Bells,
Bell, don't blindly make statements like, "you don't understand Islam" I am trying to understand it, and from what I've uncovered, it is, what it's being critizised for. For your benefit, and of others, I have researched further, trying my best to find credible sources, and cross referencing with English Quran translations online, and what I've uncovered will trully seal this case water-tight shut. It will also alarm people, of the immense hatred contained within it, and how Islamists, true Islamists, that propogate its hateful agenda, are only following the written word. In fact, this is only the religion I know of that is spewing so much venom.
THE TRUTH ABOUT ISLAM:
As we all know, the founder of Islam, or the " great prophet" as he is lovingly called, Muhammed, had a revelation from God.
How he had it? - well pick one to your liking:
1. Allah came to Mohammed in the form of a man and told him (Sura 53:2-18).
2. The “holy Spirit” came to him (Sura 16:102, 26:192-194).
3. The angels told him (Sura 15:8).
4. The angel Gabriel told him (Sura 2:97). This is the most popular and accepted version.
- What Muhammed described, sounds like a modern-day epileptic seizure. Even today, people have such "revelations" and believe they are prophets. There is no reason, why Muhammed could not have had the same.
When he went forth and announced, he was a/the messenger of God, a great prophet to the general public, he was laughed upon. He in fact called himself greater than Moses, and Jesus - and of course the community ridiculed him.
Muhammed, did not give up, no current religions at the time, were accepting him. So he made his own religion, using Allah, as the monothestic God, a 7th century Moon and war God of Meccan polythestic culture, little is known, that Muhammed actually had kept other deities, namely the wife of Allah, and his three daughters, which were later abrogated out, calling them "satanic verses" that somehow Muhammed was under the influence of Satan when he wrote that(lol)
Muhammed also made other wild claims, that incorporated Jews and Chrsitian figures into the mix, an attempt to appeal to authority, by dropping the names: Moses; Jacob, Abrahham, and concocted vague stories, with them, in discussion with Allah, many which turn the original stories of the bible on their head(the bible came first) Of course, this only further alienated the jews and Chrsitians from Muhammed, much to his disarray, calling him satanic.
Meanwhile, in Muhammed's home town, Mecca, he was facing a struggle with the public, and difficulty in keeping a following, as Allah was known as a moon and war god, whose symbol, is the crescent moon, which Islam has ironically kept. The Meccans outrightly rejected his claims, and religion of Islam. Islam has also kept the holy month of Ramadan, which is a tradiation of the Sabian lunar culture.
Muhammed tried a quick one and added this verse. It was his religion, he often added, or abrogated verses, to justify his actions. Which is evident in this verse, which is quite literally chauvanistic nonsense:
Sura 53:20 - "Have you thought on Al-Lat and Al-Uzza, and on Manat, the third other? Are you to have the sons, and He (Allah) the daughters? This is indeed an unfair distinction."
The Meccans did not buy it. They were immensely irritated with the lies Muhammed was spreading, that they drove him and his loyal followers out out Mecca(Now Saurdi Arabia)
This gave the opportunity to Muhammed, to grow, and incubate his lethal armies by conquering neighbouring kindgdoms and spreading the influence of Islam, Muhammed was able to grow into a formiddable force, that he was able to take revenge on Mecca and destroy all their temples devoted to various deities, religious structutres of the early Meccan culture, only keeping the Kabba, the black stone of Allah in Mecca today.
Thereafter, his predicaments were not over, he was still faced with the obstacle of Jews and Christians, who were exposing him and his lies, and converting a segment of his followers to Christianity and Judaism. Muhammed, eventually, waged war on them too, and other non-muslims, forcing them by the sword, to convert. Muslims will call on the classic kindergarten argument, "They hit us first" who initiated what, is irrevalent, as two wrongs never make a right, however Islam has a history of initiating these religious wars, hence the unprovoked atrocities against Hindus, Sikh's and Buddhists, later.
Naturally, with all this blood shed and forced conversions, there must have been some rebell(as we know from the Hadith, and the silencing of such people) against Muhammed and sympathy in his own followers. Remember the verses we analyzed in the Quran, where I alleged brain washing. This is the construct of Muhammed himself to prevent a potential uprising against him.
He placed himself in the highest position of power, by introducing the following verses - also the most alarming:
Sura 33:36 - "It is not for the true believers - men or women - to order their own affairs if Allah and His apostle decree otherwise. He that disobeys Allah and His apostle strays grievously into error."
Sura 4:114 - "He that disobeys the Apostle after guidance has been revealed to him, and follows a path other than that of the faithful, shall be given what he has chosen. We will burn him in the fire of Hell: an evil end.
The meaning of this is obvious. If you disagree, with Allah or Muhammed, or muslim clerics - you will be punished.
Can you see how terrifying that is? If a muslim cleric, orders, a Jihad against someone, true muslims will follow the order. This is the green light for any violence in the name of Allah.
Muhammed, created a lot of these verses, and abused his powers to justify his actions. Here his is most outrageous:
Then Muhammad abused this power to its fullest extent, when he wanted to wed the beautiful wife of his adopted son. He recieved another revelation, making it god's wish, for Muhammed to wed anyone he wishes. Guess who?
Right after the verse in Sura 33:36: it says,
"You (Muhammad) said to the man (his adopted son) whom Allah and yourself have favored: 'Keep your wife and have fear of Allah.' You sought to hide in your heart what Allah was to reveal. (Muhammad's intention to marry his adopted son's wife.) You were afraid of man, although it would have been more proper to fear Allah. And when Zayd divorced his wife, We gave her to you in marriage, so that it should become legitimate for true believers to wed the wives of their adopted sons if they divorced them. God's will must needs be done. No blame shall be attached to the Prophet for doing what is sanctioned for him by Allah."
This sounds too much like Muhammad wrote a law to make something legal because Muhammad wanted to do it.
Another example of this is in verse
Sura 33:50 - "Prophet, we have made lawful for you the wives to whom you have granted dowries and the slave-girls whom Allah has given you as booty; the daughters of your paternal and maternal uncles and of your paternal and maternal aunts who fled with you; and any believing woman who gives herself to the Prophet and whom the Prophet wishes to take in marriage. This privilege is yours alone, being granted to no other believer. We well know the duties We have imposed on the faithful concerning their wives and slave-girls. We grant you this privilege so that none may blame you. God is ever forgiving and merciful."
Muhammed just fabricated his own set of laws for himself, and said it was Allah's wishes. Whatever he wanted, he would get it. A cunning man, but a deeply sickening one.
This is yet another outrageous verse, when his wife caught him having sex with another woman:
Sura 66:1-6 - "Prophet, why do you prohibit that which Allah has made lawful for you, in seeking to please your wives? Allah is forgiving and merciful. Allah has given you absolution from such oaths. Allah is your Master. He is the Omniscient One, the Wise One. When the Prophet confided a secret to one of his wives; and when she disclosed it and Allah informed him of this, he made known one part of it and said nothing about the other. And when he had acquainted her with it she said: 'Who told you this?' He replied: 'The Wise One, the All-knowing, told me.' If you two turn to Allah in repentance (for your hearts have sinned) you shall be pardoned; but if you conpsire against him, know that Allah is his protector, and Gabriel, and the righteous among the faithful. The angels too are his helpers. It may well be that, if he divource you, his Lord will give him in your place better wives than yourselves, submissive to Allah, obedient, penitent, devout, and given to fasting; both formerly-wedded and virgins."
Not surprisingily, this is Muhammed's idea of heaven:
Sura 76:6 - 76:20 - "Allah will deliver them from the evil of that day, and make their faces shine with joy. He will reward them for their steadfastness with Paradise and robes of silk. reclining there upon soft couches, they shall feel neither the scorching heat nor the biting cold. Trees will spread their shade around them, and fruits will hang in clusters over them. They shall be served on silver dishes, and beakers as large as goblets; silver goblets which they themselves shall measure: and cups brim-full with ginger-flavored water from a fount called Salsabil. They shall be attended by boys graced with eternal youth, who to the beholder's eyes will seem like sprinkled pearls. When you gaze upon that scene, you will behold a kingdom blissful and glorious."
Sura 78:31
As for the righteous, they shall surely triumph. Theirs shall be gardens and vineyards, and high- bosomed virgins for companions: a truly overflowing cup.
Sura 37:40-48
...They will sit with bashful, dark-eyed virgins, as chaste as the sheltered eggs of ostriches.
Sura 44:51-55
...Yes and We shall wed them to dark-eyed houris. (beautiful virgins)
Sura 52:17-20
...They shall recline on couches ranged in rows. To dark-eyed houris (virgins) we shall wed them...
Sura 55:56-57
In them will be bashful virgins neither man nor Jinn will have touched before.Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny ?"
Sura 55:57-58
Virgins as fair as corals and rubies. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny ?"
Sura 56:7-40
...We created the houris (the beautiful women) and made them virgins, loving companions for those on the right hand.. "
Sura 55:70-77
"In each there shall be virgins chaste and fair... Dark eyed virgins sheltered in their tents whom neither man nor Jin will have touched before..
I'm not sure if its just me, but somehow lying around all day, in which modern day terms is called "couch potato" drinking wines, stuffing yourself, and having non stop sex with servant women , does not sound like, something an infinitely superior God wants for us. Sure does sound like the fantasy of a selfish, and good for nothing man, that the muslims call the great prophet - and we call, Homer Simpson
Note the mention of pre-pubescent boys, this sounds suspiciously like a lure for his homosexual followers. It is well know, homosexuality was practiced in Muslim countries.
If one reads the Haidth - there Muhammed further expands on sex and heaven, going as far to say, that it is a wild sex-fest, where any man can have sex with a woman of his choosing.
However, if we see it from the reference point of then, fountains, fruit, and gems were in limited supply, thus promising them such "luxuries" in heaven, was quite an incentive, to others to embrace Islam AND embrace loot, murder, killing, conversions.
Can you now see, why Islamic suicide bombers give their lives for their campaign against their enemies? - They, think, they will be awarded immensely in heaven. It's blatent brain washing.
Sura 33:57 - "Those who speak ill of Allah and His apostle shall be cursed by Allah in this life and in the life to come. He has prepared for them a shameful punishment."
This passage I have quoted to conclude this post. While Muhammed has prepared sex orgies, water springs, fruits, pre-pubescent boys for his followers, for his naysayers, he has prepared, shameful punishment and hell.
So there we have it concluded, without a shadow of a doubt. Muhammed was a disgusting, savage, small-time dictator, who fabricated the religion of Islam to make his own life heaven, and others hell, and he has left a vast following of fools that reveer him as the great prophet, that whenever they utter his "glorious" name, have to add Peace be upon him. Well I say - curse be upon him.
