A Critical Analysis of 'Real Islam'. Its People ... - Bukti dan Saksi
A Critical Analysis of 'Real Islam'. Its People ... - Bukti dan Saksi
A Critical Analysis of 'Real Islam'. Its People ... - Bukti dan Saksi
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Chapter 7<br />
The Qur’an on Relations with Non-Muslims<br />
The Qur’an’s View toward Christians and Jews:<br />
Muhammad’s actions against the Jews <strong>of</strong> Banu Qaynuqa, the Banu Nadir Jews, the Qurayza Jews,<br />
and several individuals identified as Jewish in the Qur’an have been previously chronicled and will not be<br />
repeated here.<br />
An important principal in the Qur’an holds that humanity is divided according to a strict hierarchy <strong>of</strong><br />
worth. The "<strong>People</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Book" (Jews and Christians) come in behind all other Muslims, including<br />
Women and slaves, but they do come in slightly ahead <strong>of</strong> Pagans, Buddhists, Hindus, agnostics, atheists<br />
and others who are regarded as worthless and having no soul. In fact Muslims are forbidden to even have<br />
Jewish or Christian friends, which will be further studied in the chapter "The Psychology <strong>of</strong> Jihad".<br />
58:19 Shaitan (Satan) has overtaken them (the Jews). So he has made them forget the remembrance <strong>of</strong> Allah.<br />
They are the party <strong>of</strong> Shaitan (Satan). Verily, it is the party <strong>of</strong> Shaitan (Satan) that will be the losers!<br />
4:76 Those who believe, fight in the Cause <strong>of</strong> Allah, and those who disbelieve, fight in the cause <strong>of</strong> Taghut<br />
(Satan, etc.). So fight you against the friends <strong>of</strong> Shaitan (Satan); Ever feeble indeed is the plot <strong>of</strong> Shaitan<br />
(Satan).<br />
With quotes referencing Christians and Jews from the Qur’an like: – "Worst <strong>of</strong> Creatures, Perverse,<br />
and Friends <strong>of</strong> Satan", it seems impossible to characterize Islam as tolerant and harmless. By one widely<br />
accepted definition <strong>of</strong> a ‘Religion’ ("An organization dedicated to raising the spiritual awareness, the<br />
moral standards, the civil conduct and actions <strong>of</strong> its members, and in improving peaceful relationships<br />
with all others"), Islam seems to fall well short <strong>of</strong> qualifying. Clearly early Islam was neither harmless<br />
nor tolerant <strong>of</strong> non-believers. Intolerance seems the cruel norm in Islamic societies throughout history,<br />
while tolerance, charity and kindness towards different cultures and religions is glaringly absent. The<br />
fruits <strong>of</strong> orthodox Islam are bitter indeed, and it is by their fruits that they can and should be judged.<br />
Christians and Jews then and now hold a special place in Islamic theology. In the end, they were<br />
regarded with contempt by Muhammad, and were presented in a hateful manner in the Qur’an and in<br />
modern Islamic theology today. The final direction appears to be this; When Muslims have the upper<br />
hand, they are not to seek peace, instead they are expected to be ruthless in the continued destruction <strong>of</strong><br />
all their enemies.<br />
47:35 So be not weak and ask not for peace (from the enemies <strong>of</strong> Islam), while you are having the upper hand.<br />
Allah is with you, and will never decrease the reward <strong>of</strong> your good deeds.<br />
48:29 Muhammad is the Messenger <strong>of</strong> Allah, and those who are with him are severe (or ruthless, vehement)<br />
against disbelievers, and merciful among themselves.<br />
The final words reported from the mouth <strong>of</strong> the dying Muhammad were a curse on the favored<br />
‘<strong>People</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Book’. From Ibn Sa'd page 322: When the last moment <strong>of</strong> the prophet was near, he used to<br />
draw a sheet over his face; but when he felt uneasy, he removed it from his face and said: "Allah's<br />
damnation be on the Jews and the Christians who made the graves <strong>of</strong> their prophets objects <strong>of</strong><br />
worship."<br />
His appetite to do violence to non-Muslims remained unquenchable his whole life, the final words<br />
coming from his mouth a curse on those he had spent his life destroying. Despite his victories and the<br />
multitudes he had murdered, he left this world bitter he could not have done more, with instructions to his<br />
followers to carry on in that effort. The bitterness <strong>of</strong> this final utterance from their beloved prophet, as he<br />
died a painful death at the hands <strong>of</strong> a Jewish girl, obviously still weighs heavy on the minds and hearts <strong>of</strong><br />
all <strong>of</strong> Islam. With revenge a glorified mandate for Muslims, it seems unlikely they will ever collectively<br />
‘get over it’.<br />
In its attitudes toward Jews today, the Muslim world resembles Germany in the 1930s. That was a<br />
time when state-sponsored insults, cartoons, conspiracy theories, revisionist history, and sporadic<br />
violence prepared Germans for the wholesale mass murder that was to follow. Outside Israel, violence