Very interesting article on a Toledo, Ohio mosque website HERE Below are some of the highlights of what this former imam says. According to the mosque website this was said by Imam A. M. Khattab. Who was imam of the mosque 1982-1998.

It is a great principle in Islam: No enforcement to follow a certain religion. Religion is a choice. But some Muslims not only quote Qur’anic verses out of context but then also impose their own thinking and interpretation on others. For example that verse [Imam quotes 9:123] “O you who believe! Fight the unbelievers who are neighboring to you and show them your toughness…” When this verse is quoted out of context, it results in the meaning that “every kafir must be fought until he converts to Islam.” And I remember this verse being quoted in this way when we were in the old mosque [on Bancroft Street, Toledo, Ohio]. Three Iranian students from the University of Toledo came to me and asked, “What type of religion are you preaching here?” It was in the days following the new revolution of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini and the young Iranian men at that time thought that they were in control of the whole world. I didn’t blame them because when Gamal Abdel Nasser became the President following the revolution in Egypt in 1952, I myself thought, being a young man at the time, that we were going to conquer all the world. In the same manner these young men were taken by the revolution of Khomeni. I asked them what type of Islam they wanted us to preach here? They said “Bring any kafir and order him to say Ashhadu Allah ilaha illalLah wa ashhadu- unna Muhammad-an 'abdu-hu wa rasool-lu hu and if he refuses, chop his head off.” This was the thinking of some people in Toledo.
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You cannot demand that a non-Muslim people who were defeated in war must convert to Islam. They may “desist” but not convert to Islam because the next verse says, “And if a mushrikeen wants to become your neighbor then grant him protection and afterwards escort him to his home to make sure he reaches safely.” So, he is free to accept Islam or not.

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To summarize he says that there were Muslims at the Toledo mosque that believed if someone didn't accept Islam chop their head off. But the imam disagreed with this. The imam believed that if a Muslim army conquered a non-Muslim land that non-Muslims were safe as long as they submitted to Islamic law. The imam says they do not have to convert but simply live under Islamic law. Now isn't that comforting :)

If the new imam is anything like this guy I bet hes a real treat as well. You can visit the main mosque website here: http://www.icgt.org/