This verse is frequently quoted out of context and with a lack of understanding.
One of the most misquoted sentences in the Qur’an is: “Kill them wherever you find them” (2:191). Reading this passage in its full context, and knowing how extensively peace, justice, and compassion permeate the Qur’anic message, is sufficient to neutralize the misuse of this verse above. This verse is speaking about active combatants (2:190), and specifically attackers whom the believers feared they would be forced to confront in a place which the Qur’an deemed a sacred precinct; a place so sacred that even cutting a tree or frightening a bird was prohibited therein. Therefore, this verse simply establishes a concession to fend off assailants, regardless of where they may be encountered.