Muslims must speak the truth
Editor: Muslims have the tendency of practising taqiyya (lying for Islam) to embellish their religion to make it more palatable to the “infidelsâ or non-Muslims. In Surah 16:106, Allah permits Muslims to practise deception for their own benefit and this is exactly what the local Muslims did in the news story carried on the front page of last weekâs edition of the Searchlight newspaper.{{more}}
Islam does not mean “religion of peaceâ
Your newspaper quotes Ahmed Yurusa as saying that “Islam, the Arabic word, means religion of peace.â This is not true. The word “Islamâ has nothing to do with “peace.â According to religious scholar Dr Robert Morey in his book, The Islamic Invasion, “It is an Arabic word which originally referred to an attribute of manliness and described someone who was heroic and brave in battle.â (pg 36). He cites Middle East scholar Dr M Bravmann, who described the word “Islamâ to mean “defiance of death, heroism; to die in battleâ (pg 37). The term “Islamâ later developed the meaning “submission.â Mr Yurusaâs own Quran says that Islam means “submissionâ in Sura 3:19: “The Religion before Allah is Islam (submission to His Will).â
Islam and forgiveness
“Islam says if somebody offends you, the best thing to do is to forgive,â says Mr Yurusa. I was keen to see where such a principle is espoused in Islam, so I followed their advice and researched the religion further. I found that the man they refer to as “Prophetâ Mohammad was not only unforgiving, but vindictive towards those who opposed him. Forgiveness is not a feature of Islam. The life of Mohammad, as reported by Bukhari, Ibn Ishaq and Tabari, reputable authorities within Islam, proves how intolerant and violent the religion makes you become. Here are some examples:
Consider Al-Nadr. Al-Nadr bin al-Harith offended Mohammad by simply mocking Mohammadâs storytelling abilities. Al-Nadr competed with Mohammad in storytelling and often interrupted Mohammadâs speeches. Years later, according to Ibn Ishaq in The Life of Muhammad, the “prophetâ had Al-Nadr murdered.
Then, there was Uqba bin Abu Muayt. He too criticized Mohammad in writing. He was captured by Mohammadâs army and before he was beheaded, he asked Mohammad “But who will look after my children, O Muhammad?â The unforgiving and vindictive Mohammad responded “Hell!â Uqbaâs offence: to criticize Allahâs prophet of peace.
The centurian Abu Afak was not spared from Mohammadâs revenge. He was a poet whose offence was mocking Mohammadâs “permissionsâ and “prohibitions.â Mohammad had him murdered as a “rascal.â Forgiveness certainly was not the best thing in Mohammadâs view.
Kab bin al-Ashraf was also a poet. His offence was that he criticized Mohammed. He was disembowelled and beheaded by Mohammadâs men. This murder, like the others, was ordered by the thin-skinned unforgiving “Prophet of Peace.â
The history of Mohammad is replete with examples of his vindictiveness towards those who opposed him â too numerous to be included in this article. The above examples are just a few of numerous murders committed with the blessings of the prophet of Islam. This is the example he left for his followers to mimic, as ISIS and Boko Haram are currently doing.
Mr Yurusaâs advice is not rooted in Islam and the practices of Mohammad. He, once again, did not reflect the true teachings of Islam in his statement about forgiveness.
Aisha – Mohammadâs child wife
Aisha was not nine years old when Mohammad married her. She was somewhere between six and seven years old. Muslims claim that she was mature and that such marriages were customary. This is contrary to what the Hadith indicated. Aisha was playing with dolls, the behaviour of an immature child.
“Aâisha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allahâs Apostle (may peace be upon him) married her when she was seven years old, and she was taken to his house as a bride when she was nine, and her dolls were with her; and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years old.â (Sahih Muslim, Book 008, Number 3311).
Such behaviour is paedophilia by our standards. Worse still, the Hadith recorded Mohammadâs attraction to a nursing baby girl. Here is what we are told:
“Muhammad saw Um Habiba the daughter of Abbas while she was fatim (age of nursing) and he said, âIf she grows up while I am still alive, I will marry her.ââ (Musnad Ahmad, Number 25636).
Women in Islam
I pray that Vincentians will follow Jesus Christ the sin free Saviour and reject Islam and its vindictive, violent and immoral prophet Mohammad before it is too late.
Shefflorn Ballantyne