Ali Sina - Understanding Muhammad

Understanding Muhammad
Soon, the Prophet’s efforts bore fruit. Goaded by greed for booty and by
promises of rewards in the afterlife, the Medinan Muslims joined in the banditry
and looting business as well. As Muhammad’s army grew and his ambition
soared, the bandit decided to graduate to potentate. He encouraged his followers
not only to wage war for him “in the way of Allâh” but also to pay for the
expenses of those wars.
And spend of your wealth in the cause of Allâh, and make not your own hands
contribute to (your) destruction; but do good; for Allâh loves those who do good.
(Q.2:195)
Note how Muhammad links “doing good” with looting, terror, and
murder. It is by this very twisted sense of morality that Muslims are able to
sacrifice their consciences and take up a sociopathic situational ethics toward
other groups, one that must always be played to their advantage. However a
situation benefits Muslims is considered good. Muhammad made his followers
believe that subsidizing his warfare and committing such acts of terrorism for
Islam were the best deeds that pleased God.
Today, Muslims who cannot fight, compensate by contributing to Islamic
“charities.” These “charities” are not established to build hospitals, orphanages,
schools or senior housing. Rather, they are established to expand Islam, to build
mosques and madrassas, train terrorists, and finance jihad. Islamic charities will
aid the poor only to enlist them for their political cause. A good example of that
is the huge amount of money the Islamic Republic of Iran pays to the Hezbollah
of Lebanon. The masses of Iranians today are living in abject poverty. Those
who are lucky enough to work, try to survive with a salary that amounts to no
more than $100 US dollars per month. They are in dire need of food, jobs and
shelter. Why then take their money and give it to the Lebanese The idea is to
make Islam taste sweet in their mouths and enlist them in the war against Israel.
When people didn’t pony up enough funds for his military campaigns,
Muhammad would angrily rebuke them:
And what reason have you that you should not spend in Allâh's way And Allâh's is
the inheritance of the heavens and the earth, not alike among you are those who
spent before the victory and fought (and those who did not): they are more exalted in
rank than those who spent and fought afterwards; and Allâh has promised good to
all; and Allâh is Aware of what you do. (Q.57:10)
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