Wasting Away in Taqiyyaville

by Richard Butrick (December 2013)

Forgive me for being somewhat confused. It turns out that Muhammad was a man of peace, love and understanding. I had formed the impression that he was a ruthless warrior who advocated terror, subterfuge and slaughter of the defeated. But here is one account typical of the numerous accounts given on various websites run by Muslim organizations:

On and on it goes.

The kind and gentle nature of Muhammad endeared him to all, young and old, rich and poor. men and women.

In Medina, when he was the head of the state and had the power to take revenge on his enemies, he treated all captives and prisoners-of-war, including his hard-core enemies, very kindly.

In other websites we find that grace, love and forgiveness are at the core of Islam and the character of Muhammad (peace be unto him).

How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.

But it turns out that it really love that is at the center of Allah and Islam:

And then to add to my befuddlement as to the nature of Allah and Muhammad (for surely Muhammad heard and obeyed the words of Allah as he spoke them) there are these grisly passages:

And then there are accounts of Muhammad personally participating in the decapitation of 600+ men in Massacre of Banu Quraiza.

To top it off some scholars doubt that Muhammad ever existed.

I presume these scholars do not reside in Tehran or Mecca.

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violent, wrathful God of Abraham to an even more violent and wrathful and demanding God of Muhammad. The two books of the Koran? Yes. The Koran is two books. The old being the pre-Medina and the new being the post-Medina. Once Muhammad got the taste of military victory over the Jews and others who had mocked him and derided him as a stuttering ignoramus, there was no stopping his lust for power and dominion. Miraculously, Allah’s words accordingly became more violent, demanding and vengeful.

According to Jihad Watch,

highest act in Islam. It is the only guaranteed path to the highest level of paradise. There is no such teaching in the New Testament. Christian martyrs, like Jesus himself, do not die fighting the infidel. Martyrdom also differentiates the emphasis on the obedience-slave relation of Muslims to their god and the love of God emphasis in Christians – living in Christ vs. dying for Allah.

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means Allah is greater. They have it in for us squirrelly denizens of Dar al-Harb. Big time.

And here is a recent tale of what it means to carry out the work of the all-Merciful the Compassionate:

Habila Adamu comes from Yobe state in northern Nigeria, where gunmen came to his home on Nov. 28, 2012. They ordered him to step outside as his wife begged the gunmen not to harm him.

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