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Muslim apologists claim that those who call Islam a violent religion take the Qur’an and Hadith out of context. But the Qur’an and Hadith say otherwise …

By Mark Durie, Gatestone Institute – “Recently, the journalist Paul Sheehan, reflecting on the Woolwich beheading of Drummer Lee Rigby, invited consideration of the view of Muslim violence in authoritative Islamic texts. In the Sydney Morning Herald of May 27, 2013, Sheehan observed that the Koran and the teachings of Muhammad seem to be a factor behind Muslim violence, and offered these critical observations:

• Many violent attacks on civilians are done in the name of Islam.
• The existence of violent Islamic sectarian conflict and the repression of religious dissent in Muslim nations give the lie to the ‘absurd claim’ that Islam is ‘the religion of peace.’
• Many verses in the Koran call for violence against unbelievers, and these are invoked by Muslims who murder others: ‘So many Muslims have been encouraged to murder civilians by such exhortations that the rate of violent incidents perpetrated in the name of Islam is staggering, a toll that shows no sign of subsiding.’

A rejoinder was published the next day by Associate Professor Mohamad Abdalla, founding director of the Islamic Research Unit at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Abdalla rejected the proposition that Islam supports killing innocent people: ‘A contextual reading of the Koran or Hadith leads to one conclusion only: there is no justification for killing of innocent people…’

Sheehan, while affirming that ‘Most Muslims are peaceful,’ did not say that Islam is the only factor behind Muslim violence, and he did not claim that the killers’ interpretations of religious texts were the only valid interpretation. He also nowhere used the label ‘innocent’ to characterize victims of Muslim violence; and he did not claim that Islam supports killing ‘innocent’ people. His point was simply that, according to some Muslims, violent verses in the Koran contribute to Muslims behaving violently.

Why did Abdalla introduce the word ‘innocent,’ and do his arguments have credibility?

Abdalla’s key point is that seemingly violent texts from Islam’s canon have to be read ‘in context.’ He explains that to put the Koran ‘in context,’ one must at least consider the following five factors:

• the context in which verses were ‘revealed’ to Muhammad;
• the principle of ‘abrogation’;
• other passages which address the same subject;
• the life of Muhammad, and
• the way the verse has been applied [by Muslim scholars].

Abdalla claims that Sheehan is not competent to pass judgement on the Koran because he lacks such knowledge. He also states, but offers no evidence to support the allegation, that taking ‘context’ into account will result in a more moderate interpretation of these sacred scriptures.

Taking context into account, however, can actually make a ‘peaceful’ verse quite nasty, and a violent verse even worse. There is nothing about ‘context’ that makes it a magic wand to render peaceful and harmless every text over which it is waved. Context is neither a silver bullet against violent texts, nor is it a disinfectant for theological unpleasantness.

It also needs to be understood that radical jihadis themselves use a contextual model to interpret the Koran: they do not simply rely on context-free interpretations or on proof-texts — quotes taken out of context to support an argument. The Bin Ladins of the world — and theologians such as Sayyid Qutb who paved the way for them — have been more than familiar with interpretive tools such as the ‘context’ of revelation, ‘abrogation,’ or the life of Muhammad. Such subjects are on the curriculum in the jihad factories.

What is disappointing about Abdalla’s article is that the very texts he refers to Read more…

And according to Mr. Abdelbadie, the way the girl was dressed apparently overpowered his Islamic will. In other words, it’s the child’s fault …

“The worst sin and distraction from virtue that I have left for man is woman” – Prophet of Islam, Mohammed, Sahih Al Bukhari, 5096

By David Wood, Answering Islam – “Omar Abdelbadie was born in Egypt, but has lived in the United States for the past eight years. He is currently studying Neurobiology at the University of Washington. In his free time, he volunteers with CAIR-Washington, promotes interfaith unity as Vice-President of Bridges (the University of Washington’s Interfaith Council), and walks the streets looking for little girls to ply with drugs and take back to his apartment. The only silver lining to this dark cloud of perversion is Abdelbadie’s unnamed friend, who called police after realizing that a sex-crime had just been committed. (If this friend happens to be Muslim, I tip my hat to him, for living a far better life than some of his Muslim brothers across the Atlantic have been living.)

Of course, perverts can come from all sorts of backgrounds. The point here, however, is that Muslim preachers keep telling us that Islam is the solution to Western immorality. With so many recent cases of Muslim pedophiles targeting little (non-Muslim) girls, I’d say that Muslim preachers have lost the right to tell us what Islam can do for the West. When a religion glorifies a man who had sex with a nine-year-old girl, allows its adherents to rape female captives, and calls anyone who rejects the religion ‘the worst of creatures’ (Qur’an 98:6), it will never benefit societies with large populations of unbelievers…

Washington—A University of Washington student accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl he picked up in the University District has been charged with child rape.

Currently free after posting bond, UW Senior Omar Abdelbadie is alleged to have plied the girl with marijuana, brought her back to his apartment and had sex with her hours after they met. Abdelbadie, a 22-year-old originally from Bellevue, was described by prosecutors as a threat to community safety, despite his lack of a criminal history.

“The defendant is a danger to children given the circumstances of this crime where he met a 12 year old girl on the street, exposed her to marijuana, and took her to his home, where they had sexual intercourse,” Senior Deputy Prosecutor Carol Spoor said in court papers…

According to charging papers, Abdelbadie told police he met the girl walking near University Avenue and claimed she was dressed “provocatively.”

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Perhaps he was merely seeking “honest wedlock” in his own perverted way. After all, Mohammed could “marry” and molest a child, and this “highly respected” follower of the prophet does have “an excellent example to follow” himself …

Qur’an Sura 4:24a, “And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for you. Lawful unto you are all beyond those mentioned, so that ye seek them with your wealth in honest wedlock …”

Qur’an Sura 33:21, “Indeed in Allah’s Messenger (Mohammad) you have an excellent example to follow for him who hopes in (meeting with) Allah and the Last Day…”

Lancashire Telegraph – “A 40-YEAR-OLD religious teacher has appeared in court charged with indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 13.

Suleman Maknojioa faces five allegations that he intentionally sexually touched the girl, who was receiving private tuition from him.

Blackburn magistrates were told the assaults were alleged to have taken place in front of two other children, who were also being taught by Maknojioa.

Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said that on the day he was arrested, Maknojioa, a highly-respected Hafiz, was due to teach 30 children at a Blackburn mosque.

Maknojioa, of Billinge Street, Blackburn, pleaded not guilty to all five charges, and was directed to stand trial at Preston Crown Court, where he is due to appear on July 10.

He was remanded on bail with the conditions that he does not have any unsupervised contact with, or teach any child under the age of 16.

Maknojioa was also told to surrender his passport, and told he must not contact witnesses.

He was also ordered to report to the Boulevard police station twice a week.” Source – Lancashire Telegraph.

1 Timothy 4:1, 3a, “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons… They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods …”

Qur’an Sura 5:3, “Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked a name other than that of Allah.”

The Smoking Gun – “A Pennsylvania man allegedly threatened to kill his mother because he believed she tried to ‘poison’ him by serving pork, ‘which was against his Muslim religion,’ investigators report.

Joshua Lee Coffey, 25, confronted his mother Sherri last week in the family’s home in St. Marys, a central Pennsylvania city.

Coffey accused his mother of ‘attempting to poison him,’ noting that ‘the meat he was given to eat was pork, which was against his Muslim religion,’ according to a probable cause affidavit. A criminal complaint alleges that Coffey ‘did threaten to kill his mother…due to his displeasure with the dinner served to him.’

During the ensuing argument, Coffey allegedly threatened to kill his mother and her boyfriend (with whom she had been eating dinner in her bedroom).

At one point, Coffey went to the kitchen and retrieved a 10-inch kitchen knife. He then returned to the bedroom and ‘held the knife in a threatening manner,’ prompting his mother to ‘flee out the window of the bedroom onto the roof.’ Sherri Coffey subsequently called 911 and then went to a neighbor’s home to await the arrival of officers.

According to cops, Coffey held the knife to the throat of Mark Blair, his mother’s boyfriend, and threatened to kill him if his mother called the police.” Read more.

Flashback: The Dangers of Eating Pork

• Pork Products And Saliva Leave British Muslims Fearing For Their Lives
• Muslim Care Home Owner Bans Pensioners from Eating Bacon Sandwiches
• France: Muslim Men Attack 23-Year-Old Man … For Eating A Ham Sandwich
• France Producing Halal Toothpaste, Imam Will Ensure It Is 100% Pork Free
• Germany: Turkish MP Beaten in Berlin Restaurant Owned by Muslims for Ordering Pork Sausage During Ramadan