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.
23:1 Successful indeed are the believers.....
23:90 Nay, but We have brought them the truth (Islamic Monotheism), and verily, they (disbelievers) are liars.
23:103 And those whose scales (of good deeds) are light, they are those who lose their ownselves, in Hell will they abide.
Sura 23 reviewed here, contains at least 28 verses of violence out of 118. Since the entire chapter is premised on why Moslems are superior and why they will rule and dominate the Unbelievers, one could make a good case that the entire chapter is in actual fact supremacist and a litany of hate-speech. The more lurid 28 statements of violence against non-Moslems include the story of Noah and the great flood – Infidels and Criminals who don't follow the Allah cult will be drowned. Three examples are below:
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So We inspired him (saying): "Construct the ship under Our Eyes and under Our Revelation (guidance). Then, when Our Command comes, and the oven gushes forth water, take on board of each kind two (male and female), and your family, except those thereof against whom the Word has already gone forth. And address Me not in favour of those who have done wrong. Verily, they are to be drowned. |
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And when you have embarked on the ship, you and whoever is with you, then say: "All the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has saved us from the people who are Zalimun (i.e. oppressors, wrong-doers, polytheists, those who join others in worship with Allah, etc.). |
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Verily, in this [what We did as regards drowning of the people of Nuh (Noah)], there are indeed Ayat (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc. for men to understand), for sure We are ever putting (men) to the test. |
So Noah, the tipsy imbiber of the Old Testament was punished for disobeying the moon deity of Mecca, named Al-Lah, conflated by Muhammad and his friends into the only 'god' of all the gods. The great flood is an example of the Al-Lah thing's power and ayat, or proof of his/its existence. Through such a confusion and conflation Moslems can maintain that all Jews and Christians are following a wayward and sinful theology which has bastardized the true book and liturgy of the one true 'Lord' or 'Lah'. For this they must be punished.
Sura 23's violence against non-Moslem is matched by its demands for slavery and submission to this moon deity idol of Mecca. Moslems can and must own slaves and are allowed to have sex with them [23-6]. The Koran's assumption is that all good Moslems are men. Women, according to Muhammad, comprised 99% of Hell's inhabitants. Moslems pace 23:47 are simply superior to to other humans and must humiliate them [or control them as Moslem slaves]. Further the best humans are the ones most submissive to the moon idol Hub'Al or Al-Lah [23-109]:
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Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, for then, they are free from blame; |
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They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves, and their people are obedient to us with humility (and we use them to serve us as we like)." |
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Verily! There was a party of My slaves, who used to say: "Our Lord! We believe, so forgive us, and have mercy on us, for You are the Best of all who show mercy!" |
Sura 23 is a good starting point for anyone who has not yet read the Koran, but wants to know the essence of what the cult stands for. Most of the chapter is unbridled violence against non-Moslems infused with admonitions that pious cult members must totally submit themselves to Muhammad's [aka Al-Lah's] rule. Slavery was so endemic and so accepted a part of the pagan Arab world, that it is not a surprise that the Koran discusses – quite openly – the need for the sex slavery of women, the enslavement of Infidels and the humiliation of non-Moslems who are in Moslem power.