La Quran, Part III

The third installment.

Sura 2, v. 62, "Those who believe in the Quran, and those who follow the Jewish scriptures, and the Christians and the Sabians -- any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve."

That sounds nice. But it doesn't say "nor shall they pay the tax on unbelievers (jizzyah) and be social equals to Muslims. And in fact, they did and they weren't. But this is an early Sura before the Jews and Christians rejected Mohammed. He has other words for them later.

But, jeez, you ask, how can the infallible word of God say two different things about Jews and Christians?

Sura 2, v. 106, "None of Our revelations do we abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but We substitute something better or similar: know you not that Allah has power over all things?"

Mohammed had been accused of changing things even this early on, or forgetting verses. His answer? God "substitutes" better verses. That's how he can be nice-nice to Jews and Christians early on, and then order people to fight them incessantly later.

Sura 2, v. 116, "They say, 'Allah has begotten a son': Glory be to Him -- No, to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: everything renders worship to him."

This is one of the passages that makes me wonder how Allah and the Christian God can possibly be the same being. The Christian God says "This is my Son, in who I am well pleased." The Muslim God says, "Whoa, not my kid!" They can't possibly be the same, now can they? So, if they're not the same, then only one of them is actually God, right? And the other one claims to be God, but isn't, and therefore is ... what? Lying? Hmm. Who would lie about a thing like that? I can't imagine.

Yes, you're catching my drift.

In my upcoming posts I intend to keep them to a single coherent thread rather than bouncing around like this, but the Koran itself bounces around incoherently like this so some of this can't be helped.

Salaam. Oh , and if you're female and not wearing a giant black bedsheet, don't go anywhere near a Muslim man. (See the Stupid Fatwah below)

Here's a recent photo of a Muslim man when a woman not wearing a large black bedsheet walks past him: