Man is born with a moral
sense which enables him to differentiate between right and wrong.
Without subjecting behavior to a common standard of vice and
virtue, social evolution is not possible. This is the reason that
even the primitive societies had words which denoted difference
between good and bad.
All
societies did not practice universal standards of vice and virtue,
yet it is well known that almost all communities knew what was
good and bad. For example, mutual fidelity of consorts, speaking
the truth, keeping promises, respecting family ties, helping the
poor and weak, were considered signs of good morality. Of course,
morality cannot be coded but its rules are well understood. From
this attitude arose the famous maxim: "Do not do to others what
you do not want to be done to yourself."
It
means that you must wish others what you wish for yourself. Since
every one desires security of person and property, liberty to
worship, fair trial, freedom of speech etc., these facts, over a
period of time, rose to become what is called Human Rights. He who
violates these rights is held the enemy of humankind.
When Islamic morality is judged by universal standards, this
Arabian religion fails to qualify as the friend and guide of
humanity. In fact, it constitutes a major threat to the survival
of human race. I have no doubt that the Muslims will protest
against this point of view, and as usual, will produce far-
fetched and irrational evidence to prove that Islam advocates love
and brotherhood of mankind. This type of sorcery has worked
wonders for Muslim fundamentalists in the past, but with the
dissemination of knowledge, it is difficult to cloud the truth
with the magic of misinterpretation, marvel of memorization and
mysticism of meaninglessness.
Islam has become a set of fundamentals which preach social
segregation, hatred of non-Muslims and elimination of dissenters
through dominance, death and destruction. These conclusions, no
matter how true, cannot be palatable to the Muslims and therefore
rank as fabrications, from their standpoint. I can do no better
than quote from the Koran to decide the issue. Examine the
following for yourself:
1. "Do
not let non-Muslims enter mosques. They will go to hell." (
Repentance: 17 )
2. "O ye
who believe! The non-Muslims are unclean. So let them not come
near the Inviolable Place of Worship." (Repentance: 28)
3. "O ye
who believe! Murder those of the disbelievers .... and let them
find harshness in you." (Repentance: 123)
4.
"Humiliate the non-Muslims to such an extent that they surrender
and pay tribute." (Repentance: 29)
5. "O
believers, do not treat your fathers and brothers as your friends,
if they prefer unbelief to belief, whosoever of you takes them for
friends, they are evil-doers." (Repentance: 20)
6.
"Certainly, God is an enemy to the unbelievers." ( The Cow: 90 )
7. "God
has cursed the unbelievers, and prepared for them a blazing hell."
( The Confederates 60 )
8. "Let
not the believers take the unbelievers for friends.... whoso does
that belongs not to God." (The House of Imram: 60)
9. "O
believers, do not make friends with the Jews and Christians;
..whoso of you makes them his friend is one of them." (The Table:
55)
10. "The
believers indeed are brothers." ( Apartments: 10 )
11.
"Moslems are hard against the unbelievers, merciful to one
another." (Victory: 25)
A
Muslim naturally believes in all such Koranic verses, which
determine his social outlook and he becomes a narrow- minded
sectarian. This psychological approach is the fountain of
fundamentalism. It is a myth to say that Islam advocates good
relationship with the People of the Book, that is, the Jews and
Christians. What I have said at 9 above supports this statement.
If this were not enough, one could refer the matter to HADITH, the
sayings of the Prophet: Chapter LXXI of SAHIH MUSLIM clearly
states that since Islam is the religion for the entire humanity,
it abrogates all other faiths. To illustrate the point further,
the hadith no.285 asserts that any Jew or Christian who has heard
of Muhammad but does not believe in him, will become "one of the
denizens of Hell-Fire."
The
Islamic fundamentalism has become the foundation of Islamic
morality. What makes it a threat to human survival is the fact
that it is not a passive approach but advocates active aggression
to impose itself on the unbelievers. Why? It gives several reasons
for this. Let me quote two:
1.
"Muslims are the best of all nations." (House of Imram: 110).
Obviously, the best nation is superior to other people, who must
wear the yoke of discrimination.
2. The
Prophet Muhammad has been sent by God with "the religion of Truth,
that He may cause it to prevail over all religions.." (Private
Apartments: 28)
Simply stated it means that Muslims are superior to non- Muslims
and have the birth-right to dominate them. This is why Islam calls
itself DIN-E-GHALIB, the religion of dominance.
As
every student of psychology knows, the purpose of any
fundamentalism is to secure blind following from its adherents.
This is possible only when they are conditioned to a certain
object or goal which begins to rank as the sole purpose of their
lives. As a result, the purpose begins to overrule the method of
acquisition; whatever secures it is good and whatever obstructs it
is bad. In a nutshell, people must stop thinking for themselves,
especially in terms of morality. As the Marxists brainwashed
people in the name of proletarianism and what it stood for, the
Muslims have been conditioned to the person of the Prophet
Muhammad, who is projected as the Saviour of his followers, having
complete power to find them permanent residence in paradise, which
is the abode of luxury, love making and lasciviousness. Since
Muslims, in most countries are deprived, depressed and desolated,
they are prepared to do anything to uphold the honour of the
Prophet. For total obedience, they are at liberty to indulge in
the most convenient morality such as mendacity, rape, murder,
theft and treason without losing their chance of entering the
paradise which has been absolutely guaranteed by their faith in
the Prophet Muhammad.
A
corollary of this belief is the oppression of non-Muslims by the
Muslims, who deny human rights to the unbelievers for upholding
the Islamic precepts in relation to the infidels. As a result,
non-Muslims are discouraged to live in the Muslim countries even
if they have originally belonged to their ancestors. It is
justified on the precedent that the Prophet Muhammad expelled all
Jews and unbelievers from Arabia. The modern example is that of
Pakistan, the original home of the Hindus. There were millions of
non-Muslims in this land before partition of India but as Pakistan
came into being they all were thrown out through malice,
mutilation and massacre. On the contrary, over 100,000,000 Muslims
live in India and demand human rights! In Islamic countries, the
non- Muslim minorities are either non-existent or very tiny
indeed. This strangulation of human rights has become a part of
the Islamic morality.
Since Islam is the Din-e-Ghalib i.e. the religion of dominance by
God's will, Muslim minorities in non-Islamic countries do
everything possible to harass, humiliate and harangue the host
countries to practise their faith and culture. The "Muslim
Parliament" of Great Britain is an example in point. In fact, this
coterie of a few hundred Muslim fanatics, is a mockery of the
British tolerance and hospitality. Its major role is to collect
donations from its adherents, forbid Muslims to seek
identification with Great Britain and practice all rules of
Islamic intolerance towards the host community. There is no
concept of parliamentary government in Islam, whatever, yet these
hatred-mongers have set up this association in the Land of Magna
Carta, dedicated to liberty. It is only a matter of time before
the British government take notice of its evil influence on the
British culture, causing problems also for those who have adopted
the British ways and are proud to be sincere citizens of this
land.
Use
of violence for securing worldly goal and terrorization of
non-Muslims are the pillar of Islamic morality. It is done
through:
1.
secular laws which are made in the name of Islam, and
2.
the laws which Allah has framed and require no legislative
authority and procedures.
Now, let us ponder over these two points:
1a.
Islam declares Muhammad the greatest of all prophets and therefore
reserves the highest reverence for him. This has become an article
of faith. A Muslim, unwilling to force it on others, is considered
deficient in belief. As a result, every Muslim looks for an
opportunity to demonstrate the magnitude of his faith by molesting
non-Muslims, and even fellow- believers who express less bigotry
in this field. Politicians have seized upon this emotional
condition of the Muslim mind to enhance their grip on power. For
example, Pakistan has passed TOHEEN-E-RASUL ACT (Contempt of
Prophet's Act), which prescribes death for insulting the Prophet
Muhammad. Such an Act has never been passed in the world of Islam
during the last fourteen centuries; nor is there any religious
justification for it. In fact such a law in itself is a gross
contempt of the Prophet, who wanted to be known as the Blessing
for mankind. A person who is so conscious of himself cannot be the
Blessing for lacking tolerance and understanding of the human
behavior. Yet they have done it to terrorize the dissidents and
non-Muslims. The treatment of the Qadiyanis and Christians in
Pakistan, speak for itself. In fact, it is an ambassador of moral
perversion which is an echo of the European Inquisition conducted
by the Christian clerics to defend the holiness of their savior,
Jesus Christ.
This Islamic exploitation of the believers has led to their moral
bankruptcy, and this fact is well demonstrated by what happened in
Pakistan during the middle of April, 1994:
Hafiz Sajjad Tariq of Gujranwala in Pakistan, accidentally dropped
a copy of the Koran in a fireplace. As it caught fire, people of
the locality became aflame with rage. Not caring that Sajjad was a
pious Muslim devoted to exalt holiness of the Scripture (Koran),
they alleged that he had desecrated the Word of God. As mullahs of
the area heard of it, they instantly issued Fatwas of apostasy
against Sajjad. Like hawks, the fundamentalists swooped down on
him, each hoping that his blow would dispatch the victim to hell
assuring him (the assailant) a seat in paradise. As they were
hitting him, someone shouted that he was being dished out an
un-Islamic punishment because he must be stoned to death. By then,
they had broken his ribs and he was not able to walk. A gallant
police officer intervened and locked him up with a view to saving
him from mob-violence. As the news spread, a large crowd of
frenzied Muslims appeared before the local police- station
demanding his immediate release. The Police Inspector, instead of
enforcing the law, fell for the temptation of establishing himself
as the champion of Islam and handed Sajjad to the attackers. They
started stoning him mercilessly and thereafter set his body on
fire. If this were not enough, they tied his corpse to a powerful
motor-cycle and dragged it through the streets for two hours!
After a pious show of Islamic morality, they felt that they had
done enough to avenge the honour of the Prophet whom the Koran had
been revealed.
This type of Islamic morality is rampant, not only in the Islamic
countries, but also in the lands where the Muslims have settled in
sufficient numbers. To explain this point, I may quote Britain
where I live. I wrote and published a book: "Eternity" in 1990. It
challenges the basic concept of revelation, the foundation of
prophethood. As the Muslim organizations heard about it, they
individually and severally issued a fatwa condemning me to death.
Neither have they given me a chance to explain myself before a
properly constituted tribunal of justice nor have they accepted my
challenge for a public debate. Its consequences have been painful
to me and my family.
What I have stated above roughly delineates the Islamic morality
in relation to legislated law. Now, I may briefly touch upon the
second part of the issue i.e. the direct commands of Allah which
are so evident that they need not be legislated:
2a.
Jehad is one of them, and forms an integral part of the Islamic
morality. It is an open behest of Allah to murder, pillage, rape
and create widows and orphans for imposing Allah's will on the
unbelievers, who are considered His worst enemies just for the
"sin" of unbelief. Yet, Allah calls himself the Independent (SAMAD),
All-Compassionate, All- Powerful and Creator of the whole
universe!
If
Allah does possess all these qualities, how can He sanction the
destruction of innocent people? If He were so desperate for
worship, being the All- Powerful, Compassionate, Creator, He would
have created humankind in such a way that everyone was born with
the belief suited to God.
Instead of delving into this mystery, I hasten to add that Jihad
or violence is considered holy by Allah, who, in return for
persecuting, pillaging and paralyzing the infidels declares:
"Allah has bought from the faithful themselves and their
belongings against the gift of paradise; they fight in the way of
Allah; they kill and are killed.." (Repentance: 110)
A
HADITH ( the saying of the Prophet Muhammad ) declares: "Know that
Paradise is under the shades of swords." (Sahih Bokhari, Ch. 22:
73 )
What is paradise? The Muslim scholars are usually embarrassed by
this question and pretend that it is not physical but a condition
of the mind. The above Koranic verse clearly states that it is a
definite exchange i.e. offer of paradise for killing a non- Muslim
or getting killed in the process of obeying this divine command.
The paradise is the main temptation for practicing Islam. This is
the reason that the Koran explains it well. Paradise is the
description of the luxurious surroundings dwelt in by Houris and
Ghilman. Houris are the most beautiful ever-young virgins with
wide, flexing eyes and swelling bosoms. Ghilman are the immortal
young boys, pretty like pearls, clothed in green silk and brocade
an embellished with bracelets of silver.
Allah shall give every believing man no fewer than seventy houris
and many ghilmans. To make sure that the lucky fellow can cope
with them, Allah will increase his virility a hundred-fold! This
is the ultimate goal of the Islamic morality, and it is why that
the Muslims, who are usually depressed, are ready to practice
convenient morality based on violence. Even more potent factor in
this field is their staunch belief in the intercessory powers of
the Prophet Muhammad, which means that he has the authority to
accommodate his followers in paradise irrespective of what they
may have done. I shall deal with this point in the next issue of
"Liberty."
Source:
http://www.humanists.net/alisina/islamic_morality.htm