Author: Syed Kamran Mirza
Publication: Faith Freedom International
Date:
URL: http://main.faithfreedom.org/Articles/SKM/why_critique_only_islam.htm\
Frequently we are facing one common
accusation from the Islamists, semi-Islamists and even from the moderate
(ignorant) Muslims-which is "why only critiquing Islam" and why not critiquing
also other religions? This is of course a very prudent question. And this
question needs to be answered by the group of critics. Critics may think
that enough have been discussed about the fallacies of Islam everywhere
in the whole world. By now every simple mind should understand very well
as to why we only critique Islam! But I am not surprised by the question,
because we must know that-childhood brainwashing of those moderate Muslims
and utter hypocrisies of those erudite Islamists they mostly fail to realize
the truth simply due to their sheer blind-faith in Islam.
In this essay, I would like to make
a hypothetical comparison between the Islam and all other major religions
of the world. I shall try to establish the very unique and special character
of the religion Islam by an honest and impartial judgment. I shall attempt
to answer this very prudent question by my own style. That is, I will generate
the right answers from the mouth of those questioners themselves. Instead
of answering this question, let me ask those Islamists, moderate Muslims
and others the following questions:
1. America has a super plural society
having many religions (Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jews, Buddha's etc). Every
day, every hour or every minute-we are sick and tired of hearing in the
radio, TV, or newspapers some very common (colorful) adjectives, such as:
Muslim militants, Muslim terrorists, Islamic terrorists, Islamic radicals,
and Islamic militants, Islamic fanatics, Al-Qeada, and Taliban. My question
is that, why do not we hear about terrorists or radicals of any other religions?
Why do not we hear these kind of ear-soothing colorful adjectives about
those millions of atheists, agnostics or even Homosexual guys? Why it is
always attached with the peaceful (?) ISLAM?
2. In the North America and throughout
the western world-there are hundreds of societies bearing the name of only
one religion and that is ISLAM. Examples: AMC, AMA, NABIC, ICNA, ISNA,
CAIR etc. etc. There are hundreds of Ummatic organizations/societies throughout
the North America and elsewhere in the whole world. Ummatic organizations
mostly preach segregation/isolation of Muslims from other peoples in general
in the host countries. They teach Muslims that they are superior and their
religion is superior and ask to guard their children from mixing with the
western "rotten" society. As a result, future generations of Muslims can
not blend with the society of host country resulting isolationists and
problematic youngsters in an alien society. Ultimate result is the scenario
of item# 13 below. In this, I have many questions: How many Ummatic organizations
for Hindu, Christian or Jews can we find? Why no such organization is needed
by any other religions? Why only the people of Muslim origin need such
Ummatic organization? What is the purpose of such organization?
3. Can we find Jihadi organization
in any other religions such: Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Hizbullah, Horkut-ul-
Jihad, Horkut-ul-mujahedin, Jaise Muhamad, Jihad-e- Muhammad, Tahrik-e-Nifaj-shariaat-e-Muhammad,
Al-Hikhma, Al-badr-Mujaheddin, Jamah-e-Islamia, Hijb-e-Islamia, etc. etc.???
We can find several dozens of Jihadi Islamic terrorist organizations exists
in every Muslim country throughout the world. Can we find such organization
in other religions? If not, then why?
4. We can find dozens of countries
ruled by Islamic Shariaat (Huhud laws) where Quran is the only viable constitution.
Remaining Muslim majority countries also have family laws enforced as per
Quranic laws. We can still find many Islamic Republics exist in this modern
world of 21st century. My questions here are: Can we find any country ruled
by Bible, Old Testament or Ghita today? Can we find just one Republic for
Christian, Jewish, Hindus or Buddhas? If the answer is no, then please
tell us why no?
5. Islam has become a fearful religion
in the whole world today. Islamic terrorists are conspiring to kill innocent
civilians, especially western civilians everywhere in the whole world.
Whole civilized world is in a panic situation for fear of Islamic terrorism.
Very recently, German police have arrested an al-Qaeda sympathizer and
his fiancé on suspicion of planning to bomb the U.S. Army's European
headquarters and other targets in Heidelberg, Germany. Interestingly these
arrested al-Qaeda sympathizers were none but Muslims who kept pictures
of Osama bin Laden in their apartment. My questions are: why could not
these two human beings belonging Hindu, Jew or Christian? Why can't we
incriminate any other religion for the similar cause?
6. Honor killing is the most inhuman
and most disgraceful act by any human standard.This act is condemned by
any sane human being today. But surprisingly-this horrendous episode is
only present in the Muslim countries and Muslim societies. Islamists will
argue that there is nothing in the Quran which suggests honor killing!
Well, question here is, if Islam has nothing to do with it, then why it
is only practiced by Muslims? NO OTHER SOCIETIES EXCEPT ISLAM PRACTICE
IT, PERIOD. Even in the same country-example Nigeria, Northern Nigerian
(Muslims) do practice this heinous act, but Southern Nigeria (Christians)
do not practice this at all. It may present in any country in the whole
world-but 100% sure that it will happened only in a Muslim family. My questions
here are-please tell me why Muslims only perform this heinous act? Why
this act is totally absent in any other religions?
7. Today in the whole world Muslims
are apologetic to the entire humankind for the shameful terrorisms and
constantly trying to erase this stigma by various apologetic fruitless
arguments and excuses. They are trying very hard to disown Osam Bin Laden
and other Islamic terrorists by saying "Islam has been hijacked" etc. Very
recently, ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) held four days full-fledged
program in the Washington, D.C. to disown the burden of doubt in Islam
by using same-old apologetic slogans-"Islam is a religion of peace" or
Prophet Muhammad is the God's mercy to earth" etc. These Islamists of North
America also tried to fool the westerners (may be they fooled themselves)
by quoting a few good/kind Quranic verses. They all simply blamed Western
Media for projecting Islam as the religion of terrorism. With much hypocrisy
they absolutely hide all those hundreds of hateful/dreadful Quranic verses.
My question here is-why any other religionists do not need to do all these
hypocrisies like Islamists are doing today?
8. "Jihad"is the most fearful and
despised word spoken/uttering throughout the whole world today. This famous
word "Jihad" belongs to one religion, and that is-"Islam". My question
is-why Jihad belongs to only Islam?
9. Suicide-bombingonly to kill innocent
human beings is committed by Muslims only. In Palestine-Israeli conflict
hundreds of incidents of such heinous suicide attempts have occurred so
far. It was quite obvious that all these suicide bombers were brainwashed
by the fiery inspirational teachings by Islamic clergy citing various Quranic
dictums and hadiths. Among the Palestine citizens there are good percentage
of Christian minority who support Palestinian cause and they are also enemy
of Israel. Surprisingly, not a single "suicide bomber" could be found who
was a Christian. My questions here are-why there was no suicide bomber
evolved out of those Christian-born Palestinians? Why it is the only Muslims
committing this horrendous act of suicide bombing?
10. Mosque-Islamic center connections:all
most every terrorist arrested or identified so far, they obviously (without
fail) belonged to some Mosque or Islamic center. It was quite apparent
that the terrorists arrested or dead was later identified as the member/visitor
of certain famous Mosque or Islamic center. In most cases-Muslims attacked
their rivals after the Friday prayers, because the fiery sermons of the
Imam of the Mosque energize these fanatics. My questions here are-if Islam
and Mosque has nothing to do with terrorists then why they could not be
belonged to some other religious center such as Hindu Temple, Jewish Temple,
Buddhist temple or Christian church? Or why they could not be even the
members of some atheists/agnostic/ homosexual clubs?
11. Pure (Pukka) Muslims:all most
all the terrorists (John walker Lind, Zakaria Moussai, Padia etc.) so far
arrested or known to the authority are very pure and devoutly good practicing
bearded Muslims. Just last week, Swedish authority has arrested one suspected
terrorist from onboard an aircraft who attempted to hijack the plane and
crash it to the American Embassy in the Western Europe. Later he was identified
as the bearded young Tunisian born devout Muslim by the name Kerim shatty
who wanted to go to join the Islamic conference in London. My questions
are: Why they (terrorists) could not be from some moderate or not so good
Muslim group? Why always terrorist have to be one of those most devout
pukka Muslims? What possibly is the obvious indication here? Isn't it true
that any true followers (real Muslim who follows Quran and hadiths) of
Islam could be a terrorist?
12. Converts:we know conversion
to other religion is a common phenomenon throughout the world. Many people
convert to Islam, Christianity, Buddhism etc. My questions are why it is
only those Muslim converts turn into terrorists or Taliban (American Taliban,
Shoe-bomber and dirty bomber suspect-they all are converted Muslims)? Why
any other converts (Hindu or Christian) could not be a Taliban or terrorist?
13. Clash of immigrants with the
host:very recently, there were riots between the immigrant British citizens
and the host Britons. Surprisingly those immigrant British citizens were
none other than the Muslim immigrants (mainly Pakistani and Bangladeshi).
Britain has the immigrants from various countries and various religions.
My question here is why those rioting-immigrants could not be from any
other religions?
14. Dress code and food restriction:Do
you know Islam has a special dress code for both men and women? Islam is
nothing but Arab nationalism in the disguise of religion. Anybody from
any foreign land convert to Islam also needs to adopt/change his dress
and cultural habits, which is nothing but Arab national dress and Arab
culture. A devout Bangladeshi, Chinese or a Burmese convert to Islam will
pretend to be a good Muslim by wearing Arab garb or hijab for women, even
though his/her own national dress is not at all similar to Arab national
dress. Muslims also follow very strict food codes. Unlike other religious
groups, Muslims can not eat western most hygienically produced meat products.
Muslims need to eat so called un-hygienically produced halal meat. Convert
Muslims even need to learn Arabic for daily rituals of Islam. They are
not allowed to pray in their own mother tongue. Result is they do not know
what they are praying. But unlike Muslim convert, Hindu, Christian or Jewish
converts do not need to forsake their own national dress code or languages.
My questions here are why the converts of no other religions need to change
their own national dress code or food habits? Why Islam is so different?
15. Coercive imposition:Islam is
the only religion in which peoples are being forced/coerced to observe
Islamic daily rituals. In any Islamic paradise-like Saudi Arabia, Iran,
Talibani Afghanistan, or any other Islamic Arab countries-Islamic police
(Muttawalli) force general citizens to observe daily rituals very strictly.
Anybody who fails to obey is punished by beating severely or even by imprisonment.
Even in the moderate Muslim countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia,
Malaysia etc. Clergies, general public or the elders will repeatedly remind
or even force people to join the daily five time prayers/ rituals of Islam.
Anybody who do not join or refuse to join will be cursed, looked down or
insulted by the seniors.
16. Punishments for the crime: Punishments
for the crime (like stealing, adultery, killings etc.) in Islamic paradise
(Saudi Arabia, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan and many other Arab nations)
according to Allah's laws (Islamic Shariaat or hudud laws) are cutting/
chopping hands, feet and even chopping heads, or stoning death and lashings
one hundred and one times. My questions here are: could we find such ancient
uncivilized/draconian laws in any other religions today? If the answer
is no, then please tell us why?
17. Brotherhood in Islam: Islam
is the only religion having brotherhood or Ummatic provision. One muslim
is considered brother of another muslim only. A muslim can not be a brother
of Hindu, Christian or Jews or infidels. Muslims are forbidden even to
pray for any infidels. Therefore, Islam is like a large-scale religious
cult which does not recognize any other religion as pure religion. My question
here is why no other religious group has such separatist brotherhood system?
18. Islam and poverty:Poverty and
Islam goes side by side. Islam means submission to Allah. Therefore, general
muslims become like a dependent servant of unseen authority in the sky.
Muslims loose their strength and desire of freethinking and innovation.
Result is pure poverty. Look everywhere-muslims are the most poor human
beings on earth. Go to Africa or Asia-every muslim majority country is
a desperately poor country. Please don't try to cite some Arab oil-rich
countries as the denial to my assertion. Because, that happened only due
to the discovery of oil by the west-such as America and Britain. Before
that, all the Arabs were miserably poor country. Muslims are poor even
in a same country or region: In Nigeria-northern (Muslim majority) people
are poor, but southern (Christian majority) people are rich and affluent.
In Europe-only two most poor countries are Bosnia and Albania. Both of
these European countries are populated by convert Muslims of same Caucasian
white peoples. But they are poorer than their neighbors. My question here
is why it has to be always like that?
19. Muslim World:Do you know we
have two worlds in the same planet earth? One is the real world (with every
nation except the Islamic nations) and other is the Muslim world (with
all the Islamic nations only). Surprisingly, there is no Christian world,
no Hindu world or any Jewish world, Buddies world or infidel world. But
we have Muslim world. My question here is: why there is no Christian, Hindu,
Buddies or Jewish world?
20. Democracy:Democracy was invented
to establish people's rules to govern a nation. Entire mankind know it
well that no religious edicts/rules can be compatible with the modern democracy.
But do you know-Islamists make their laughable claim that, "Islam is compatible
with the democracy"? Islam is 100% incompatible with the democracy; even
then Islamists readily claim that-"Islam is compatible with democracy"!
My question here is: do we hear about Christian, Hindu or Jewish democracy?
21. September 11, Episode:America
and other nations of the entire world will remember Sept.11 as the most
terrible day of the human history and everybody will pass the day with
much sorrow and somber mood. But do you know there are some Islamic folks
(special human species) in Finsbury Park Mosque in north London who will
celebrate this horrible day as the "towering day" of Islam??? These Islamic
fanatics will hail/ applaud the Sept.11 devilish deeds of those al-Qaeda
heroes as the best deeds any Muslim can do. They will form the supreme
Islamic council of London and will vow to fight for making England an Islamic
Paradise. Their future plan will be to convert entire world including infidel
America into a perfect Islamic Paradise. My questions are: do we get to
see this kind of madness amongst any other religions? If not then why?
Please also consider the following:
============= Islam vis a vis other
religions ==============
--slam is the only religion which
has "Shariaat book" which plays the constitution to implement its political
agenda to a nation.
--Islam is the only religion which
holds that other religions must pay its
followers an extortionary tax (Jiziya
or poll-tax) in "humiliation."
--Islam is the only religion which
preaches that reform of its doctrine and
dogma to adapt to changing circumstances
is a grave sin ("bida")
--Islam is the only religion which
divides the world up into two spheres
Land of Warfare "Darul harb" (non-Islamic
nations) and "Darul Islam" (Land of Peace), and encourages the Land of
"Peace" to fight against the Land of Warfare until it is completely "subdued".
--Islam is the only religion which
expressly forbids separation of church (or
masjid) and state.
--Islam is the only religion which
extracts the death penalty from any of its
followers who wish to leave it (apostate)
-- a law which, again is unchangeable.
--Islam is the only religion which
holds up a single form of government -- a
non-democratic theocracy headed
by a Khalifa -- as the only legitimate form
of government allowable on earth.
--Islam is the only religion that
upholds an extensive code of jurisprudence
(unchangeable and barbaric and draconian
in many cases) that governs every aspect of human life, both spiritual
and temporal.
--Islam is the only religion that
largely forbids the free practice of other
religions in its midst.
Please consider also these facts:
--They can't get along with Christians
in Nigeria and Sudan
--They can't get along with Eastern
Orthodox in Eastern Europe
--They can't get along with Hindus
and Buddhists in Malaysia
--They can't get along with Hindus
in the Sub-Continent
--They can't get along with Buddhists
in Thailand and Burma
--They can't get along with Catholics
in the Philippines
--They can not get along with majority
Chinese in mainland China
--They can not get along with majority
Russian (Muslims in Chechnya) in Russia
--They can't get along with Jews
in the Middle East
--They can't get along with Coptic
Christians in Egypt
--They can't get along with Christians
in Indonesia
--They can't get along with Ba'hai
in Iran
--Shia and Sunni can't get along
with each other very well in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bahrain, etc.
--Sunnis can't get along with Ahmadis
on the Sub-Continent and want to exterminate them.
In some of these cases, the atrocities
are on both sides and there is plenty of blame to share by both sides.
Nevertheless, there is a pattern here that is very disturbing.
The phenomenon is best explained
by Huntingtons' "Clash of Civilisations." He claims:
* Islam has bloody borders and bloody
innards
* Islam has more trouble coexisting
with others than any other religion X-tianity was superior to Islam in
that it has a theological basis that allows to the possibility of change
(Jesus himself said, "Render under Caesar what is Caesar's, render unto
me what is mine." That statement was used by secularists to help bring
about separation of church and state, or at least mitigate the church's
influence on the political body.)X-tianity also was not set up as a political
state with its own set of detailed laws, etc. There were "Christian nations"
with some laws that were influenced by the Church, there was a Papal rule
for a while, but nothing was set in stone. The law as a result was fluid
and could be updated -- as it was by the Magna Carta.
Islam does not have the theological
basis for change. Secularism is strictly forbidden. Innovation ("bida")is
strictly forbidden. Muhammed was the Seal of the Prophets -- his word is
final. Itjihad is (now) forbidden. Islam was set up as a political state
with numerous complexes, detailed temporal laws, not just a few general
spiritual guidelines (as is the case with X-tianity.)
No theological basis for change.
And thus no theological "bridge" to allow us to get from Charles Martel's
world to Thomas Jefferson's world. 1. It is true that as late as 1648 ,
islam was more enlightened than Xtianity In the 30 year civil war between
catholics and protestants, numerous massacres and atrocities including
cannibalism was done
2. Xtianity had separation of church
and state, Jesus said Give unto Caesar what is caesar and give unto god
what is god
3. Jesus never did any violent act,
on the contrary he prevented the stoning of a woman
4. The intolerance in Xtianity and
islam is rooted in the old testament, The koran is a rehash of the old
testament, Mohammed was just as violent as Moses.
5. Due to item #2, #3, Xtian reformers
could claim to be devout Xtians and humanise it and eventually defang it
6. In islam there was a group called
mutazilites which tried to rationalize (Sufism) Islam and failed
7. Without Charles martel the west
would have been a backward islamic place
8. Since islam does not have items
#2 and #3, any reformer is killed as an apostate Internal reform in Islam
is impossible, it will have to be defanged externally
Conclusion:
I hope the true answers to the above
relevant questions should positively identify the reasons and facts, as
to, why we all should vigorously critiques and analyze the religion Islam.
I do not believe there is any other religion which can be compared with
the Islam today. Islam is positively an unique and most problematic religion
in the whole world today.
Scientists are investigating/researching
the current and emerging new diseases such as Aids, cancer, west Nile virus
disease, diabetes, obesity etc. Scientist do not research on the diseases
which are already controlled or subdued such as: Plague, Small pox, Cholera
etc. Like wise, we do not need to discuss religions such as Christianity,
Judaism, Hinduism or Buddhism which are controlled and subdued longtime
ago by the forces of secularism and democracy. Problem and maladies with
Islam is current and severely acute and dangerous today for the entire
civilization. Therefore, it is an open secret why we should discuss/ critique
only the Islam today. Does it ring the bell to all?
It is also true that fanatical atrocities
of any religions are as bad as the fanaticism of Islam. Besides, fanatics
of any religions could be equally cruel and demon possessed, and we should
critique fanatical acts of any religions. Recent atrocities of Hindu fanatics
in Guzrat, India also deserve criticism from us. But the Hindu fanaticism
was purely a local politically motivated sporadic incidence inside India
only, and unlike Islamic fanaticism, Hindu fanaticism was not a world-wide
phenomenon.
Lastly, let me throw an open challenge
to all Islamists: if any Islamists can answer my all or some of the above
questions, we promise, we will stop discussing/critiquing only Islam. That
is if you can give the parallel situations exists today in any other religion
also, then we will start discussing that devil also. I hope this deal is
quite fair for everybody!
