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Mohammed's early experiences attempting to spread his religion in the city of Mecca left him a bitter man. By the time his religion began to catch fire in Medina, he was intent on revenge against anyone who would dare "humiliate" him by rejecting Islam.
This is the secret behind what are known as the Meccan and Medinan verses in the Koran.
If you pick up the Koran (from the top shelf of a dhimmi-Borders book store near you) and open it to the beginning Suras, you will find it to be a relatively mild-mannered book. But, if you continue to read through the Medinan verses you will find that Mohammed's ultimate vision for Islam was one of cruelty, vengeance, and murder:
Islam has two streams of theological thought; those based on Mohammed's sayings in Mecca and those penned from Medina. Both eventually were brought together in the Koran, but reflect two entirely different worldviews.
The Meccan view is the 'universalist' view that holds that Islam, Christianity and Judaism all worship the same Deity and that we are all "People of the Book."
The Medina view is the warlike, conquering Islam that is reflected in the Koran by verses such as, "O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people." [Sura 5.51]
Historians agree that there is a big difference between Mohammed's religious teachings from Mecca and his teachings after his migration to Medina.
In Mecca Mohammed was weak, struggling to be accepted, often mocked at and ridiculed. He tried to appeal to the people of Mecca by being compassionate and loving. His teachings condemned violence, injustice, neglect of the poor.
However, after he moved to Medina and his followers grew in strength and number, he became a relentless warrior, intent on spreading his religion by the sword.
This change in Mohammed's personality becomes apparent by comparing the Meccan and the Medinan suras. The following are some additional examples:
In Sura 73:10 God tells Mohammed to be patient with his opponents "Be patient with what they say, and part from them courteously."
In Sura 2:191 God orders him to kill his opponents "Kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from wherever they drove you out..."
In Sura 2:256 Allah tells Mohammed not to impose Islam by force "There is no compulsion in religion."
In verse 193 God tells him to kill whoever rejects Islam "Fight (kill) them until there is no persecution and the religion is Allah's."
In Sura 29:46 Allah tells Mohammed to speak nicely to people of the Book (Christians and Jews) "Argue with people of the Book, other then evil doers, only by means of what are better! and say, we believe in what has been sent down to us and sent down to you. Our God is the same as your God, and we are surrendered to him."
Then in Sura 9:29 Allah tells him to fight the people of the Book, "Fight those who do not believe in God and the last day...and fight People of the Book, who do not accept the religion of truth (Islam) until they pay tribute by hand, being inferior."
To justify this sudden change in the Koran's mood from peaceful to militant, conciliatory to confrontational, Mohammed claimed that it was Allah who told him so.
Islam teaches love, temperance and moderation. It's easy enough to prove. Just read the Koran. However, since few ever will, the American face of moderate Islam will read it to you, as is evidently the case with the Bush administration.
But the same Koran teaches jihad, death and destruction out of the same pages, and while the American face of moderate Islam will never read those to you, the militant Islamist reads them every single day.
Verses like the following:
Men are superior to women (Sura 2:228).
Women have half the rights of men: in court witness (Sura 2:282) and in inheritance (Sura 4:11).
A man may punish his wife by beating her (Sura 4:34).
A man may marry up to four wives at the same time (Sura 4:3).
A wife is a sex object for her husband (Sura 2:223).
Muslims must fight until their opponents submit to Islam (Sura 9:29).
A Muslim must not take a Jew or a a Christian for a friend (Sura 5:51).
A Muslim apostate must be killed (Sura 9:12).
Stealing is punished by the amputation of the hands (Sura 5:38).
Adultery is punished by public flogging (Sura 24:2).
Resisting Islam is punished by death, crucifixion or the cutting off of the hands and feet (Sura 5:33).
The most shocking thing about Mohammed, though, is not that his revelation in the Koran includes such violence, but that Mohammed was often convinced he was possessed by Satan when he received the revelations.
Should we believe him?
Well, as the Bible says, "You shall know them by their fruits."
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Mohammed's Revenge
Mohammed's early experiences attempting to spread his religion in the city of Mecca left him a bitter man. By the time his religion began to catch fire in Medina, he was intent on revenge against anyone who would dare "humiliate" him by rejecting Islam.
This is the secret behind what are known as the Meccan and Medinan verses in the Koran.
If you pick up the Koran (from the top shelf of a dhimmi-Borders book store near you) and open it to the beginning Suras, you will find it to be a relatively mild-mannered book. But, if you continue to read through the Medinan verses you will find that Mohammed's ultimate vision for Islam was one of cruelty, vengeance, and murder:
Islam has two streams of theological thought; those based on Mohammed's sayings in Mecca and those penned from Medina. Both eventually were brought together in the Koran, but reflect two entirely different worldviews.
The Meccan view is the 'universalist' view that holds that Islam, Christianity and Judaism all worship the same Deity and that we are all "People of the Book."
The Medina view is the warlike, conquering Islam that is reflected in the Koran by verses such as, "O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people." [Sura 5.51]
Historians agree that there is a big difference between Mohammed's religious teachings from Mecca and his teachings after his migration to Medina.
In Mecca Mohammed was weak, struggling to be accepted, often mocked at and ridiculed. He tried to appeal to the people of Mecca by being compassionate and loving. His teachings condemned violence, injustice, neglect of the poor.
However, after he moved to Medina and his followers grew in strength and number, he became a relentless warrior, intent on spreading his religion by the sword.
This change in Mohammed's personality becomes apparent by comparing the Meccan and the Medinan suras. The following are some additional examples:
In Sura 73:10 God tells Mohammed to be patient with his opponents "Be patient with what they say, and part from them courteously."
In Sura 2:191 God orders him to kill his opponents "Kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from wherever they drove you out..."
In Sura 2:256 Allah tells Mohammed not to impose Islam by force "There is no compulsion in religion."
In verse 193 God tells him to kill whoever rejects Islam "Fight (kill) them until there is no persecution and the religion is Allah's."
In Sura 29:46 Allah tells Mohammed to speak nicely to people of the Book (Christians and Jews) "Argue with people of the Book, other then evil doers, only by means of what are better! and say, we believe in what has been sent down to us and sent down to you. Our God is the same as your God, and we are surrendered to him."
Then in Sura 9:29 Allah tells him to fight the people of the Book, "Fight those who do not believe in God and the last day...and fight People of the Book, who do not accept the religion of truth (Islam) until they pay tribute by hand, being inferior."
To justify this sudden change in the Koran's mood from peaceful to militant, conciliatory to confrontational, Mohammed claimed that it was Allah who told him so.
Islam teaches love, temperance and moderation. It's easy enough to prove. Just read the Koran. However, since few ever will, the American face of moderate Islam will read it to you, as is evidently the case with the Bush administration.
But the same Koran teaches jihad, death and destruction out of the same pages, and while the American face of moderate Islam will never read those to you, the militant Islamist reads them every single day.
Verses like the following:
Men are superior to women (Sura 2:228).
Women have half the rights of men: in court witness (Sura 2:282) and in inheritance (Sura 4:11).
A man may punish his wife by beating her (Sura 4:34).
A man may marry up to four wives at the same time (Sura 4:3).
A wife is a sex object for her husband (Sura 2:223).
Muslims must fight until their opponents submit to Islam (Sura 9:29).
A Muslim must not take a Jew or a a Christian for a friend (Sura 5:51).
A Muslim apostate must be killed (Sura 9:12).
Stealing is punished by the amputation of the hands (Sura 5:38).
Adultery is punished by public flogging (Sura 24:2).
Resisting Islam is punished by death, crucifixion or the cutting off of the hands and feet (Sura 5:33).
The most shocking thing about Mohammed, though, is not that his revelation in the Koran includes such violence, but that Mohammed was often convinced he was possessed by Satan when he received the revelations.
Should we believe him?
Well, as the Bible says, "You shall know them by their fruits."
- Islamic Holy Texts Say, "allah Is The Best Of All Deceivers"
From Muslim Hope: "and [they] deceived and Allah deceived and Allah is the best of deceivers"Sura 3:54 Sura 3:54 Arabic: Wa Makaru wa makara Allah wa Allah Amkaru al Makireen.Likewise the phrase of Allah "being the best deceiver". kheir ol makarein,...
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Mohammed believed in women's rights, says poster campaign Thanks to Damien. Oh really? BULLSHIT!!! Top 10 Quran quotes every woman MUST SEE 10. A husband has sex with his wife, as a plow goes into a field. The Quran in Sura (Chapter) 2:223...
- Duality And Political Islam
An excellent essay from the New English Review by Bill Warner: Since September 11 we have asked the question: "What is the real Islam?" The answers from Muslims and Westerners are contradictory and make us confused. There is one way to gain clarity...
- 'peaceful' Verses
Islam Watch has an interesting post up, quoting verses from the Koran. The introduction: When Allah awarded Prophet-hood to our Prophet, he ordered him to continue the peaceful teachings of prophet Jesus. These instructions came in the initial 87 Meccan...
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Is Islamofascism truly a hijacking or a perverson of Islam? The peaceful Meccan verses which many Muslims choose to follow were abrogated by the later militant Medinan verses, especially Sura 9: "....Kill those who join other gods with Allah wherever...