Until the advent of materialism and 19th c. dogma, Western Civilisation was superior to anything Islam had developed. Islam has not aided in the development of the modern world; in fact civilisation has only been created in spite of Islam. Proof of this resides in the 'modern' world and the unending political-economic and spiritual poverty of Muslim states and regions. Squatting on richer civilisations is not 'progress'. Islam is pagan, totalitarian, and irrational.
Suras 2 to 10 comprise 134 pages of the Koran or fully 32% of the book. This first third of the Koran contains 1466 verses. No less than 348 of these verses, or 24% of the total preach violence against the Infidel. Don't worry the rest of the book is no better - more on that later. Violence is defined as:
1 a : exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse (as in warfare effecting illegal entry into a house)b : an instance of violent treatment or procedure
2: injury by or as if by distortion, infringement, or profanation: outrage
3a : intense, turbulent, or furious and often destructive action or force <the violence of the storm>b : vehement feeling or expression : fervor; also : an instance of such action or feeling c : a clashing or jarring quality : discordance
4: undue alteration (as of wording or sense in editing a text)
|
Sura |
Total Verses |
Number of Verses of violence against the Infidel |
% of violent verses of the total |
|
2 |
286 |
42 |
15% |
|
3 |
200 |
54 |
27 |
|
4 |
176 |
49 |
30 |
|
5 |
120 |
42 |
35 |
|
6 |
165 |
24 |
15 |
|
7 |
206 |
37 |
18 |
|
8 |
75 |
33 |
42 |
|
9 |
129 |
52 |
40 |
|
10 |
109 |
15 |
14 |
|
Total |
1466 |
348 |
24% |
Moslems can't make the argument that the other 75% is centred upon an ethical program of free-will, tolerance and inter-faith harmony. None of these attributes can be found anywhere in the Koran including the only 2 passages that the multi-cult can quote namely Sura 109 and 2:256. See here here and here for refutations of the claims that either Sura is about the Golden Rule or tolerance. The rest of the 75% of the text which is not dealing with 'punishing' the 'wrong doers and criminals', is busy with demands of submission and cult obedience to both Muhammad and Allah [are they the same?]. It is rather clear that if 25% of the first 1466 verses preach violence, hate and jihad against the Infidel [Jihad or the call to war has many names in the Koran, it is simply untrue that the Koran does not advocate Jihad – see here for an example], that we have a document of power and aggression, not one concerned with humanism, free-will, piety, and faith through reason and understanding including the use of a Golden Rule. None of these characteristics can be found anywhere in the Koran.