from the site : Religion of Peace Allah Himself Prevents Non-Muslims from Understanding It would make no sense if Allah gave the people that he hates an opportunity to avoid his wrath. The Qur'an says that Allah deliberately puts obstacles in the way of unbelievers to keep them from accepting the truth: If Allah wished, he could provide guidance to every soul: If We had so willed, We could certainly have brought every soul its true guidance (_32:13_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/032.qmt.html#032.013) )
Allah Actually Causes Non-Muslims to Sin Not content with merely preventing unbelievers from knowing the truth (which is enough to condemn them to Hell) the Qur'an says that a hateful Allah also causes unbelievers to commit the very sin that he will later punish them for: And if Allah please He would certainly make you a single nation, but He causes to err whom He pleases and guides whom He pleases; and most certainly you will be questioned as to what you did (_16:93_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/016.qmt.html#016.093) ) Although Satan tempts Muslims, it is Allah himself who causes unbelievers to err. …and whomsoever Allah causes to err, you shall not find a way for him. (_4:143_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/004.qmt.html#004.143) , see also _4:88_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/004.qmt.html#004.088) ) The Qur’an Says that Non-Muslims Should Not be Taken as Friends Given that Allah hates non-Muslims to the extent that he would prevent them from knowing the truth, cause them to err and then condemn them to eternal torture for their unbelief and misdeeds, it would make little sense if he intended Muslims to treat unbelievers by the same standards that they treat each other here on earth. The Qur’an says that no true Muslim would ever love anyone who resists Islam, even if it is a family member: Thou wilt not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who resist Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. (_58:22_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/058.qmt.html#058.022) ) There are at least nine places in the Qur’an where believers are warned not to befriend non-Muslims: O ye who believe! Take not for friends unbelievers rather than believers: Do ye wish to offer Allah an open proof against yourselves? (_4:144_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/004.qmt.html#004.144) ) In fact, anyone who does take a non-Muslim as a friend could be accused of being an unbeliever as well: O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk. (_5:51_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.051) ) Muhammad said that unbelievers have it out for Muslims. They may appear harmless or friendly, but, in reality, they harbor corruption and evil intentions: O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your ranks: They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: Rank hatred has already appeared from their mouths: What their hearts conceal is far worse (_3:118_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/003.qmt.html#003.118) ) For the Unbelievers are unto you open enemies (_4:101_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/004.qmt.html#004.101) ) As for them, they are but plotting a scheme (_86:15_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/086.qmt.html#086.015) ) Those outside of Islam are really helpers of evil against Allah: The Misbeliever is a helper (of Evil), against his own Lord! (_25:55_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/025.qmt.html#025.055) ) Instead of befriending non-Muslims, the Qur'an encourages hostility. Muslims are ordered to fight unbelievers: O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty. (_9:123_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.123) ) The Qur’an tells Muslims that they will spend eternity laughing at unbelievers (_83:34_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/083.qmt.html#083.034) ) and mocking their suffering as they are tortured in Hell: And the dwellers of the garden will call out to the inmates of the fire: Surely we have found what our Lord promised us to be true; have you too found what your Lord promised to be true? They will say: Yes. Then a crier will cry out among them that the curse of Allah is on the unjust. (_7:44_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/007.qmt.html#007.044) ) – Muhammad got an early start on this by personally mocking his dead enemies following the Battle of Badr (Ibn Ishaq 454) One does not befriend those over whose suffering they will later rejoice, nor does it make any sense that Muslims would befriend those whom the Qur'an labels "enemies of Allah" by virtue of their unbelief. The Qur’an Says that Other Religions are Cursed by Allah _Buddhists_ (http://markedmanner.blogspot.com/2007/03/thailand-muslims-kill-9-buddhist-injure.html) in Thailand, _Jews_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_bus_2_massacre) in Israel, _Christians_ (http://www.christiantoday.com/article/shock.as.three.christian.school.girls.in.indonesia.are.beheade d/4397.htm) in Indonesia, _Hindus_ (http://forums.civfanatics.com/archive/index.php/t-169451.html) in India... Why is Islam at war with every major world religion, when none of these religions are at war with each other? Part of the reason is that the Qur’an is specific about the inferiority of other faiths (see _48:28_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/048.qmt.html#048.028) ) and the hatred that Allah harbors for their people. Although it is common for Muslims to become upset about anyone “insulting” their religion, here is what the Qur’an says about Jews and Christians: The Jews call Ezra a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! (_9:30_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.030) ) (See also Bukhari _8:427_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/008.sbt.html#001.008.427) ), one of the last things Muhammad ever said on his deathbed was "May Allah curse the Jews and Christians.”) The Qur’an specifically addresses Christians, Jews, Polytheists (Hindus) and atheists: Christians are blasphemers (_5:17_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.017) , _5:73_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.073) ) who have invented a lie about Allah (_10:68-69_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/010.qmt.html#010.068) ) by ascribing partners to Allah (ie. the Trinity). Inventing a lie about Allah is the worst of sins (_7:37_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/007.qmt.html#007.037) , _29:68_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/029.qmt.html#029.068) ) and for this reason Christians are condemned to Hell (_10:70_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/010.qmt.html#010.070) ). Although one (early Medinan) verse seems to say that righteous Christians will go to heaven, this is abrogated by later verses that make it very clear that Christians must cease being Christian (ie. reject the Trinity) or suffer eternal torment for their beliefs (_5:72-73_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.072) ). Jews are also cursed by Allah (_5:13)_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.013) , in one of his final pronouncements. The Qur’an goes on to assure Muslims that Jews are wicked (_4:160-162_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/004.qmt.html#004.160) ) – so wicked, in fact, that they have somehow managed to do the impossible (_18:27_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/018.qmt.html#018.027) ) and alter the word of Allah (_2:75_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/002.qmt.html#002.075) ). Jews are “fond of lies” and “devour the forbidden” (_5:42_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.042) ). The Qur’an assures believers that Jews and Christians have “diseased he arts” (_5:52_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.052) ). Allah even takes credit for the enmity between them (_5:14_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.014) ). Only Jews and Christians who submit to Islamic subjugation and pay the Jizya are protected in this world (_9:29_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.029) & Ibn Ishaq 956). Hindus are polytheists. Although Muhammad didn’t know any Hindus (and neither did Allah, apparently) the Qur’an still manages to lay the groundwork for the 1000 year ethnic cleansing campaign against the Hindu people that is estimated to have taken tens of millions of innocent lives. In Islam, polytheists are worse than all other religion. Those who join idols (_14:30_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/014.qmt.html#014.030) ) or false gods (_11:14_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/011.qmt.html#011.014) ) to Allah also invent a lie about Him (_29:17_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/029.qmt.html#029.017) ) and will burn in Hell. Even believing in other divine entities along with Allah is an unforgivable crime (_4:48_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/004.qmt.html#004.048) , _40:12_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/040.qmt.html#040.012) ). Atheists believe in no god, which is even worse than believing in the wrong one (Muhammad and his successors had atheists put to death - Bukhari _84:57_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/084.sbt.html#009.084.057) ). Merely questioning the existence of Allah is a testament to one’s impiety (_25:21_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/025.qmt.html#025.021) ), even as Muslim narcissim is encouraged in the Qur’an. Muhammad always answered probing questions merely by telling the inquiring party that they would go to Hell if they didn’t believe in him (_36:49-64_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/036.qmt.html#036.049) ). The Qur'an discourages Muslims from intellectual inquiry (_5:101-102_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.101) ). Anyone who gives up his [ Muslim ] religion is a “perverted transgressor” (_3:82_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/003.qmt.html#003.082) ). Perverted as well is anyone who denies Allah (_40:63_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/040.qmt.html#040.063) ) or does not believe Muhammad (_2:99_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/002.qmt.html#002.099) ). Freedom of conscience does not exist in Islam. Muhammad clearly prescribed the death penalty for apostates (Bukhari _52:260_ (http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/052.sbt.html#004.052.260) ). -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
