Imagine
life chez M. Sheikh. His Olympic sized brood is living in a barrack and Sheikh
is visiting one wife after the other, slipping from one room to the next with
‘semen dribbling from his male organ’. I apologize to the fainthearted for
the indecent language, but it's verbatim from a Hadith (Sahih Bukhari, V3, B44, N683:). Please note I only
borrowed the language and not the context. We must acquaint ourselves with the
secrets contained in the sacred books of Islam.
Allah
is very wise. When you have an army of wives, what could be more natural than
discipline problems? To facilitate law and order, Allah ordered Muslims in verse
4.34 to feel free to beat their wives. Mr. Sheikh has a collection of sticks
that he does not hesitate to use when required. He uses the small sticks on his
wives and the sturdier ones on his slave women, as clearly ordered by Mohammed,
“……..and do not beat your
wife as you beat your slave-girl” (Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 1, Number 0142.)
Though
a moderate Muslim would claim that Sheikh’s lifestyle is Unislamic, his story
illustrates an actual picture of an actual Islamic family. The moderates would
credit Islam for those decent Muslim families who maintain normal lives and who
barely follow Islamic laws.
Family
bonding is not the monopoly of Muslims. Hindus, Buddhists, Christians,
non-religious people and even the Mafia understand the importance of family
values. Actually, no other group can beat the Mafia. Their sense of unity and
dedication to the family deserves special commendation. Most of the Asian
countries strive to uphold family values. The Hindus of India are faithful to
their families and their devotion to them is no less than that of the Muslims.
Mohammad
claimed in Sahih Bukhari (The book
of belief),
“None of you will have faith till
he loves ME more than his
father, his children and all mankind”. His statement not only
shows narcissism but it influences Muslims to ignore their families and love
Mohammad, which most religious Muslims do. Now there is no difference between
loving Mohammad and loving Genghis Khan. We certainly cannot expect high moral
values from a person who is in love with any of those two historical figures.
It's
not only Mohammad, even his shadowy friend Allah suffered from narcissism. In
verse, 63.9, Allah orders believers not to be distracted by children when
performing Allah's duty, which of course is nothing but blind worship in order
to spread Islam by hook or by crook. In verse, 64:14-15, he also considers wives
and children as enemies in this regard. Allah warned Muslims to avoid the
temptation of worldly life and dedicate themselves to Allah's cause. So, Allah's
alleged afterlife takes precedence over the family... not a bright proposition
to promote family values.
Emphasis
on family values derives from tradition and culture, and has nothing to do with
religion. Even though western countries have a higher divorce rate, they too
maintain families and enjoy the benefits of relationships. It’s a common claim
of Muslims that western societies are rotten because they promote free mixing
and that they are wont to live together without marriage. Sadly they fail to see
the difference between the intercourse of mutually consenting adults and the
raping of a slave women or a man having sex with four women just because he
married them after pronouncing a nuptial "spell." Many suffer from the
misconception that all westerners are porno stars or given to playing bedroom
games on the street.
The
reality is, thousands and thousands of families visit
Disneyland
. They don’t mind standing hours and hours on line to share a thrill and a
smile with their kids. Parents play with their children in parks or accompany
them on field trips. Above all, they don’t keep more than one wife or
girlfriend at a time. ‘The Little House on the
Prairie’, a famous 1980's TV series that illustrated a dedicated American
family, is still a favorite show among a great many people.
I am not defending western society. They do have problems - a high
divorce rate deprives children of sharing the same parents. Oftentimes,
Hollywood
movies and irresponsible medias put indecent scenes under everybody's nose in
the name of freedom of speech. They mix up R-rated and PG-13 movies for no
reason. Yet the advantage of freedom outshines the demerits. Women are free to
escape male domination. The women of Islamic countries instead, live under their
parents’ supervision when young, under their husbands' mercy after coming of
age (which can still be shockingly young), only to become totally dependant on
their children's' mercy when old or in case of widowhood.
One
Muslim debater asked, “Did not your family use ISLAM, spelled as I-S-L-A-M, to
teach you decency when you were just a youth?” This guy owes me a new
keyboard. The sudden outburst of laughter made me spill a whole cup of coffee on
my keyboard and I had to buy a new one.
The
embarrassing book of Islam known as the Quran does not talk about family values.
However, it encourages obeying and showing kindness to parents in some of the
verses such as, 2:83, 31:14, 46:15 and 17:23-24, but it does not talk about
planned parenthood, as a matter of fact Mohammad ordered his followers to
produce as many children as they could, so that they can outnumber other
religions. It must be disturbing for a child of Mr. Sheikh to share parental
love with 98 siblings, four stepmothers and two hush-hush slave mothers. Who
knows what kind of family values he/she would learn other than becoming a
suicide bomber!
Some
apologists, swollen with pride, hail family values and quote verse 16:80 where
Mohammad commented: “And Allah hath given you in your house an abode…”. We
know it very well – “Home sweet home” is applicable to everyone. Even
birds fly back to their nests in the afternoon. I never understood how this
particular verse relates to family values! Just another desperate attempt to
prove something out of nothing.
Does
Islam teach family values? Don’t make me laugh again! Is hot coffee good for
keyboards?
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