Absolutely dead-on. I have a christian friend from Lebanon who speaks Arabic who has told me that the English translation of the Koran does not do justice to it's true meaning. He is convinced that this book is inspired by satan. While that may be an expression of his fanciful musings, I dunno. Sounds about right, especially when you hear of the passages as mentioned here, whether they translate the idioms correctly or not.
Whatever the case, I come down on the side of those who say that this so-called religion is evil, and it's adherents need our prayers and pity. They follow a false prophet to their doom, either here or in the next world.
teresa
A lot of us have been convinced of that, for very a long time. I have no doubt who it was inspired by.
Your friend is correct that there are sanitized translations of the Quran out there.
As a matter of fact in many countries the people only hear the Quran read in Arabic, which is a foreign language to them.
http://www.prophetofdoom.net/
When one has done a journey into one-self and one has had just a glimpse into the corruption of ones own heart, one cries out like Paul"Oh who will deliver me from this body of death?"
The seduction of the male psyche by Islam can be enormously subtle as it gives legitimacy to everything that Judeo-Christianity finds evil and corrosive to the human soul. As long as you don't attack fellow Muslims(Satan's kingdom should not be divided you know), you are free to break all the commandments on infidels because until they convert, infidels are lower than dirt! Women are nastily treated probably related to the grudge Satan has against women in general.
Knowing my own sinful side, Islam is seductive. What power I can hold over my house-hold...what evil things I could do to women, and my male Islamic compatriots would support me in my vices...after all they are condoned and even approved by Allah himself! Like Gollum's "precious" I would throw off all restraints to hold Islam's evil next to my heart...but in the dark depths I hear the voice of reason...that love of Christ that holds me back from ultimately destroying myself...
The sexual sadism encouraged by Islam belies a feminine demonic influence(Satan of couse is behind it all). Jezebel would have been acquainted with it despite the male mask Islam wears! These males who practise it have been seduced by it, not merely practising it out of conviction of its truth.... the promises of never ending sex and power are its principle narcotics. Only a spiritually vital society can ever hope to keep Islam in check...its seductive power for corruption can not be underestimated....for proof, look at the explosive growth of Islam among black American males who were totally bereft of any Christian role models in their childhoods in the form of decent dads. Islam gets introduced to them in the prisons and suddenly they have a direction in which to focus their criminality (with the blessings of Allah)the white infidel west!).