Solsticewitch13's BOS: Statistical Islam, Part 3 of 9

Friday, October 29, 2010

Statistical Islam, Part 3 of 9

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Statistical Islam, Part 3 of 9

Case 2: The Kafir

There is a second division that overwhelms the reader of the historical Koran.
A majority of the text concerns the Kafir (unbeliever). It is not about being
a Muslim, but about the Kafir. A note: most Koran translations use the word
"unbeliever" instead of Kafir, but Kafir is the actual Arabic word.

This term is so important and so unknown that the meaning of Kafir must be
defined. The original meaning of the word is one who covers or conceals the
known truth. A Kafir knows that the Koran is true, but denies it. The Koran
says that the Kafir may be deceived, plotted against, hated, enslaved, mocked,
tortured and worse. The word is usually translated as "unbeliever"
but this translation is wrong. The word "unbeliever" is logically
and emotionally neutral, whereas, Kafir is the most abusive, prejudiced and
hateful word in any language.

There are many religious names for Kafirs: polytheists, idolaters, People of
the Book (Christians and Jews), atheists, agnostics, and pagans. Kafir covers
them all, because no matter what the religious name is, they can all be treated
the same. What Mohammed said and did to polytheists can be done to any other
category of Kafir.

Islam devotes a great amount of energy to the Kafir. Not only is the majority
(64%) of the Koran devoted to the Kafir, but also nearly all of the Sira (81%)
deals with Mohammed's struggle with them. The Hadith (Traditions) devotes 32%
of the text to Kafirs.