{ Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, and do not transgress; indeed Allah does not love those who transgress. And kill them wherever you get to them, and drive them away from where they drove you away; sedition is more severe than killing. But do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight you there, then if they fight you, kill them; such is the retribution of the Disbelievers. If they cease, indeed Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until there is no more sedition and religion belongs to Allah; and if they cease, there is no hostility except against those who oppress } Al-baqara 190-193

The word of the Most High: { And fight them until there is no more sedition } ; this is a command to fight all Idolaters everywhere, based on the view of those who take this to be abrogating. Those who take this to be non-abrogating say: The meaning is “Fight those about whom Allah has said: { if they fight you }” . The first view is the clearest. This is an unrestrained command to fight, with no condition that the Disbelievers initiate it; evidence for this is His word: { and religion belongs to Allah } . “Sedition” here is idolatry and the harm to the believers that it entails; Ibn ‘Abbas, Qatada, Rabi’, and Al-Suddi said this. And { religion } here is obedience and the law of Islam.