Author: exmuslim1
Ex-Muslim who believes that the true and pure Islam is more dangerous than Nazism.
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Who Got To Decide How To Read The Quran? Dr. Hythem Sidky
Did Muhammad Exist? An Academic Response to a Popular Question – Dr. Joshua Little
Hythem Sidky: The Regionality of the Qur’anic Codices
Mustafa Qadri – Why I Left Islam
From a young age in mosque I was taught that Islam meant peace, and that Mohammed was a perfect, infallible man; during these times I read the Quran in Arabic, and had no idea what any of it meant, as I hadn’t read a translation. I just assumed that it was all peaceful, I was completely oblivious to the systemic anti-Semitism, hatred against non-believers, and the commands for a caliphate through violent subjugation of non-believers; this was obfuscated by the Muslim clerics. Furthermore, it was indoctrinated in me that anyone who mentions this is a Muslim-hater, and the neologism “Islamophobia” was continually perpetuated, which is to silence criticism of Sharia oppression and violence against the “Kuffar”, in order to establish the ideal caliphate which Mohammed had instructed. He claimed that ‘’I have been made victorious through terror’’. In the next paragraph I will begin describing my journey and how I eventually left Islamo-fascism to find the light and true peace of the saviour and Lord Jesus Christ.
During my years, in secondary school I was accustomed to the behaviour of my community, and how violent and degrading they would be. I was sworn at, brutally attacked with a compass, for two years. This was all during the time when I was a Muslim; the problem of Muslim gangs operating in schools is also another essential issue. However, the authorities were very reluctant to do anything, due to political correctness and appeasement of the Islamic community. When I moved to my next secondary school, I was emotionally bullied again by Muslims, and they would isolate me in order to act superior; by the way, they were fanatical supporters of the left-wing Labour Party in the UK, which was led by the vehement anti-Semite and jihadi ally Jeremy Corbyn. Again, the same process occurred, where the bullies would deny their behaviour, and the case would be closed. Moreover, at home my father was very abusive towards my mother. Even though she worked hard to bring him to this county, he was very unappreciative; he never contributed to our finances, and always sent his money to Kashmir. One day my grandfather became ill and my mother wanted to see him for the last time, but my abusive father stopped her and my uncle even justified it where he said in Islamic law “a woman can’t travel anywhere without her husband’’, unfortunately my grandfather passed away, and this reasoning of Islamic law made me even more furious.
As I had an interest in politics, I would continually watch individuals such as Tommy Robinson. In school we were taught that he was a far-right extremist, which he was not. Muslim councillors also propagated this belief. I had an interest in what he said about Islam, and then I researched it, and to my surprise, everything he said was true, but you couldn’t discuss it with your mosque leaders or family due to severe backlash. Through my interest in researching Islam, I came across David Wood’s YouTube channel, and spent time watching what he said. He used the primary Islamic sources which were the basis for the actions of the Islamic extremists, and I was quite surprised that I had never heard of this before. At first I thought he was a liar, but everything became clear and was true. Then I became aware of an essential individual within the counter-jihad movement, Robert Spencer. I brought a lot of his books, including The History of Jihad; The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades); The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran; The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Free Speech (and Its Enemies); The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran and The Complete Infidel’s Guide to ISIS, along with The Truth About Muhammad and Did Muhammad Exist?. Robert was perhaps the most influential person to expose the threat and insurgency of Islamic supremacy, and wants to prevent a totalitarian Islamic theocracy; being reasonably minded, I knew that Robert wasn’t hateful, as the leftist media and Jihadi propaganda tried to make him out, as well as others. He truly cared for freedom and secularism and wanted Muslims to see the truth.
In addition, as I became aware of this barbarism, and paedophilia within this fascistic , expansionist ideology, I began to discuss it with friends and family. One of the main arguments was that the offensive passages were taken out of context, so I asked in which context was it all right to rape female captives and girls, to violently subjugate non-believers and implement a caliphate, to impose the jizya, to burn and behead apostates, just as Mohammed did, as well as his successor Abu Bakr, to oppress women and have slaves, among other barbaric practices which were seen as “sunnah”. I realised there was no freedom within Islam, and I just received abuse from some of my family members. They found it inflammatory that I aligned my views with Tommy Robinson and others; they didn’t respond except with anger. Furthermore, I used to watch Islamic apologists including Ali Dawah and Adnan Rashid, and I thought they were good debaters, until I saw them using ad hominem, denial and jokes as if those things would refute Robert’s claims on Islam. I lost trust in them when they cowered from debates with Robert. This conveyed that they were completely afraid for their views, and their deception tactics, to get exposed, and this gave me more confidence in Robert. When I socialised with Muslims at work, I saw through their dialogue that they were very anti-Hindu and anti-Jewish. They wanted Pakistan to obliterate India and finance Kashmiri jihadists; I wondered how anyone could have this mentality. As I researched Islam more, it was clear that they wanted Mohammed’s prophecy to be fulfilled (Ghazwa-e-Hind), which was the infiltration and conquering of India to establish Islam. This was also parallel to the hadith where Mohammed states “the final hour won’t come until Muslims kill Jews’’. This type of hatred was openly endorsed within the Labour Party, which Muslim councillors within the city I live in support.
Moreover, I learnt about the wife beating in (4:34) and wondered how Mohammed can be thought to be a moral man. He also had sex slaves, which is reinforced in Qur’an 4:24. This was the climactic point where I knew Islam was not for me. I discovered that Jesus Christ was more forgiving and peaceful. In one incident, a woman who committed adultery came to him and he forgave her, whereas when a woman who had committed adultery came to Mohammed, he ordered for her to be stoned. Jesus was truly peaceful and loving, whereas Mohammed was sadistic. The tenets that Mohammed proposed have been emulated across the world in Islamic states: Iran reduced the age of consent for marriage to 9 years old, many Islamic countries degrade women and stone women who are accused of adultery. How is this peaceful or out of context? ISIS , Boko Haram, and many other armed Jihadist groups have all been emulating Mohammed, and moderate Muslims keep telling us they don’t represent Islam. Guess what? They DO. There are many secular Muslims who just want to get on with their lives, and pray, fast and do Eid; apart from that they are not really religious. No one has a problem with this. The problem is, however, what are they doing to impede the extremists? There were many peaceful Germans, but they did nothing to stop Hitler. Hitler was also a fanatic of Islam, he referred to the battle where Charles Martel fought the Ottomans, he wished the Muslims had succeeded so Germany would be Islamic. He was also friends with the Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini. So when people use the word “Nazi” to silence critics of Islam, remember that Hitler loved Islam, therefore those opposing Islam are not Nazis. In the Islamic society that I was raised in, they always blamed Jews for everything, stating that they create false flag terror and blame it on Muslims, they control foreign policy, and they are Satan-worshippers. These beliefs disturbed me quite a lot. However, when someone criticizes Islam, Muslims will quickly play the victim card. Yet some Muslims that I knew and many mainstream Muslim leaders make derogatory remarks about Hindus and Jews, but are afraid of any criticism themselves. I found this horrific belief system outrageous. In mosques they would teach that “Hamas will destroy Israel” and call on people to support the Kashmir Jihadis financially or going to fight them. These views were not challenged at all; when I contacted councillors and Members of Parliament to research about Islam and to deal with mosques that expose hate, I would be blocked, ignored, or attacked with ad hominems. The censorship is incredible. Some of the moderate Muslims councillors support Sharia, and when challenged, they are silent and block comments and ignore their critics, whilst pushing their agenda to deceive. I began to see the mentality of some Muslims within my community. There was a man who I worked with who made derogatory remarks about a Muslim female teenager when a sex tape was revealed; he was happy about it and said “Shame,” and yet was sharing it with others. So did many others; this is currently the mentality. The town I’m from has become a no-go zone. Recently a white family had to be moved from their home after being severely beaten by Muslims, and the police did not even investigate or press charges. Moderate Muslims are outraged when we expose Islam and the reasoning behind the terrorist attacks, and rape of infidels, yet they are more angry at us for being “Islamophobic” than dealing with the grooming gang pandemic.
Islam has violently subjugated non-believers for 14 centuries, invading from India to Spain, to Constantinople, North Africa and Europe. The way to defeat it at the moment is the battle of ideas, to expose and tell the truth, as the truth defeats falsehood. However, the levels of censorship are high, and so is the level of appeasement from authorities. Moderate Muslims aren’t doing much to combat extremism within their mosques. Mohammed not only waged war with non-believers, but also with the “hypocrites,’’ which are the Muslims that are not Islamic, e.g they don’t pray and they listen to music. Mohammed stated that “whoever doesn’t pray in the mosque, burn him with a flamethrower.” How is this peaceful?
I couldn’t stand this brutal dogma anymore, and decided to find the passion, resurrection, and love of Lord Jesus Christ. I want to salute and bow to all the people on the counter-jihad movement, including Tommy Robinson, David Wood, Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller, and many others. It takes huge courage to stand for the truth, I have faced many consequences including losing work and friends, but I will not be silenced.
Religious freedom applies to atheists, too
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In April of 2017, the Iowa House of Representatives respected my religious rights when I delivered the first atheistic invocation in that body’s history. The Iowa Senate, however, has denied my repeated requests to perform a similar invocation. In so doing, not only is the Senate directly discriminating against me, it is violating the Constitution, which protects all faiths equally.
In its upcoming session, the Senate faces a stark choice: Continue to limit religious freedom or protect it for all Iowans.
My state senator, Craig Johnson, R-Independence, was the first to deprive me of religious equality, denying my request to deliver an invocation, and has since denied me for a second straight year. During this year’s legislative session, he tried to justify his bigotry with his religion: “I am accountable to my constituents that know me to be a legislator with Christian beliefs.”
I grew up Christian, and the Gospel doesn’t advocate taking away non-Christians’ religious freedom. Despite Sen. Johnson’s denial, I sought sponsorship from every Iowa senator in order to test what religious freedom in Iowa really means. The verdict: All of them denied me my rights. Many senators explicitly rejected my request out of religious intolerance.
This is unconstitutional. In its 2014 ruling in Greece v. Galloway, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government invocation policies cannot discriminate against the non-religious any more than they could discriminate against Catholics, Jews or Buddhists. The Iowa Senate’s invocation process fails this test. In order to speak, you must approach your elected official and request sponsorship. Apply to deliver an invocation that doesn’t match their religious persuasion, and your request is denied, scoffed at or just flat-out ignored.
To honor the Constitution’s guarantee of equality, the Senate must allow atheists like me to deliver invocations, or it must do away with them altogether. Some senators, preferring this second option, denied my invocation request in order to voice opposition to mixing church and state. One senator wrote to me, “I do not participate in the morning ceremony. I believe that is pushing one individual’s beliefs onto others that may not have the same viewpoint.” Another senator stated, “It is apparent, by their participation, the majority wish to have their show. […] I will NOT sponsor anyone to take any part in this process.”
So where do we go from here, Iowa? To me, the answer is simple: The Iowa Legislature must remedy the prayer process by making it more inclusive to all Iowans. Changing the policy so that the application process runs through a non-partisan third party, not legislators, would stop religious discrimination in this situation. The only other option is to just scrap the whole process, which would allow lawmakers to focus less on religious differences and more on their legislative duties.
Egypt: Muslim mob attacks Christians and forces closure of church
The police has caught an unspecified number of Copts and Muslims in the village of Koum al-Raheb in Samalout, Minya, some 250km south of Cairo, and tightened security over the village, bringing calm in the wake of skirmishes between the village Muslims and Copts.
To Islamic cheers of “Allahu Akbar”, literally Allah is the Greatest, groups of Muslim villagers had this morning, Monday 10 December, waged attacks against the houses of the Copts in the village of Kom al-Raheb, pelting them with stones and thumping at doors and windows. They
were livid that the Copts had a day earlier, Sunday 9 December, opened a new church building and celebrated Holy Mass inside. The police arrived and demanded immediate closure of the unlicensed church. The Copts persuaded the police to wait for Mass to conclude before closing the building, which they did and confiscated its keys.
Monday morning, local government employees arrived to the church to cut off water and electricity from the building through removing the electricity and water metres, a standard measure taken against unlicensed buildings. The village Copts gathered around the church to oppose this procedure, and stood praying out loud in the street in front of the four storey building.
According to the village priest who asked for his name to be withheld, the new church would have served the village’s 2500 Copts, since the village includes no church. He said that fundamentalist Muslims had used the local mosque’s microphone to rally the village Muslims against the Copts.
The attacks against Coptic homes continued Monday morning, and Muslim-Coptic clashes erupted as the Copts attempted to defend their homes and church.
Despite security presence in Koum al-Raheb, conditions remain tense as Copts maintain their constitutional right to worship is being jeopardized.
SOURCE:
http://en.wataninet.com/coptic-affairs-coptic-affairs/sectarian/koum-al-raheb-church-closed-copts-attacked/26972/
Indonesia: Tens of thousands of Muslims rally to celebrate ousting of Christian governor
Tens of thousands of Indonesian Muslims held a rally in Jakarta on Sunday led by hardline groups who had agitated to remove the city’s Christian governor, underscoring the growing influence of Islamist groups ahead of elections in 2019.
The rally was attended by former general, Prabowo Subianto, a nationalist with strong links to Islamists who is seeking to topple President Joko Widodo in next year’s polls after being narrowly defeated in 2014 during a bitterly fought campaign.
The crowd, many of whom were dressed in white and carrying Islamic flags, started gathering at Jakarta’s National Monument from around 3 a.m. to hold prayers.
“We are proud because the Islam in Indonesia is Islam that unifies and is united and will maintain peace for everyone,” Subianto said in a speech.
Thousands of police had been put on standby but the rally was peaceful.
Organizers call their movement a “reunion” for a series of rallies starting in late 2016 that targeted Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the first ethnic-Chinese Christian in the job, who was charged with insulting the Koran.
Religious and political tensions spiraled during this period and then governor Purnama, an ally of President Widodo, lost his bid for re-election to a Muslim rival and was later sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy.
Hardline Islamist groups were banned under the authoritarian regime of President Suharto, which ended in 1998, but they have gained ground in recent years, emerging from the fringes of society in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country.
Widodo, who is a popular moderate, has chosen a 75-year-old Islamic cleric, Ma’ruf Amin, as his running mate in next year’s election, sparking concern among some that he is pandering to conservative Muslims in a pluralist country with significant minority communities.
Greece’s Atheist Leader Wants to Officially Separate Church and State
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, an atheist, thinks the Orthodox Church will support his proposal to introduce “religious neutrality” to the struggling country.
Tsipras has already been blamed for wildfires in Athens due to his godlessness, but now he’s stepping into the line of fire on the frontlines of the battle of global secularization. He seems to believe the Church will willingly give up its power — a belief that would never gain much traction in the United States.
Tsipras may be a bit naïve to think that any Church will willingly relinquish its established privileges, but he’s right that it’s time for Greece to adopt real religious neutrality. It shouldn’t be part of the government’s job to pick a religion or to give special terms to certain allegedly “divine” groups.
Many religious Greeks were undoubtedly nervous with the election of Tsipras, who refused a religious oath that is tradition in the Greek Orthodox country, because they thought he would be a radical atheist who would attack everyone’s faith. It turns out, however, his main goal in that respect is to bring reasonable policies to a country that needs them.
Tsipras also proposed a proportional electoral system, and a rule that would require the prime minister to be an elected lawmaker, but his best idea is one that is tested by time: separating the Church from the government. It’s been said before, but that separation is good for religion and government. Let’s hope Church leaders understand that.
Faith Perspectives: Atheism is not a dirty word
From the traditional Christian perspective, “atheist” is not a term of endearment. It conjures up negative images. For example, an 8-year old girl, when asked to draw a picture of someone who didn’t believe in Jesus, depicted him as a tattooed, pierced, smoking, cursing, angry-looking man with a frowning unibrow.
This is a misperception.
While doing a writing project on atheism, I connected with Hemant Mehta. He’s a nationally known blogger who runs the friendlyatheist.com website. He wrote “I Sold My Soul on eBay,” chronicling his visits to churches and offering helpful critiques from a nonbeliever’s perspective.
He impressed me with his honesty and openness, so I invited him to be a keynote speaker at an “Atheism and Faith” event sponsored by my church. He would speak, I would follow with remarks, and we would then dialogue.
As the event began, many expected the classic believer/nonbeliever debate. Instead, they heard how an atheist is commonly stereotyped, why nonbelievers are a growing demographic and why Christians should be using more critical thought in approaching their faith.
Hemant described how it feels to be persecuted for not being able to profess a faith while many assume that belief is the norm. Being a minority, when you may be perceived as immoral if you can’t sincerely believe in God, isn’t a fun experience.
He also talked about how important a church may be. He resonated with some of the values a community of faith espouses, such as compassion and social justice. He emphasized the importance of fellowship, which is naturally built into a church but may be hard to establish in the world of atheism.
As he presented, it struck me how not being able to believe in God shouldn’t be synonymous with a moral failing. On the contrary, conversing with unbelievers is a healthy thing.
I believe that atheists can provide insights for Christians. Atheists observe how people of faith are viewed by those outside the fold. They also have the courage to ask questions that we believers may avoid. Reflecting on difficult issues regarding the Bible, God and church should be the duty of every believer. Perhaps responding to doubt with “Just have faith!” is a prime reason why 25 percent of Americans now claim no religious affiliation.
There is common ground between believer and nonbeliever. We all have mutual needs, concerns and questions. We all have the capacity to love our neighbor, forgive our enemy and feed the hungry. Sharing stories, experiences and reflections can help broaden our horizons, regardless of the way we view ourselves.
After the event, a couple approached me with an interesting question.
“Can we be involved in your church, even though we’re atheists?”
I replied that church membership itself includes an affirmation of faith. However, they are welcome to be part of our fellowship. Join a study group. Participate in mercy and justice ministries. Christ would never turn away anyone who had a compassionate heart and an inquisitive mind.
I hope they will take me up on that invitation. We need to be building bridges between our communities, not erecting walls.
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