The Religion Of Peace
Before you start this, you must know two things. The first is that this article is quite long. Unnaturally so, perhaps. The second is that you not getting my jokes— which are always pristine by the way, is as a result of your failings, not mine. The third is that I don't really care if you're offended by my thoughts. And the fourth is that I'm not quite sure of how to count properly.
A few weeks ago, while I was winning my 25th straight league title with Manchester United on the joke I call a computer playing the joke called Pes 2019, I got a sudden premonition. It wasn't the kind of premonitions you get the night before an exam— the sort of premonition that makes you quite certain you're going to bang the course, even though you've literally never had sex. It was an exciting kind. The kind you get when the class retard in your class stands up to say something you suspect is so ridiculously asinine that you would lose several brain cells just listening to it.
The kind that was tragic, but also interesting (and could be funny if you love laughing at the failings of others) at the same time. I paused my game, got on my phone, and clicked away, like I so mindlessly do, to twitter. And there, I found out that a certain musician was going to lose his head in a peacefully intense way for the most peacefully ridiculous reason. Apparently, he was a member of a very peaceful religion, and they were going to cut off his head in a very peaceful manner because he sang a song that was disrespectful to a man of very intense peace.
What! The brain cells in my head screamed. And then, they promptly went off and committed suicide.
(But not in a bombastic way, as so many peaceful people do)
(That's one of the reasons I've been so slow to compose this essay, you see. When one's brain cells spontaneously commit suicide at the learning of ridiculous news, it takes some time for new ones to be born and grow)
However, before they all committed suicide, I took some time to learn more about the why of the case, because the how was pretty much taken care of.
Apparently, this singer sang a song that praised a cleric higher than the most important and the most peace-loving prophet. You may be thinking, well, okay. Is that all? That's what I thought too.
However, it appears that in the peaceful law of the religion of peace, blasphemy can be a lot of things. For example, blasphemy can be being disrespectful to the very peaceful man. It can be painting a picture of the very peaceful man. And it can also be refusing to praise the very peaceful man and praising another good (but significantly less important, less loved, and probably less peaceful man).
It should be noted by everyone that everyone in this saga is a man (so even the feminists may have a great deal to say about this blatant misogyny!). We've not yet even started talking about God.
(Even though some peaceful people claim that the very peaceful man was the first thing to be created, so he's obviously a more important pman, but he remains a man nonetheless. In other words, all men are equal, but some men are more equal than others. Or, all men are peaceful but some men are more peaceful than others).
So, where were we?
Ah, yes. The blasphemy. Now, this up and coming singer, said the court, was a blasphemer because he'd praised another man higher than the GOAT. And for that singular destructive act, he was going to lose his head. Peacefully, of course.
When the news broke, almost everyone ran mad on the internet. Some people likened other people to literal terrorists. Some behaved like OAU geology students and simply disappeared (honestly, have you ever MET an OAU geology student? I think they are a myth and that department doesn't exist and all the lecturers are actors paid by the DSS). While some defended, quite peacefully we must say, the decision of the courts.
But no one, I mean, no one, said that the Mallam got what he fucking deserved. Joker style!
Why? It seems to me that that would be the obvious reaction. If your religion is a religion of peace that dictates that you should lose your head very peacefully when you blaspheme, the reasonable thing would be to either immediately leave that religion or to accept your fate (peacefully).
It's one thing when the law of peace is applied to men of war like Indaboski. It's another when the law of peace is applied to the people of peace. And I think it's useless to conflate these two things. For example, if Bashir Ahmad (a man who's known to be rather peaceful!) were to be sentenced to a peaceful head removal tomorrow, I would say he got what he fucking deserved.
And perhaps you should too.
Disclaimer (or something): Now, you'd notice that this article was plenty respectful. I didn't mention anyone's name (except Bashir Ahmad, but he's about as relevant as an OAU geology student so?), and I didn't use insulting words on anyone. This is because I have a very fine house, and I would like my head to continue the job of being attached to my neck. So if you felt attacked by this article, it's because your conscience is doing the attacking. Burn the house of your conscience, if you feel like it is being blasphemous— start the peaceful spring, or something.
Or kill your conscience.
But I suspect, If you get mad at this, you've done that already.
Haha, don't worry, I'm just taking the piss.
Ploblem for those who disturb the peace for they shall receive numerous shout out at the headies.
ReplyDeleteAnd blessed are those who uphold the peace for they shall receive their works in return.
Lovely work 🤝
I enjoyed this 💯
ReplyDeleteI'm really waiting for the lovers of head to react (porn intended).
ReplyDeleteI hope they get triggered and make comments, or at least laugh (a lol would be nice). Can't wait for when we start discussing the other God whose name must not be mentioned (Voldemot).
Lol.
In 1400 years of existence, Islam has been responsible for the death of more than 150 million Christians, Jews, and al-mushrikun (idolaters like hindus etc)
ReplyDeleteThere have been more than 80,000 Islamic terrorist attacks since 9th of November 2001
Now when you quote statistics like This, the reply you instantly get from Muslims is *"these terrorists are fanatics. They are not true muslims"* Some will go on to quote Surah 2:256 which says *"There is no compulsion in Islam"* or Surah 109:6 which says *"to you be your religion to me be my religion"*.
Others will go on to say well christians also killed and terrorised in the 1400s. The crusades.
These are the most common and only objections to the truism that Islam is not a religion of peace
I'll address them all. But first let me ask, this is going to be long. Are you ready??
We are ready chief.
ReplyDeleteSo let me start by saying that this is not an attack on Muslims. It is an attack on Islam. Islam is as statistics show, the most dangerous ideology today. Let's go on to address the issue I raised earlier.
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ReplyDeleteFirstly, no Muslim who honestly knows and understands the Qur'an and the Sunnahs will rightly say that the Qur'an is being wrongly interpreted by these Islamic terrorists. The Qur'an is perfectly clear and unambiguous. So clear in fact that it claims to be the perfect, clear, unambiguous word of Allah (see Qur'an 6:114, 11:1, 12:1, 16:89, 27:1, 41:3, 57:9). Having established that Allah's words in the Qur'an are very clear, let us then go to see what the Qur'an says about peace and violence.
ReplyDeleteQur'an 9:29 says "fight those who believe not in Allah..". Qur'an 9:73 says "oh prophet, strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them". Qur'an 9:111 says "surely Allah has bought the believer..for this..They (the believers in Allah) fight in Allah's way, so they slay and are slain. Qur'an 9:123 says "oh you who believe! Fight the unbelievers who are near you and let them (the unbelievers) find in you (the believers) hardness. Qur'an 47:35 says "be not weaey and faint hearted, crying for peace, when you should be uppermost". The Qur'an says in 98:6 that Christians and Jews are the worst of creatures.
ONE QUESTION FOR THE MUSLIM. How do you read all of the above passages FROM THE QUR'AN and still honestly conclude that the Qur'an preaches peace. When Muslim say that Islam is a religion of peace, they are either completely ignorant of what their deen really is or they are being hypocritical.
Are those statements referring to the prophet or the Muslims in general??.
DeleteLol..really?? You want to go down that road?? You want to imply that Muslims ought not to do what Muhammad did?? Under sharia law, you could be stoned for even implying this.
DeleteThe Holy Qur'an tells us in Surah 33:21 thatPickthall: Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much.
Exactly.... He was a prophet ordered by God to fight those wars.. Emphasis on the 'ordered' . So we should do what God orders us to do. And I'm not implying that Muslims shouldn't do the things that Muhammad did.
DeleteThere's a difference .
So let me address the common objections that Muslims raise when confronted with this issue. The first thing Muslims do is they go to recite Surah 2:256 of the Holy Qur'an which says "There is no compulsion in religion". In response I will quote the Holy Qur'an Surah 2:106 which says "whatever communications we (Allah) abrogate or cause to be forgotten, we bring one better than it or like it. Do you not know that Allah has power over all things?" In other words, Almighty Allah has the power to replace an earlier revelation with a newer one. So if we find two verses of the Qur'an which contradict themselves, all we have to do is find out which one came last. The last or newer revelation automatically abrogated the earlier revelation where they contradict each other.
ReplyDeleteNow that we have established that Allah can change His own words and Qur'an 2:256 contradicts the entire Chapter of the Qur'an which calls for the violent subjugation of all nonbelievers (Jews, Christians and polytheists). All we have to do is find which chapter abrogated the other. Well, that is very simple to do. In Sahih al-Bukhari (one of the most trusted accounts of Muhammad's way of life). We are told in Sahih al-Bukhari 4364 that the very last complete Surah(chapter) which was revealed to the prophet was Surah Bara'ah (which is Chapter 9). Therefore, we can reasonably conclude (and even all Muslim scholars agree) that Surah 2:256 has been abrogated by Surah 9.
When Muslims quote Surah 2:256 which says "there is no compulsion in religion" or Surah 109:6 which says "to you be your religion, to me be my religion" such Muslims are either completely ignorant that these ayahs (verses) have been abrogated by Surah 9 which calls for the violent subjugation of all non Muslims. Either such Muslims are completely ignorant or juat being hypocritical.
Finally I must address this very important issue. Does this mean that all Muslims are bad? Hell No!! I have many amazing Muslim friends who care about me (a Christian) and love me passionately. I care about them and love them too. But I must point out they are not being true muslims when they care about non Muslims. Surah 5:51 says that Muslims disbelieve by becoming friends with Christians. In any country where Sharia Law is totally practised, these my friends would be killed violently for caring about me..for loving me..for being my friends. Of course I would die first (in a most violent way) for being a Christian.
ReplyDeleteSurah 3:32 says Allah does not love the unbeliever.
Surah 98:6 says Christians and Jews are the worst of creatures. Even worse than dogs.
Surah 48:29 says Muslims must be severe to nonbelievers and merciful among themselves.
ONE QUESTION FOR THE MUSLIM?
In light of all these, how dare you mention that Islam is the religion of peace. Christianity is the religion of peace. Come home!
Also, what makes you 100% sure that the statements are not referring to the believers of that time. After the prophet conquered Mecca, why didn't he "kill" the unbelievers in Mecca?
DeleteI don't understand your objection very clearly so maybe you can please be clearer.
DeleteAccording to the Qur'an in Surah 9:29, an unbeliever may not be killed if he pays the jizyah (a sort of tax in exchange for his life). The unbeliever either converts or is killed or he can choose to pay the jizyah. Muhammad had many such 'dhimmis' (a person who pays jizyah).
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ReplyDeleteLet me briefly address the counter objection to Christianity. "If Christianity is so peaceful, why were so many killed, burned and tortured in the name of Christ during the crusades, and for blasphemy??"
This is actually of fallacy! You do not judge any ideology by its abuse. Instead you judge an ideology by what the founder said and did. With Islam, all we have to do is look to Muhammad who was involved in about 90 holy wars against non Muslims. With Christianity, you look to Jesus Christ who said in Matthew 5:44"love those who hate you and pray for those who persecute you"
Muhammad pales in comparison to Jesus Christ, the son of God.
You may want to checkout the stand of atheists on the entire Abrahamic faiths(Islam, Christianity and Jewism) though. Sometimes, you gotta observe from a neutral angle so as not to be hypocritical.
DeleteWow! So Muhammed fought 90 battles in how many years of his life. Please tell me more and what are the names of the battles?
DeleteNote: You are not really required to reply to this. If you are a Muslim, Christian or Jew, you are freaking dumb. (With all my chest)
What are you then, "a free thinker"?
DeleteWhat atheists think of my religion is completely irrelevant to this topic. Stop trying to avoid the discussion by bringing up other topics. I have quoted your own sources. Correct me if I am wrong.
DeleteThe reason you are insulting is because you know you can't win this arguement. It is called fallacy ad hominem i.e attacking the person instead of the arguement.
DeleteI don't hold it against you. I will instead utter a prayer for you.
Many thanks to the writer for airing his view. But it should be understood that most writers do write based on sentiment which includes educational, religious, cultural etc. Thus, the veracity of his/her research may slightly be modified, doctored and adulterated. Many thanks to the intellectuals who have done Justice to the matter in the comment section. However it is not far fetched thought that a person who is not an adherent of a particular faith will see the molestation, spitting onto, torn almost naked, beating and pelting of Jesus Christ (Lord, saviour, God, son of God) and an insult and degradation of divinity. It is not also inconceivable that an adherent of xtianity perceives bowing to stones and metal as an height of mental redundancy while being oblivious of the divine molestation of divinity in his faith. Place side by side and assess which is worse even through commonsensical reflection. Death penalty as the punishment for blasphemy of the prophet is not only limited to him. It is applicable to all the prophet of Allah including Jesus, Moses, Noah, lot, Ezra, Eli, Elias, Abraham, Isaac, Enoch, Adam.....If the offence of blasphemy was committed against Jesus Chris in an islámic state, such a person shall be put to death. It appears that the peaceful faith values the sacredness of divinity and prophethood more than any other faith which claims any connection to it. Do well to make your research on this. Even if Jesus Christ was to be blasphemed in an islámic state where there's islámic law in place, he she'll be put to death 100%.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you for this!
DeleteAnother Fallacy! Are you saying that it is impossible to understand a particular ideology because we belong to another ideology. Please stop dancing around the issue. I have quoted your own sources. Correct me if I am wrong.
DeleteIf Jesus is blasphamed.(like any other prophet). una go kill person for am. Abeg just one question, Jesus send you work? Besides, I still don't understand the concept of fighting for your God or his prophets if you believe he is a living God. I only know Pagans to do that.
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ReplyDeleteAs for the textual authorities cited creating the impression of the peaceful faith as though it's the worst evil on earth, I simply say that this is an approach known as "using apparently true statements to justify falsehood which is not in it" Simply, manipulation of what is true but with the intention of falsehood. I honestly think my brother deserves an excuse which i shall give him which is ignorance of the interpretation of the divine revelation. It is a big sin even for an half baked adherent of the peaceful faith as well as an ignorant adherent to delve into giving analysis of the revelation without formal training let alone a greenhorn of the faith itself. Apart from abrogations in the book, there are other aspects of knowledge before a person qualifies to give "correct" legal opinion about the book. It is true that those verses are there, but in what context? Based on what reason? Why were those wordings there? Which categories of people was that applied to? What was their offence and transgression? Is it just faith based? Was there no hypocrisy, was there no back stabbing? Was there no conspiracy? Was there no spread of corruption? To burst your bubble, I will show you other verses where these same set of people were eulogized and promised paradise in the book of peaceful faith. That give you two sides of a coin in the same book right? Common sense now demands the question why this? And why that?
ReplyDeleteOne of such other requirements is to have a firm grasp of the knowledge of reason for revelation, have the knowledge of jurisprudence, form knowledge of historical facts. Have knowledge of general verses and restricted verses (same peoope within the same class but with different ruling because they threaded different parts). See chapter 2:63 on those promised paradise amongst the Jews and Christians. See chapter 5:4 on the permissibility of eating the food by a Christian and Jew and even marrying chaste women amongst them. See chapter 5:69.....
ReplyDeleteSee chapter 3:52,53,54,55,56,57 of the book of the peaceful faith on Jesus christ and his disciples pledging their allegiance to his guidance and the promise of paradise for those who are steadfast upon that. In this same book of peaceful faith which appears to be the source of evil to an ignorant. See the Quran 3 verse 75 where in the book is eulogizing and praising the virtue of being upright and reliance on some of the people of the book (Jew and Christians) when it comes to keeping trust... In an hadith reported by sahih Bukhari, the prophet said whoever cheats, over works, infront on the rights a non muslim living in a muslim land, he will stand against such a person on the day of judgement...see sunan Abu Dawud too for reference. The prophet received entourages in his mosque in the city of madinah. Do your research and know about the history of Islam. It was on account that his war garment as at the time of his death was found with a Jew which he used a a a collateral security for some goods he bought from the Jew. In the battle of khaybar, a Jewish woman gave him poisoned meat as gift and yet he ate it and nothing happened to him. The same bearer of the book of the peaceful faith laying such examples, the point now is, didn't he read or wasn't upon him those verses were that people normally point out to discredit his faith revealed? Another commonsensical question is why didn't he remove those verses which appeared violent, why didn't the muslims remove them? Every verse has its application, has its circumstance, place of revelation. Verses were revealed to retaliate after so much persecutions. Some were revealed as form of defence while he lived and adjudicated peacefully in the same city with the non muslims. It is thus safe to say that alot of times, there's not much significant difference between a violent fanatic and an ignoramus other than the fact that the former is violent with arms while later is unharmed but violent with unsound criticism. But they share one fundamental thing which is the root problem and that is IGNORANCE ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PEACEFUL FAITH which is a big disease and the bigger disease might be ignorance of being ignorant....
ReplyDeleteLol...this is amusing. I don't even know where to start. Those verses are very clear bro. Allah himself assures us that the Holy Qur'an is as clear as can be. But let me concede that I am wrong. Educate me. I have quoted your own sources. Correct me if I am wrong..Please.
ReplyDeleteAm happy to see from my research that there are Verses in book of the prince of peace which signifies the prophesy of the prince of Peace signalling the coming of the the COMFORTER. John 14:16. John 16: 8-12. Who came after him? The prophet of the peaceful faith and the book of the Peace faith affirmed it see chapter 61:6, chapter 60:9-10. Chapter 21:107 clearly states "we have not sent you (prophet of the peaceful faith), except as a mercy (COMFORTER) to the whole of mankind". Research has further shown that blasphemy in the book of the prince of peace is not forgiveable and attracts penalty especially against the COMFORTER which clearly suggest unambiguously that even in the book, blasphemy is not only condemned by the peaceful faith but in the book of the prince of peace. Mathew 12:13, Zachariah 7:12, Acts 7:51.
ReplyDeleteIn conclusion, I would like to borrow from the words in the comment section earlier that if the argument of not judging an ideology/belief system by the acts of a people known as crusaders should be accepted in order to absolve the faith of the prince of peace of the violence connected to the faith but the teachings of the originator, then it will only be reasonable if same can be applied to the peaceful faith objectively upon clear sights of knowledge and sound reasoning and not the foolish acts of just a few who are attavh themselves to the faith ignorantly in order not to exhibit same ignorance they were guilty of in the bid to unintelligelibly criticize the peaceful faith.
Abdulhakim I would love to debate you. 09023712581 is my whatsapp number. Let us debate. Because you are writing a lot of funny stuff here.
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If you decide to take me up on my offer. Please do more research.
I literally have to reply everything you type with lol...
DeleteYou are so desperate to find Mohammed in the bible that you identify Mohammed as the Holy Spirit?? Literally the next verse, Jesus identifies this comforter as the Holy Spirit. So Muhammad is the Holy Spirit??
Because I am a generous person, I will concede that Muhammad is this promised comforter. Jesus said that this comforter will be in his disciples. Muhammad was inside the disciples???
Not only is Muhammad the Holy Spirit of God, he lived "inside" the disciples?? Note that Muhammad was not even born until about 600 years after jesus died. So, somehow Muhammad is a spirit who lived 600 years before he was born and lived inside the apostles??? You see how stupid this sounds??
Again being a generous person, I will again concede that Muhammad is a spirit that lived 'inside' the apostles 600 years before he was born. Now that I have conceded this fact, let us see what else Jesus said. Jesus said in John 16:14 that this spirit will glorify him (Jesus). So even if I concede that Muhammad is this promised Spirit, you still have to deal with the fact that Jesus sends this Spirit, and this spirit is meant to glorify Jesus. So Jesus is the Lord and Master of Muhammad!
I have one question tho..I don't know if you can explain..Is Jesus God or God is Jesus?
DeleteAnd who wrote the book of John?
DeletePlease chat me up. Let's rub minds together.
DeleteYou know what I find very hilarious?? I have quoted a loot of Surahs and Ayahs to show how violent Islam really is. Nobody is really saying anything about those things. Nobody said bro you quoted the scriptures falsely here and here. Instead, you all started attacking my credibility and my personality.
ReplyDeleteI challenge any of you to find a single flaw in my arguements. Stop attacking my personality and instead attack the arguement. Lol..I bet you can't do that. That's why I do not take any of this personally.
Wow...what a witty writer you are, and at the same time nit wit. Funny how you're so good with words maneuvering only butyour shallow mindedness still sets you aback.
DeleteYou quote the holy Quran, brought out verses blah blah blah...
Forgetting that the holy book is not meant for people who cannot comprehend it.
Allah saying fight the unbelievers doesn't necessarily mean christai s are unbelievers. Cause to me we all serve one God. The unbelievers in that context meant the atheist, the idol and Oracle worshippers.
I'm afraid if you think this way, you're no better than the terrorist themselves.
Wisdom is not for everyone anyways.
Bro Surah 9:29 says christians and Jews are the worst of creatures. The Holy Qur'an disagrees with you.
DeleteI didn't attack you. I only identified the root cause of ur misconceptions. I think it is upon you to go and make your research coz I just brought a new dimension into you perception about the Peace faith.
ReplyDeleteLol..I will say this again. I have quoted your own sources. Correct me if I am wrong.
DeleteSomebody should take me on for Christ's sake. Find a flaw in my arguements ah! Point where I misquoted your sources. It's really that simple you know. So I've heard a lot "you're wrong bro" but not one person has shown me how exactly and where exactly I am wrong
DeleteO ga ooo.
The fact is you do not understand the context and era in which those verses were revealed. From what I can deduce from your comments,neither do you understand the person that they were revealed to. Fine, Muhammad fought wars. What is wrong in that as long as the creator ordered him to do so?. In the battle of Badr, the companions and Muhammad didn't raise their swords in the battle until the opposition did or until they were being attacked. I implore you to do more research, understand the context in which those verses were revealed, read more on the events that happened during those times and perhaps find a tafseer book
DeleteSome chests are heavy
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Abeg, abeg, I hate hearing the statement 'we serve the same God'. We don't. Stop telling lies. Muslims are especially fond of this statement. You don't believe Jesus is the son of God, neither do you believe in his death, burial and resurrection which is the fundamental basis of the Christian faith. Let's just live and let live. Your eyes will be opened one day. Muhammed is not the Holy Spirit don't degrade the Holy Spirit.
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