It is claimed that Muhammad is the last and the greatest prophet, and the Quran is said by Muslims that it is the true inerrant word of God. My question is: why are so many Islamic countries, who live and have the benefits of Muhammad's teaching and the Quran, barbaric, backward in several aspects, brutal (particularly to women), badly bureaucratic (with so much corruption, economic mismanagement, nepotism, fraud) and bad governed.
So many Muslims seem to be proud of their religion but not proud of the way it is practised in Islamic states and majority Muslim lands. They are often eager to leave these lands for Western countries. One might argue it is mainly for economic reasons, but there are others because their own countries, under Islam, are a mess, mucked up. There is high unemployment and unstable working conditions (dreadful health and safety practices). Some would even admit the the criminal justice systems of Western civilization is far superior to what they have experienced in the Islamic world. Some are here as a result of Shia/Sunni tensions and troubles.
Life is far preferable in England, Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada because they have a much greater freedom from forms of persecution, and they can live a better life, a prosperous life, one with a much higher standard of living.
The treatment of women is some Islamic countries is beyond the comprehension of Western women. FGM, oppressive dress codes, restrictions in movement and travel, driving and employment, status (being taught that women are inferior and of less value than men) and a whole host of difficulties results in women coming to the West and not wanting to return home to a miserable Islamic way of life.
Now I know that not all Muslims agree with the restrictions and these regimes, but the track record of violence, jihadism etc. should be addressed.
No mainstream Islamic school of the religion has to my knowledge ever condemned jihad, though Muslims may have condemned certain acts of terrorism. But the prevalance of Islamic terrorism or terrorism in the name of Islam needs to be addressed.
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The success of Islam depends upon keeping Muslims in fear. Fear of being banished to hell by Allah if they don't follow the requirements of the Quran; fear of being killed if they abandon their faith, etc.
The translation of the Quran into English and other languages has brought to light many of its inconsistencies and falsehoods. Mohammed evidently heard stories about Jesus from unreliable sources, and being illiterate he was unable to distinguish between fables and the truth. One example is the reference to Jesus making birds out of clay. But much more importantly Mohammed denied the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus, based on what he had heard from heretical Christians who taught that it only appeared that Jesus was crucified.
David Wood and others have also raised a major dilemna for Islam, as the Quran states in several places that Jews and Christians should follow the scriptures which were revealed in the Torah and the Gospel. For example, Surah 5: 47 reads: “Let the people of the Gospel judge by what God has revealed therein. If any do fail to judge by the light that is revealed they are no better than those who rebel”. It seems Mohammed thought that his teachings confirmed the previous Scriptures, the Torah and the Gospel, without realising that he was contradicting them.
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