Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Freedom and the Koran

My last post reminded me of another conversation during my visit to Tunisia. It was after the Arab Spring, when hopes of change were still sweeping the Middle East, and I was in a taxi driving past a large mosque. Pointing towards it, the driver said to me, "We all want freedom. Let those who want to pray go to the mosque, and let those who want to drink go to the bar."

"There's only one problem with that," I replied. "Muhammad said you can't go to the bar. As soon as people are drinking there, others will tell them that is not allowed."

As he thought about my comment I continued, "Freedom is the most important word in the world. But the Arabic word for freedom, al-huriyah, isn't mentioned in the Koran a single time."

I repeated this conversation the following day to a merchant in the Old Souk. "Of course Islam is not about freedom," he responded. "It is about al-faraid (obligations). Muslims are commanded to obey the orders of Allah. There is no freedom in Islam."

5 comments:

ctw said...

There is no any freedom in any real religion. Christians like to say God gave man free will, but most ways of exercising free will go against the church. Religion is about submission and obligation. Far from being criticism, these are two things that make religion so attractive.

aemish said...

What are religions without discipline? Your op-eds are increasingly immature it would seem.

aemish said...

I can only imagine the joy it would be to have you, a guest in my country as well as my cab, lecture me on my own culture.

Must be great being you lol..

Poor cabby!

Unknown said...

THIS IS MOHAMMEDANISM:


ISLAM TEACHES THAT RAPE IS ORDAINED OF ALLAH.

ALLAH & MOHAMMED SANCTIONED THE RAPE OF FEMALE CAPTIVES:

RAPE JIHAD:

Sahih Muslim Book 08. N 3371Marriage

Chapter: Al-Azl (incomplete sexual intercourse): Coitus Interruptus.

Abu Sirma said to Abu Sa'id al Khadri (Allah he pleased with him): O Abu Sa'id, did you hear Allah's Messenger (May peace be upon him) mentioning al-'azl? He said: Yes, and added: We went out with Allah's Messenger (May peace be upon him) on the expedition to the Bi'l-Mustaliq and took captive some excellent Arab women;

and we desired them, for we were suffering from the absence of our wives, (but at the same time) we also desired ransom for them.
So we decided to have sexual intercourse with them but by observing 'azl (Withdrawing the male sexual organ before emission of semen to avoid conception). But we said: We are doing an act whereas Allah's Messenger is amongst us; why not ask him?

So we asked Allah's Messenger (May peace be upon him), and he said: It does not matter if you do not do it, for every soul that is to be born up to the Day of Resurrection will be born.

REMEMBER:

ISLAM TEACHES THAT RAPE IS ORDAINED OF GOD

ALLAH & MOHAMMED SANCTIONED RAPE

Al-'Azl
Al-'Azl, (العزل) also known as coitus interruptus, is the practice of having sexual intercourse with a woman but withdrawing the penis before ejaculation. Apparently al-'Azl with female captives and slaves was a pretty important topic for Muhammad and his companions as evidenced by the abundance of Hadith material on the subject.

Practiced during Muhammad's lifetime & ALL OVER EUROPE TODAY

Unknown said...

THE SEALED NECTAR OF MOHAMMEDANISM.

THE PERFECT MUSLIM
And surely thou hast sublime morals
(Surat Al-Qalam 68:4).

Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah an excellent exemplar
(Surat Al-Ahzab 33:21).

Muslims believe that the Koran is the eternal word/laws of god to acts as a divine guidance for mankind about how to live a moral, righteous life. Prophet Muhammad, the highest perfection of human life and the prototype of the most wonderful human conduct in Islamic belief, emulated the guidance of Allah perfectly.

Muhammad fantasized about baby Aisha before soliciting her from her father

Sahih Bukhari 9.140 Narrated 'Aisha:

Allah's apostle said to me, "you were shown to me twice (in my dream) before I married you. I saw an angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said to him, 'uncover (her),' and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), 'if this is from Allah, then it must happen.


Muhammad, 50, marries baby Aisha at age 6

Sahih Bukhari volume 5, book 58, number 234

Narrated Aisha: the prophet engaged (married) me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, um ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me.


…….she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some ansari women who said, "best wishes and Allah's blessing and a good luck." then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah's apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age.


Bukhari vol 8, bk 73, no 151

Narrated 'Aisha: I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the prophet, & my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the prophet would call them to join & play with me. (the playing with the dolls & similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-bari page 143, vol.13)