Found! Peaceful Islam
22 May, 2009
- When scholars use the term, it is usually in quotes, "peaceful Islam", to express the irony of the name. However, in working with the manuscript of my work-in-progress, Waging Ideological War, I was realized that there actually was a peaceful Islam without the quotes.
The Sira is Mohammed's biography (sira is an Arabic word that means biography, but Sira is reserved for Mohammed) and has three versions by three authors. The most definitive is by Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah, translated by A. Guillaume as The Life of Muhammad. It is a difficult book to read and that is why Mohammed and Unbelievers was created so that the content would be available to the average reader. The Sira is the only thing that allows us to understand the Koran, since it allows us to sort out which verse in the Koran is earlier or later.
Today, the home of Mohammed has the most intolerant political system in the world. Jews have not been in the Hijaz area (Mecca and Medina) of Saudi Arabia for 1400 years. Christians are allowed to pray in their homes, but there cannot be any public display of their faith, such as wearing a cross or carrying a Bible in public. Practically speaking, Arabia is a religious apartheid state. But before Mohammed, the Arabs of Mecca had 360 religions in the city. It is the inherent nature of polytheist religions to be tolerant, so when Mohammed came along with his new religion and new god, the Meccans couldn't have cared less. Tolerance had been their way since the beginning of time.
Islam is not only a religion, but a complete civilization. Not one thing inside of Islam is identical to kafir civilization. Thus, the process of becoming Islamic means that the most fundamental basis of a civilization must change. Tolerance was the door that Mohammed came through and closed behind him. Tolerance in Arabia vanished after Mohammed.
After Mohammed announced he was a prophet, there were no problems in Mecca. Mohammed was quiet and spread his message to friends and family. There were no problems with anyone. The Sira devotes 13 pages of text to this peaceful stage of his being a prophet. The Sira is an 800-page book, but the actual material devoted to Mohammed as the prophet of Allah is 577 pages. Do the math; 13 pages out of 577 pages are 2% of the Sira.
On the 13th page, a Muslim picks a weapon during an argument with a Meccan kafir and bloodies him with a blow to the head. So much for peaceful Islam. For the next 163 pages, 28% of the text, Mohammed argues on a daily basis. It is not that Mohammed is right, but all kafirs are wrong about everything. He even tells the Meccans that their parents are burning in Hell because they did not submit to Islam. He threatens the Meccans, "I will bring you slaughter." Mohammed is pushy, belligerent, argumentive and rude. He is relentless. On a daily basis, he is down at the kabah, a social as well as a religious center, and is constantly in the Meccans' face.
The Meccans wanted to harm Mohammed, but he was protected by his powerful uncle. But when his uncle died, the Meccans drove him out of town. In Medina, the next phase of the Sira deals with jihad, killing kafirs. That takes up 401 pages, 70% of the text.
Based upon the Sira, Islam is 2% peace, 28% argument and threats, and 70% jihad. If the Sira were a two-hour movie, then the peaceful part would last for nearly 3 minutes, the fist fights, brawls, arguments and threats would last 34 minutes and the killing would take up 83 minutes. But the movie ends with the beaten kafirs saying that they will do whatever Mohammed wants, if he will only stop the jihad.
So remember, actually Islam is peaceful, a full 2% peaceful, and if we're good dhimmis, we won't mention the other 98%.
Bill Warner, the director of the Center for the Study of Political Islam (CSPI). This article first appeared in Political Islam.
Name: vbv
Subject:
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 02:09:02 -0400
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Very enlightening, indeed, this Sira of Muhammad. The statistcs of 'peace' versus war in terms of pages devoted to them is an eye-opener. Islam is a mafia cult that refuses to die even after 1400 years, why? It is a easy passport to unlimited power and pelf without doing an honest day's work,by plundering, looting, raping in the name of 'jihad' and "sharia". The taliban is a typical case , so also the saudis who live off the hard labour of foreign workers, technicians and professionals. Islam in its purest form is found in the practices of the Taliban - what Muhammad did 1400 years. This fake prophet never did an honest day's work but plotted looting the jews of Arabia and enslaving their beautiful women. Islam is just turmoil and bloodshed. Which islamic country is really having peace ,progress and prosperity? None. Take the piracy of Somalians, the bloodshed in Sudan, the oppressed conditions in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Egypt, etc. Islamstands only for backwardness and ignorance.
Name: Anti Clot
Subject: Ideology of War
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 05:04:32 -0400
Comment
There can be no doubt that Islam is a martial ideology from the beginning with the intention to fight against all people who believe in something different than islam. As a result, many intellectuals were leaving the muslim world to settle in western countries, constituting a brain drain which causes serious problems in the muslim world until today. Who ever has a brain tries to emigrate leaving te stupid people back. World leader in emigrants is Iran, but even muslim countries which are well off suffer from the brain drain because of the lack of freedom and the ubiquitous stupidness which is covering and suffocating the whole muslim world like mildew. There are no countries in the world except muslim ones where even the leaders still believe in silly things such as that monkeys derive from jews or that every husband has the right to beat his wife. And there is no notional holy book except the quran that teaches such silly things.
Name: balam
Subject: found-peaceful snake
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 06:30:29 -0400
Comment
One can honestly say about the Muslims that they are all snakes,most of them beingvery poisonous and a few may be less poisonous but contain Islamic poison in their fangs.The world should get rid of them and send them back to their DAR-UL-ISLAM So that the non-muslim world could live in peace.India is one country where Muslims have been given free ride,even subsidised Haj to Mecca.These Muslims should be given one way tickets so that they could not polute India again by comming back.Hindus are being persecuted ,their women raped and converted to the cult of Islam in Pakistan and Bangla-Desh.Why cant India take those unfortunate Hindus into India or exchange them for the Muslims,who are enemies within.India should stand upto Pakistan and smash its false pride for good.Pakistan has been defeated and humiliated by India three times before but it remains a shameless Muslim country. JAI HIND.
Name: seeker
Subject:
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 07:22:18 -0400
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Correction. The Arabs of Mecca venerated 360 idols(deities) housed in the Kaaba and did not follow 360 religions as stated by the author. The main diety was Allah followed by his 3 daughters Al Lat, Al Uzza,and Al Manat(Fate). Moreover the Kaaba even housed sacred Christian relics. It speaks volumes of the tolerance of the pre Islamic Arabs. True the Arab tribes fought with each other but not over religion. The concept of religious wars,Jihad, Kafirs et all came only after the Prophet of Islam arrived on the scene. Thank you Bill Warner for an enlightening article.
Name: Singh
Subject: Found! Peaceful Islam
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 07:57:42 -0400
Comment
The article is very interesting... Sikhs in India have long fought the might of Mougal suppresion.It was the Sikhs who liberated Inda of muslims looting raping innocent women. We still fight this so called peacefull faith.. Fact 98% of wars on the planet today are in the name of islam. Why do we apease muslims.....are we frighted by islam. A faith whose so called messenger from god took a 9 year old girl to his bed... there are laws against this and the act begins with P
Name: TO : SINGH...WHY DO SIKHS DO JIHAD ON INDIA ????
Subject: TO : SINGH...WHY DO SIKHS DO JIHAD ON INDIA ????
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 09:27:33 -0400
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TO : SINGH...WHY DO SIKHS DO JIHAD ON INDIA ????pakis r giving money and arms to sikhs to kill hindus and wage war,but sikhs dont realise that all kuffar r enemy of islam.i request u to pls popularise these sites which r exposing truth on islam to all hindu and sikh brothers,and let us take back punjab fuilly back from islam and also pakistan and send them to saudi arabia.
Name: life long infidel
Subject:
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 10:33:25 -0400
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i have been reading the articles for more than a year now and know what exactly quaran has to say and how normal people like me are defined as. but the main problem i think is for islam to flourish is because of our tolerance. they attack us in name of allah and kill who ever they think will please allah. when we do the same they talk about peace and religious tolerance and humanity. they will talk shit abut our cluture and god but a slight uttrence about their culture and god will lead to bombings and killings. they are using the fear of death to silence us. They say there are two muslims peaceful and non peaceful. But they dint diffrenciate when they kill people of other religion. hope u understand what i mean i am a very peaceful person who is telling other to kill.
Name: duh_swami
Subject: Peace...the big lie...
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 11:52:36 -0400
Comment
Islam cannot be the Religion of Peace, not even a little. Ancient Muslims signed up for perpetual warfare with kufrs and dar al-harb, and Muslms have been signing up in droves ever since. Quran 8:39 tells the tale... "And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere; but if they cease, verily Allah doth see all that they do"...'Fight them until'...'until' is never going to happen...Allah is demanding perpetual warfare. There's is nothing 'peaceful' about it at all...
Name: Archpagan
Subject:
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 12:05:59 -0400
Comment
Religious tolerance was the hallmark of all pagan cultures around the globe. Islam is the cult which has beautified violence and intolerance. Roman general Antony invaded Egypt in the first century BC on a political campaign. The most important booty he took home was a figurine of Goddess Isis, which he installed in his capital with full honour. I wonder whether the ancient Romans and Egyptians were more civilized than their present day descendants. Political or racial enmity can last only a few decades or at worst a century. But religious enmity goes on for ever until one is completely obliterated. The pacifist may feign ignorance but the jihad-crusade started in 1000 AD is still in full swing.
Name: Walter Sieruk
Subject: What the word Islam really means
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 13:31:04 -0400
Comment
The ENCARTA WORLD ENGLISH DICTIONARY copyright 1999 defines Islam as "submission." based on the word "aslama" meaning "he surrendered." Given the definition it's an add phenomena that after about fourteen hundred years starting on September 12, 2001 the meaning changed from "submission" to "peace." It's very well known that if the police are questioning someone and he changes his story somthing is worng. Nevertheless, when it comes to the religion of Islam no one gets suspicious of the change. The jihadists brag that they will win the war against the West by using the Western ignorance and naive gullible mindset on the subject of Islam against us. It seems that they do have some basis in that claim since so many Westerners are beguiled by the Muslim disinformation campaign.
Name: Tor
Subject: singh
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 13:55:00 -0400
Comment
The indian muslims and the pakistanis are indians who are working like hell to become arabs
Name: seeker
Subject: TO Balam
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 14:04:03 -0400
Comment
You speak of the exchange of population in 2009. Too late Baby. This should have taken place in 1947 itself. Actually I myself was not aware of this fact about the exchange of population which was proposed untill I read Prof Bramachari`s article.I was shocked. Again I should not have been so disturbed because I want to relate a small incident. When I was working in Delhi around ten years back I became freinds with an old man who was a refugee (those who migrated from Pakistan during the Partition). They still bear the the stigma of a refugee although they are very affluent now due to their hard work and never say die spirit. He related to me the horrors of Partition and how they left their property behind and fled to India. I asked him about the trains coming from Pakistan to India full of dead bodies of Hindus and Sikhs and he said it was true. He told me that Nehru did his best to make the Muslims stay back in India including going to the railway stations and turning back the muslims willing to go back to Pakistan. This continued till 1950.And now for some good news. India will be THE COUNTRY by 2030. Jai Hind.
Name: Anonymous
Subject: Joke goes
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 16:07:06 -0400
Comment
A joke goes- Islam is a peaceful religion and if you dont accept that they start sending you death threats!
Name: Hrrmph
Subject: What happened to Akhter?
Date: Friday May 22, 2009
Time: 16:36:22 -0400
Comment
I wonder what happened to Akhter? I miss the poor devil and his inarticulate rants.
Name: Archpagan to Tor
Subject:
Date: Saturday May 23, 2009
Time: 05:43:03 -0400
Comment
All Muslims living in geographical India are ethnic Hindus but maniac Arabs. They should be kicked out to their holy place, the Arabian desert.
Name: The Wonderer
Subject: to "ha ha ha"
Date: Sunday May 24, 2009
Time: 19:41:58 -0400
Comment
yeah, that was not funny.....
Name: Shoeb
Subject: Quran
Date: Thursday May 28, 2009
Time: 07:23:05 -0400
Comment
In quran the allah is called beningn & merciful no of times but not once it mentions an act to demonstrate that also all his benin & mercy is only for Muslims for all others he is like a gangster