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.
Sura 78 or 'Great News' [plagiarizing the word 'Gospel'], only declaims hate speech against non-Moslems in 25% of its verses. Surely this is great news indeed. The moderation of violence against the Infidel ape and pig surely titillates the panglossian one-world wonders. 78:2 proclaims that the good news of Moslem gospel is indeed blind obedience to the creed of Islamic monotheism. To ignore this revelatory and divinely ordained command is to be punished in this life and the next. To wit:
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, |
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A dwelling place for the Taghun (those who transgress the boundry limits set by Allah like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals, etc.), |
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They will abide therein for ages, |
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Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. |
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Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges. |
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An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). |
Non-Moslems are evil criminals, hypocrites and sinners, doomed to drink pus and boiling water in hell. Their destruction is assured. Allah has willed it and any who disbelieve in Muhammad and his created Allah-thing will scream 'woe to me' as they are tortured in hell:
Verily, We have warned you of a near torment, the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!" |
Not much tolerance, charity, or hope and change here. What would make this Allah-idol, the male moon deity of Mecca [Hub'Al], who was the ilah or Lord inter-pares of all the idols within the Meccan Kabaa shrine happy ? Supine submission and slavish devotion to his cult, managed by history's most important human ever, the great Muhammad. If you are a devoted knave to the cult of the ilah, or Lord of Mecca, full-breasted maidens, and plenty of water and wine await you in paradise:
But they [Jews and Christians] belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet (Peace be upon him) brought) completely. |
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And all things We have recorded in a Book. |
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So taste you (the results of your evil actions); no increase shall We give you, except in torment. |
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Verily, for the Muttaqun [pious Moslem] there will be a success (Paradise); |
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Gardens and grapeyards; |
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And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age; |
To an illiterate Bedouin whose only source of sustenance was plunder, caravan raiding, or meagre trade, this sounds pretty good. I follow the Allah-thing or 'the One', and in return for some piety beautiful maidens, wine, water and eternal life will be offered post-death. Where do I sign up to get these rewards on Judgement Day?
The Day that Ar-Ruh [Jibrael (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, none shall speak except him whom the Most Beneficent (Allah) allows, and he will speak what is right. |
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That is without doubt the True Day, so, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)! |
Obey the Allah-thing and Muhammad in this world, and you will be recompensed with a life in paradise. Not bad at all. Not only that, violence against non-Moslems and in particular Jews and Christians is sanctioned. This would include enslavement, theft, murder, and private property appropriation. What a deal that is. Sanctioned violence and brigandage, mixed with rituals and fake piety, largely based on prostration to Muhammad and his incoherently violent and free-will denying book named 'Recital', and I will be rewarded in this life and the next. Good news indeed ! No wonder Moslems are so enthusiastic about their cult.