Then you shouldn't have a hard time providing a Surah and verse to support that claim.
ROFL
Surah VIII/12:
When thy Lord inspired the angels, (saying

I am with you. So make those who believe stand firm. I will throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then smite the necks and smite of them each finger.
Surah VIII/36:
Lo! those who disbelieve spend their wealth in order that they may debar (men) from the way of Allah. They will spend it, then it will become an anguish for them, then they will be conquered. And those who disbelieve will be gathered unto hell.
Surah IX/5:
Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Surah IX/28:
O ye who believe! The idolaters only are unclean. So let them not come near the Inviolable Place of Worship after this their year. If ye fear poverty (from the loss of their merchandise) Allah shall preserve you of His bounty if He will. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.
You Muslims crack me up.
The byzantines were though, and Sura 9 with the Battle of Tabuk was a reference to them. Sura 8 was a reference to the Mecans. Both were called polytheists.
Hardly.
First off, it was Aksum, not Byzantine, and they HARBORED the Quraysh - not WERE the pagan Quraysh.
Moreso, the Christians are people of the book. They may live as second class, Dhimmis - provided that they accept that they are subdued and pay Jizya - the tax you Muslims place on them to ensure they remain at the economic bottom levels of society.
Paganism and Hinduism aren't the same thing. You made a mistake, just own up to it, attempting a work around just seems a little sad.
ROFL
Now who lacks grasp?
Hinduism has thousands of sects, and yes - the pagans of the Middle East in the 6th century were offshoots of Indian paganism. The Babylonian, Persian, and Kush were all variations on a theme.
Sure, hell an Islamic sect once stole the black rock from the Kabba.
But they didn't worship it? They didn't take it because control of the idol offers status?
ROFL
The bullshit you try to pawn off....