Until the advent of materialism and 19th c. dogma, Western Civilisation was superior to anything Islam had developed. Islam has not aided in the development of the modern world; in fact civilisation has only been created in spite of Islam. Proof of this resides in the 'modern' world and the unending political-economic and spiritual poverty of Muslim states and regions. Squatting on richer civilisations is not 'progress'. Islam is pagan, totalitarian, and irrational.
Only 37% of Sura 13 preaches violence and hate speech against non-Moslems. In the cult of Islam and the cult of Muhammad and Al-Lah [both are the same in the Koran, one merges into the other]; the moon deity of Mecca is uber-alles, humans are his vassals and knaves:
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Allah increases the provision for whom He wills, and straitens (it for whom He wills), and they rejoice in the life of the world, whereas the life of this world as compared with the Hereafter is but a brief passing enjoyment. |
Sura 14 by contrast is more 'moderate'. Only 33% of this chapter preaches intolerance against the Infidel pig and ape. Surely a civilized amount. Like Sura 13, chapter 14 is rather obsessed with the omnipotent powers of the only free-will force in the universe, the moon idol Al-Lah [from Hub'Al]; and his or its complete control over the slavish followers of the cult:
14:4:And We sent not a Messenger except with the language of his people, in order that he might make (the Message) clear for them. Then Allah misleads whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. [Al-lah possesses free-will, the human does not].
14: 27:Allah will keep firm those who believe, with the word that stands firm in this world (i.e. they will keep on worshipping Allah Alone and none else), and in the Hereafter. And Allah will cause to go astray those who are Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.), and Allah does what He wills.
Al-Lah will cause some humans to go astray and be punished. He will pre-destined others to be 'saved'. There are many problems with pre-destinatino of course. It is fatalism and leads to apathy, nihilism, corruption and usually some form of theocratic totalitarianism when it infects the body politics [see Calvin as well as Muhammad]. The logical outcome of Islam's fatalism is slavery. Every human must become the slave of the unknowable, undefined celestial power called 'Al Lah' or 'The One'.
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Their Messengers said to them: "We are no more than human beings like you, but Allah bestows His Grace to whom He wills of His slaves. It is not ours to bring you an authority (proof) except by the Permission of Allah. And in Allah (Alone) let the believers put their trust. |
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Say (O Muhammad SAW) to 'Ibadi (My slaves) who have believed, that they should perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and spend in charity out of the sustenance We have given them, secretly and openly, before the coming of a Day on which there will be neither mutual bargaining nor befriending. |
Muhammad's slaves who 'believe' must help other Moslems through charity [via the Zakat tax]. Infidels are not to be given aid of course since they are Unbelievers. Allah's grace lights upon only those 'whom He wills of His slaves'. This is a clear statement negating individuality, human free-will and expression and even the natural law right to think and speak. It demands mindless conformity to whatever the cult maintains as 'truth' and the 'right path'.
This theme of slavery is endemic in the Koran and suffuses almost every page. There are over 300 direct references in the Koran using the words slaves and slave. Given that the book is 420 or so pages in length, this association of a supposed 'theology' or faith with the concept of slavery is very curious indeed. Few of the phrases advocate freeing slaves. Those that do make it clear that the slave must be Moslem and remain Moslem. The entire edifice of Islam is built on the demand for blind obedience and enforced slavery of its followers.