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.
22:39: Permission to fight is given to those (i.e. believers against disbelievers), who are fighting them, (and) because they (believers) have been wronged, and surely, Allah is Able to give them (believers) victory
Sura 22 blends the two twin themes one finds permeating the Islamic cult. The first is slavery. Slavery was an important social and economic platform for Muhammad's cult. The second theme is that of intolerance and war. The text in Sura 22 reviewed here, is largely devoted to why and how the Infidel must be fought and killed. Over 1/3 of the verses are plainly violent and hateful of non-Moslems.
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These two opponents (believers and disbelievers) dispute with each other about their Lord; then as for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be cut out for them, boiling water will be poured down over their heads. |
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With it will melt or vanish away what is within their bellies, as well as (their) skins. |
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Every time they seek to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be driven back therein, and (it will be) said to them: "Taste the torment of burning!" |
Nice. Very charitable and full of multi-cult tolerance.
The unmitigated and extensive violence is suffused with demands that humans be good slaves to the unknowable, unreachable and unfathomable Al-Lah thing, or 'The Lord', who was of course Hub'Al the Meccan moon deity of the Kabaa shrine. Muhammad simply conflated Hub'Al with Judeo-Christian ideals of a monotheistic divinity.
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That is because of what your hands have sent forth, and verily, Allah is not unjust to (His) slaves. |
The Al-Lah thing loves his slaves. In fact Moslems should attack those who are greedy, full of pride and who have renounced or disavowed following Muhammad. These are the enemies of Al-Lah as verse 09; which precedes the verse above regarding Al-Lah's justice to his slaves, makes clear:
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Bending his neck in pride (far astray from the Path of Allah), and leading (others) too (far) astray from the Path of Allah. For him there is disgrace in this worldly life, and on the Day of Resurrection We shall make him taste the torment of burning (Fire). |
The enemies of Muhammad's cult will burn in Hellfire, after suffering temporal torment. This is a rather plain and grave warning. Since Muhammad's cult is premised on totalitarian ideals, and slavish devotion to both the Koran and the Al-Lah – the supposed divine creator of the Koran – we can assume that debate, free-will, rationality and self-direction are not permitted and restricted. Ritualization, prostration, unthinking devotion to the cult and its liturgy are the concepts to be held in high esteem and rewarded by the Al-Lah idol. Any sentient person would name such an organization for what it is – a cult – and one appropriately named 'Submission'.