Posted on 02/06/2006 6:16:58 PM PST by perfect stranger
In this article I shall describe the Islamic Paradise or Jannat which was invented by Prophet Mohammed to bribe the Arabs into committing hedious crimes by promising them materialistic things which they couldn't obtain in the harsh desert. The paradise contains six important items: beautiful virgins, young boys, water, wine, fruits and wealth.
To prove my point I have taken verses from the Koran and quotes from the Hadiths.
Mohammed knew that sex would sell..
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Homosexuality was and is widely practised in Islamic conutries. To please the homosexuals among his followers he promised them pre-pubescent boys in Paradise.
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One of the major problems in the desert of Arabia was shortage of pure water. Mohammed knew very well that to the Arabians, fresh water was an item of luxury.
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Mohammed had to find more selling points besides virgins, young boys and plenty of water. What good would be of Paradise without rivers of wine for his followers? Wine was an extremely precious commodity in the dry deserts of Arabia where it was rare to find vineyards. Mohammed had a problem here- he had to include wine in his 'Paradise-Package' but how could he include it in the list when Allah had declared intoxicants as sinful.
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So far Mohammed has presented a very appetizing picture of Paradise, but then it struck him that sex is no fun on an empty stomach. Besides that one needs lots of nutrition in order to have the energy to perform with so many Houris and young boys. The prophet was an expert on this subject having honoured every one of his numerous wives and mistresses with a nightly visitation on one single night. Besides the only fruits he had ever gotten to taste in this life was some dates and dry pomegranates. So heaven had to be furbished with an inexhaustible supply of every variety of fruits.
This might explain some of the motivations, but not all of them.
Meet your 72 "virgins".
Bump for later reading.
There are a few more uglies to throw in there but I get your point. LOL
It seems the writer was speaking of sweet dessert grapes, not little boys.
Whether or not homosexuality was rampant in the Middle East at the time is totally irrelevant to whether or not such grapes are tasty.
Try this site for the latest news on where the koran really came from: http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=7025&eng=y
Thanks for the link. I'll read it.
Serious differences have been found between those Korans and modern versions.
http://www.shopmetrospy.com/cgi-bin/sc-v4/shopmecprod2.pl?client=shopmetro&catid=54&PRID=361
The cartoon that the Muslims are freaking out about is now available on a t-shirt. Help the effort in causing the Muslim rioters to only bring more ridicule upon their religion and buy a shirt!
From what I've heard about Arabic culture, I don't think so.
On my husband's last deployment the ported in the United Arab Emirates (sp). He said some of the local men offered him goods in trade for one of his young sailors. He was just out of his teens, very delicate looking with blonde hair and blue eyes. Lucky for the Seaman Recruit, they didn't trade him. But they joked on him for a long while after.
Ew. Yes, Seaman Recruit lucked out big time. Ye gads.
bttt
Very interesting read -- thanks for the link.
Well, I tried to find that original Newsweek article (referenced in your linked story), but both MSNBC and Newsweek websites have been scrubbed clean of any mention. (I know -- big surprise, right?) Additionally, Google doesn't have a cache of the page, and the Wayback Machine, although it has several crawled dates, has been similarly scrubbed.
I finally found the Newsweek article, "Challenging the Quran" by Stefan Theil. Here are two links:
http://www.vinnomot.com/BIPU/MEGHA/QuranCHALLENGING.htm
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmnew/is_200307/ai_kepm307669
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