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 12 relates the improbable tale that Joseph, a great prophet of the Hebrews and son of Jacob [born to Isaac, and grandson of Abraham]; was a Moslem ! Fantastic rewriting of actual history, which Western Phds clutching their Gender-Multiculti 'degrees' will declare to be accurate, factual and proven. Like all of the Koran it is ridiculous, absurd and yes, idiotic.
The problem with the constant Koranic claim that Hebrew and Christian Prophets were 'Moslem', is that Yahweh and the Christian God have nothing whatsoever in common with Baal the Lord or ilah of Mecca. Nothing. Baal as Muhammad's family deity and over-lord of the Kabaa shrine was the principal idol of a celestial cult. He was known as the moon deity of Mecca. He had a consort Allat the Sun goddess and two daughters representing Venus and the Moon. Elsewhere in the Near East Baal was associated with Sky Gods, Thunder and planetary motions. Mecca's Baal was thus one of many.
In the real world it is highly inane to claim that Joseph was preaching on behalf of Baal.
“Joseph lived 110 years. He saw great-grandchildren from both his sons. Before he died, he told his brothers that God would one day bring them up from Egypt into the land that God promised their fathers. He made them swear to carry his bones out of Egypt into that land. Joseph died and was embalmed and put in a coffin in Egypt.
When the Jews eventually left Egypt, Moses carried out Joseph’s bones. Joseph was buried in Shechem, on a piece of land that Jacob had previously bought. Joseph’s two sons both became tribes in Israel and the northern Israelite kingdom is many times referred to as the "House of Joseph."
Joseph was a Hebrew Patriarch, who informed and inspired Moses. He worshiped Yahweh who has precious little to do with Baal's cult. Moses was not a Baal cult member, in fact the Old Testament makes it clear the Canaanites and other Baal cult worshipers were evil. Child sacrifices, orgies, death, immoral behavior was the norm. Baal was to be rejected in order to worship Yahweh. The building of the golden calf by the Hebrews at the foot of Sinai [Mount Sin or Mount Moon], while Moses was inscribing the Commandments, was an emblem to Baal. In the ancient world the calf represented the worship of, and in the flesh, the sacrifice to, the celestial deity Baal.
In fact Sura 12 makes it clear the Jews and Christians are to be destroyed because they do not worship the Lord of Mecca [Baal or Muhammad, take your pick]. Far from preaching the cult of Baal, the Jews and Christians have rejected it.
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And most of them believe not in Allah except that they attribute partners unto Him [i.e. they are Mushrikun -polytheists - see Verse 6: 121]. |
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Do they then feel secure from the coming against them of the covering veil of the Torment of Allah, or of the coming against them of the (Final) Hour, all of a sudden while they perceive not? |
Al Lah is 'The One' or 'The Lord'. It does not mean God. Christians attribute the Trinity to God – a blasphemy punished by death in Muhammadism. Jews associate Yahweh with their own personal destiny and nation. They use representations, idols and rituals in their worship – all of which are blasphemous and punished by death in the Muhammadan cult. Jews and Christians are thus Mushrikun, and unclean, criminals, who disavow the Sharia of Muhammad. They are not accepted as equals, but as untermensch who must be destroyed.