Huffington Post recently published an article titled “The Source of Muslim Extremism” authored by Mike Ghouse (described as “a speaker, thinker, and a writer” who “offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day”). He argues that all violence and intolerance committed “in the name of Islam is coming from a single source; the secondary books. The Quran is the only authentic book and we cannot go wrong with it. Until we reject those other books, we don’t have a prayer.”
Among these “secondary books” Ghouse identifies the Hadith, which contains the words and deeds of Islam’s prophet Muhammad: “As a first step towards fixing our problems, we need to rehabilitate the Hadith.” By this he means that any hadith not “compatible with the statements that God is just and the Prophet is a mercy to the mankind” are to be expunged.
“Let’s stick to the Quran, we simply cannot go wrong,” concludes Ghouse.
What to make of this argument?
First, it should be noted that it is not original to Ghouse; this position belongs to a small sect of reformist/heretical (depending on who you ask) Muslims known as “Quranists.” Their movement, Quranism, goes back decades with echoes even earlier. It holds “the Qur’an to be the only authentic source of Islamic faith. Quranists generally reject, therefore, the religious authority and authenticity of hadith, Sunnah, and reject traditional Sharia Law, with the assertion that they are false attributes to the Islamic Prophet Muhammed. This is in contrast to the Sunni, Shia and Ibadi doctrines, which consider hadith necessary for Islamic faith.”
The benefits of rejecting all textual sources but the Quran should be obvious. The corpus of Hadith literature is immense and seems to have something to say about every conceivable topic. Sahih Bukhari—the most authoritative collection which Muslims hold second to the Quran in legislative importance—is nine volumes of Muhammad’s words and deeds on countless topics of minutia. (Thus, “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘When you drink (water), do not breath in the vessel; and when you urinate, do not touch your penis with your right hand. And when you cleanse yourself after defecation, do not use your right hand.’”)
Many forms of appalling behavior—from drinking camel urine to “adult breastfeeding”—are justified by finding some reference in the Hadith. Although the Quran suggests that only Allah may torture with fire, a Sahih Bukhari hadith documents Muhammad using fire as a form of torture. Accordingly, the Islamic State referenced this hadith in their fatwa to justify burning a Jordanian pilot alive.
While Quranism resonates with the Western mentality—it’s simply the Islamic version of Protestantism’s sola scriptura—it is heresy in the Muslim world. Mainstream Muslim scholars, including so-called “moderates,” regularly and often denounce Quranists as apostates from Islam. They point out that Quran 33:2 commands Muslims to follow Muhammad’s example; and his example—his sunna, which 90 percent of the world’s Muslims, the Sunnis, are named after—is derived from the Hadith.
Of course, this is precisely why many lackadaisical Muslims (quietly) favor the elimination of the Hadith. As one more fervent cleric complained, based on the Quran alone, “much of Islam will remain mere abstract concepts without Hadith. We would never know how to pray, fast, pay zakah, or make pilgrimage without the illustration found in Hadith…”
Surely that is welcome news to lukewarm Muslims?
Unsurprisingly, then, Quranists are regularly persecuted and sometimes killed for their position: Rashad Khalifa, an eccentric Quranist, was found stabbed to death in Tucson in 1990; India’s Chekannur Maulavi disappeared in 1993 under “mysterious circumstances” and is believed to be dead; Egypt’s Ahmed Subhy Mansour was denounced by and fired from Al Azhar University, imprisoned, and finally exiled.
Still, of all strategies dedicated to creating a “moderate Islam”—most of which have no theological basis and are simply built on Western projections of itself onto Islam—Quranism is commendable in that it is at least methodologically viable.
Unfortunately, its thesis is built on a faulty premise: Even if every single Muslim was to reject the Hadith and other “secondary books,” that wouldn’t change the fact that the Quran is saturated with violent and intolerant teachings that need little supplementation from secondary literature.
Well over a hundred verses call for nonstop war, or jihad, on non-Muslims. If the “infidels” are beaten and refuse to convert to Islam, they must live as third class subjects and pay tribute “while feelingly humbled” (e.g., 9:29). The Quran also prescribes draconian measures—crucifixions, whippings, amputations, stonings, and beheadings—as punishments; and it requires the absolute subjugation of women (e.g., 4:34), with particularly devastating results for non-Muslim women.
In short, the first premise of Quranism—that “The Quran is the only authentic book and we cannot go wrong with it,” to quote Ghouse—may ease the daily life of the Muslim, but it brings no solace to the “infidel.”
[PJ Media]

j aranio says
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it requires the absolute subjugation of women (e.g., 4:34), with particularly devastating results for non-Muslim women.”
Could someone explain the strange case of barak hussein obama’s mother under two muslim husbands without converting to islam?
Mark Swan says
In short, the first premise of Quranism—that “The Quran is the only authentic book and we cannot go wrong with it,” to quote Ghouse—may ease the daily life of the Muslim, but it brings no solace to the “infidel.”
What an excellent point.
Thank You for this article Mr. Ibrahim.
salim says
The Quran is NOT AUTHENTIC at all. Its collection was motivated by politics and was not subjected to scientific scrutiny. We had differences in Quran books until 1924, when Al Azhar codified it. None of the earliest Quran manuscripts goes back to the time of Mohammed. The one in Cairo is only a thousand years old and is NOT complete. The manuscripts of Sanaa (Yemen) are different from the existing Quran. The finding of only one error in the Quran (a misplaced letter) is enough for Islam to collapse in an instance, which is why nobody speaks about this subject.
You cannot have a religion based on the Quran.
I was a Quranist for a short period after I discovered that Hadith books actually discredit islam, then I realised you got to be too idiot to accept the Quran as divine.
Corey W. Smith says
That’s an interesting point, I did not know that.
Ron says
Of course, being an idiot certainly helps, particularly when you consider the Koran is full of contradictions, hatred of unbelievers, sadism, violence, intolerance and calls to war.
What I find truly amazing is the fact that many Americans, Hillary Clinton among them, see absolutely op reason why people who subscribe to this barbaric faith cannot be good Americans.
Islam is not peaceful and never has been.
abbas says
saving Islam ????
++++++++++++
stop worrying about Islam and start worrying about yourself and your culture of wild pigs
Islam was / is fastest growing religion on earth see international religion studying organizations reports on it , Jew are no where and Christiane will be behind Islam till 2070 despite having 632 years ahead start and making it very very easy to follow , do eat , drink , wear , fuck ( gays , lesbians , swinger what ever )) just give your sins to Jesus ( a.s)
nowadays Christiane is more like all you can eat ( do) bouffe religion on account of Jesus ( a.s)
Islam is complete code of conduct for life
and every one on earth will be a Muslim before judgement day under the leadership of Jesus (a.s) and imam mahdi ( a.s) and its a Islamic prophecy
west colonized 52 nations but in long term it turned out to be very bad for west as there are more people from these colonies living permanently in west then western were ever temporarily living there as Pakistani , Indian , black people in west now
after ww2 west interfere in other countries internal matters and declared war on Islam by attacking more than 9 Muslim countries since 2001
but now they have never ending war on terrorism and unlimited refugees Crises on their hands and long term results look bad for West . proof is what JW threads always show , just disappointing news for infidels
Johan Elzinga says
Wow. So you claim that this code of conduct will eventually convince everybody? You can count me out! I have no need for a barbaric book, no matter how popular, that encourages people to behave in nasty ways. Of all that this God alledgedly created (btw I am an atheist) our own brain is amongst the most intricate, amazing gifts. Now all you should do is to use it well and check facts with it, before you make any claim. I suppose that you also still believe that the earth is flat, and perhaps that there is witchcraft.
linnte says
We will blow Islam off the globe before that happens, Abbas. Haahahahahaha! And I hope we start with the pagan Capitol Mecca. Islam is only the “fastest growing religion” because you are still counting the vast amount of Muslims who refuse to say openly that they have left Islam. And because you are having more children than non Muslims. It is not due to people converting to Islam. And all Western countries are figuring your Islam out and reading your death cult books, and we do not like them. BOOM! That’s what’s going to happen to Muslim countries.
Polls show 70% of Americans are voting for Trump. Aww shucks! There goes the plan to emigrate in the way of Allah for America. Over 300 million gun owners in this country and you can bet each and every one of them are target practicing with those old photos of Osama bin laden. Isn’t that what that prayer bump you have in your forehead for? A target?
bytheway says
My sentiments exactly linnte…☺
Klaas says
“Culture of wild pigs”? You mean Isis, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Sudan, Pakistan, etc. etc etc. ?
“there are more people from these colonies living permanently in west then western were ever temporarily living there” Well, perhaps that is because they understand where life is better?
“but now they have never ending war on terrorism” That’s because your evil religion commands terrorism.
“unlimited refugees Crises on their hands” That’s because refugees want to escape the horrors caused by Islam and partly because some of them are terrorists.
All the problems in the entire strip from North Africa to Indonesia, the leftovers of the Islamic caliphate, are entirely due to Islam. A thousand years ago you were ahead, after the conquest of the Byzantine and Persian empires. Some people even say it was a golden age. Now look what your religion has made of it. You could have turned this region into a shining example of civilization but instead it is now the open sewer of the planet. Do not try to blame this on colonization or other activities of the west. There is a lot of ground for to criticism, but the root cause of all your problems is islam itself. Whenever islamic countries get a chance to build a civilized society they fail.
The west intervened reluctantly and clumsily in Lybia and Syria, but those countries would have been a total mess anyway. I still remember images of Syrians and Libyans begging us for help. Next time the proper response is never to intervene when muslims are killing muslims. Unfortunately they also kill Cristians and Yazidi. Afghanistan and Iraq had a chance for a fresh start with even Sharia law in their constitution, but as could have been predicted, they messed it up. Even Turkey is falling back into islamic barbarism. Muslim countries only lead the world ranking when it comes to terrorism, lack of civil liberties and discrimination of women.
If muslims stop fighting there will be peace. If we stop fighting your filthy religion will destroy our civilization.
Angemon says
abbas posted:
“Islam was / is fastest growing religion on earth“´´
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/07/islam-fastest-shrinking-religion-in-the-world
vicki says
A highly immoral code of conduct dear friend!!
Vlad says
Abbas,
You are fucking dickhead! But of course you are already fully aware of this sad fact being a Muslime.
Muslimes have been killing/maiming/torturing each other ever since Mohamed (shit is upon him) has been doing it to other people.
When one reads this Koran Bullshit, Abbas, one has to wonder where your 2 operational brain cells are actually hiding? Muslimes are a bunch of idiots, but I suppose with nothing but all that sand and heat and camels piss to drink, the brain will wither and die. In case of Muslimes like yourself, no loss to humanity.
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Lets get our GOOD Parliamentarians to repeal Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination act, you know that bit of legislation introduced by Labor, that allows any arsehole to say “I am offended” by Islamophobia but you must like having your head cut off and stick your head on a spike for all to see.
Ron says
We in the West have, indeed, been fools. We have undermined foreign governments, started unnecessary wares, lied to our citizens and sought empire and world hegemony. But the greatest blunder we have made has been the assumption that anyone who subscribes to the tenets of Islam are really not bad people; they are just misled, and there is no reason why they cannot become good little democrats.
maghan says
“Fastest growing” because the world is full of stupid, illiterate, primitive-minded, very LOW IQ people. The average Muslim carries a very lightweight IQ of 69. What else? An intelligent person with a critical mind CANNOT really believe in Islam anymore than he/she could believe in Santa Claus.
abbas says
Montgomery Watt, Mohammad at Mecca, Oxford 1953, p. 52:
“His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his ultimate achievement – all argue his fundamental integrity. To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad.”
James A. Michener, ‘Islam: The Misunderstood Religion’ in Reader’s Digest (American Edition), May 1955, pp. 68-70:
“Muhammad, the inspired man who founded Islam, was born about A.D. 570 into an Arabian tribe that worshipped idols. Orphaned at birth, he was always particularly solicitous of the poor and needy, the widow and the orphan, the slave and the downtrodden. At twenty he was already a successful businessman, and soon became director of camel caravans for a wealthy widow. When he reached twenty-five, his employer, recognizing his merit, proposed marriage. Even though she was fifteen years older, he married her, and as long as she lived, remained a devoted husband.
“Like almost every major prophet before him, Muhammad fought shy of serving as the transmitter of God’s word, sensing his own inadequacy. But the angel commanded ‘Read’. So far as we know, Muhammad was unable to read or write, but he began to dictate those inspired words which would soon revolutionize a large segment of the earth: “There is one God.”
“In all things Muhammad was profoundly practical. When his beloved son Ibrahim died, an eclipse occurred, and rumors of God’s personal condolence quickly arose. Whereupon Muhammad is said to have announced, ‘An eclipse is a phenomenon of nature. It is foolish to attribute such things to the death or birth of a human-being.’
“At Muhammad’s own death an attempt was made to deify him, but the man who was to become his administrative successor killed the hysteria with one of the noblest speeches in religious history: ‘If there are any among you who worshipped Muhammad, he is dead. But if it is God you worshipped, He lives forever.'”
Michael H. Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc. 1978, p. 33:
“My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world’s most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level.”
Sarojini Naidu, the famous Indian poetess says – S. Naidu, Ideals of Islam, Speeches and Writings, Madaras, 1918
“It was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for, in the mosque, when the call for prayer is sounded and worshippers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when the peasant and king kneel side by side and proclaim: ‘God Alone is Great’… “
Thomas Caryle – Heros and Heros Worship
“how one man single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades?”
“…The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammed) are disgraceful to ourselves only…How one man single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades….A silent great soul, one of that who cannot but be earnest. He was to kindle the world; the world’s Maker had ordered so.”
Stanley Lane-Poole – Table Talk of the Prophet
“He was the most faithful protector of those he protected, the sweetest and most agreeable in conversation. Those who saw him were suddenly filled with reverence; those who came near him loved him; they who described him would say, “I have never seen his like either before or after.” He was of great taciturnity, but when he spoke it was with emphasis and deliberation, and no one could forget what he said…”
George Bernard Shaw – The Genuine Islam Vol.No.8, 1936.
“I believe if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring much needed peace and happiness.
I have studied him – the man and in my opinion is far from being an anti–Christ. He must be called the Savior of Humanity.
I have prophesied about the faith of Mohammad that it would be acceptable the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today.”
Johan Elzinga says
So what you are saying, essentially, correct me if Im wrong, is that you admire this Mohammed for bringing peace to tribes that are at war. I’m terribly sorry, but all I see today is angry mobs that are fighting other angry mobs, whilst they use this Koran and Hadith for their actions that are in no way cililized. Beheading a human being for leaving the faith – any fait- is something that I strongly condemn, this is an act of very stupid primitive believe, not of civilized people. I am sorry that so many people are lured to join those idiot mobs that would encourage such acts!
maghan says
The fool above is just another fool believing in the PC nonsensical fairy tales about Muhammad. OK, how about some people saying nice things about Hitler and Stalin? There are. One such is that “Hitler as socialist produced the people’s car–the VW”. Or “Stalin made the Soviet Union a great industrial power and brought peace and stability to the people”.
Roger7 says
Your book is a book of fairy tales. That is all it is. It is a manual for barbarism – -kill, murder and maim others into oblivion. That is what your book is.
Ron says
Did he not marry a six year-old child, rape her when she was nine, order the murders of those who dared ridicule him, execute hundreds of Jewish captives, own slaves, condemn unbelievers, order the deaths of unbelievers, conduct war, promote jihad, sat that unbelievers would spend eternity in hell, claim the inferiority of women and that they comprised the majority of hell’s occupant, recommend dhimmitude and mistreatment of unbelievers?
maghan says
Plus, this vile man raped the wives of war captives or those he robbed after murdering their husbands. Saffiyya bint Huyayy is one such generic case.
Jake Neuman says
For the destruction of Islam with just one immoral word, or immoral hadith or teaching of Sharia Law go to http://www.godofmoralperfection.com for KILLING PROPHET MUHAMMAD.
marina says
Very enlightening information about the horror i.e islam.
underbed cat says
It could only fool the infidels who have never peered inside the Quran ….and since they cannot change one word, and would be ineffective in changing outcome.
Kay says
Yes, as soon as I saw Huff Po put it out, I knew it would be a ridiculous argument.
(But I appreciated hearing the history of the movement here and what happened to some of those who had espoused it.)
abbas says
Montgomery Watt, Mohammad at Mecca, Oxford 1953, p. 52:
“His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his ultimate achievement – all argue his fundamental integrity. To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad.”
James A. Michener, ‘Islam: The Misunderstood Religion’ in Reader’s Digest (American Edition), May 1955, pp. 68-70:
“Muhammad, the inspired man who founded Islam, was born about A.D. 570 into an Arabian tribe that worshipped idols. Orphaned at birth, he was always particularly solicitous of the poor and needy, the widow and the orphan, the slave and the downtrodden. At twenty he was already a successful businessman, and soon became director of camel caravans for a wealthy widow. When he reached twenty-five, his employer, recognizing his merit, proposed marriage. Even though she was fifteen years older, he married her, and as long as she lived, remained a devoted husband.
“Like almost every major prophet before him, Muhammad fought shy of serving as the transmitter of God’s word, sensing his own inadequacy. But the angel commanded ‘Read’. So far as we know, Muhammad was unable to read or write, but he began to dictate those inspired words which would soon revolutionize a large segment of the earth: “There is one God.”
“In all things Muhammad was profoundly practical. When his beloved son Ibrahim died, an eclipse occurred, and rumors of God’s personal condolence quickly arose. Whereupon Muhammad is said to have announced, ‘An eclipse is a phenomenon of nature. It is foolish to attribute such things to the death or birth of a human-being.’
“At Muhammad’s own death an attempt was made to deify him, but the man who was to become his administrative successor killed the hysteria with one of the noblest speeches in religious history: ‘If there are any among you who worshipped Muhammad, he is dead. But if it is God you worshipped, He lives forever.'”
Michael H. Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc. 1978, p. 33:
“My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world’s most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level.”
Sarojini Naidu, the famous Indian poetess says – S. Naidu, Ideals of Islam, Speeches and Writings, Madaras, 1918
“It was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for, in the mosque, when the call for prayer is sounded and worshippers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when the peasant and king kneel side by side and proclaim: ‘God Alone is Great’… “
Thomas Caryle – Heros and Heros Worship
“how one man single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades?”
“…The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammed) are disgraceful to ourselves only…How one man single-handedly, could weld warring tribes and wandering Bedouins into a most powerful and civilized nation in less than two decades….A silent great soul, one of that who cannot but be earnest. He was to kindle the world; the world’s Maker had ordered so.”
Stanley Lane-Poole – Table Talk of the Prophet
“He was the most faithful protector of those he protected, the sweetest and most agreeable in conversation. Those who saw him were suddenly filled with reverence; those who came near him loved him; they who described him would say, “I have never seen his like either before or after.” He was of great taciturnity, but when he spoke it was with emphasis and deliberation, and no one could forget what he said…”
George Bernard Shaw – The Genuine Islam Vol.No.8, 1936.
“I believe if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring much needed peace and happiness.
I have studied him – the man and in my opinion is far from being an anti–Christ. He must be called the Savior of Humanity.
I have prophesied about the faith of Mohammad that it would be acceptable the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of today.”
Jack Diamond says
A fake Bernard Shaw quote is fitting for a fake, illiterate propagandist for a fake, illiterate prophet of doom.
With snakes in the head.
Klaas says
This GBS quote is indeed considered a fake. But I did find this quote by him in a letter from 1933 comparing Hinduism and Islam:
“Hinduism is so elastic and so subtle that the profoundest Methodist and the crudest idolater are equally at home in it.
Islam is very different, being ferociously intolerant. What I may call Manifold Monotheism becomes in the minds of very simple folk an absurdly polytheistic idolatry, just as European peasants not only worship Saints and the Virgin as Gods, but will fight fanatically for their faith in the ugly little black doll who is the Virgin of their own Church against the black doll of the next village. When the Arabs had run this sort of idolatry to such extremes [that] they did this without black dolls and worshipped any stone that looked funny, Mahomet rose up at the risk of his life and insulted the stones shockingly, declaring that there is only one God, Allah, the glorious, the great… And there was to be no nonsense about toleration. You accepted Allah or you had your throat cut by someone who did accept him, and who went to Paradise for having sent you to Hell.”
But why quote non-muslims from last century when the quran itself (even without the hadith) is crystal clear about Islam and Mohammed? Hatred of unbelievers, comparing Jews to apes and pigs, explicit calls to violence, beating of women, slavery and sex with slaves, and Mohammed’s unquenchable sexual appetite, always supported by Allah are just a few examples. The ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Jews in Medina is also in the quran, although this is harder to find without some help from the hadith.
Your own holy books describe Mohammed as an evil person. Please face reality and leave that religion.
maghan says
Living proof: the horrific exploits of ISIS. Latest: Burning people in vats of tar. Caliph Al Bagdhadi, that venerable and leaned icon of Islam, signs off on very single one of the horrifically ineffable crimes of Islam. Muhammad reincarnate.
Jack Diamond says
Islam has no sola scriptura, Qur’an 4:59 says “O ye who believe! Obey Allah [Quran], and obey the Messenger [Sunna], and those charged with authority among you [Tradition].”
Qur’an-only Muslims (a cause without a following) are one of many attempts to exonerate Islam by laying blame for “where it all went wrong” (violence, intolerance) anywhere but with the Qur’an and its author (where it belongs). “Where it all went wrong” itself is an apostate position. True Muslims know the death cult and human sacrifice system called Islam is the Right of allah…and the Point of it allah.
Jay Boo says
The Life of Muhammad must be quite embarrassing to Muslims.
I feel bad for abbas and his need for a spamathon.
MUSLIMS — Swim Parallel to shore and cling to the Quran.
The hadith is a RIPTIDE of disgrace with a powerful undertow.
No Muslim can face it head on in public and survive.
It is just too humiliating.
maghan says
So which is the most wicked book ever written?
Debi Brand says
From the men of knowledge, the elders and revered scholars in Islam, the following:
Read the rest of this post at: http://islamexposed.blogspot.com/2016/08/omar-siddiqui-mateen-obeyed-allah.html
Florida Jim says
Islam is a hateful religion bent on world rule it cannot stay in any free country only lost countries where the people are ignorant and kept in slavery.Caliphate, Sharia, Jihad,Taqiyya, beheading and dozens of other beliefs and followings of Islam make it unacceptable anywhere but with other Islamic people and soon they will hat one another it is their life-Hatred.There is not one happy and successful country that espouses Islam doesn’t that tell us all we need know?
Debi Brand says
“There is not one happy and successful country that espouses Islam doesn’t that tell us all we need know?”
Indeed, it tells us “smart folks,” we need to welcome and empower it here and abroad, it is a beautiful “religion,” wonderful, regard and praise worthy tenets in it, sadly, “hijacked” by a few radicals and “extremist.”
mortimer says
There are calls for violence and intolerant justifications for violence against non-Muslims on practically every one of nearly 6,666 pages of the Koran.
2/3 of the text of the Koran is the argument that disbelievers are perverse and that Allah commands Muslims to attack them.
The Koran is thus a troop motivator.
Dacritic says
Can anyone even make sense of the Quran if it weren’t for the context provided by the Hadith and the Sira?
Klaas says
Yes, I can.The bad verses stand out regardless of hadith and sira. “Kill them wherever you find them” is bad in any context. Or how about “It is not for a prophet to have captives [of war] until he inflicts a massacre”. The hadith and sira just make it even worse. Surah 59:5 about the cutting of palm trees may seem innocent at first, but it actually about a siege of a Jewish fortress.
Debi Brand says
Indeed, and in everyone of the cases you cite, those that penned the meaning of the verses, learned the meaning of the said verses by the words and deeds of the “prophet.”
For such reasons, for those who study the authoritative texts of Islam, they know, behind every chapter is somewhere provided the background behind the “revelation.”
Debi Brand says
“Can anyone even make sense of the Quran if it weren’t for the context provided by the Hadith and the Sira?”
Of course not.
For that reason, according to the authoritative texts, such was the, alleged, mission of the “prophet.”
Anyone who states the Qur’an absent the words and deeds of the “prophet” is a stand alone work is a liar. Anyone who makes such an assertion banks on abject ignorance of Islam in his audience. Buy virtue of the Qur’anic text it self.
As cited above:
http://islamexposed.blogspot.com/2016/08/omar-siddiqui-mateen-obeyed-allah.html
mortimer says
The Koran’s 164 Jihad Verses: K 002:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 003:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 004:071-072, 074-077, 084, 089-091, 094-095,100-104; 005:033, 035, 082; 008:001, 005, 007, 009-010, 012, 015-017, 039-048,057-060, 065-075; 009:005, 012-014, 016, 019-020, 024-026, 029,036, 038-039, 041, 044, 052, 073, 081, 083,086, 088, 092, 111, 120, 122-123; 016:110; 022:039, 058, 078; 024:053, 055; 025:052; 029:006, 069; 033:015, 018, 020, 023, 025-027, 050; 042:039; 047:004, 020, 035; 048:015-024; 049:015; 059:002, 005-008, 014; 060:009; 061:004, 011, 013; 063:004; 064:014; 066:009; 073:020; 076:008
maghan says
How does it stack up against the “Kampf ” book?