Some Islamic countries have shown an interest in democracy and religious tolerance, only because they have no choice but must deal with the rest of the Kafir world, whose economic influence is prominent. Should Islamic countries become powerful today, they will immediately revert back to the seventh century, make Islam the only religion of the state, and treat the people of all other faiths with humiliation. The best example is Saudi Arabia , where carrying a Bible is as hazardous as kissing a rattlesnake.  

Islam does not tolerate other religions and the Quran clearly calls for ethnic cleansing until Islam becomes the religion for everyone (Q9:29). However, professors of Islam, living in the West, are working hard to portray a rosy Islam, far from the actual Islam taught by Mohammad. Ironically, many politically correct politicians fall in this trap very easily.  

In the USA , the House of Representatives brought a resolution on May 19, 2005, which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. All of the eight items were targeted to protect Islam and its horrendous holy book, the Quran. Let’s ponder two of those topics that directly relate to the Quran.  

1 · Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning bigotry and religious intolerance, and recognizing that holy books of every religion should be treated with dignity and respect.

2 · Whereas the Quran is the holy book for Muslims who recite passages from it in prayer and learn valuable lessons about peace, humanity, and spirituality.

1. Our learned lawmakers forgot one very important part of life – respect cannot be enforced, it only can be earned. If the Quran does not have enough material to deserve respect, no law will make people bow to it.  

One must believe in the Quran to respect this book; being a non-believer of the Quran makes it impossible to comply. The Quran has repeatedly confirmed that non-Muslims will burn in hell and it also calls a non-Muslim a pervert (63:4), evil (2:99), an enemy (4:101), ignorant (6:111), wicked (9:125), a liar (59:11,9:107,16:39) and a miscreant (24:55). Muslims are prohibited from obeying (33:1) or helping (28:86) a disbeliever; they are not even allowed to pray for a dead non-Muslim (9:84). Is the Quran showing respect to non-Muslims?   

Respect does not grow like a mushroom. How could a sane person possibly respect the Quran after reading all of these violent and intolerant verses? Osama Bin Laden wants the destruction of America . Should we pass a resolution, too, respecting this evil? Sure, why not? Let’s be tolerant!  

Picture this scenario--Osama Bin Laden is caught and he is brought to justice. In a packed courtroom, the defense lawyer is shouting, “My client is not guilty, your honor.” Raising a Quran with his right hand, he argues, “This is the sacred and holy book of Islam that has been recognized by law. My client was merely following the instruction of this book. How could we possibly prosecute him?”  

2. It is the holy book for Muslims and they also recite verses in their prayer but they are definitely not seeking peace, humanity and spirituality. The question is what kind of valuable lesson do they learn? Here’s a piece of ‘peace’ from the Quran: “And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no hostility except against the oppressors” (Q2;193). So, Muslims are ordered to continue fighting until religion is only for Allah and that is exactly what pious Muslims are doing. How can peace be obtained with this type of attitude?  

When Islam talks about humanity, it basically refers to Muslims because Islam does not acknowledge the people of other faiths as human. Muslims are the best creatures on earth and everyone else is either an ape or a swine (5:60). Is cutting the hands of a thief a symbol of humanity (5:38)?  

Just to be fair, I admit there are some good verses in the Quran; the total number of which may not exceed 100 out of an approximate 6,226 verses (Muslims scholars fight over the actual number of verses)--a mere 0.02% percent of the whole Quran. These good verses mostly talk about paying alms to the poor, respecting one’s parents, etc., and nothing intriguing. We don’t need the Quran to teach these types of ordinary religious values. Anyone with common sense would know how to respect and treat other humans. More importantly, these verses imply only Muslims because the Quran has a different prescription for un-believers of Islam.  

I don’t know about spirituality but Muslims do have ample spirit to blow up the world. A quick search of Islamic news in the world would suffice to prove it. Many Muslims recite verses because they are programmed to do so without understanding what they are reading. However, those who comprehend the meaning stay tuned with mainstream Islam, which is full of hate and prejudice.  

Probably, it would have been more reasonable for Muslims to ask for special treatment of the Quran as an entertainment book. This book is not only the mother of all horror books, it also has amusing verses, such as shooting missiles to kill devils (67:5), a talking palm-tree (19:24) or cleaning a face with a dart (4:43). And finally, Allah’s promise to turn Christians and Jews into apes if they don’t believe in the Quran (2:65-66, then see 4:47). So far, Christians and Jews have been lucky but who knows when Allah’s curse will materialize!!!  

I do understand the good intention of goodhearted lawmakers. They are striving for harmony and social integrity, which is, essentially, uncommon in Islam. A practicing Muslim/ Muslimah, follower of the Quran, must eat ‘halal’ meat, is forbidden to do banking with a traditional bank, cannot marry a non-Muslim male, must wear the hijab/burqa and, above all, must hate all non-Muslims.  

Islam, a totalitarian ideology, changes its color depending on the situation. It plays an innocent baby’s role when weak but it makes a fatal bite when it becomes strong. Muhammad made several treaties with various tribes when he was weak but broke all of them, making silly excuses. Those who believe that Islam can be reformed deserve appreciation for their saintly gesture but they definitely don’t live in a real world.  

<  back   1  |  2  |  3