Islamist fundamentalism
These days I've suddenly gained interest in Islam. A religion which has desperately gone wrong.
I seriously want to know what makes these fools think that the world should be exactly same as it was in 300BC when Mohd was around.
Some of the more critical blogs I've recently read are :
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu
http://exposingtheleft.blogspot.com
I like them. They talk reality.
4 comments:
Thanks Harshal. Islam indeed has a problem. But other religions too have certain problem. Please read this my piece on the condition of Muslims in India:
http://ruinedbyreading.blogspot.com/2006/08/commentaire-do-you-know-where-next-bin.html
To read about Islam I suggest you try Faith Freedom which was created by an Iranian, Ali Sina, who stopped being a muslim after he studied the qur'an and other Islamic literature.
I think all Indians should read the Qur'an in their own vernacular so that they can know first-hand what an absurdly nonsensical religion Islam is. Also all Indians should read the Bhagawad Gita at least once to understand why it is a more surer guide for the spirit.
Islam is more properly described as a political ideology.
Political ideologies regard policies of many different aspects of a society, the most central of which are: economy, education, criminal law, management of criminals, minors, animals, environment, immigration, eugenics, race, use of the military, forced nationalism, and forced religion.
Excerpts from From physics to metaphysics
Code Name God is the spiritual autobiography of Mani Bhaumik, the scientist internationally reputed for his groundbreaking work on laser technology. He played a lead role in the invention of what has come to be known as LASIK technique that helps quick, painless eye surgery. Most men of science are averse to religion and disbelieve in any supernatural agency affecting human lives. There are some who openly declare themselves agnostics and brag loudly about it. Here is a U.S.-based scientist of Indian origin who explains the relationship between science and religion, who tries to connect the material with the spiritual. How does he manage to forge a link between science and spirituality, which are normally held to be irreconcilable? What is the common ground between fact and faith, mind and matter, between evolutionists and creationists? Well, that is precisely what this masterful book is all about. Drawing analogies from quantum Physics, Bhaumik arrives at this conclusion: Now, I believe for the first time in human history, we find remarkable support from science for the one source of religion. We have objective knowledge of an abstract entity that permeates the entire universe. Inseparable association of that universal entity with consciousness also appears credible... . It is reasonable to assume the feasibility of just one source, as envisioned by the world's various spiritual traditions.
You said: seriously want to know what makes these fools think that the world should be exactly same as it was in 300BC when Mohd was around.
300BC? That would make Islam pre-date the mythical Christ! According to traditional Muslim biographers, Muhammad was born c. 570CE in Mecca and died June 8, 632CE in Medina, both in the Hejaz region of present day Saudi Arabia.
Read Why I Am Not a Muslim by Ibn Warraq and enlighten yourself!
Amazon Spotlight Review:
A review by a former Muslim, May 12, 2002
In Why I Am Not A Muslim, Ibn Warraq, exposes the bitter truth about Islam without sugarcoating it. He is learned and his book is well documented. He lashes out at the western intellectuals who instead of condemning the assassination order of a savage man like Khomeini against Salman Rushdi, chose to criticize Rushdi for his book The Satanic Verses because it was not "politically correct". Warraq talks about the brutal treatments of all those who fell under the domination of Islam, from the time of Muhammad to the present days. He talks about the minorities, philosophers, women and slaves in Islam. Jews were massacred and exiled by Muhammad in Medina and Kheibar; their belongings were distributed among the "believers", their women and children taken as slaves. This heinous act of barbarism was repeated time and again throughout history with Christians, Zoroastrians, Hindus, and in recent years with Ahmedies, Baha'is and other minorities in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, India, Syria and everywhere Islam reined.
Warraq talks about the origin of Islam, its pagan background and the influence of Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism on Muhammad. He talks about the origin of Allah in Arab culture, about the early days of Muhammad as a preacher and his rivalry with another storyteller "Al Nadir" and his revenge against him. Warraq traces back the origin of many Islamic rituals to Arab superstitions and Muhammad's strange belief in jinns, demons and other shadowy beings. He also describes how Muhammad rehashed the biblical nonsense about creation, Noah's Ark, birth of Christ etc. while misunderstanding a lot of it, like confusing Mary the mother of Christ with Miriam sister of Aaron, or the Christian belief in Trinity. You will learn about Muhammad's bizarre view of cosmology, science, history, and medicine. (He prescribed drinking the urine of camel as a remedy against stomachache!).
Then you will learn about Muhammad's metamorphosis from preacher to despot. How his call for tolerance, when he was still in Mecca and weak changed to the cry of killing and looting when he became powerful in Medina. You will learn how Muhammad encouraged his handful of followers to attack the caravans, kill the men, rape the women and bring the booty (20% for himself) to please Allah, while assuring them that if they are killed their rewards will be young boys, rivers of wine, and many hurries in the other world. All what Warraq says is backed by Quran and Ahadith.
The reader becomes familiar with Muhammad's favorite way of eliminating his opponents, namely assassination. Asma Bint Marwan a poetess who wrote against the prophet was assassinated by his order in the middle of the night while nursing her infant. Her five small children where forced to convert to Islam. Muhammad's hit list also included Ka'b Ibn al-Ashraf and Abu Rafi who spoke against him and had to be taken out traitorously. This policy was adopted by Muslims throughout the history and is being practiced up to this day. What we call terrorism, to a Muslim is Jihad (holy war). The much-publicized fetwa against Rushdi is an example. Among other things we learn about Muhammad's preference for young girls (Ayesha was 9 years old when he consummated his "marriage" with her) rather at an advanced age and how he is unabashed to make Allah reveal Quranic verses to justify his lust for women and his sexual appetite.
Warraq makes a thorough study of the totalitarian nature of Islam. He even goes as far as to compare the impact of monotheism on human rights versus polytheism and atheism. For all those who still wonder why Muslims hate so much the west I recommend reading this book. There is a whole chapter dedicated to this subject.
Warraq talks about "Arab Imperialism and Islamic Colonialism". He explains eloquently how through Islam, many civilized nations lost their identity, their dignity and humanity to bow in front of a savage god of a bunch of uncultured Arabs and follow the wimps of a fanatic and schizophrenic bloodthirsty madman of Arabia. Islam is the enemy of science, of freethinking, of reason and of human rights. It acts as a powerful break on the advancement of civilization. Warraq keenly points out that "Islamic Civilization" is a contradiction in terms. You can either be Islamic or civilized. In another place he argues that also "Islamic Philosophy" is a contradiction in terms, because philosophy was regarded as a "foreign science, which led to heresy, doubt, and total unbelief". Brilliant minds like Zacharia Razi and Avicena never believed in Islam and were attacked by Muslims. More recent intellectuals and freethinkers don't fare better. For example Ali Dashti, the brilliant scholar and the author of "23 years"; a book written about Muhammad and his 23 years of prophetic life, was incarcerated while in his 80s during Khomeni's rule and died in prison. In Warraq's own words: "Thus we had the spectacle of periodic persecution of various group considered either doctrinally suspect or politically subversive; individuals (philosophers, poets, theologians, scientists, rationalists, dualists, freethinkers, and mystics) were imprisoned, tortured, crucified, mutilated, and hanged; their writings burned. Significantly, none of the heretical works of Ibn Rawandi, Ibn Warraq, Ibn al-Muqaffa, and al-Razi has survived. Other individuals are forced to flee from one ruler to another more tolerant ruler (e.g. al-Amidi). Some were exiled or banished (Averroes). Many were forced to disguise their true views and opinions by difficult or ambiguous language. Those who managed to get away with blasphemy were those protected by the powerful and influential."
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