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Islam, religion of peace, is an assertion that clashes with reality. Many Quranic verses show that the perception that Islam is a religion of peace is false.

The Quran contains contradictions. There are some contradictions between what early chapters (those that were written early in the Prophet’s life) specify about the obligation of Muslims to be tolerant of the religions of others, and later exhortations (written late or toward the end of the Prophet’s life) that are far more aggressive and even deadly toward and intolerant of other religions.  Later passages abrogate earlier ones.

Passages revealed later in Muhammad’s career, in Medina, overrule passages revealed earlier, in Mecca. The Quran itself lays out the principle of abrogation:

2:106. Whatever a Verse (revelation) do We {Allah} abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring a better one or similar to it. Know you not that Allah is able to do all things?

In other words, what the Prophet said last is what counts.

Roman Warm Period : Timeline and Decline

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Walter H. Schneider

Updated 2019 01 01: Format corrections for entries pertaining to years 558 and 559 The Roman Warm Period covered the interval from about 250 BC to about 400 AD.  It had helped to bring the Roman Empire to its apex, when the City of Rome had about one million residents.  The might, size and wealth of the Roman Empire declined when the Roman Warm Period came to an end.  The decline of the Roman Empire can be discerned in the trend of the size of the population of the City of Rome over time.(The decline or shrinking of the population of the City of Rome happened within the context of decline and … Continue reading →

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Little Ice Age — Climate Trend Milestone?

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Walter H. Schneider

The Little Ice Age (LIA) received much attention by those who were affected by it.  Much was written about it, and most of that was forgotten again. Index Introduction The birth of Michel E. Mann’s Hockey-Stick Graph Debunking the Climate Hockey-Stick Graph Some of the notable weather events during the LIA A Cold Spell (2017 12 24 – 2018 01 2) and how it fits into the Scientific Climate Record Trend The Islamic Invasion and Conquest of the Roman Empire — Crime of Opportunity Related blog posting: Roman Warm Period — Timeline and Decline The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change) discussed the Medieval Warm Period (from about 950 to about 1250) and … Continue reading →

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The Pillars of Islam – How many there are depends

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Walter H. Schneider

Updated 2019 04 18 The number of the Pillars of Islam depends on which faction of Islam the Pillars relate to. The Four Pillars of Islam (Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi) What Are the Five Pillars of Islam? Six Pillars of Islam The Seven Pillars of Islam: The Esoterics of Walayah Ten Pillars of Islam Those are very real differences in the number of Pillars of Islam. The differences cause the ongoing tensions and strife between various factions of Islam. The most important difference is perhaps whether a given faction of Islam considers the obligation to include or exclude the Pillar of Islam that pertains to the importance of the Jihad. … Continue reading →

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Islam, religion of peace – chapter and verse

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Walter H. Schneider

The concept of and assertion that Islam is a religion of peace clash with reality. The links shown after the preamble are to Quranic  verses shown at the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. The verses illustrate that the perception that Islam is a religion of peace is false. Index Preamble Quranic verses that instruct how to deal with infidels The Quran contains contradictions Abrogation serves to deal with contradictions in the Quran Jihad, to fight for Allah, is obligatory for Muslims Hijrah: Jihad by emigration Does the Islamic Jihad differ from Islamic terrorism? Can Islam be made a religion of peace? Related comment: The … Continue reading →

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Britain capitulates to Islamic terror

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Walter H. Schneider

SPECTATOR.com, U.K. 2009 02 11 Britain capitulates to terror By Melanie Phillips If anyone had doubted the extent to which Britain has capitulated to Islamic terror, the banning of Geert Wilders a few hours ago should surely open their eyes. Wilders, the Dutch member of parliament who had made an uncompromising stand against the Koranic sources of Islamist extremism and violence, was due to give a screening of Fitna, his film on this subject, at the House of Lords on Thursday. This meeting had been postponed after Lord Ahmed had previously threatened the House of Lords authorities that he would bring a force of 10,000 Muslims to lay siege to … Continue reading →

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Movie Fitna – Opposing Islamic Terrorism

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Walter H. Schneider

On Thursday, 2008 03 27, Geert Wilders, Member of the Parliament in Holland, posted his movie Fitna, a short film of about 12 minute duration, on YouTube. Geert Wilders’ movie and his action of posting it on the Internet received of course much criticism from moderate and politically correct individuals and even from extremist left-wing radicals.  The criticism is directed at what his opponents consider to be an anti-Islamic stance.  That sort of criticism is misdirected, but we have not yet seen the last of it. There is little in the movie that is critical of all of Islam, but there is much in the movie that is extremely critical … Continue reading →

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