Now, on the other hand, there definitely are more militant portions of the Quran. One of the most quoted excerpts is this one. And fight in the way of God those who fight you, but transgress not the limits. Truly God likes not the transgressors. And kill them wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you. And persecution is worse than killing. And do not fight them at the sacred mosque until they fight you there.