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Is the Quran Good for the 21st Century?
One of the biggest problems in Islam is that, according to the Qur’an (Chapter 33, verse 21), Muhammad is the pattern of conduct for Muslims. Muhammad had sex with a nine-year-old girl. He bought, sold, and traded slaves. He married the divorced wife of his own adopted son. He ordered his followers to assassinate people for making fun of him. He beat his wives. He had sex with his slave-girls. And he said that he had been commanded to fight non-Muslims, simply for being non-Muslims. This is not someone that people should be imitating, but the Qur’an tells Muslims to imitate Muhammad. So the Qur’an is bad for the 21st century just for making Muhammad a role model.
But it gets worse when we look at specific teachings in the Qur’an.
According to the Qur’an, Muslims are the best people in the world. In Surah 3, Verse 110, Allah says to Muslims:
You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind . . .Well, what about Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslims? Surah 98, Verse 6:
Verily, those who disbelieve (in the religion of Islam, the Qur'an and Prophet Muhammad) from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and Al-Mushrikun (those are idolaters) will abide in the Fire of Hell. They are the worst of creatures.Non-Muslims are the worst of creatures. Muslims are the best of peoples. The last thing we need in the 21st century is this kind of division. Here are the best people (the one’s who imitate Muhammad) and here are all the other people, and they’re the worst creatures in the world. They’re lower than cattle.
Not surprisingly, given the inferiority of Jews and Christians in the Qur’an, Muslims aren’t supposed to be friends with us. As we read in Surah 5, Verse 51:
O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other.This doesn’t mean that Muslims are simply to avoid us. Muslims are commanded to actively persecute unbelievers. Surah 48, Verse 29 declares:
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, and merciful among themselves.Those who are with Muhammad (i.e., Muslims) are severe against whom? Unbelievers. They’re merciful to whom? Only to their fellow Muslims.
Similarly, in Surah 9, Verse 123 Allah commands Muslims:
O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness.Muslims are specifically commanded to fight Jews and Christians (the “People of the Book”) in Surah 9, Verse 29. Allah commands his followers:
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, from among the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.Notice that every criterion for fighting us in this verse has to do with our religious beliefs or practices. Muslims are commanded to fight us until we pay them not to fight us.
So the Qur’an is very bad for non-Muslims. We are to be violently subjugated in the name of Allah.
But the Qur’an is also bad for Muslims themselves, and I don’t just mean that it’s bad for them because it keeps them from knowing and understanding the truth about Jesus. It’s bad for them because Muslims often get killed by their fellow Muslims, and this is because the Qur’an commands Muslims not only to fight against unbelievers, but also to fight against hypocrites.
Surah 9, verse 73, says:
O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them.The word for “strive hard” here is a form of the word “jihad.” Muslims are commanded to wage jihad against hypocrites—Muslims who claim to follow Muhammad but aren’t really following him.
It seems like every few days we hear about Sunnis blowing up Shias, or Shias blowing up Sunnis. And every time, world leaders say, “You see, the terrorists aren’t real Muslims, because they’re killing their fellow Muslims. And Muslims aren’t allowed to kill their fellow Muslims.” Now it’s true that Muslims aren’t supposed to wage jihad against true Muslims, but we’ve already seen that the Qur’an commands them to wage jihad against hypocrites. And that’s what’s going on when Muslim groups launch terrorist attacks against each other. Jihadis don’t kill Muslims they regard as devout followers of Muhammad. They kill Muslims they regard as hypocrites. But no matter what Muslim group you’re in, there are always going to be other Muslim groups calling you a hypocrite, so Islam isn’t even safe for Muslims.
It’s not good for Muslims. It’s not good for non-Muslims. Muhammad isn’t a good role model. The Qur’an definitely isn’t a good book for the 21st century.
3 comments:
Would it be OK if I interpret these bible verses to mean murder, rape, slavery and animal cruelty is encouraged by Yahweh?
"When the Lord thy god hath delivered (a City) into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the sword: but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. Thou shalt save nothing alive that breatheth; but thou shalt utterly destroy them." Deut. 20:13,14 and Deut. 20:16,17
How about this for lewdness and abuse of women by Yahweh?
"And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; Then shalt thou bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father a full month; and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will." Deut. 21:11-14
Here we see the arbitrary killing of women recommended and commanded by the bible:
"Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men shall stone her with stones that she die." Psalms 137:9
Here we can also see that either cannibalism or incest and homosexuality commanded by Jesus:
"And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and daughters which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege and in the straitness" Deut. 28:53
Poor unknown so close and yet so far.
First off, those two Deuteronomy verses are a form of ancient hyperbole. It's how they spoke when they were going to attack a city or nation. Besides why were Canaanites still existing in later parts of the bible if were totally "destroyed".
The one concerning the women is admittedly unusual for our times, but this is not unheard of in the ancient times and quite normal. Besides you forgot a little verse. Number 14!!!!
14 If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
Strange that this considered abuse of women if this verse states she should not be treated as a slave nor be sold as one. I see no mistreatment in this part, nor forced marriage. In fact she is free to go if she was dishonored by her new husband. It is possible that the "delight" part could be of a more private nature, I think it makes more sense that the husband felt no love or joy coming from his new wife or see her at all happy when he was in her presence during the month. That you forgot this verse from your quote already tells me of your dishonest intentions.
Here is Psalm 137:8-9 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. 9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
No damsel rock beating contest I see here, so strike 2!!! Feeling confident now, Unknown? On a minor note: Yes, this verse is none the less troublesome. But first it is David, not God, Yahweh or Jesus who says this or commands. Second, it seems that Babylon was not a nice city and might have done similar things or worse as what David wants to be done to them. It is also possible that it was an example of David's anger and not his intention.
The last is always the best as they say, and boy is this one good. First off, Unknown read the book you are quoting from. Where in the blue blazes is the name Jesus found in Deuteronomy???? Last I checked he was seen in the New Testament. It is possible, however, he has moved since then. Two, even if Jesus by some chance was in the Old Testament the same way in the New Testament, nowhere do I read : Thou shalt commit cannibalism, incest, or homosexuality in that verse. The only cannibalism in that verse is in fact the result of Israel's sin not the command of Yahweh. Read the bottom part. It says clearly in the siege. The entire chapter is about what evil will fall on the israelites if they disobeyed God. If they continued to disobey Him, He would cause their enemies to siege them, making them starve and forcing themselves to eat their own offspring to survive the assault.
So three strikes and you are out.
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