Foundations of Islamic Reason

The Tribune Papers ^ | May 11, 2016 | Mike Scruggs

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Part 4 of Series on the Foundations of Islam

Understanding the Ethical Dualism of the Koran

The Koran, although supposed to be perfect, contains many contradictions, where Allah apparently changes his mind. Muslim clerics allow this as his divine prerogative, but the Koran itself gives a rule to cover these contradictions and changes of mind. It is called the Rule of Abrogation, which is extremely important in interpreting the Koran.

Whatever was said last is true, and the earlier verse is “abrogated” or cancelled.

The Meccan chapters are filled with verses condemning unbelievers (kafirs) to hell, while entreating them to conversion by peaceful means. Muhammad ran into strong religious and political opposition by three Jewish tribes in Medina. Thus the Medinan chapters resorted to force to convert unbelievers, offering the choice of conversion, humiliating subservience and unbearable taxes, or death, unless they could flee.

Basically, all the “peaceful” verses of the Meccan chapters of the Koran have been abrogated by the Medinan verses. All the Jihadic verses for Holy War are in the Medinan chapters.

Meccan verses of the Koran are used to deceive when Muslims are weak or are secretly preparing for Jihad. Medinan verses justify brutal coercion, sexual assault, atrocity, terrorism, and full scale Jihad to get their way, when they are strong. Meccan verses are used to deceive the West that Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance, when actually Islam is among the most violent and intolerant ideologies. In operational terms, Islam is much like Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals and Marxist and Nazi doctrines that consider whatever advances their ideology to be right and truth, and evil to be whatever opposes them.

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I don’t believe that an education in Islam, the Koran and the ways of Muslims is entirely necessary unless you’re planning on the possibility of someday having to resort to maintaining the appearance of being a devout enough Muslim to avoid having your head cut off by an Islamic extremist.