The Beliefs, Practice and History of Islam

Submitted by Stuart Parsons (United Kingdom), Feb 19, 2010 at 23:53

Islam is no more real than all the other false religions. When one asks for verifiable evidence for the existence of their god one is met by silence, obfuscation or in the case of Muslims death threats for blasphemy. The reason Islam is very much disliked in non-Muslim countries is because of 1) Its ridiculous belief in the primitive 7th century Shari'ah Law. 2) It attitude towards and treatment of females 3) Its very violent history. 4) Its insistence that the so-called Prophet Muhamad was a wise man of peace and understanding, when Islams own historic sources, including the Qur'an and Sunnah, reveal that he was narcissistic, intolerant and extremely violent. He owned slaves, married the 6 year old Aisha and engaged in non-penetrative sex with her until she was 9 and he could fully consummate the marriage. He tortured and beheaded captives and raped their wives and daughters whom his right hand possessed. He also murdered any who belittled him in verse or song, even the poor 90 year old Om Kerfa. 5) Last but by no means least, Islams 1400 year disgusting treatment of its dhimminitudes.

Even in the 21st century, Christians, Bhuddists, Hindus, Sikhs etc who are unfortunate enough to live in Islamic lands are treated very much as despised inferiors and subjected to outbreaks of mindless violence which results in deaths and the violation of their. property, homes and places of worship.

Europeans should not be deluded into thinking Islam can live peacefully alongside the indigenous population and other religions. The Qur'an calls for Muslims to persist, by deceit, dissimulation, violence and outright war until the religion is Allah's (Muhammad's) alone throughout the World. It is the one-fifth who follow the unsubstanrtial and archaic teachings of a 7th century Arabian warlord who are the intolerant ones. And why are they intolerant ? Because Muhammad's Qur'an tells them not to make friends with infidels. They believe they must convert everyone to Islam and subjucate those who will not, because that it what their non-existant Allah wants. MUSLIMS MUST STRIVE ON ALLAH'S BEHALF TO MAKE iSLAM THE ONLY RELIGION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THEY HAVE OVERLOOKED THE FACT THAT IF ALLAH DID EXIST HE WOULD BE OMNIPOTENT, OMNIPRESENT AND OMNISCIENT. HE WOULD THEREFORE BE ABLE TO MAKE ISLAM THE ONLY RELIGION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IN AN INSTANT, WITHOUT THE NEED FOR ANY EARTHLY HELP.

A question for Muslims. Muhammad claimed he was receiving revelations from Allah via the Angel Gabriel. When Muhammad died the messages of advice, comfort and support ceased. In the 1400 years since the death of Muhammad, in spite of the considerable dissarray within the Islamic world, Allah has had nothing further to offer in the way of advice, comfort or support to his most devoted followers. Has he nothing to say ? Is he sleeping ? Has he been on a 1400 year holiday ? Or could it be that Muhammad was mistaken... and Allah does not exist ?.

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