No! No! No!

Submitted by Peter Hall (Australia), Nov 23, 2011 at 01:37

No! No! No! Slayhy, this is not what my religion teaches me. My religion completely ignored Islam when I was at school.

No, the little knowledge I have of Islam has been gained by listening to Muslim clerics on U tube, Muslim chat shows, reading Muslim websites like Muslim Matters.org, seeing Muslims fly passenger jet aircraft into buildings and blow up nightclubs and buses, and reading comments from people like you.

Then, when one of these sources makes an outlandish statement, or some Muslim terrorist records his last testament, I look at the sources as to why these poor simple people are running around and acting in such an uncivilized manner.

So I ask myself why do Muslims act this way?

So when I read the Islamic texts where Mohammed kept and raped young slave girls, had sex with children when he was a old man, lived off the proceeds of banditry,murdered mothers because he did not like being make fun of, and basically had God acting as his main pimp. I now know why a lot of Muslims act in an uncivilized manner.

I understand that Muslims recorded the young age of Mohammed's child bride to reinforce her virginity and purity. They do not consider that having sex with a child is wrong, they view her virginity is more important.

I also understand to a Muslim reading how Mohammed's followers gladly murdered unarmed mothers to please their Prophet, because that woman made fun of him, is retold to show how loyal they were to Mohammed and how they wanted to please him, I also understand how they think that marrying a slave as Mohammed taught, before you rape them is doing a good thing.

However, when I read the actions of Mohammed I look on the texts as why a lot of his followers act the way they do, they are educated to think what Mohammed did was moral and a great example.

However, I view these same actions as rape, murder and slavery.

However I now have a bit better insight as to why so many Muslims act in such an uncivilized manner.

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