain christians and Jews. Historically they have been enemies of one another and even today are, but in Zionism, they become "friends of each other" as said in Quran.
Thus, this verse means do not take the Zionists as your friends and allies.
I hope that clears your doubt. Most contexts and verses are easy to understand only if we use our intelligence, use some common sense, link it to other verses and (rarely necessary) consider the conditions under which the verses were revealed.
However, some scholars will say this means we cannot be friends with jews orchristians at all. So, you cannot live in any western country. If you are born in west then go out to muslim country because you will go to hell if you don't.
For God's sake, Quran even allows us to marry Jews and Christians who believe in one God. Only some common sense and intelligence provided by God is necessary to refute these so-called "scholars", using the Quran itself.