Islam has historically been the enemy of reason since its very inception. It is a bizarre syncretist heresy patched together by an evilly inspired lunatic out of bits of all the religions circulating in the Middle East during his day and used as a means of consolidating his military conquests. Since it was meant to subject the peoples (its very name means “subjection”), it was also opposed to reason and even opposed to art or musical expression.
It has since become the single most retrograde and violent force in the world, crushing civilizations and individuals. Pope Benedict identified the problem correctly, because its false ideology rejects not only reason, but the reality of the world outside of it. But it has always appealed to life’s losers because its fanaticism gives them power to crush other people far more advanced, successful and happier than they are. It is the power of darkness and spite; in short, the power of Satan, whose entire being is based on evil and jealous rage.
Allah = Satan.