ISLAM

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW

Quran: 8:12: I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers; smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them.

A collection of extracts from critical articles on Islam Compiled and Edited by Shabana Muhammad

Index

Introduction4 Foundations of Islam: Koran, Muhammad and Allah.7 Foundations of Islam: Origin and Cultist Nature19 Islamofascism, Jihad and Democracy26 Women & Sex in Islam..34 Unbelievers in Islam.50 Islamic Hypocrisy and Deception..56 Hypocrisy & Deception: The Koranic Science Conundrum60 Hypocrisy & Deception: The Koranic Science Conundrum (2)66 Inhuman Sharia and the Compulsion in Islam84 How Islam Stupefy Muslims...............................87 Dangers of Moderate Islam.................................92 Prospects and Conclusion96

Preface of the Author Dear readers, Islam is a religion (or cult), which was imposed on me. Muslim invaders who conquered large parts of my country forced my ancestors to convert to their religion. Once one generation succumbed before Islam, the successive generations were either threatened or brainwashed so that they would never leave this evil cult. My forefathers were even used by the Muslims to defend their faith and spread their evil empire. Islam is an imperialistic ideology similar to Nazism but disguised as a religion. It is like a net with the spider waiting for the big meal. It spreads through aggression and deception. It is time that we all try to understand 'what Islam truly is' and unite the mankind to confront this insidious doctrine of hate. This book is a small step in that direction. We, at islam-watch.org, request your full support in this movement against this dangerous ideology. Regards, Shabana 1 July, 2007

Introduction
This book is a collection of extracts from critical articles on Islam. I have made certain adjustments to the article extracts to make them more suitable for this book. We firmly believe that the world must know how the Islamofascists (the fundamentalists, extremists and the terrorists) derive their inspiration, policies and goals from the Islamic scriptures (Koran & Sunnah). Islamic apologists, most politicians, and the predominantly politically-correct media, including those of the West, have assured and reassured us that Islam is a religion of peace. But they never bother to address is the most basic question of all: Is it true that Islam is a religion of peace? This small book answers that question and provides a brief introductory guide to Islam from the perspectives of ex-Muslims and critics of Islam. The purpose of this book is to help those, who are not yet knowledgeable in Islamic teachings, get a brief but informative glimpse of the major problems with Islam problems which are not often dealt with in a frank and honest manner in the mainstream media and intellectual discourses. This book will enable you to have a basic idea on Islam, not the whole of it. We encourage those who will be convinced only by seeing the evidence for themselves to read all the original Islamic sources, including the Koran, Hadiths and the biographies of Prophet Muhammad by pious Islamic scholars and historians. Most of the translations have been written by pious and partisan Muslim believers of modern times who are unlikely to reveal fully and unapologetically those parts of the Islamic texts that non-Arabic non-Muslims might find objectionable. Nevertheless, the messages of intolerance, imperialism, misogyny, and violence are widespread in the Islamic texts even in these translations. As for the readers of this e-book whodont have the time to read those original sources for themselves, we recommend the book Understanding Islam and Muslim Minds, written by Ali Sina an ex-Muslim critic of Islam. Today we live in a world where deadly Jihadi terrorism is a daily occurrence. Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, countries around the world, including some Muslim countries, have waged a war against terrorism. But daily reports in the media clearly tell us that we are losing this battle. The ancient Chinese sage Sun Zi
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said, "Know your enemy and you won't be defeated". Do we know our enemy? If we don't, then we are at a distinct disadvantage, because while we remain in ignorance, the enemy already knows us very well. In order to understand who, what and how we have to fight this war, we need to understand Islam. Consider these original Jihadist pledges of allegiance to Muhammad: Men, do you know what you are pledging yourselves to in pledging allegiance to this man? Yes. In pledging allegiance to him we are pledging to wage war against all mankind. [Ibn-Ishaq, p204] "Those present at the oath of Aqabah had sworn an allegiance to Muhammad. It was a pledge of war against all men. Allah had permitted fighting. [At-Tabari VI: 138] These statements are enough to understand the evil nature of Islam. The Koran itself, considered divine words of Allah and the perfect code of guidance in all aspect of human life by believing Muslims, expresses the same policy of imperialism, for example in verses such as 8:39 (Hilali & Khan transl., all parenthetical and bracketed insertions are in Hilali & Khan). "And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides Allah) and the religion (worship) will all be for Allah Alone [in the whole of the world]. But if they cease (worshipping others besides Allah), then certainly, Allah is All-Seer of what they do." We have come forward with this book because Islam and Islamic hegemony present us with few choices. As Ali Sina writes in his book, "Understanding Islam and Muslim Minds, we must either: "Accept and learn to live with Islamic terrorism and expansionism, until eventually we succumb to them. Prepare to wage war against them and kill them, before they kill us, or

Repudiate and reject Islam, as it is constituted altogether.

Muslims also have few choices. They must either:

Fight against us, kill us, or subdue us, or Leave Islam altogether. Asking Muslims to live in peace with non-Muslims, who do not obey Islam, is asking them to betray their faith. Muslims are obliged to wage Jihad. This is their religious duty. As long as Muslims believe in Islam they will have to fight and promote it with violence any time they feel they have the upper hand and can win."

Foundations of Islam: Koran, Muhammad and Allah

[From Origin and Development of Pan-Arabian Islam by Shabana Muhammad]

Islam Islam, founded by prophet Muhammad (a social orphan) in the 7th century, is the cradle of pan-Arabism and the root cause of not only Euro/American slave trade and colonialism, but also the "allergic reaction" that forced Europe into a technological revolution (compare Japan and the Meji-restauration in the 19th century). Islam/Arabic language emerged among "desert Vikings" (robbers and traders) who created a pan-Arabic "offensive defense" (i.e. what later became called Islam in the 19th century) based on slavery, colonialism and exploitation. Sex segregation/sexism became an essential part of Islam's expansion. Who is the real terrorist (totalitarian fascist) and who is the real Islamic Muslim? If you oppose totalitarian movements you have to oppose Islam, which is a deadly totalitarian ideology based on a concocted divine command to force the mankind to submission to its feet. Islam cannot be "reformed" in a non-totalitarian/non-fascist way, because it will result in the loss of fundamental racist essence of Islam that a Muslim is a better person than a non-Muslim/nonbeliever. Islamic terror hence is three-dimensional: 1) Conventional terror, 2) daily global street terror, and 3) the "moderate" totalitarian "white-collar" racist/sexist Sharia-terror spreading through Mosques, sponsored organizations, universities etc. Islam is not just a religion. It is a way of life," insist Muslims. Reality? "It is clearly specified in the Koran that jihad is about fighting (the non-Muslims). There is no such thing as innocents. The idea of the Islamic state is terror against anyone who doesn't support Islamic ideology." Islam teaches its benighted followers that they are superior to the infidels. That they have to wage war and make Islam dominate the world, that even if ten of them confront 100 infidels they will win, because Allah will make them victorious. That at the end, the world
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will become Islamic. That if they die in the battle, they will go to heaven and will get to sleep with a multitude of high bosom virgins. And when a big portion of humanity believes in this lie, it becomes a ticking bomb. Islam is a fascistic politic doctrine in the garb of religion. It is an instrument for domination and subjugation. It uses religious mask only to penetrate and conquer. Koran
[From It is Islam, Dummy by Amil Imani]

The life manual of Islam, the Quran, is a document of exclusion, hatred and violence that shapes the Muslims thinking and behavior. This stone-age document is optimally suited for people of stunted development. People who prefer to follow than to think for themselves, to hate than to love, and to seek death rather than to celebrate life. Sadly, Muslims themselves are the ones who are most victimized by Islam. They have inherited this viral psychological disease of hate and violence; they live by it, and transmit it to their children as well as to receptive others. Muhammad
[From The Case of Humanity vs. Muhammad bin Abdullah a Debate between Ali Sina and Raheel Shahzad and The Greatest Manipulator and Sadist of the World! by Mohammad Asghar]

. We all believe that one who claims to be a messenger of God must be endowed with spiritual qualities such as love, compassion, honesty, self-restraint etc. Muhammad was a lecherous, immoral and unethical man, bereft of human qualities. He was a ruthless mass murderer, a lustful sex maniac, a shameless pedophile, and a cunning assassin, a marauding chieftain, a schizophrenic narcissist, and many other vile qualities that disqualify him to be a decent human being, let alone a messenger of God.

Still, we have to admit that Muhammad was one of the greatest geniuses that our world has ever produced. Not only that, he was also a great manipulator as well as a great liar. He lied when it was necessary to manipulate people; he used force where his manipulations faced resistance from his opponents. He threatened them with Allahs wrath where his own force against them was unlikely to bring them to their knees. The above conclusions can easily be drawn from Quran, which tells us how he used his manipulative power to free himself from some of the important social norms of the Pagans, yet being able to use his manipulative power to keep them tied to some of the weird norms he laid out for the purpose of serving his own purpose. This fact will become clear, when the following declarations he had made are taken into consideration. Muhammad declared that a Muslim man cannot call an adopted child his son, nor can he give him all the love he is supposed to give to his biological son, as the adopted child does not carry his blood. At the same time, he forbade his followers from marrying his wives, as he declared them to be their mothers. This prohibition applied even to those Muslims who had no blood tieswith him or his wives, for he himself made it clear that he was not the father of any of his followers. His declaration that he was not the father of any of his followers was designed at granting him the freedom to have sex with their women of his choice. This declaration was also intended to make his sexual relationship with Zainab, the would-be divorced wife of his adopted son Zaid, permissible for him. Armed with the declarations that entitled him to have sex with any women of his choosing, he decided to create a situation, which would force Zainab to succumb to his caprices. With these intentions in his mind, Muhammad asked her mother and brother to give her in marriage to Zaid, Muhammads freed slave-man, who was already happily married and had a son. Because Zaid was an ex-slave and a married man, they rejected his proposal. Infuriated, he produced a revelation, reading as follows, to force them to bow down to his order.

It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Apostle, to have any option about their decision: if any one disobeys Allah and His Apostle, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path. The revelation had its intended impact and they gave in to his dictate. Zainab and Zaid got married. Their marriage gave Muhammad immense satisfaction and pleasure, prompting him to hold a grand party to celebrate his success. Muhammad could now freely have unlimited sex with Zainab, as she became wife of Zaid, his ex-slave. Suggested Reading: PROPHET OF DOOM by CRAIG WINN Visit www.prophetofdoom.net

Allah
[From Bismi Allah: Allah is Dictatorial, Racist and Misogynistic, Part I by Abul Kasem]

Even if we believe that Muhammad is not the real Allah, we find that the most dominant aspect of Allah is that Allah is a pure dictator a tyrannical ruler who often favours a particular race (Arabs of the Quraysh stock, to be very precise) to subjugate the entire world to their language, culture, tradition, food, clothing, religionand so on. In this part we shall examine in this dictatorial and racist nature of Allah. One aspect which is generally common in all dictators is that they hate womens freedom and their right for sexual equality. Allah is no exception to this misogynist nature. Therefore, study of dictatorial, racist and misogynist nature of Allah is absolutely important if we were to understand the mindset of todays Islamist terrorism and Islamic mayhem around the globe. Once we read this part of the essay we will comprehend why the Islamists are doing what they are
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doingthis is just to please Allah. It is quite similar to the Nazis who were bent on pleasing their dictator Hitler.

Allah is a white Arab supremacist Let us read what ibn Sad, one of the earliest biographers of Muhammad has to say on this. Allah favours Arab racismprophet is to be of Quraysh stock and of white complexion. In plain language, ibn Sad says that only a white Quraysh Arab has the absolute right to be a prophet. Here is the excerpt from ibn Sad: He (Ibn Sad said: Hisham Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Saib al-Kalbi informed us; he said: al-Walid Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Jumay al-Zuhri related to me on the authority of a son of Abd al-Rahman Ibn Mawhab Ibn Ribah al-Ashari; an ally of Banu Zuhrah, on the authority of his father; he said: Mukhramah Ibn Nawfal al-Zuhri related to me; he said: I heard my mother Ruqayqah Bint Abi Sayfi ibn Hashim Ibn Abd Manaf, who was his (Abd al-Muttalibs) contemporary, relating: The Quraysh faced several years of drought; then wealth exhausted and they were on the verge of extinction. She continued: In a dream I heard a person saying: O people of the Quraysh! The

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Prophet who is to be raised will be from among you; it is now the time of his emergence, and with him you will get plenty and abundance; so make a search of the man who is of noble birth, of high stature, white (in complexion), with eyebrows joined, eye-lashes long, hair curly, cheeks smooth, and the cartilage of his nose thin. Then ask him (the person answering this description) to come out with his children and one member from every family should accompany him. All of them should be cleansed, then apply perfumes, kiss the rukn of the sanctuary and mount the peak of Abu Qubays; this man should come forward and pray for rains; others should only say Amen! Then rain will come to you. In the morning she related her dream to the people who made a search and found Abd al-Muttalib answering those qualities. They assembled round him and from every family a person came out and did as the woman ordered them to do. They mounted Abu Qubays, and the Prophet, then only a boy, was with them. Abd al-Muttalib came forward and said: O my Lord! They are Thy slaves and children of Thy slaves, and Thy maids and daughters of Thy maids; Thou seest what has befallen us; several years have elapsed since it has rained; our animals which have hoofs or talons have perished and we are also on the
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verge of death. (O Lord!) keep away this famine from us and bring plenty and prosperity to us! They had not ye returned to their places when the valleys were over-flown (with water). They had received rains due to blessings on the Prophet of Allah. (ibn Sad, vol.i p 95-96). The ultimate goal of the Islamists is the creation of a Pan Islamic world, which must be ruled by a caliph (the Islamists call it the Khilafat movement) who will be responsible to enforce Islamic laws (Sharia) globally. So, what are the requirements to be a caliph?you might ask. According to Islamic law, (ref: Reliance of the Traveller, published by Amana Publications, Bettsville, Maryland, 1999, pp.640-642, law number o25.3) the mandatory qualifications of an Islamic caliph are: 1. must be a Muslim 2. must be a male 3. must be from the Quraysh tribe of the Arabs 4. must be a freeman (i.e., not a slave) 5. must be of sound mind. This provision of Islamic law means that the worldthe Pan Islamic world must be ruled by an Arab (from the Quraysh stock, probably from Saudi Arabia or Jordan) and no one else. This also means that George Bush, Tony Blair, Jacque Chirac, Vladimir Putin, the Chinese Prime Minister, the Japanese Prime Minister.the most powerful infidel leaders in the world and the not-so-powerful infidel leaders must convert to Islam, declare complete allegiance to the new Arab/Quraysh caliph and become this Arab caliphs governors. If they do not comply with such Islamic demand then they must be removed by terror, intimidation, and force. By now, the readers must have clearly comprehended the reason
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of the Islamist terrorists of what they are doing around the globe. The Islamists are serious in their goalthe Islamic caliphate, and to assist them there is no shortage of Arab charity money to finance their strategy and operations. This is the reason why the Islamists, the Islamist terrorists, the Jihadists and the Islamist apologists have no shortage of fundthe Arab/oil money is aplenty to finance the establishment of a super Arab (Islamic) kingdom. This is the meaning of Arab Imperialism when one says that Islam is Arab/Bedouin imperialism. Please stop laughing. The Islamists are dead serious in establishing this dictatorship of Allah (read Arab). The formation and the activities of OIC (Organisation of Islamic Conferences) readily come to our minds. Very recently, in Iraq, a parallel Islamic government (Islamic State of Iraq) is already in function. Their principal objective is the sameto enforce to Sharia law (read Arab Bedouin laws) around the globe. Ditto for Somalia, Hamas, Afghanistan, Sudan. The Arab imperialists (read Islamists) want to take charge of our livesit is plain and simple, now that they have the money (oil) and the wherewithal to implement nuclear power. To further confirm that Allah has chosen the Arabs as special people to rule this world, we refer to another law of Sharia This law enforces the supremacy of the white Quraysh Arabs to subjugate all people on earth to their rule, by force, if necessary. The Sharia law cited here stipulates that no other men, even when Muslims, could marry any Arab women. In

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some Arab countries, this is the law and there is severe punishment if a man from another Islamic country (such as a Muslim man from Bangladesh) marries a Saudi Arabian woman. If he commits such a grave crime (marrying an Arab woman) he might be subjected to harsh punishment and immediate deportation. Let us read this racist law of Allah: Law m4.2 The following are not suitable matches for one another: (1) a non Arab man for an Arab woman (O:because of the hadith that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: Allah has chosen the Arabs above others). (ibid) This law firmly establishes Allahs racism, quite akin to the Nazism of Hitler. Islamic law is heavily biased to establish the supremacy of the ArabsAllah is adamant that they (the Arabs) are the purest, the truest, the best and the most superior of all races, much like the idea of Hitler of the pure Aryan Germans, the most supreme race on earth. Here is a hadith in which Muhammad claimed that the earth belonged to Allah and him only (long hadith)(Sahih Muslim, 19.4363) We learned that Allah is like a Kingthe King of the world and logically, if He has selected the Arabs to be His only agent then

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it naturally follows that Allah has chosen the Arabs (through Muhammad) to exert their suzerainty over the entire globe.

Allah made the white Quraysh Arabs the best of His creation . Here is another evidence on Allahs racism (read Arab racism). He (Ibn Sad said: Abd alwahhab Ibn Ata alIjli informed us on the authority of Said Ibn Abi Aribiah, he on the authority of Qatadh: he said: It has been mentioned to us that the Prophet said: When God wants to raise a prophet He choses the best tribe of the people and then He chooses the best man (Ibn Sad, vol. I, p. 8).

Sahih Bukhari confirms that Allah has chosen the Quraysh Arabs as His agent to rule the world (Islamic Caliphate). Authority and ruling remains with the Quraysh; whoever is hostile towards the Quraysh Allah will destroy them(Sahih Bukhari, 4.56.704). Volume 4, Book 56, Number 704: Narrated Muhammad bin Jubair bin Mut'im: That while he was with a delegation from Quraish to Muawiya, the latter heard the news that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As said that there would be a king from the tribe of Qahtan. On
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that Muawiya became angry, got up and then praised Allah as He deserved, and said, "Now then, I have heard that some men amongst you narrate things which are neither in the Holy Book, nor have been told by Allah's Apostle. Those men are the ignorant amongst you. Beware of such hopes as make the people go astray, for I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'Authority of ruling will remain with Quraish, and whoever bears hostility to them, Allah will destroy him as long as they abide by the laws of the religion.'"

Allah is a white supremacist; He does not like black faces; He likes white faces Here are a few verses from the Quran which unabashedly declares that black faces are the most despicable to Allah. Disbelievers faces will be black on the judgment day and they will receive God's penalty...3:106 White faces on the judgment day will receive God's mercy...3:107 Allah will reward the doers of good with paradise and much more, their faces will be radiant-stained; they will never be humiliated.

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The

unbelievers

faces

will

be

turned

dark10:26-27 The sinners will be gathered together with blind (blue) eyes and black faces on the day the trumpet is sounded (the Noble Quran)...20:102 Unbelievers faces will be turned black on the judgment day39:60 The reason of Allahs great disdain for black faces (black complexion) and His unbound love for the white faces (white complexion) is quite easy to fathom. Muhammad complexion was white.

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Foundations of Islam: Origin and Cultist Nature

Origin of Islam
[From Origin and development of Pan Arabian Islam by Shabana Muhammad]

The creation of Islam wasn't a sudden revelation but, on the contrary, an endless development from the moment (610) Mohammad (allegedly Allahs last Prophet in Islam) realized that his tribe was about to die, to his own death in 632. He was educated by the Jews, which led him to the ridiculous idea to "connect" Arabs with Abraham. Furthermore the Koran wasn't anything new but on the contrary mostly repetitions of already established traditions, spiced with alleged connections to Jewish ancestors. With the means of violent and aggressive jihad of totalitarian nature in the cause of the Allah (see below), it became successful in conquest and subjugation (Islam has never really lived in real peace with anyone weaker than itself. Sometimes in commercial/political terror-balance, but that's all. Islam is like a net with the spider waiting for the big meal). Quran is a book, containing the "thoughts" of an individual over 22-23 years, and written down, long after its (oral) "author's" death, by the help of a Khalifa (caliph) who was eventually murdered by other Islamists! It's easy to imagine a tribal leader who, for the last 23 years of his life, exercises and experiences negative and positive outcomes of different strategies, and little by little (aided by the educated Jews) writes them down as Gods revelation, which could be described as a primitive "supreme court" diary dictated by the dictator himself. This also explains the scattered and inconsistent content of the Koran. And just like the Nazi (National Socialist) party program, it also contained some good things (National Socialism is a branch of Social democracy, and its program is, in fact, hard to distinguish from a social democratic party program, given Jews and racism are excluded). But that has hardly been used as a defense for Hitler, has it?

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The real strength of Islam was its violence (and now also its racist and sexist message distributed by Saudi oil-money fueling PanArabism. The "true" Islam is Arabic!). Without the rapid and bloody militaristic conquest and expansion in the second half of the 7th century (and early 8th), Islam would never have become a religious issue worth even mentioning! One, who knows the essence of Islam but refuses to criticize it, is either a sexist/racist totalitarian fascist, or just a hypocritical coward. Criticizing and condemning the basic teaching of Islam is certainly not about robbing someone's ethnicity, but instead to disconnect true ethnicity from true evilness inherent in Islam ("infidels" and nonMuslims as less worthy non-humans).

Dar-ul-Islam and Dar-ul-Harb Islam divides the world into two parts: Dar-ul-Islam and Dar-ul-Harb. Dar-ul-Islam means House of Peace. It actually means the Muslim world. Dar-ul-Harb means House of War. It actually means the NonMuslim world. It is the religious duty of Muslims to wage war against dar-ul-Harb to defeat it and convert the whole world to Dar-ul-Islam. It is a constant war. The concept of Dar-ul-Islam and Dar-ul-Harb is alone enough to show the evil nature of Islam. Islam is a cult, Not a religion
[From Religion or Cult? by Ali Sina]

Islam is known as the second largest religion. The very fact that 1.2 billion people call themselves Muslims vests Islam with the mantel of legitimacy and confirms the claim that it is a religion. But is it? Can one billion people be wrong? Well, "argumentum ad numerum" is a logical fallacy and yes millions and even billions of people can be wrong. Truth cannot be established by the consensus of the majority.

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In fact, many arguments have been debunked, even though everyone in the world once accepted them as true. For example, not until a few centuries ago everyone believed that the Earth was flat and was at the centre of the universe. Despite that common belief, both geocentricity and the idea of the flat Earth were false. A false belief does not become true even if everyone thinks they are true. Therefore, not only one billion people, but the entire mankind can be wrong. As Bertrand Russell said: "The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible." After shattering the myth of argumentum ad numerum, let us put Islam under scrutiny and see whether it is a religion or a cult. The word cult has been much used and abused to the extent that people of one religion call other religions that they don't like, cult. But cults have very definite characteristics. In his best-selling book Combating Cult Mind Control, Steven Hasson, a former Moonie himself, describes the characteristics of cults and how they control minds. Once we analyze his description of Moonie cult and compare it with Islam we see a great deal of similarity, a similarity that is shared by virtually all cults. Let us compare point-by-point Hasson's description of cult with what we know of Islam:

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Steven Hasson's description of cult

Islam's characteristics Apostasy in Islam is the greatest sin. Apostates are to be shunned, ostracized and even killed 4:89, 9:66. Allah's Apostle said, "The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Apostle, cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts from Islam (apostate) and leaves the Muslims." [Bukhari 9,83,17].

The Moonies do a very thorough job of convincing people that former members are satanic and that even being in their presence could be dangerous. [p.3]

Ali burnt some people [hypocrites] and this news reached Ibn 'Abbas, who said, "Had I been in his place I would not have burnt them, as the Prophet said, 'Don't punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I would have killed them, for the Prophet said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.' " [Bukhari 9,84,57] It is ironic that whereas Moon's stated goal is to unify the world, many of his strategies foster jealousy and spite among leaders, virtually insuring a lack of unity. [p.23] Soon after the death of Muhammad, the fight over power started and tens of thousands of Muslims were killed due to infighting among the leaders and close relatives of Muhammad by fellow Muslims.

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The more people opposed us, the more committed we felt. [p.24]

Often Muslims claim that after reading my articles their faith in Islam has grown. This is not entirely bluff. Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract". Although Muslims may not regard themselves as observing Muslims, once Islam is criticized they feel their identity is under attack and tenaciously try to hold unto it even though they can't explain why.

It was as if we were God's army in the middle of a spiritual war--the only ones who could go to the front lines and fight Satan each day. [p.24] The Moonies wanted to keep me from pursuing some disturbing questions. I had discovered some glaring inconsistencies. It was dangerous for someone in my position in the organization to ask questions that couldn't be answered. [p.25]

Muslims believe Islam is the only true religion and they are the only people who do God's work.

Muslims are not allowed to ask certain questions that go to the core of Muhammad's claim. Questions such as how do we know that Muhammad was telling the truth are taboo. In Islam you are allowed to ask question about modality for example "please tell us about Islam" but you can't ask questions about the validity of Islam. Muslims are very sensitive about this

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issue and threat and violence may ensue. Indeed, it was my ideals and my own fantasy of an ideal world that had lured me into the Moonies. Those ideals ultimately enabled me to walk out and publicly condemn cult mind control. [p.33] They indoctrinate members to show only the best sides of the organization. Members are taught to suppress any negative feelings they have about the group and always show a continually smiling, "happy" face. [p.41] Many people who convert to Islam do so because they project their own ideals on this religion but in reality they have very little understanding of Islam, its tenets and its violent history. Most of these converts ultimately leave Islam when they discover the truth. This is typical of Islam where image is everything. Muslims have a tradition of dissimulation called Taqiyyah. Deceiving others to portray Islam in the best lights is something every Muslim, including the newcomers learns to do from early on.

In some cults, members are systematically made to be phobic about ever leaving the group. Today's cults know how to effectively implant vivid negative images deep within members' unconscious minds, making it impossible for the member to even conceive of ever being happy and successful outside of the group. [p.45] In the same way, cult phobias take away people's choices. Members truly believe they will be destroyed if they leave the safety of the group.

Fear of leaving Islam is inseminated in the mind of the Muslim in various ways. The most heavy-handed method is the fear of hellfire. This fear is so engrained in the mind of the Muslim that virtually paralyzes his thinking ability. Even the most brilliant Muslims become literally powerless vis--vis the fear of the afterlife and facing a vengeful and tyrannical god. Then there is the fear of ostracism, loss of social prestige and even persecution and death.

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Members of every cult believe that there are no other ways for them to grow-spiritually, intellectually, or emotionally. They are virtually enslaved by this mind control technique. [p.46]

The Muslim is led to believe that life outside Islam does not exist and he is constantly reminded of the tremendous losses that he would incur, both in this world and the next.

Based on the above, Islam is a cult. It is the biggest and the most successful cult. It practically reunites every feature of cult. Other cults may not be cultic in some of the above points. But Islam is cultic in every way and it would be a mistake to number it among religions just because over a billion people call themselves Muslims.

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Islamofascism, Jihad and Democracy

Islamofascism
[From Islamo-Fascism is More Dangerous than Nazis Fascism! by Syed Kamran Mirza]

What is fascism? The word fascism stands for: Dictatorship, one party government, autocracy, totalitarianism, racism, Nazism, Hitlerism (Websters New World Thesaurus). More precisely the word fascism stands for: A philosophy or system of government that is marked by stringent social and economical control headed by a dictator (The American heritage Dictionary). Fascism is a form of government headed by a dictator which involves total government control of political, economical, cultural, religious and social activities (World Book). What is Islam? Islam is politically motivated Arab imperialism in the garb of a religion. Surprisingly, Islam does not possess much spiritualism in a real sense; instead, it is a totalitarian ideology which attempts to control humans mind and body and every aspect of mans life in its entirety. That is why Islam is widely known as the so called code of life which is strictly articulated, which is implemented through the Islamic Shariah, the very constitution of the Islamic state. Islamic Shariah was originally formulated by the strict scriptural dictums from Holy Quran (the words of Allah) and the hadiths (Sunnah of the Prophet). Now, if we do the detail analysis of the Shariah-based state called Islamic state then clearly we can learn that actually an Islamic state is more dangerous than all known fascist states of the world. Because, Islam does not have any regard for human life or human freedom; Islam only cares obligation of obeying Allah and His prophet. The true Islamic Sharia laws (Hudud) strictly control and dictate every single affair of human lives. Islamic Sharia or so called Islamic code of life is bound to control political, economical, cultural, family-life, business, personal life, sexual life, dress-codes, food habits and
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everything else on earth. In other words, the Islamic code will dictate people what politics they can do or can not do, what they can eat or can not eat, how to greet or whom they can not greet, how to dress or what they can not dress, when to pray or what not to pray, how to do sex, how to wash their body or face, how to do business, what to produce or not to produce, what man can do or can not do, what women can do or can not do, what to sing or not to sing, what musical instrument can or can not be used, how to cry or not to cry, whom to marry or not to marry, what to play or not to play and so on. Islamic sharia-based nation will control almost every affair of citizens lives (from the day of birth until the day of death/grave) by the strict rules prescribed by the Islamic God and Prophet Muhammad. A few examples will clarify this matter more vividly: Religious practice: Only Islam will be allowed to practice freely and all other religions will be strongly persecuted, discouraged or allowed with a number of restrictions and social and political handicaps. Because Islam does not recognize or respect any other religion on earth (Quran-3:85). Non-Muslims will lead the life of second class citizens and will reside in the country as Dhimmis. [Islam divides human race into three main groups: 1. The believers (Muslims slaves of Allah); 2. The Dhimmis (Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Zoroastrians); 3. The kafirs (all polytheists such as Hindus, animists and atheists). The 2nd group are considered the Dhimmis and are allowed to practice their creed with severely handicapped privileges of a citizen. The 3rd group must either be converted to Islam or be brutally killed] Coercive imposition of Islamic rituals: Islam is the only religion in which people are being forced/coerced to observe the daily religious rituals. In any Islamic paradises like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Talibani Afghanistan, or any other Islamic Arab countries the Sharia police (Muttawalli) force the general citizens to observe daily rituals very strictly. Anybody who fails to obey is punished by beating severely or even by imprisonment. Even in the moderate Muslim countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia etc., the clergies, general public or the elders will repeatedly remind or even force younger

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people to join the daily five-time prayer rituals of Islam. Anybody who do not join or refuse to join will be cursed, looked down or insulted. Peoples dress: Islam has a special dress code for both men and women. Citizens of any Islamic nation can not choose their own dress at will and they must obey Islamic strict dress code. State will dictate what men can wear and what women can wear. For example, men will be compelled to keep long beard (giving them billy goats appearance) and women will be compelled to wear black burkha, hijab or Nikhab (Quran-33:59 giving them frightening ghostly appearance). Violators will be punished by Islamic beating/lashings or by imprisonment. Anybody from another religion or foreign land converting to Islam also needs to adopt/change her/his dresses according to Islamic requirement. A devout Bangladeshi, Chinese or a Burmese convert to Islam will pretend to be a good Muslim by wearing Arab garb or Hijab for women, even though his/her own national dress is not at all similar to Arab national dress. Education: Islamic state will prohibit western style education, i.e., anything that contradicts Islamic dictum will be prohibited. Modern science in general and biological science in particular, such as the evolution theory will be strictly prohibited. Women will be barred from going outside for education, i.e. women will not be allowed to go to school and college and they will only be allowed to learn about religion inside confines of their homes and how to be obedient and submissive to their husbands and male elders.Working outside/job: Only men will be allowed to work outside, not the women. Women will stay at home to serve men and to breed and rear children. Medical treatments: Islam will dictate even treatment privilege of general citizens. Male doctor will not be allowed to treat any female patient and vice-versa. Many of the modern treatments (surgical procedures etc) will be prohibited for women and men. Business or Industrial development: Islamic state will decide which businesses and productions are legal and which are not according to the precepts of Islam. For example, productions like alcohol, musical instruments, music recording and sports goods etc. will be strictly prohibited. Violators will be beaten severely by Islamic methods.

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Sports and leisure: All sports like football, cricket, volleyball, basketball etc. will be prohibited. Islam does not condone any types of sports for recreation purposes. Sport of any type is considered the game of Satan. Praying five times a day is their main sports. Banking or economic programs: Modern economic systems of banking or monetary business like stocks, bears and bulls market, mutual funds and bonds etc. will be prohibited. Islamic Banking without interest payment will run the countrys economic transactions. Drama/theater/Cinema: All forms of drama, theaters and cinema are deadly illegal in Islam; hence will be strictly prohibited by Islamic shariah. Islamic morality/virtue police (Muttawalli) will roam the country to stop these Satanic vices and will severely punish with beatings and lashing, if anybody violates the code of Islamic virtues. Tourism/recreations: Tourists attractions will be almost nil and only thing will be allowed is to pilgrimage to some holy places for the devout Muslims. Recreations like sun-bathing in the sea-beaches will be strictly prohibited. Violators will be punished by beating and lashing. Food and drinks: Muslims will follow the very strict Islamic codes on food and other consumables. Unlike other religious groups, Muslims can not eat the most hygienically produced meat products in the West. Muslims need to eat so called halal meat obtained from animals slaughtered according to Islamic codes normally under unhygienic conditions. Alcoholic drinks of all types will be strictly prohibited. Music: In the Islamic Shariah laws, music is considered weapons of Satan (Devil); hence music of all kinds are strictly prohibited. Only vocal music of religious nature (commonly known as Gazzal), which exalts the greatness of Allah and his prophet, is allowed. All instrumental music, i.e. all musical instruments is strictly prohibited. Violators are punished or imprisoned. Arts and sculptures: Islam does not allow drawings or sculpturing of any living beings (such as humans, animals and birds). The drawings of plants and vines will be allowed, because the Islamic God thought plants and vines were lifeless objects!
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Criminal Punishments: Punishments for the crimes (like stealing, adultery, killings etc.) will be cutting/chopping hands, feet and even chopping heads, or stoning death and lashings one hundred and one times. Present Islamic paradises like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan and many other Arab nations randomly practice these above mentioned punishments according to Islamic Sharia or hudud laws. Sexual life: Islamic shariah laws will also control peoples sexual life and marriage life. Shariah will dictate when, what and how to do sexual acts. Usage of condom etc will be prohibited. Love acts of all types will be strictly prohibited at the outside of the private home. Family life: Even the family lives in the Islamic country are controlled by the Sharia laws. Family planning such as birth-control will be strictly prohibited. Islam decides how to distribute family wealth, how to divorce or not to divorce, who is the leader of the family etc. [The above mentioned Islamic codes used to be strictly implemented in the erstwhile Afghanistan under the Taliban and are applied with 90-60% strictness in the present Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Sudan, Pakistan and the Muslim regions of Nigeria] In brief, according to the true Islamic state as per the puritanical Islam preached by the Prophet of Islam, humans have been created only to worship Allah and to praise and sing about Allah and His prophet only. Every Muslim is a slaved (submission) to Allah and his laws as enshrined in Islam (Sharia). Human race is nothing but the slave its creator, the Allah! In this mortal earth, Islam (Sharia laws) will control almost everything a Muslim will do or wont. Because, Islam is allegedly perfect, yet a super totalitarian, divine system, which controls humans life with an iron-fist. Therefore, Islam is the strictest form of fascism on earth and cannot be compared with any other type of known fascism. On the other hand, a true fascist ideology or state (like Hitlerism, Italian fascism or even communism) may only control political, economical or rarely some religious events. They are never known to

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have controlled or dictated peoples freedom to lead their lives so completely like the way Islamic states (Sharia laws) do. Therefore, its an obvious fact and reality that Islamic fascism is manifold more dangerous and brutal than the Nazism or Italian fascism that are known to the world today. World must recognize that Islam is not just a religion (like Christianity, Judaism or Hinduism etc), but instead, a fascistic Arab imperialist agenda in the garb of a religion of peace, which is about to engulf entire civilized world through terrorist campaign and other deceptive means.

Jihad
[First paragraph has been taken from homepage of www.jihad-watch.org. Rest has been taken from Thinking Errors of Muslims in Pathways to Jihadi Terrorism by Dr. Babu Suseelan.]

Jihad (in Arabic, "struggle") is a central duty of every Muslim. Modern Muslim theologians have spoken of many things as jihads: the struggle within the soul, defending the faith from critics, supporting its growth and defense financially, even migrating to non-Muslim lands for the purpose of spreading Islam. But violent jihad is a constant of the Islamic history. Many passages of the Qur'an and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad are used by jihad warriors today to justify their actions and gain new recruits. No major Muslim group has ever repudiated the doctrines of armed jihad. The theology of jihad, which denies unbelievers equality of human rights and dignity, is available today for anyone with the will and means to bring it to life. Jihad (terrorism) is as old as Islam. Jihad war, death and destruction have followed in the wake of Islam for hundreds of years. Ancient Egypt, Greece, Spain, Persia, India and several societies have experienced the deadly Islamic conquest. Now Jihadi terrorism has propelled to dangerous proportions and is a major threat to public health and world peace. Jihadi terrorists are said to have the unique ability to perpetuate their deadly terrorism wreaking havoc in every city in the world. Its destructive impact on the economy, public health and public safety is widespread and on the increase.

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Sensational Jihadi terrorism, mass riots, violence, beheading, suicide bombing and plane hijacking are under constant media scrutiny. Jihadi terrorism is also a compelling subject for terrorism scholars, social scientists and security planners. Nevertheless, agreement on the important underlying causes has been elusive and inconsistent. Liberal left wing social scientists attribute Jihadi terrorism as a product of "labeling" and social causes including economic deprivation and interference of non-Islamic countries. They romanticize Jihadi terrorists as involved in protest against social injustice. In their eagerness to promote the irrational doctrine of "political correctness", left wing armchair speculators see Jihadi terrorists as victims of reactionary, reductionist "conspiracy theories" that make the terrorists the real victim of unjust society. For phony, left wing, liberal social scientists, suicide bombing, mass murder, riots, arson and public beheading of non-Muslims by Jihadi terrorists are negotiated product of formal responses to political injustices. Numerous empirical evidence and case study of Muslim terrorists proves the unbalance of this equation. Such malicious "politically correct" statement is misleading and mischievous. The unified left wing explanation of Jihadi terrorism as a social phenomenon in the changing political and economic context is false and falls far short of explaining reliable and stable psychological and religious variables influencing Islamic terrorism. In recent years, studies of risk prediction and identification of both static and dynamic factors associated with Jihadi terrorism have provided a clear understanding of the problem. Empirically based investigations of psychological factors on Jihadi terrorists have indicated important cognitive and behavioral variables acting as pathways for Jihadi terrorism. Focused studies have revealed unusual ways of Jihadist's thinking, asocial attitudes, cruelty, and indifference to the feelings of victims, paranoia and aggressive hostility.

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To know more about jihad, please visit the site

www.historyofjihad.org

Islam and Democracy

[From Democracys Problems with Islam by Amil Imani]

Muslims believe that Allahs rule must govern the world in the form of a Caliphate a theocracy. Making mockery of democracy, subverting its working, and ignoring its provisions is a Muslims way of falsifying what he already believes to be a sinful and false system of governance invented by the infidels. To Muslims, Ummah-ism (international Islamism) is the legitimate form of government. Ummah-ism is another form of despotism such as the communism and fascism, with the added feature of enjoying divine authority. The world has good samples of Ummah-ism in practice to scrutinize in Islamic autocracies. Khomeini of Iran is not called Caliph. He is called the Supreme Guide. The Saudi King is just another Caliph vessel of the divine. These Islamic despots are every bit as vile as the Hitlers, the Stalins, the Pol Pots, and the Mussolinis. The government these Islamic autocrats head is infested to the core with the Islamic disease of oppression, corruption and the absence of accountability to the people. Democracies believe that government must be of the people, by the people, and for the people. Ummah-ism is anathema to this sacrosanct fundamental democratic ideal.

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Women & Sex in Islam

Women in Islam This poem by Taslima Nasreen says it all:-

My life, Like a sandbar, has been taken over by a monster of a man. He wants my body under his control So that if he wishes he can spit in my face, Slap me on the cheek And pinch my rear. So that if he wishes he can rob me of the clothes And take the naked beauty in his grip. So that if he wishes he can chain my feet, If he wishes, he can, with no qualms whatsoever, Use a whip on me. If he wishes he can chop off my hands, my fingers. If he wishes he can sprinkle salt in the open wound, He can throw ground-up black pepper in my eyes. So that if he wishes he can slash my thigh with a dagger,

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So that if he wishes he can string me up and hang me. He wanted my heart under his control So that I would love him, In my lonely house at night, Sleepless, full of anxiety, Clutching at the window grille, I would wait for him and sob. My tears rolling down, I would bake homemade bread, So that I would drink, as if they were ambrosia, The filthy liquids of his poligynous body. So that, loving him, I would melt like wax, Not turning my eyes toward any other man, I would give proof of my chastity all my life. So that, loving him On some moonlit night I would commit suicide In a fit of ecstasy.

This poem in very few words speaks volumes of the mindset of the Muslims and the injustice and violence committed against women by their men. I would like to provide you more proofs of Islam being a male chauvinist cruel religion from Koran and other holy books of Islam itself.

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[From Women in Islam: An exegesis by Abul Kasem ]

Let us start with the unfairness of Allah towards women. Allah prefers men over women! The interdependency of men and women is recognized in Islam. This is because of the importance of women as a preserver of human species. However, a thorough examination of Qur'an, ahadith and the Islamic Sharia clearly demonstrates the heavy bias of Allah towards men. Why men are considered superior? It is because of their physical strength, financial ability to pay dower and to spend on women. The Qur'an is very clear about the superiority of men over women. Let us review a few verses from Qur'an to demonstrate this fact.

Men have a degree over women...2:228 YUSUFALI: Divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three monthly periods. Nor is it lawful for them to hide what Allah

Hath created in their wombs, if they have faith in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands have the better right to take them back in that period, if they wish for reconciliation. And women shall have rights similar to the rights against them, according to what is

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equitable; but men have a degree (of advantage) over them. And Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise. [Q 2.228] This verse establishes the supremacy of men over women, although Qur'an ambiguously claims to bestow similar rights for both men and women. This verse never mentions what those rights are; neither do we find the clarification on this matter in the entire Qur'an. Therefore, a variety of interpretation can be made out of this verse. This verse can really be used to justify anything that a man can find convenient to establish his superiority over women. Let us now examine the following verse up close: Men are protectors and maintainers of women; women must be devoutly obedient, if not then beat them...4:34 YUSUFALI: Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard. As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their beds, (And last)

beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah is Most High, great (above you all). [Q 004.034]

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The above verse is quite clear about the superiority of men over women. The verse is lucid in telling the reason for the superiority of men. It is because of their physical strength and their ability to support women financially. Islamists often use this divine decree to justify the subjugation of women in Islam. But their logic falls flat if we recognize today's reality that physical size and strength does not mean a thing. Many animals are much stronger physically than men. How about an elephant? An elephant is hugely stronger than a man is but that does not make it superior to a human. Similarly, a woman may be weaker in physical strength (with proper training a woman can be as strong as any man, if not more) but her physical weakness, in no way make her inferior to men. Financial dependence? This could be true for some ancient societies; but surely not true any more. We have many examples of single women leading a financially independent happy life. There are plenty of single mums (either widowed, divorced or unmarried) who steadfastly support her family without the help of any man. This verse also prescribes physical punishment for disobedient women. I shall write more on Islamic wife beating later. Why does God have to prescribe this torture on wives? Isn't it because men make women dependent on them? Imagine what would happen to a man if he were completely dependent on a woman for his financial support? Will he dare to raise his hand against her? Please note the comment (lightly) inserted by the translator Yusuf Ali. He deliberately did this keeping in mind that beating is a gross indecency and a criminal offence in western societies. His purpose of translation of Qur'an was primarily aimed at the western people and

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the non-Muslims. That is why he softens Qur'an from its extremely harsh statements. The original Qur'an and the translation by other authors do not contain the comment (slightly) insert. Here is the translation of Pickthal and Shakir. While Pickthal translates to whip women, Shakir translates as plain beating without specifying the method. PICKTHAL: Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great. SHAKIR: Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great. When Qur'an treats women in such a disgraceful manner, one may wonder why almighty Allah created women after all. Was it not better to have no woman at all? Actually, Qur'an does not really know the reason for creation of women because Qur'an is not really from God. Muhammad himself with the help of a few of his scribes wrote it. Therefore, in Qur'an we simply find the mention of what people
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believed in those days regarding the creation of human albeit in a new format. Here is the verse that tells the reason for the creation of women God created us from a single person and made mate of like nature; pregnancy is a light burden to women...7:189 YUSUFALI: It is He Who created you from a single person, and made his mate of like nature, in order that he might dwell with her (in love). When they are united, she bears a light burden and carries it about (unnoticed). When she grows heavy, they both pray to Allah their Lord, (saying): "If Thou givest us a goodly child, we vow we shall (ever) be grateful." [Q 7.189] The verse is rather very ambiguous. It says that God created a single person first. What was the sex of that single person? Islamists often use this verse to portray the sexual equality of Islam and how Islam differs from the Christianity and Judaism. In the Bible God says that He created Adam first then He created Eve from Adam's rib. Do not be fooled by this simple-minded interpretation of the Islamists. The key word in this verse is 'you'. Who is this 'you' that God seems to be talking to. Is it a man or a woman? Remember, whom did God reveal the Qur'an? It was not a woman but a man. Moreover, elsewhere in the Hadith we read that women were created from a rib that is why they are crooked (See Shahih Muslim 8.3467). Therefore, the meaning of this verse is no different from the verse in the Bible. In this verse, the Qur'an says that women were created to give companion and pleasure to men. Please take a moment to read and think about the meaning
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this

verse

once

again.

We

do

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exegesis/mullahs/Islamists to tell us the "Real" Tafsir of this verse. Simple common sense tells us that God created women to give men companionship and pleasure and to bear children. God did not create women as his primary reason. One may conclude that God made women on second thought to alleviate the loneliness and the dullness for men. Women were merely created for men's sensuous pleasure. Pure and simple. This is obvious from the following verse. God created mate for tranquil living and put love and mercy among sexes-30:21 YUSUFALI: And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquillity with them, and He has put love and mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Signs for those who reflect. [Q 30.021] Does this verse seem to be contradicting the previous verse (7:189)? Of course, it does. This verse seems to suggest that God created women for men and vice versa. That is to say, God created two persons, and not one as was suggested in the previous (7:189) verse. Doesn't it? Who was created first? Man or the woman? Surely, God did not create men to give pleasure and tranquility to women. It was the woman who was created for men. Thus, from the very beginning of creation of human we see the unfairness of God. Not only that God created woman as a second thought but also he burdened her with the task of child bearing. One may legitimately ask, 'Why? Why God has to put women in such a burdensome position?' The answer, if we go by the Islamic rule, is a simple one. Only God
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knows the answer. And that's all. But it is not that difficult to ponder on the real reason. All religious books are written by men (religionists say that they are the messages sent by God through His postman like Gabriel). It is, then a simple matter to realize that these prophets of God could never displease men by giving them a secondary position (like women) in the process of creation. Therefore, the women must accept without question the superiority of men. After all, pregnancy and giving birth are dirty/painful jobs that fit only slaves. Doesn't it make sense to realize that when these 'messengers of God' wrote their holy scriptures they viewed women as nothing more than sexual pleasures and slaves to carry the burden of sex (pregnancy)? This verse is really laughable;Men love to purify themselves-9:108 YUSUFALI: Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whose foundation was laid from the first day on piety; it is more worthy of the standing forth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love to be purified; and Allah loveth those who make themselves pure. [Q 9.108] In this verse, the Qur'an says that God prefers men because they (the men) love to purify themselves. Are we then to assume that the women does not know how to purify/cleanse themselves? In other words, are women unclean? Of course, the apologists will say that the meaning of purify means spiritual/mystical, sublime etc. Nowhere in the verse, it says what is the meaning of purification. It could be both spiritual as well as physical (meaning ablution before prayer). Let us take examples from the real world. Are there differences in
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cleanliness/purification between men and women? The answer is 'No.' Then, why should Qur'an use such inane argument to justify the divine superiority of men? Some may say that the verse did not say that the women do not know how to purify; it simply says that God loves those men who go to the mosque and purify themselves. This argument is simply not unacceptable. Are not women allowed in the mosque? If it is so, then the unfairness of God becomes more inexcusable. Why does God blatantly show his preference for men when both sexes are equally praying in the mosque? Isn't it a kind of religious apartheid? This kind of Islamic bias for men is again demonstrated in the following verse. Men are true to their covenant-33:23 YUSUFALI: Among the Believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah: of them some have completed their vow (to the extreme), and some (still) wait: but they have never changed (their determination) in the least: [Q 33.023] How about the believing women? Are they not true to their faith and are they not ready to die for it? We shall, later in this article, see that women are equally commanded by God to go for Jihad and lay down their lives, if required. Why then God has a clear bias for men? Does not God trust women believers regarding their truthfulness and fealty in faith?

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Only men receive revelation from God The Qur'an and God are absolutely adamant that only men are capable of handling revelations from God. God always sends revelations to men. Thus, we have all the prophets to be men. God has never selected a woman as a prophet and in future also, he will not do so. Here are two verses that demonstrate amply this unreasonable desire of God. Have you ever wondered what would have God decided if women were financially strong in the Arabian Desert? What would have God chosen? Do you remember many extant tribal societies where the women ruled supreme? I wonder why God overlooked them.

For more unfairness of God, look at the following verses. Revelations are sent to men only-12:109 YUSUFALI: Nor did We send before thee (as messengers) any but men, whom we did inspire,- (men) living in human habitations. Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? But the home of the hereafter is best, for those who do right. Will ye not then understand? [Q 12.109] Only men are chosen by God to be His messengers-16:43 YUSUFALI: And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message. [Q 16.043]

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God chooses messengers from men and angels-22:75 YUSUFALI: Allah chooses messengers from angels and from men for Allah is He Who hears and sees (all things). [Q 22.075] Let us briefly review those three verses. In 12.109 God says that he had never sent any messenger before Muhammad who was not a man. Muslims believe that Muhammad is the last prophet and messenger from God. Therefore, the natural conclusion is that there will never ever be woman messenger from God. In verse 16:43, God confirms his commitment of selecting only men as his messenger before Muhammad was selected to be his Prophet and messenger. This is to say that God had never selected a woman in the past to be his messenger. In 22:75, God confuses us. This time he says that he sometimes chooses men and sometimes chooses angels as his messengers. We have heard the name of a few messengers of God including Muhammad. Who were the angels sent as messengers? Was it Gabriel, Michael, Azazil, Azrael, Malik, Harut or Marut? Or does God mean that men and angels are at the same level in the eyes of God as far as the reception of his messages are concerned? Why were women excluded from the list of angels? This, too, is answered in the following verse. Men are superior in the worshipping of God -24:37 YUSUFALI: By men whom neither traffic nor merchandise can divert from the Remembrance of Allah, nor from regular Prayer, nor from the practice of regular Charity: Their (only) fear is for the

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Day when hearts and eyes will be transformed (in a world wholly new),- [Q 24.037] Well, the above verse tells it all. Men are simply miles ahead in the worshipping of God than the women folks. Need no further explanation. Here is a hadith that tells us that there never were perfect women although there were many perfect men. Since God is the only authority who reserves the right to bestow perfection to whomever he pleases, we must, therefore, conclude that only men are given perfection and not women no matter how much they (the women) may try. Perfection by women is simply out of question. There are many perfect men but there are no perfect women except Mary, Asiya (Pharaoh's wife) and Aisha (Muhammad's wife)- (Shahih Muslim 31.5966) Book 031, Number 5966: Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There are many persons amongst men who are quite perfect but there are not perfect amongst women except Mary, daughter of 'Imran, Asiya wife of Pharaoh, and the excellence of 'A'isha as compared to women is that of Tharid over all other foods. Having established the indisputable superiority of men, God now elevates a man to the position of a kind of smaller god in the eyes of women. Here is what Islam thinks a woman should do for a man.

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A man is next to God for a woman This concept of absolute superiority of men in Islam is very similar to the Hindu practice. In Hinduism, women are asked to worship their husbands as Devota (demi God). Islam is no different on this. A woman's single purpose in life is to please her husband. Nothing is holier than this. In fact, if a woman were required to worship any one other than God it would be her husband. In hadith we read: If a woman is to prostrate to another person (besides Allah) it will be her husband. (Sunaan Abu Dawud 11.2135) Book 11, Number 2135: Narrated Qays ibn Sa'd: I went to al-Hirah and saw them (the people) prostrating themselves before a satrap of theirs, so I said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) has most right to have prostration made before him. When I came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him), I said: I went to al-Hirah and saw them prostrating themselves before a satrap of theirs, but you have most right, Apostle of Allah, to have (people) prostrating themselves before you. He said: Tell me , if you were to pass my grave, would you prostrate yourself before it? I said: No. He then said: Do not do so. If I were to command anyone to make prostration before another I would command women to prostrate themselves before their husbands, because of the special right over them given to husbands by Allah.
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Marriageable age in some Islamic countries for females is nine years of age. Obviously, a child does not have the capacity to form a proper consent, but is under a religiously-based compulsion or coercion to accept it. This follows the prophet Mohammad's example, because the age at which he consummated his marriage with Aisha was 9. He married her when he was in his fifties and when she was 6 or 7 years of age. Sources: Sahih Muslim Book 8, Number 3311; Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 58, Number 236; Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 65; also see Tabari IX:131).

Muslim men are like sex hungry wolves

[From The 'Meat' Imam and the Qur'an by Abul Kasem]

We always wonder why even seeing the hair of a woman sexually arouses Muslim men so that women's hairs must be covered. Their prophet was no different either. Let us see some verses from Koran. Q 33: 59. O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies (i.e. screen themselves completely except the eyes or one eye to see the way). That will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women) so as not to be annoyed. And Allh is Ever Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Muslim women must always keep their 'meat' covered whenever they venture out. In the Tafsir of this verse, prominent Islamic author Ibn Kathir asserts that Muslim women must always keep their 'meat' covered whenever they venture out and Infidel women who do not hide their 'meat' inside Jilbab and Hijab are either maid servants or whores. The women who do not dress Islamically are maidservants or whores. In Islam, Muslim men are allowed to have unlimited sexual intercourse with maid servants (what the right hand possess; Q4:3) and sexual slaves. A Muslim man commits rape if and only if he has sex with a Muslim woman out of wedlock. Having forced sex with an infidel woman does not at all constitute rape, Islamically speaking.
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Hence, Muslim men are completely free to Islamically rape these infidel women, if these "whores" fall in Muslim men's hands. Dating with a Muslim Muslims are always thinking of ways of increasing their population. One of their favorite methods is by marrying Non-Muslim girls. After the marriage, these girls are either brainwashed or forced to accept Islam. Not only the girl, her family members are also sometimes forced to convert to Islam. Non-Muslim girls should be always cautious of Muslims and Islamic romance drama. Women and Reproduction in Islam The ultimate aim of Islam is to subjugate the entire world and if possible convert the entire mankind to Islam. To achieve this final goal, Muslims need to dominate the non-Islamic peoples in headcounts. The responsibility of creating this advantage has been placed on the Muslim women by producing as many children as possible. Muslims do not care about proper care, education and support of the children. They only care for creating as many children as possible possible. According to a hadith, when a disciple of the Prophet inquire with him about his interest in marrying an infertile woman, the Prophet said 'no'. Muslim women thus become breeding machines without paying any attention to their personal health and mental and psychological well-being. Their well-being lies only in the prospect of Islam's ability to dominate and subjugate the Infidels. Muslim population is having an exponential growth rate. Islamic countries believe that family planning is a plot by the infidels to reduce the growth of the Muslim population. This is another rarely noticed war front waged by the Muslims, which can be termed 'war by shameless breeding' (WSB). The infidels must take note that WSB is the most lethal war unleashed by the Muslims. Aggressive wars by the Muslims can be neutralized or terminated by the technological wage of the infidel nations but there is not any idea about how to fight the WSB.

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Unbelievers in Islam

[From Whither the Islamic Infidels? by Abul Kasem]

In Islam, all non-Muslims are called unbelievers or infidels. The treatment of the infidels in Islam is divided into two categories. The polytheists, pagans, idolaters and heathens have the choice of converting to Islam or suffer death. The Jews and Christians, whom the Koran calls people of the book, can retain their religion but on the sufferance of accepting humiliation and subjugation to Islam and payment of Jizyah (poll-tax) to the Islamic rulers . Now, let us have a closer look at what the Koran says about the infidels:-

Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them 2:191 And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And fight not with them at the Inviolable Place of Worship until they first attack you there, but if they attack you (there) then slay them. Such is the reward of disbelievers. [87, Medina] Make war on the infidels living in your neighbourhood. 9:123 Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom ye know not. Allah knoweth them. Whatsoever ye spend in the way of Allah it

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will be repaid to you in full, and ye will not be wronged. [113, Medina] When opportunity arises, kill the infidels wherever you catch them. 9:5 Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. [113, Medina] Kill the Jews and the Christians if they do not convert to Islam or refuse to pay Jizya tax. 9:29 Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture as believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that which Allah hath forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion of Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low. [113, Medina] Any religion other than Islam is not acceptable. 3:85 And whoso seeketh as religion other than the Surrender (to Allah) it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter. [89, Medina] The Jews and the Christians are perverts; fight them. 9:30 And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their

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saying with their mouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah (Himself) fighteth against them. How perverse are they! [113, Medina] Maim and crucify the infidels if they criticise Islam. 5:33 The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom [112, Medina] The infidels are unclean; do not let them into a mosque. 9:28 O ye who believe! The idolaters only are unclean. So let them not come near the Inviolable Place of Worship after this their year. If ye fear poverty (from the loss of their merchandise) Allah shall preserve you of His bounty if He will. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise. [113, Medina] Be harsh with the unbelievers. 9:73 O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites! Be harsh with them. Their ultimate abode is hell, a hapless journey's end. [113, Medina] Punish the unbelievers with garments of fire, hooked iron rods, boiling water; melt their skin and bellies. 22:19 These twain (the believers and the disbelievers) are two opponents who contend concerning their Lord. But as for those
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who disbelieve, garments of fire will be cut out for them; boiling fluid will be poured down on their heads. 22:20 Whereby that which is in their bellies, and their skins too, will be melted; 22:21 And for them are hooked rods of iron. 22:22 Whenever, in their anguish, they would go forth from thence they are driven back therein and (it is said unto them): Taste the doom of burning. [103, Medina] The Jews and the Christians are in perpetual hostility to the Muslims 2:137 And if they believe in the like of that which ye believe, then are they rightly guided. But if they turn away, then are they in schism, and Allah will suffice thee (for defence) against them. He is the Hearer, the Knower. [103, Medina] Fight the unbelievers vigorously without any exception. 25:52 So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them...with a great endeavour. [42, Mecca] Be stern with the infidels. 66:9 O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern with them. Hell will be their home, a hapless journey's end. [107, Medina]

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Do not hanker for peace with the infidels; behead them when you catch them. 47:4 Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till thewar lay down its burdens. That (is the ordinance). And if Allah willed He could have punished them (without you) but (thus it is ordained) that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He rendereth not their actions vain. [95, Medina] The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them. 8:65 O Prophet! Exhort the believers to fight. If there be of you twenty steadfast they shall overcome two hundred, and if there be of you a hundred (steadfast) they shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are a folk without intelligence. [88, Medina] Muslims must not take the infidels as friends. 3:28 Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoso doeth that hath no connection with Allah unless (it be) that ye but guard yourselves against them, taking (as it were) security. Allah biddeth you beware (only) of Himself. Unto Allah is the journeying.[89, Medina]

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Terrorise and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur'an. 8:12 When thy Lord inspired the angels, (saying): I am with you. So make those who believe stand firm. I will throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then smite the necks and smite of them each finger. [88, Medina] Muslims must muster all weapons to terrorise the infidels. 8:60 Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom ye know not. Allah knoweth them. Whatsoever ye spend in the way of Allah it will be repaid to you in full, and ye will not be wronged. [88, Medina] The Qur'an certainly proclaims that when the time is appropriate, Muslims must use force to convert the unbelievers to Islam. For the non-Muslims, the alternative to this is to pay the humiliating protection money (Jizya tax) or be killed (by beheading, of course). A militarily dominant Islam, without doubt, precludes the peaceful coexistence with the unbelievers if the Muslims have to abide strictly by the unalterable stipulations of the Qur'an.

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Islamic Hypocrisy Wherever Muslims are minority they demand more and more privileges and rights for minorities. But wherever they enjoy majority, they immediately impose sharia or Allahs rule. If countries like United Kingdom, France and India are on the verge of becoming Islamic Republics, we have to be more vigilant on the ways by which Muslims effectively utilize democracy to meet their needs. In New Zealand, Muslims have asked the Christians to stop celebrating Christmas as it offends their religious feeling. Christmas is celebrated all over the world and one cant understand what is wrong in celebrating Christmas. In India too, where the majority of the population consists of Hindus, Muslims have demanded Hindus to stop celebrating Deepavali (Deepavali is a Hindu festival). Muslims say that they loose their sound sleep as Hindus fire crackers during Deepavali. Will Muslims stop celebrating Ramzan in Saudi Arabia just because it offends the religious sentiments of Non- Muslims? Different rules in different countries according to the population size of Muslims?! Power of Islamic Oil Money Islam gets all the money required for spreading hatred by selling Islamic oil or petroleum. If a Non-Muslim has got one billion dollars, he has got hundred billion ways of spending that money. But, if a Muslim has got hundred billion dollars, he has got just one way of spending that money and that is by propagating Islamic agenda. If humanity wants to win over evil Islam, we have to block the oil money that is flowing from Islamic countries to Non-Muslim countries.

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Islamic science & miracles

[From The Myth of Scientific Miracles in the Quran: A Logical Analysis by Mumin Salih, with additional material by Shabana Muhammad]

The claims that the Quran contains scientific miracles started to came to light only recently. For 1400 years Muslims never thought of the Quran as a book of scientific information and certainly did not find scientific miracles in it. Even as recently as half a century ago Muslim scientists read the Quran just like other Muslims did, without ever considering subjecting it to scientific analysis. Had really they wanted, they could have easily found at least a few scientific errors in the Quran, but they mostly preferred to remain coy about this. Even when such errors were manifest, they probably explained it with the alibi that the Quran was revealed to 7th century Arabs and was not really meant to be a scientific book, anyway. We must remember that the divine miracles passed to us through religions were never meant to prove the existence or capabilities of God. They were meant to prove the authenticity of a particular prophet. In this case the Quran was meant to prove that Mohammed was a prophet and not an impostor. The Arabs before Muhammed believed in God, they even called Him Allah. They also believed that Allah had created this world, which in itself, is the proof of His existence. We must also remember that were we to accept that the Quran is a divine book, then it must be in full agreement with science. Even ninety-nine percent agreement is not good enough. One mere single mistake is too many because God could never make mistakes - not even a single one for that matter. Therefore, it is logical to accept that

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the spotting of only one mistake in the Quran is a sufficient proof that Quran is man made, Mohammed is an impostor and Islam is a cult.

Scientific Achievements in Ancient Civilizations When Muslims say 'miracle' they mean that the Quran is in agreement with science. Of course, any published book is expected to be in agreement with the current science of its time. The possibility of a miracle is considered only if a book predicts or explains scientific discoveries that are not within current human knowledge of its time. This principle, when applied to the Quran requires historical research to find out what was the generally accepted information about the scientific issues which were correctly mentioned in the Quran. It doesn't take a genius to understand that when there is a scientific error, we don't even have to go through the pain of historical research. Most of us tend to think ancient civilizations as primitive, and its greatness is merely relative to its time. Careful reading of history, however, will surprise the researchers with the quality and volume of scientific progress made in those ages. It seems that we are fooled by the scientific leaps man made in the last two or three centuries of human civilization. We mustn't forget that most of our recent scientific discoveries are secondary to technological achievements. Technology has made it possible for us to achieve in hours what used to be achieved in weeks. The impressive engineering achievements of the past are just living reminders of the sophisticated scientific thoughts behind them. They cannot be the results of just pure hard labour only. Our current

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The Arab Nationalism/The Decline of Islam The Arab world passed through a brief period of renaissance during the last century. The Arabs revolted against the Ottoman Empire to the painful fact that they were well behind the West in science and technology. The Europeans were seen by the Arabs as their national enemy and as the occupying forces of the Arabs. At the same time they also realized they (the Arabs) had a great deal to learn from the Europeans. Arab counties were struggling to gain their independence, which they eventually achieved. The future seemed to be bright but there was hard work to be done to catch up with the west. This period was marked with some decline in the interest in religion among the Muslim Arabs. Muslim clerics were unable to provide answers to questions of modern life and were often seen as obstacles to development. Consequently, Muslim clerics lost some of their influence on the rest of the population, and were often portrayed negatively in Arabic culture. The Muslim brotherhood movement was banned and the general public looked at its members with some degree of suspicion. In the Arabian Peninsula things were moving in another direction. The Saudi family just got hold of the country, thanks to their alliance with the members of the newly formed wahabi religious sect renowned for applying Islam in its strictest form. This coincided with the discovery of oil in the country, which led to wealth on a scale never known to the Arabs before. To spoil the party for the Saudis, this also coincided with the appearance in Egypt of President Nasser with his panArabist nationalist agenda. Nasser's influence quickly covered the entire Arab world. Saudi Arabia acquired the image of a backward country and had little influence in the political stage. That was the age of Arab nationalism, which ended by the death of its hero, Nasser, in 1970 only three years after the Arab's defeat in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

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The Role of Saudi Arabia The vacuum left was immediately filled by Saudi Arabia who aggressively promoted its brand of Islam (Wahhabism) to the rest of the Arab and Islamic worlds. Saudi Arabia was well placed to do that, thanks to its financial muscle. Saudi Arabia had millions of foreign employees, who although were largely Muslims, had little interest in religion. The system in Saudi Arabia is that all Muslims must practice their religion, in other words, all male Muslims must pray in mosques, a small inconvenience for the good money to earn. All mosques in the country are run by Saudi imams and strictly preach only wahabbi Islam with no tolerance for the other sects of Islam. Even though Saudi Arabia recruited many scholars from many Arab and Islamic countries to teach in its various institutes, these scholars were converted and were allowed to teach Islam only the wahabbi way. To their liking, this system resulted in a whole generation that has been brainwashed. The process was made easier by the fact that most of those millions of employees had only minimal knowledge in Islam, and therefore, were unwilling and incapable to dispute the new teachings. Saudi Arabia applied those measures from the early days of its creation but they were largely ineffective during the 50s and 60s, because the Arabs were busy rallying behind Nasser in his push for Arab nationalism. To make things even worse to the Saudis, Nasser managed to make Egypt as the most influential Islamic country due to the presence in Egypt of Al Azhar University, which was considered for hundreds of years as the highest Islamic authority. In other words, Saudi Arabia was effectively sidelined by Nasser, whose name will remain as one of the most hated names to both the Saudis and Islamists. All these changed after Nasser's death in 1970. Egypt ceased to be a leading force in the Arab and the Islamic world, Al Azhar lost its status to Saudi institutions, and many of its scholars were recruited by Saudi Arabia and converted to preach their brand of Islam. The once-banned radical Muslim brotherhood movement was resurrected. These were the perfect settings for the Islamic movements to make a comeback with a vengeance. They promoted Islam aggressively 61

their message to people was that all the problems in the Islamic world, including the defeat of the Arabs in 1967, are due to the nonadherence to the strict teachings of Islam. In this sense it is only fair to say that the Islamic movements emerged as clear winners after 1967. They used the defeat to support their argument in attacking nationalism and advocating Islamic fundamentalism as an alternative. Maurice Bucaille Islamic movements were aware that Islam and science do not mix well, which is hardly a problem to any true Muslim, who always see Islam to be right and science to be wrong. However, if they want to make the religion more acceptable to others, regardless of Muslims or non-Muslims, there were many questions to be answered. The rescue came from Maurice Bucaille, a French doctor who worked for the Saudi king and wrote a book in the 1970s about the Bible, the Quran and modern science. Oil money seems to have paid well. To the Islamists, this is like winning the jackpot. Saudi Arabia established a generously financed government organization whose purpose is not just solving the incompatibilities between the Quran and science but to go even further and claim that the Quran has many scientific miracles. They recruited Muslim scholars and scientists from around the world and targeted western scientists. This strategy obviously brought much success. To this point, I must say that I never met a friend or a colleague who carefully had read Maurice Bucailles book, although they all know about it. But that does not matter. What matters is the fact that a western Christian has admitted that the Quran is scientifically accurate and superior to the Bible. If a Muslim wrote such a book it would not make such an impact, as the material contained is not the issue, the author is. Speaking of myself I read the book during the height of my religious interest and was never really convinced of the arguments in it, but who cares? What matters is that there is an admission from a western Christian intellectual that the Quran is correct, scientifically. If such an admission comes from the enemy camp why should I question it? I believed all the claims made in the

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book not because they convinced me but because they happened to suit me. One cannot help wondering if Maurice Bucaille really believed what he claimed about the divine origin of the Quran. He must have read the Quran carefully and came across with the many verses in which Allah makes it clear that the unbelievers will be burnt in hell fire for eternity. For this fear alone, at the least, Maurice Bucaille should have pronounced the shahada to save his soul. Some Muslims claim that he had lately converted to Islam, a claim that does not make any difference to this argument. He certainly didn't know that he is going to live long enough to re-think and convert to Islam, if it is true that he did convert. Maurice Bucaille's position reminds us with another famous personality who knew Allah but decided to be in opposition. No I did not mean Prof. Keith Moore, I meant Iblis (the Satan) himself! The Satan's attitude in opposing Allah remains a mystery to us all. He knew everything about Allah's punishments and knew the consequences of his disobedience; still he opposed Allah. The Appearance of the Miracle Specialists Maurice Bucaille gave Islamic clerics a big boost. He gave them confidence and proved them that their efforts were well-paid. This lead to the appearance of a new breed of Muslim scholars called 'miracle specialists' whose role is to spread this myth of Quranic miracles to Muslims and non-Muslims everywhere in the world. With the purpose of strengthening their faith and securing their conversion to Saudi wahabism, their first target is the Muslims. Other targets are the non-Muslims working in Saudi Arabia, who are given the message about the miracle myth by every possible means. NonMuslim conversions to Islam were generously rewarded. Then of course, to use in their campaign, they targeted western scientists to say some positive remarks about Islam. Muslim miracle specialists developed an aggressive approach in selling their lies. There are many aspects to their strategy none of which are based on scientific analysis. They know their audience is
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basically simple, ordinary folks who are unlikely to subject their claims to research or scientific analysis. They inject scientific language and terminology into ordinary Arabic words that have been taken completely out of context. They will even tell a lie, yes a completely baseless lie, to overwhelm their simple-minded audience. Exploring scientific miracles in the Quran, with its stars and celebrities, has become a big business in the Islamic world. In addition to the dedicated pages in the newspapers and internet sites, in every Islamic country, there are committed television programs and national meetings just to cover Islamic science! The Strategy of the 'Miracle specialist' Without any doubt in their minds, the miracle scientists believe that the Quran is Allah's revelations to Mohammed. Therefore, everything in the Quran must be absolutely accurate. This is their starting point, which they fully believe to be an absolute fact. Everything else in life must give in to maintain the integrity of this absolute belief. When the Quran doesn't agree with the commonsense or logical thinking, those must to be adapted/modified to conform to the Quranic logic. If the Quran disagrees with some scientific principles then a Muslim must dismiss those scientific principles as wrong, even if they appear to be correct in view of the overwhelming evidence. The scientific evidence might change in the future (with Allah's willing), but the Quran will never change. True Muslims will have no reservation in challenging the most basic scientific fact, if it is not in line with the Quranic teachings. Their golden rule is that Allah is always right while everything else can be wrong. There is no problem with true Muslims in admitting that even when all the available evidence points to the truth of a scientific fact but contradicts the Quran; it simply does not become a fact at all! Any true Muslim will choose to be with Allah even when it is against the whole world. However, they understand that not all Muslims have a perfect faith like theirs; therefore, proving that Quran is in harmony with science is always welcome.

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These so-called miracle specialists developed a strategy to solve any incompatibility between Quran and science. The Quran is made of words that cannot change, while the human knowledge and understanding may change. Arabic dictionaries and tafseer (interpretation) books are not divine; therefore, can be changed. Next in their strategy is to get of what appears like a stamp of authority on whatever they want to say, and there is no shortage of scientists who are willing to endorse, in return for money and fame, whatever appeals to the miracle advocates. These scientists get invitations to appear in lavishly organized meetings where the speakers make their claims of Quranic agreements with science. The only other argument allowed in such meetings is to praise their findings. The audience is usually overwhelmed by an impressive introduction of a Muslim (or a non-Muslim) scientist, typically a person who worked or qualified in the west, attended many international meetings, appeared on many TV programs and has many publications. This way, the audience is already prepared to trust whatever this man is going to say. Their usual evidence is something like, 'as we all know that this has been scientifically proven beyond doubt.'

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Hypocrisy & Deception: The Koranic Science Conundrum (2)

Prophets and Miracles The Quran has the stories of many prophets who were armed with miracles, which serve the purpose of a divine stamp of authenticity. For example, Moses had his famous stick, which converts to a snake and with which he caused the sea to split. Sulaiman was in control of the wind and the jinn and was able to understand the language of animals. Jesus had the ability to cure the sick and wake up the dead. No human being who witnesses any of those miracles can argue with it, although it was up to them whether to believe in the prophet or not. When Moses converted his stick into a snake, no one in the crowd said 'no, you did not convert it to a snake' and this seems to be consistent in all the miracle stories told in the Quran. The Quranic Puzzles Such consistency seems to have been broken in the case of the miracles attributed to the Quran itself. To appreciate a Quranic miracle one needs to have an unlimited imagination and a willingness to believe what is against rational thinking. If there are any miracles in the Quran then only a few people could see them. But there aren't any, and we will see why. Are we supposed to believe that the Quran is a puzzle? Why Allah likes to give us puzzles when it comes to the Quran? Why he doesn't make it clear to all and every one of us so that we all understand it and agree on its meaning? Is it a test of intelligence? So what about the rest of us who are not intelligent enough to understand the miracle?

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When a neutral person reads the Quran, the first question that arises why does it contain so many scientific errors? To counter these shortcomings, Muslims have devised a new tactics. They demand the Quran is not only free of scientific errors but also has scientific miracles in it! They have adopted the strategy: attack is the best form of defence. The Quran describes itself as the clear book (alkitab almubeen); in other words, it is written in clear language. In theory, every one with a reasonable understanding of Arabic should be able to understand the Quran. So, when one finds the Quran to be ambiguous, it must be that either the Quran is not accurate in describing itself as a clear book, therefore not a divine book, or those claims are wrong, which again leads to the conclusion that it is not a divine book! The Quran is claimed by Muslims to be Gods word to humanity for guide them perfectly through this life. It is claimed to be like a complete manual of life. Muslims may refer to it, whenever they are faced with confusion or difficulty in life's issues. It is supposed to be the chosen means of communication between God and humans. The Quran keeps emphasizing that it is a clear book (mubeen) and meant for all mankind. That is the theory; the reality is that all these claims are far from true. It has been a useless manual for 1400 years, never been a clear book and Muslims disagreed on its issues from the early days of Islam. They even killed each over the Quranic ambiguity! The Quran is written in Arabic and has to be subjected to the rules of the language. It is just unacceptable to allow various Islamic groups
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to bring new meanings to Quranic verses to suit their agenda. Those Muslims who claim the right to change the Quranic meanings will only prove to us that this book is meaningless. Quran consistent with the 7th century science A legitimate question to ask when considering the subject of the Quran and science will be: Was the Quran in agreement with the prevailing scientific knowledge of the 7th century Arabia? I think the answer is YES. All the evidence we have is that the Quran did not make any scientific statement that was seen absurd at the time of its composition. The Arabs of Mecca were very critical to the Quran in many ways; for example, regarding its composition or regarding the insults to their idols, but we do not know of a single incident when the Arabs objected to a Quranic verse because of a scientific issue. That tells us that the Quran did not say anything that was outside the Arab's current scientific knowledge. From the scientific point of view the Arabs of Mecca were very happy about the Quran. The Arabs of the 7th century heard Mohammed reciting the verses describing the movement of the sun around a flat earth that is stabilized by placing mountains here and there. They heard Mohammed saying the earth is like a carpet, they did not see anything unusual in that. They normally sat on their carpets in the open and placed few stones (mountains) here and there to stabilize it. They did not see anything unscientific in that. They also heard the verses, without raising any eyebrows which describes the development of the human embryo. However, 1400 years later, we see a plethora of Muslim miracle scientists who claim that the Quran
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is full with scientific knowledge which humans discovered only recently. It is now claimed that the Quran contains over 1200 scientific verses! Some miracle scientists even claim that all science is recorded in the Quran! There are hundreds of claims made by the miracle specialists; the most quoted are probably the ones regarding the shape of the earth and the development of the human embryo. I shall take these two to demonstrate how those specialists wrap nonsense with modern scientific terminology to overwhelm the simple and willing-to-believe audience and call them miracles. The Shape of the Earth The following is a list of the verses referring to the shape of earth. The Arabic words used in the Quran are in bold red. Q. 13:3 And He it is who hath outstretched the earth, and placed on it the firm mountains Madda Q. 15:19 And the earth have WE spread out Madadnaha Q. 20:53 [since he is the One] Who has laid out the earth as a carpet for you Mahdan` Q. 2:22 Who made the earth a bed for you, and the heaven a roof Firasha

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Q. 43:10 (Yea, the same that) has made for you the earth (like a carpet) spread out Mahdan` Q. 50:6-7 What, have they not beheld heaven above them, how we have built it, and decked it out fair, and it has no cracks? And the earth -- We stretched it forth, and cast on it firm mountains, and we caused to grow therein of every joyous kind Madadnaha Q. 51:48 And the earth we have spread out, and how excellently

do we spread it out! Farashnaha Q. 71:19 And God has laid the earth for you as a carpet Bisata Q. 78:6 Have WE not made the earth as a bed, And the mountains as pegs Mihada Q. 79:27-30 What, are you stronger in constitution or the heaven He built? He lifted up its vault, and levelled it, and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon; and the earth - after that He spread it out... Dahaha Q. 88:20 Nor even how the earth has been flattened out? Sutehat

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Q. 91:5-6 By the heaven and that which built it and by the earth and That which extended it! Tahaha Quran described the shape of earth using the following Arabic words: Madda, Madadnaha, Firasha, Mahdan, Farashnaha, Bisata, Mihada, Dahaha, Tahaha and Sutehat. Every one of them means FLAT. I am trying to think of other words in the Arabic language that mean flat but can't find anymore! It is clear that Allah, according to the Quran wants to tell man that earth is flat, and he used all available Arabic vocabulary to get the message across. It is clear that Allah knows nothing about geography. Let us check whether Allah has got any knowledge in physics, biology or astronomy. Just look at these verses. 2.22: "Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith Fruits for your sustenance; then set not up rivals unto Allah when ye know (the truth)." Allah made "the heavens your canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens "? So Allah sends rain from heaven! It is clear that Allah is quite ignorant of the process called water-cycle. 15:26-33. Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered,. And the jinn did We create aforetime of essential fire. And (remember) when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter's clay of black mud altered, so, when I have made
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him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him. So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together. Save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate. He said: O Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate? He said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom Thou hast created out of potter's clay of black mud altered!" Allah has made us from mud?! Allah clearly reveals his utter ignorance in Biology as well. Allah made Moses' staff become a serpent?! 26:32 "Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest" Allah claims he made the stars as "missiles for the devils"?! Allah's ignorance in the field of astronomy is also revealed in Koran. 67:5 "And verily We have beautified the world's heaven with lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame." Allah doesn't know even the basics of geography, biology or astronomy. You can understand how foolish it is to claim that Koran is full of science. The fact is that it is full of non-sense. Bin Baz and Flat Earth in the Koran The late sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Baz was in his time the highest Islamic authority in Saudi Arabia, and to many Muslims in the whole world. Sheikh Bin Baz was a man of unquestionable knowledge in Islam and the Arabic language, and a very dedicated Muslim. As recently as 1982, he issued a fatwa that earth is flat and those Muslims who say otherwise contradict the Quranic teachings. Sheikh Bin Baz was aware that scientific discoveries point to a round earth that orbits the sun. He was a true devout Muslim who had to choose between man made scientific discoveries and the Quranic
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revelations. Being a dedicated Muslim Sheikh Bin Baz decided to side with Allah who never do mistakes. In 1982 scientists had no doubt about the shape of earth, but Sheikh Bin Baz, on the other hand, had no doubt about the clarity of the Quranic revelations that made him issue his fatwa with confidence. He knew how it is embarrassing for him in the scientific circles but he was willing to face the whole world because of his confidence in the Quran. So how those miracle specialists extract a miracle from such a clear error? As usual, they have to re-interpret the Quran, change the laws of the language, even to extract new meanings from the words and to bring logical thinking to an end. They say: When the Quran says earth is flat it means the earth appears to be flat, so wherever you are on earth it appears to you that the earth is flat, and thought of this could happen only if the earth is round!! But the Quranic verses do not mention the Arabic word for appear (tahsabuha) at all. The Quran has used words to mean appear to you in other verses and could have used them in this context to make its point, but it didn't. Then what about those astronauts to whom the earth does not appear to be flat but round? Other Muslim apologists put another excuse for this error. They claim that it would be unrealistic for the Quran to say the earth is round to the 7th century Arabs, they would not believe it! But then, this means the Quran was revealed only to confirm existing wrong ideas. But Muslims will not use the same standard (gentle approach) regarding Allah saying that birds and ants could speak to humans, or that a human (Mohammed) could spend the night with Allah in the seventh heaven, and had a sight-seeing tour to view hell and paradise?
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Other apologists focus on one word, Dahaha. According to Arabic dictionaries and tafseer books, this word also means flat. It is the bed, which an ostrich prepares to lay its eggs. Those miracle experts noticed this word eggs and eureka! It's a miracle! The Quran knew 1400 years ago earth is round! But dahaha still means flat. Other apologists looked everywhere in the Quran to find a word that can possibly mean round and they found one in sura 39:5: He has created the Heavens and the Earth for Truth. He wraps the night up in the day, and wraps the day up in the night. The word yukawer translated here as wraps can also mean to make like a ball but that does not refer to earth, it refers to the day and night. Miracle scientists will see this as a hint made by the Quran 1400 years ago about the shape of earth! I just wonder if the earth is really flat and Allah wants to say it is flat, how can he say it and in what expression? Are there any other expressions left in the Arabic language that Allah has not used in the Quran to give the meaning of flat? Unless of course those apologists think that Allah should use the English word FLAT to convince them. Development of the human embryo The Quran described the development of the human embryo in a number of verses similar to this one (Q.23: 12-14), which is the most quoted: "Verily We created man from a product of wet earth, then placed him as a drop of seed in a safe lodging, then We fashioned the drop a clot ('alaqa), and of the clot ('alaqa) We fashioned a

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lump, and of the lump We fashioned bones, and We clothed the bones (with) meat. Then We produced it as another creation." The way this verse is structured in Arabic means that Allah created man from a drop which he placed in a safe place (we assume it is the uterus), then this drop was created into something sticky (alaq), then this sticky thing was made into a lump (which looks like something that has been chewed) then this lump was fashioned into bone, then Allah dressed this bone with flesh. The above verse used few words notfa (drop), alaqa (sticky thing, or blood clot), mudgha (lump). I don't see in this verse or in all the other verses about this subject anything more than a description of what ladies could describe after a miscarriage. Miscarriages can happen at various stages of early pregnancy; so embryos look different in each stage. I keep looking at this verse trying to find a miracle. Humans since the Stone Age must have noticed that man's semen was necessary for a woman to get pregnant. They also must have noticed how embryos look like after miscarriages at various stages of pregnancy. How else any woman in 7th century Arabia would describe to us her understanding of the development of the human embryo? Muhammad having so many wives and so many likely miscarriages must have had this information. In connection with embryos, the Arabs heard Mohammed saying this and the other verses, and they accepted it with no criticism whatsoever. The Arabs, and indeed the Jewish tribes in Arabia, criticized Mohammed whenever he said something that looks absurd
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to them. On this occasion, they did not. There is not a shred of evidence that this verse was met with any criticism. We must conclude that these verses must have agreed with the prevailing knowledge of the 7th century. Comparing with our time, we have to admit that the 7th century knowledge, although appropriate for its time, was not accurate enough. Where is the science in the above verse or in other similar verses? Is there any clear mention of the ovum? Why didn't Allah know that the ovum is as important as the sperm is? The above verse clearly states that the lump was converted into bones, which implies that the whole lump was converted into the skeletal system, which is then dressed with flesh? This does not at all corroborate with our current understanding of embryology. In truth, the flesh develops first within which bones develop later at appropriate locations. It is quite amazing to note that the Quranic verses describing the embryological development contain scientific errors. And these errors are being explained as the scientific miracles by the Islamist experts of the Koran. On this, they made a remarkable success when Prof. Keith Moore of Canada fell into the trap set for him by the Saudi organization dealing with the Quranic miracles. To the satisfaction of the Saudis, Prof. Keith Moore shamelessly accepted that Quran has an accurate description of the development of the embryo. Overnight, Prof. Moore became a celebrity and was treated as a VIP in his frequent trips to Islamic countries. He even published a special edition of his book, apparently financed by Osama Bin laden to whom he made an acknowledgement. Prof. Moore's statement is widely used by Muslims who consider it as the end of discussion.

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I do not claim for a minute any authority in the field of embryology, but this is not about embryology. It is about commonsense. You don't need to be an embryology genius to spot the nonsense of extracting a miracle from a wrong 7th century statement. When the Saudis recruited Prof. Moore to do his dirty part they meant just that. They wanted to silence any freethinking about this subject and to stop any criticism to their false claims. Baucaille and Moore - do they believe their own claims? These two western scientists have given the Saudi organization dealing with Quranic miracles more than they could dream of. Their support to Saudis false claims is of tremendous magnitude, and has indirectly helped to fuel Islamic extremism. History will always have personalities like these two who would rather succumb to the temptation of fame and money rather than stand by their principles. Money, especially Arab/oil money, it seems could really buy the conscience of the so-called celebrated scientists and physicians. These two scientists claimed that the Quran must have been revealed from Allah. It does not matter if they are now Muslims or Christians. We know they made their claims in the 70s and 80s and remained Christians for a long time, probably until now! We find this attitude difficult to digest. They must have read Allah's threatening verses in the Quran regarding the severe punishments awaiting the unbelievers. If they really believed that the Quran is a divine revelation then they should know that Allah does not compromise with the unbelievers, unless they naively believe that their good relations with the Saudis might make Allah forgive them. These two scientists made their claims and disappeared from the open stage! They only appeared in Islamic sponsored meetings and refuse any interviews from other parties. They can only defend their

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claims in an Islamic environment when all they hear is praise and complements. Appearing in Islamic conferences put big checks in their pocket as well. But they know well what awaits them if appeared in open scientific debates, meetings or interviews and they carefully keep away from such events. Examples of Abuse of human intelligence and trust Some Muslims now believe that there are hundreds of verses in the Quran that contain scientific miracles. News scientific miracles in the verses of the Koran keep cropping regularly. Some even go further and claim that we should be able to find all human knowledge in the Quran. They support their arguments by the Quranic verse that says, "It is not a narrative which could be forged, but a verification of what is before it and a distinct explanation of all things" [Q 12:111]. I shall discuss some of the most quoted miracles as a demonstration of how some Muslims wrap 7th century statements with modern science. When some unbelievers challenged Mohammed to split the moon, he did it. The moon was split 1400 years ago, then it was put back together. Only recently NASA discovered that the moon was split in the past. This was also recorded in Chinese calendars. This is a big lie. NASA never claimed such nonsense, neither did the Chinese. A splitting of the moon would have been seen by all nations around the earth; also it would have serious consequences on earth. The Arabs of Mecca never thought of the moon to be so massive in size. Human astronauts heard azan (call for prayer) on the moon. Neil Armstrong converted to Islam. This is another big lie that was circulated widely by the Muslims. The circulated story was so detailed that one wonders how those Muslims behind it had the courage to do it. It was denied completely by Neil
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Armstrong, but it shows how far the miracle scientists are prepared to go to claim a victory. Aeroplane technology predicted in the Quran. I saw this in an Islamic website and was completely amazed. When I clicked to see the details I found a reference to prophet's Sulaiman control of the wind, which is a hint, made by the Quran that man will control air travel! The writer went on to explain some details of aviation physics. Remember all the Quran mentioned was the word wind! A typical example of extracting a miracle from nonsense. Microchip technology predicted in the Quran. The reference here is to the same story of prophet Sulaiman when he entered the valley of ants and heard them talking! The Quran only had to mention the word valley and Muslim scientists will understand that it is a reference to the Silicon Valley, which is the centre of microchip industry! Don't they experiment in robotic insects in the Silicon Valley? They pick up a word in the Quran and immediately cover it with scientific language and move on to talk about complicated scientific principles. In other words, they are saying to their simple audience: this one is really too clear that we are sure you are convinced; let us move on to the next! Conclusion The Quran is a 7th century book that is full with scientific, historical and linguistic errors. It is impossible for any true, dedicated scientist to see any miracles in such a book. It even fails the test of morality when it asks humans to do acts against their instincts. Accepting slavery, treatment of women as inferiors and intolerance to criticism
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and freethinking are only few of the moral codes of the Quran. The Quran does not only contain one or two scientific errors, it is full with them. A book like this cannot be attributed to Allah. It is not divine but man-made, and is badly made. Islamic Medical Science
[From Islamic Medicine: Thanks to Greatest-ever Scientist Dr. Prophet Muhammad - by Mumin Salih]

The Islamic maxim on healthy life-style: eat some black seeds and seven dates a day, then relax with a glass of camels urine and enjoy the drink! Mohammeds talent as a prophet and a Muslim leader is well-known, however, Mohammed's talent in medicine is known little outside the Muslim communities. More and more Muslims are becoming aware of Mohammed as a medical doctor and tend to follow him blindly, as they have always done. Today, there are more publications about Mohammeds medical practice and teachings than any other doctor in the world. There are easily thousands of papers and hundreds of conferences and websites dedicated to this interesting branch in Islam called altibb alnabawi or the prophetic medicine. Nowadays, as Muslims express their keen interest in Islam itself, the so-called prophetic medicine has become a serious issue for discussion, dissemination, and emulation. Thousands of Muslim doctors take Mohammed's (read Allah's) recommended medicine more seriously than the prescribed medicine they had learned at their medical schools. These doctors blind faith makes them turn their backs to their professional responsibility and cheat their scientific backgrounds to forge research and publications in their desperate attempt to prove Mohammed was right. Let us make a quick tour through the extraordinary teachings of Prophet Mohammed. Most of the quoted hadiths (Mohammeds sayings) supporting this article are taken from volume 7,chapter 71 of Sahih Bukhari, which is the most trusted book in the hadith field, but they are also mentioned in the other hadith books.

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Human physiology According to Prophet Mohammeds teachings, it is the heart, not the brain, which is the centre of intellectual functions like decision-making and thinking. The brain does not seem to have any function in Prophet Mohammeds medical science. According to those who truly believed his expertise on human physiology, the brain is no more than a stuffing for the human skull. The brain is completely ignored in the Quran and ahadith, while the heart is referred to frequently as the centre of intelligence, like this verse from surat Al Hajj: (Q.22:46. Do they not travel through the land, so that their hearts may thus learn wisdom and their ears may thus learn to hear? Truly it is not their eyes that are blind, but their hearts, which are in their breasts). And this verse from surat Al A'araf (Q22:179.. They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle..). Remember, the above verses come from the Quran, which Muslims claim to have scientific miracles! Rise in body temperature (fever) caused by infection: according to Mohammed, has nothing to do with the bodys response to the disease; it is rather a heat wave from hell! Number 622: Narrated Rafi I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Fever is from the heat of Hell, so abate fever with water." Nutrition and prevention of disease Prophet Mohammed believes that certain types of food provide protection against all types of diseases. This applies in particular to honey; dates as well as black seed, all were his favourite food. Number 586: Narrated by Aisha: The Prophet used to like sweet edible things and honey. Number 663: Narrated Saud: The Prophet said, "If somebody takes seven 'Ajwa dates every morning, he will not be affected by poison or magic on that day till night."

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Number 592: Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There is healing in black seed for all diseases except death." Certainly, Muslim doctors and researchers will not stop forging papers about the scientific foundations of this claim. Healing Power Prophet Mohammed is an advocate of using camels urine and milk as medicines! That is true; camels urine and milk were prescribed as health drinks. Read this disturbing story: Volume 8, Book 82, Number 794: Narrated Anas: Some people from the tribe of 'Ukl came to the Prophet and embraced Islam. The climate of Medina did not suit them, so the Prophet ordered them to go to the (herd of milch) camels of charity and to drink, their milk and urine (as a medicine). They did so, and after they had recovered from their ailment (became healthy) they turned renegades (reverted from Islam) and killed the shepherd of the camels and took the camels away. The Prophet sent (some people) in their pursuit and so they were (caught and) brought, and the Prophets ordered that their hands and legs should be cut off and that their eyes should be branded with heated pieces of iron, and that their cut hands and legs should not be cauterized, till they die. Even more distressing is the discovery of the healing properties of dipping flies in ones food as described in this hadith: Number 673: Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If a fly falls in the vessel of any of you, let him dip all of it (into the vessel) and then throw it away, for in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is healing (antidote for it) i e. the treatment for that disease." It is disturbing to note that many Muslim doctors defend fiercely this claim and they not ashamed to quote imaginary publications to support their argument!

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Prophet Mohammed had an interesting approach to accelerate wound healing: he used to spit on his finger (saliva is full with germs) then dip it in earth (more germs). Here is the hadith on this Islamic method of healing a wound: Number 642: Narrated 'Aisha: Allah's Apostle used to read in his Ruqya, "In the Name of Allah" The earth of our land and the saliva of some of us cure our patient with the permission of our Lord." with a slight shower of saliva) while treating with a Ruqya. Psychiatric Disorders This is the area where Mohammeds medicine had its widest application. Muslims believe that invisible creatures called jinn constantly influence our lives. Some jinn are Muslims but others are not. These non-Muslim jinn cause trouble to Muslim humans. The bizarre behaviour of patients with psychiatric disorders is explained by a kafir jinni that rides the human Muslim and influencing his/her behaviour. The Arabic word for a mad man is majnoon which means ridden (or influenced) by a jinn. The treatment now becomes straight forward, just read some verses from the Quran and beat the jinni (by beating the patient) and the jinni will leave! It is very sad that Psychiatric disorders are still treated in this way in most Islamic countries. This old Bedouin desert culture is not fading away. On the contrary, this Islamic mumbo-jumbo is actually on the rise with many publications and television channels dedicated to promote such backwardness. All societies have their share of eccentric groups with eccentric cults, Muslim societies being no exception. The only difference is that in Islam, sanity is eccentric and madness is the norm

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Inhuman Sharia and the Compulsion in Islam

A Glimpse of Barbaric Sharia Allah who doesn't know even the basics of geography, biology or astronomy has made some laws as well. Sharia is god's own law according to the belief of the Muslims. Allah's favourite method of punishment is death by stoning, crucifixion and cutting off hand and feet from opposite sides. Death by stoning is a barbaric example of treatment of women still in practice in Islamic countries. The method of execution by stoning (usually for the crime of adultery) involves burying a woman to her shoulders and then stoning her to death with rocks of a specified size. The intent behind the specification of rock size is to have the executioners not use stones that would not do enough damage nor to use larger ones which might kill or render the victim unconscious immediately; the implication of course is to inflict as much suffering as possible.

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The story of a woman killed in an Iranian town Arak in 1994 has been reported on, and is one of the most horrific things humanity has possibly ever heard of. This woman (name unknown) was buried in preparation and her last request to have her husband and children sent away so as not to see her execution was denied. During the stoning, this woman managed to dig her way free, despite the fact that her eyes were gouged out, and began to run away. According to some reports, this method of escape ends the execution. This woman, however, was chased down and shot by a firing squad. The more preferred method of death, by hanging, in which the victim is lifted by a crane instead of the more well-known gallows method, has become much more common these days in Islamic countries like Iran, and the latest girl awaiting this fate is a now 18-year-old known only by her first name, Nazanin. Her "crime" consisted of defending herself and her younger niece in 2005 from their would-be rapists on the streets. She used a knife which she carried for self-defense (this fact itself implies the state of fear in which girls and women are subjected in Islamic countries like Iran) and one of the men later died of his wounds. Despite her plea of self-defense and defense of her "purity" in court, she was still condemned to death by hanging and currently awaits this fate. Is There Compulsion in Islam?
[From Is There Compulsion in Islam? You'd Better Believe It! by Archemedez ]

Muslim apologists often say that there is no compulsion in Islam. The following two verses are enough the show what the reality is. 18:29. "Say: (It is) the truth from the Lord of you (all). Then whosoever will, let him believe, and whosoever will, let him disbelieve. Lo! We have prepared for disbelievers Fire. Its tent encloseth them. If they ask for showers, they will be showered with water like to molten lead which burneth the faces. Calamitous the drink and ill the resting-place!" 2:257: "Allah is the protecting guardian of those who believe. He bringeth them out of darkness into light. As for those who disbelieve, their patrons are false deities. They bring them out
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of light into darkness. Such are the rightful owners of the Fire. They will abide therein." The policy in the Koran isn't merely 'Believe it or not,' but instead is 'Believe it or else!' The damnation of disbelievers in 2:257 and 18:29 is consistent with Allah's policy throughout the Koran. There are at least 250 separate damnations of disbelievers in the Koran. True believing Muslims, on the other hand, are promised with the reward of Paradise and high-bosomed virgins. Verses 2:256-257 make it clear that there is compulsion in Koran-based Islamic religion. The passage is a warning for believers to stay in line, and is also a warning to disbelievers to not be disbelievers--or else! This harsh policy is consistent with many other verses in the Koran. "Allah" claims he is forgiving and merciful, and then condemns disbelievers to the hellfires to torture them. The Koran orders Muslims to strive against, oppose, and humiliate the non-Muslims, bringing Allah's punishment to them in this world. Muslims must compel the disbelievers to accept Islam, or accept rule under Islamic Laws, or else be put to death. The idea that Koran-based Islam is without compulsion is not merely false; it is absurd.

In reality, the choice for the idolaters, pagans and heathens is either to accept Islam or face death: [Q 9:5] But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. For the people of the book, that is the Jews, Christians and other monotheists, the choice is accept a relegated status to Islam and pay Jizyah in willing humiliation: [Q 9:29] Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth,

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How Islam Stupefy Muslims

Islam's fooling the Muslims

[From It is Islam, Dummy by Amil Imani]

Islam is stamped on the impressionable mind of the child from birth. The parents and immediate members of the family are the ones who make the very first impressions on the tabula rasa of the young mind. These early impressions are the grid-work for further formation of the persons mind and belief system. It is by far easier, as life goes on, to incorporate items that readily fit into the grid-work, than to modify it or dismantle it altogether and begin anew. Another reason is the herd mentalitystay with the group, be one of them, and don't strike out on your own. This strong disposition to belong is reinforced by privileges that the group bestows; social pressure, as well as the fear of castigation by the wielders of power. There is security and power in numbersin any numbers. Islam is also appealing for giving purpose and order to the persons lifeboth the life on earth as well as an immortal life after death. Islam is omnipresent and omniscient father figure for the followers entire life which draws the boundaries, maps out the path, dictates the terms, holds the carrots and the sticks. Accept Islam as your guide, follow its path and you will never have to suffer the agony of knowing having to make decisions by yourself; you will be guided along the path of eternal happiness and salvation. Just follow the unerring divine guide given to mankind by the seal of the prophet, Muhammad.

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An elaborate package of mostly illogical and bizarre prescriptions and proscriptions comes with the package of Islam, covering every imaginable aspect of human life. In the matter of being a good Muslim, nothing is left to chance that one needs to figure out for himself. I don't think, I faith; therefore I am an automaton, says the Muslim in absolving himself of the need for independent thinking. Even the minutest detail of the Muslims life is rigidly structured. Being a good Muslim, particularly a good male Muslim, is indeed a full-time job. Male Muslims are obligated to go for Hajjwomen don't have to do so. Islam is a mans religion, through and through. Women are to please men erotically, to attend to them like chattel and birth them boys in order to attain there own salvation, albeit of lesser privileges than the men. In short, Islam treats its believers as children irrespective of age. An extensive cadre of mullahs and imams, who themselves are thoroughly indoctrinated, minister to the children. These professional leechesthe mullahs and imamssystematically program the mind of their charges through unrestrained use of fear, threats of hell, and occasional promises of eternal life of bliss in Allahs paradise if they be obedient good children. A Muslim is born Muslim, yet he acts as if he independently and through his own labor has discovered the great find. He clings to it as his cherished security blanket and would rather part with his life than giving it up. Most Muslims are Muslims by being born to Muslim parents, and none of them are Muslim by their choice. Among the ordinary Muslims, one can find a very negligible percent, who are really knowledgeable in real theological features of Islam. Although the Quran and hadiths are the two pillars of Islam, non-Arab Muslims in general never read them, or if they read, never understood them. Because most of them read the Quran in Arabic, which they do not understand. Therefore, all those Quranic flaws, incongruities, contradictions, unethical and intolerant scriptures and hadith are unknown to common Muslims. And from the childhoodMuslims are taught by Mullahs methods of pick & choose scriptures and Hadith giving them a totally different pictures of Islam by which they become completely brain washed. This childhood poisoning by the Mullahs

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continue to prevail in their mindset even in the adulthood. They have been taught that, Islam is the only true religion; Allah is the only true god. Quran is the pure words of Allah!

Thinking Errors of Muslims

[From Thinking Errors of Muslims by Dr. Babu Suseelan, in Pathways to Jihadi Terrorism]

Religious, psychological, educational, and historical factors are implicated in Jihadi terrorism. Static variables (age, ethnic religious background) and dynamic variables (cognitive distortions, thinking errors, negative emotions, maladaptive behaviors, deviance amplifying community networks) also specifically lend itself to the identification of dynamic risk factors of Jihadi terrorism. Muslims think Islam is a perfect religion. It has perfect answers for science, politics, government, economics, psychosocial problems and human life. As far as the doctrinal tenets are concerned, Islam maintains that Muslims must unquestionably follow the tenets. Muslims should shun everything that is opposed to Islam. Muslims consider Koran, Hadith and sura, which are called "Nusoos-eQatiyah", are perfect and have no place for criticism. Muslims are indoctrinated at an early age into the rigid, closed, reductionist Islamic dogma, demanding full faith and devotion and separation from all competing philosophies. They are kept ignorant of the world and other rational thought systems. Islamic schools focus on the rote memorization of Koran and discourage critical thinking. Islam regards thinking as a part of worship. Questioning Islamic concepts is the biggest crime, called blasphemy, and is punishable by death. From the beginning, Islamic education starts formulating a conceptualization, which logically connects automatic Islamic thoughts and beliefs. The education system fails to see the larger picture and jump from one core belief to another. It provides a cognitive map that is limited, hostile and untrue. The faulty cognitive
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map generally resonates with the students for life. These rigid Islamic cognitive schemas have a profound impact on their thinking, feeling and behavior. Muslims have a common narrative history, cognitive schemas, social scripts, and kind of desire, attitude and cultural values. The whole thought system lacks critical thinking, rational analysis and personal responsibility, and Muslims are just content to stay the same and blame every one but themselves for their thinking errors. For their failings and shortcomings, Muslims hide behind alibi and denial. Everything happens is "Allah's Will" and "non-believers will burn in Islamic hell fire". Such automatic expressions influence their subsequent emotion, behavior and response. Since their automatic response is based on their pre-conceived Islamic thought, they often misconstrue neutral situations to fit their closed model thinking. Thus, Muslim's automatic thoughts are with full of thinking errors and biased. Since Islam is a closed dogma and Muslims are forbidden to test its validity or utility, and required to maintain the equilibrium at any cost, Muslim's thinking errors are overwhelming. Dysfunctional automatic thoughts coexist with various thinking errors in Islam. Typical Islamic thinking errors include:

Polarized or all-or-nothing thinking (e.g.: believers and nonbelievers, daru-ul-Islam, dar-ul-harb) Catastrophic thinking (all infidels will go to hell) Discounting the positive, accentuate the negative (all kafirs are trying to get Muslims) Emotional reasoning (emotional justification for bombing, beheading, terrorism) Labeling (put a global label on non-believers as kafirs) Minimization (blame the victim, denial, alibi) Mind reading (Muslims know what non-Muslims are thinking) Mental filter (Failure to see things holistically) Over generalization (making sweeping negative conclusions, Jews are pigs, Christians are rats) Personalization (Muslims believe Kafirs are behaving negatively because of Islam) Tunnel vision (only see things in the Islamic way)

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Muslims erroneously think Islamic absolutist paradigm is designed to be adaptable to existing, new and future applications for all the time. It restricts Muslims to seek viable solutions to life's problems. They refuse to reform or incorporate critical elements with Islamic thinking as a means to achieve a better society by utilizing new concepts to reach a more accurate assessment to produce more accurate judgments. Out-of-the-box thinking, logical reasoning, higher order thinking, and scientific thinking are really not intellectual pursuits of Muslims.

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Dangers of Moderate Islam

Moderate Islam
[From An Unholy Alliance by Sher Khan]

Non-Muslims realize the impact of radical Islam but fail to pay attention to moderate Islam. Little do they realize that the moderate Islam is much more dangerous than the radical Islam! Vanguards of radical Islam are impatient and they would like to see an Islamic world appear over night. They dont suppress their agenda, which makes it easier to identify them. However, professors of moderate Islam are very calculative and they proceed sophistically, often using the boat of democratic values. At the end, when Muslims will become the majority, they would not hesitate to implement Jyzia tax on Christians and Jews, and slit the throats of Hindus, Budhists, Sikhs, ex-Muslims, atheists and agonistics according to the Sharia laws. Think of a small city in a non-Muslim country. Three moderate Muslims have just moved in; two have families and the third person is single. They seem very social and the last time they visited your home, two of them drank bottles of beer without hesitation. The single guy repeatedly confirmed the importance of religious tolerance and quoted a gem from the Quran, There is no compulsion in religion. Five years later, the single person returns home and brings back a pious wife, and more relatives join the other two families. Though only a few seem religious, they solicit others to fast and pray five times a day. Every Friday, they get together in one of the houses and discuss religion extensively. Fasting becomes a social decorum and they all gather in one of their houses by rotation to enjoy iftar (breaking the fast). Another five years passes by. Now there are about 1000 Muslims in town. They have created their own mosque, which plays a significant role in uniting all Muslims. So far, there is no report of any violence but hatred for the host country and loyalty to Ummah are preached,
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practiced and celebrated. The guy who drank beer with you 10 years ago now only eats halal food. You have not seen him lately and the last time you talked to him, you felt an imaginary barrier has grown between you two. Within the next 10 years, Muslims become 10% of the citys population. There have been a few incidences of violence including honor killing, rape and a violent protest against a newspaper that dared to ask if Islam is a religion of peace. Most of the Muslims do their banking with Islamic banks, though these banks are losing concerns and surviving on subsidy money from Saudi Arabia. Muslims demand that halal food should be served in the school for all students, Muslim women must be allowed to wear the Hijab or Burkha, even if it is for a driving license, and their mosques should be allowed to use microphones and scream five times a day. After 15 years, the situation changes abruptly. Now the number of Muslims has increased to 30% of the population. There are several politicians who represent Muslims. They make laws, safeguarding Islam and its culture, and critiquing Islam becomes taboo. Several newspapers and TV stations are owned by Muslims who continuously preach Islam and openly degrade other religions. Non-Muslims are often harassed verbally for their idiotic faith, or having no faith. The guy who had a few drinks with you 35 years ago just performed the annual Haj (Islamic pilgrimage) and is more serious about Islam than ever before. In fact, in a recent talk with him, he clearly pitied your religion and invited you to embrace Islam. The consequence of not becoming a Muslim is not pretty at all, as he gave a graphic description of hell that would grill your body. He also hopes that soon Muslims will be able to implement Jizya Tax on the People of the book, and get rid of all non-religious people and idol worshippers. Apparently, he could not remember that he talked about No compulsion in religion 35 years ago. What will happen after 20 years, when Muslims will comprise 51% of the population?Well, its almost Halloween time. Get ready to become one of those spooky characters that would be haunting around in the Halloween night.

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One may ask why moderate Muslim countries are not enforcing strict Islamic laws and forcing non-religious people to become Muslims. The reason is obvious. Unfortunately (or fortunately), Kafirs are still going strong and they are controlling most of the worlds economy. So Muslims really dont have a choice. However, when Kafir countries fall under Islamic rule, be assured that the most moderate Muslim country in todays standard will make the Taliban of Afghanistan look moderate. Think of a mass protest against Islam from the people of all faiths and no faith. If 79% of the worlds population screams, Islam is evil, Mohammed was a criminal and Allah is a gangster, it will take no time for Islam to be shattered. In fact, a medium size synchronized sneeze of 79% of the people of the world will blow away Islam. Divide and Rule: The Islamo-Fascist Strategy Non-Muslims should understand how Muslims divide the non-Muslim world. Muslims do everything possible to create disharmony among Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and other communities. We have often noticed that when a Muslim talks with a Christian, he criticizes Hinduism. The Christian may also join the Muslim in criticizing Hinduism without knowing the real intention of the Muslim. The same Muslim, when he talks with a Hindu, criticizes Christianity. The Hindu may also join him. This present scenario of the non-Muslim world makes it easier for the Muslims to propagate Islamic agenda. Atheists are rejecting all religions, Christians are fantasizing that Islam will be reformed, Hindus are compromising with all demands of Muslims and the Buddhists are listening quietly. Our virtue of tolerance combined with our ignorance about Islam is making way for Islam to spread worldwide. It is time that we all stand united. In the end of the day, Muslims want abolition of all non-Islamic religions. Every non-Muslim is the enemy. Non-Muslims, including atheists, have no friends in the Muslim community. It is imperative for the non-Muslim peoples to realize the following: United we stand, Divided we fall.

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Internetophobia and violence Muslims believe that Internet is the tool of Satan for deviating Muslims from the path to Islamic paradise. Recently, there are reports from Palestine that Muslims are attacking Internet Cafes there. In countries like India, where Muslims are the real rulers (thanks to votebank politics in India), some Muslim organizations have demanded the closure of all Internet Cafes. What lies behind this internetophobia? Internet can play a big role in exposing and dismantling Islams imperialist ambitions. Muslims are aware of this fact.

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Prospects and Conclusion

Rays of Hope Islam has been on a steady upsurge over the last decades. Also during the same period, a significant number of Muslims have made ways into the West mostly as illegal refugees and have firmly dug their feet in those societies. Once they got themselves firmly rooted in the West with a secured life and as the Muslim community grew in strength, their religious conviction started coming to the fore. The Wests societal values, life-style and ethics, which do not conform to the Islamic ways, are becoming the targets of Islamic radicals' subversive actions or intimidations. On the mass scale, they have been seeking to establish Sharia laws all over the sinful Western society as a long-term strategy of establishing the rule of Islam. About 50% of the British Muslims have pitched for the Sharia laws in a recent survey. A leader of the Muslim Council of Britain recently demanded that the UK government allow the Sharia laws in Muslims affairs as a precondition to get their cooperation in reversing the tide of radicalization of the British Muslims. Sharia was approved and operational in Ontario (Canada), which was later abdicated after vigorous campaigns by civil liberties and secularist Muslim groups. Thus, Islam is not in as ascendancy not only in the West Islamic countries but also in the West. It is critical to stem this tide of Islam's resurgence in order to preserve the civilizational progress achieved over the centuries. The US government launched an aggressive war on terror mainly against the Islamist terrorists to counter the threats of Islam. Although this is critical in order to maintain the safety and security in the short term, it is extremely critical to wage an ideological war against the foundational precepts of Islam to extirpate the threat of Islam once and for all. The ideological battle has to focus on irrational, illogical, violent and cruel nature of Islam that lies in the Islamic scriptures, namely the Koran and the Sunnah. Although battles against the fundamentalist Islam has been carried out at various levels throughout the centuries, never was a campaign directed at the theological basis of Islam. For example, the
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reformation movements of the Mutazilis soon after the establishment of Islam, which ushered in the so-called golden age of Islam, was never directed at the theological basis of Islam. But instead, the great Mutazili philosophers sought to reinterpret the illogical, irrational and baseless theological precepts of Islam, applying twisted logic or sophistry. Naturally such deceptive ploys failed to stand up to the assault of the fundamentalist Islamists. What is needed, is to prove those illogical, irrational and absurd precepts of the Koran and Sunnah for what they are using honest logical and scientific analyses. This is only way the foundations of Islam can be smashed. Islam is founded on such a load of irrational, illogical, inhuman and absurd precepts that this is one of the simplest job to do. When this is done, Muslims will either leave Islam in great number or they will have to change Islam altogether to fit into the modern world for the survival, as has happened with Christianity and Judaism. And thats exactly what the websites like www.faithfreedom.org and www.islam-watch.org, run by exMuslims, has been doing. Thousands of people, both Muslims and non-Muslims have changed their views about Islam after reading these two web-magazines. It is, however, time to take this campaign to the bigger audience. For this to happen, materials produced by these websites and their writers have to be put in the print media, namely in books, magazines, newspapers etc. The publication of Beyond Jihad Critical Voices from Inside which is a collection of critical essays on Islam written a group of ex-Muslims is a significant milestone in that direction. Next is upcoming Ali Sina's book, "Understanding Islam and the Muslim Mind", which is going to be a devastating blow to the foundation of Islam. Let's see what experts on Islam have got to say about this book:A blisteringly honest, thoroughly documented, and piercingly insightful investigation of the root causes within Islam of the fanaticism and violence that today threatens the entire world. Should be required reading at the State Department and the White House. -- Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch and

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author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades (Regnery) A powerful, no holds barred look at an ideology of hate and what must be done to eradicate it. This book pulls no punches. A must read for anyone seeking to understand Islamist terrorism" Professor Kim Ezra Shienbaum, Ph.D Dept. of Political Science, Rutgers University Camden, NJ. Chief Editor of Beyond Jihad. Some writers at Islam-Watch are producing a critical handbook on Islam, which is designed to counter Islamic propaganda. The Handbook for Exposing and Refuting Islamic Apologist's Claims is an on-going collaborative project. This project is expected to be completed in 2007 and will be available for free on the internet. However, we must appraise the outstanding contributions being made and awareness being created by famous ex-Muslims like Salman Rushdie, Taslima Nasrin, Anwar Shaikh, Ibn Warraq and Wafa Sultan et al. Special mention must be made to Ibn Warraqs six book titles currently in sale in amazon.com Muslims reaction to criticism on Islam
[From Muslim Way of Refuting Facts by Infidel]

As criticisms of Islam is directed at the very foundation of Islam, Muslims must respond to such criticisms. Traditionally Muslims have done away with the critiques or have choked them out, which has been in the age of the Internet. As criticism grows, Muslims come under increasing pressure to defend the integrity and sanctity of their allegedly bullet-proof religion. So we notice, whenever you criticize anything related to Islam, Allah, Muhammad, Sharia laws or Muslim community, you will find a refutation from Muslims immediately. Refuting something is OK, but the way Muslims refute is funny. Here are some most common ways of Muslims refute the criticisms of Islam: 1. First of all, Muslims will say, This is false information, This is a lie, Non-Muslim are jealous of Muslims and Islam.

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Whatever you say is wrong and whatever they say is only right. Moreover, you are jealous of Muslims and their Islam. Next step is Taqqiya. i.e. Islam means peace, Islam was not spread by sword but love, No compulsion in religion, If you quote from Koran or hadith, you will be accused of quoting verses in bits and pieces. And be prepared for accusation that the verses you quoted are twisted and out of context. If you provide reference to your quote, then Muslims will say All your references are false and lies, which implies only their references are true and correct. You will be advised to Read the Koran first and you will see the light If you say you have already read it then they will doubt you as if you are a liar. If you quote full verses (not bits & pieces) from Koran and hadith, your translation is incorrect misleading. Then you will be advised to learn Arabic and read original version.

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10. If you say, I read the same Koran with most authentic translations, which Muslims are referring to, then you will be asked Did you read only the cover?, Read it with open mind (Read with closed mind, like a Muslim reads by keeping their brains aside). 11. Besides your reading of translated Koran or even though you know Arabic, if you quote Koran, they quote hadith, tafseer etc, if you quote hadith, then they will say "Only Koran is authentic". 12. After all this, you are still willing to continue, they will distract you and other readers from original issue/topic and feed plenty of irrelevant issues.

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13. You are still sticking to the original issue, Muslims will refer other religions scriptures like Bible, Torah, Vedas, Geeta etc and other events and persons like Bush, Blair, Indira Gandhi, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine etc. 14. Be prepared for one or more Muslims to showing their way of convincing, such as Copy & paste stuff or reference from crap Islamic sites. This includes verses from Koran & hadith, twisted facts from non-Islamic Holy Scriptures like Mohammad is prophesized in all of them. 15. In this connection, one or more Muslims will write about Miracles in the Koran. Remember that whatever is discovered in recent time, Muslims will attribute it to Koran, but they will keep quite till it is discovered. They will never say about the fallacies in Koran like Sky is a dome on imaginary pillars, Sun sets in mud, sun revolving around the earth etc. If you draw their attention to these fallacies, they will copy and paste crap again which is totally illogical and irrational. You will be again advised to read Koran. 16. You are about to loose your patience but still continuing, then comes personal attack. You will be abused as fool, stupid, idiot, pig, dog etc. 17. If that does not work, then there will be accusation of taking money for your criticism of Islam. You may get this also Western media is biased; its propaganda to defame Islam, Islam is wronged by all non Muslims etc. 18. Even than if you are not stopping, then Muslims will run for your mother and sister. 19. You are stubborn and still want to continue, you will be cursed like Burn in hell, you will repent on last day, still time to seek the truth etc. 20. Towards the end, when all above ways are failed, you will be threatened directly like, beware, watch it, keep cool, my sincere advice or indirectly like Give me your email id, dont hide behind false name, you are a coward (since you have false
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id on net), and lastly invitation to go to debate one to one or visit mosques or Islamic centers like Islamic Research Foundation in person etc. 21. And finally- its drum beating, for all Muslims, as if they won a debate, even when they lose miserably, because Koran is the word of Allah. Since Koran is Allahs word and is clear to understand and is for all man kind, for all time and for all places, why there are hadiths, tafseers and commentaries? Why various sects of Islam and clerics understand it differently, while Koran is very clear and for all to understand? Why some verses are for a particular time i.e. 1400 years ago and Arabic peninsula only, while Koran is for all time, for all places and for all mankind? Why there is abrogation, later verses of the Koran supersede earlier ones? Was Allah not able to reveal it at first time or did he change his mind time to time to suite Muhammads needs? Why Islam, being the only true religion, not able to be in majority, leave alone only religion, on the face of this earth, even after more than 1400 years past when revealed to Muhammad?

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