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Originally posted by Booklover
That it’s based on the inhuman, cruel and ignorant beliefs of barbaric, superstitious 7th century Arab bedouins? That this “merciful” way of life advocates horrors like stonings, cutting off of hands and floggings?
You don’t find this statement to be deliberately offensive?
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An elaborate package of mostly illogical and bizarre prescriptions and proscriptions comes with the Islamic offer, covering every imaginable aspect of life. In the matter of being a good Muslim, nothing is left to chance that one needs to figure out for himself. “I think, therefore I am” said Rene Descartes in substantiating his claim to being a conscious being. “I don’t think, I faith; therefore I am an automaton,” says the Muslim in absolving himself of the need for independent thinking.
Even the minutest detail of the Muslim’s life is rigidly structured. He is to perform the obligatory prayer, for instance, five times a day at the exact appointed times. He must drop everything and go through the prescribed gesticulation and recitation of the verses while facing Mecca. Before saying his prayer, however, he must perform ablution. The Ablution, using water, must be carried out in a precise manner and sequence. In the absence of water, the faithful can substitute soil for water and go through the practice of “purifying” himself by running soil over his hands, arms, face and feet. After completion of ablution, as prescribed, he may proceed to say his prayer unless he commits flatulence. In that case, he must re-perform the ablution all over again.
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This article exposes the lies these Islamists propagate. You will learn how deeply Islam is mired in absolute superstitions, irrationality, mind boggling, endless, meaningless rituals and customs. In all the core scriptures of Islam (such as the Qur’an and ahadith) we find unbelievable irrationality, superstition and rites that will even beat the rituals practiced by many religious cults in Africa, South America and other parts of the world.
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Most Islamic Voodoos enunciated in this article reflect the traditions, customs, practices and beliefs of the illiterate, barbaric, and uncouth Bedouin Arabs leading a nomadic life in the harshness of desert. Muhammad was a product of his time and traditions. He simply codified those Arab Bedouin voodoos as Allah’s commandment and empowered this voodoo system to regulate a Muslim’s life. A Muslim cannot escape Islamic Voodoos; he will have to live with them and die with them. From birth to death, in every phase and stages of his life he will be hunted with Islamic voodoos. Every action he does, he must ensure that that conforms to Islam—more precisely, with Islamic voodoos. He must not question those mindless Islamic rituals, he must not doubt even a word of the Qur’an, and he must not deviate even a millimetre from the Islamic specifications. This means that the entire belief system in Islam is purely based on blind faith.
In verse 3:32 Allah says that Muslims must not question Islam, they must blindly follow Muhammad, because following Muhammad is following Allah (3:31, 4:80, 5:48, 33:71). In verse 24:51 Allah clarifies this further when He says: the blind believers are the true followers when they say, without any arguments, ‘we hear and we obey’. This means Allah likes blind believers. A hadis in Sunaan Abu Dawud (3.41.5112) says that Muhammad’s tongue is Allah’s tongue, and another hadis in Sahih Bukhari (4.52, 2004) writes that whoever obeys Muhammad obeys Allah, whoever disobeys Muhammad disobeys Allah. Please note that these are words emanating from the unalterable words of Allah and Muhammad. No power on earth could ever change them.
**Therefore, it is mandatory for all Muslims that they emulate Arab Bedouin customs, traditions, manners, dress, language, practices and their voodoos. A Muslim has no choice but to be an Arab Bedouin of Muhammad’s time. **This compulsory imposition of the desert Arabs’ beliefs and actions (read voodoos) is the most problematic part of Islam. If we separate these Islamic Voodoos (read Arab Bedouin Voodoos) Islam will die. Islam’s life blood is Arabism, precisely, Bedouinism. Once non Arab Muslims eschew this forced Arabism on them Islam will wither away from their society. That is why exposing the inane Islamic Voodoos is actually exposing Islam at its core—the ugly and the darker sides of Islam, which most Islamists (especially those living in the west) carefully attempt to hide." Ex-Muslim Abul Kasem
Vickie
I have never advocated Islam be forced on anyone. Ever. In fact just the opposite. I said Protestant missionaries are nicer than Catholic ones, and that’s been my experience… does that bother you?
