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Submission, Marriage, Sex, and Slavery Part 6 of a Series on the Foundational Doctrines of Islam Islamic doctrine governing women is based on the principle of submission. As we have shown in the previous parts of this series, there is a sharp difference in the chapters of the Koran revealed in the first 13 years of Muhammad’s revelations in Mecca and the chapters revealed in Medina during the final 10 years of his life. The difference in the Meccan and Medinan chapters of the Koran was also a turning point for Islamic teachings on the role and status of women....

Part 5 on the Doctrinal Foundations of Islam In 1993, Harvard Professor of Political Science Samuel P. Huntington published an article in Foreign Affairs, based on his 1992 lecture at the American Enterprise Institute, entitled “A Clash of Civilizations.” In 1996, he published his expanded thesis in a bestselling book, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. Unfortunately, the political classes in the United States and Europe paid little attention to his work and thesis. The need for cheap oil, the lust for cheap-labor profits, and the emerging dominance of multiculturalist philosophies and rabid forms of diversity-engineering...

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...

Part 3 of a Series on the Foundations of Islam In the last two articles on the Foundations of Islam, I have pointed out that the violent coercion of Jihad is deeply embedded in its founding doctrinal texts: the Koran, the Hadiths, and the Sira. Far from being a religion of peace and tolerance, a huge portion of Islamic doctrine is devoted to Holy War, coercion, deception, and trickery against unbelievers, and that has been the Muslim pattern for 1400 years, because that was the example of Muhammad, 91 times called the perfect Muslim in the Koran. Muhammad is the...

Muhammad is the Golden Rule - Part 2 of a series Islam is defined by the words of Allah in the Koran and the words and actions of Muhammad in the Hadiths and the Sira. The Hadiths are collections of brief sayings, actions, and traditions of Muhammad. The Sira is the historical narrative of Muhammad’s life. The trilogy of the Koran, Hadiths, and the Sira defines Islam and is the basis of Sharia Law. The most important thing to realize about Islam and its foundational texts is that it is all centered on and about Muhammad. It is Muhammad who...

The Koran, Sira, and Hadiths – Part 1 of a series Islam is a total worldview, and Islamic Law is a legal system encompassing every aspect of Muslim life—religion, politics, government, war, criminal and civil law, business, family, food, dress, social, culture, absolutely everything. Sharia is the Arabic word for Islamic Law. Knowing some basic facts about Sharia is essential to understanding Islam. Just as the Bible is the foundational basis of Christian doctrines and teachings, the Koran is the most sacred foundational text of Islam. However, Islam has two other foundational texts that are considered by Muslims to be...