Reasons to be Islamophobic
Reason 1 - Muhammad thought that God told him to marry a six year-old girl
Muhammad, the founder of Islam, told his wife Aisha, who he married around age six, and had sex with when she was nine years old (Sahih al-Bukhari 3894, 3896, 5133-34, 5158, Sahih Muslim 1422a-d), that before he married her, he had dreams about her, which he interpreted as being from God:
Sahih al-Bukhari 7012
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Messenger said to me, "You were shown to me twice (in my dream) before I married you. I saw an angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said to him, 'Uncover (her),' and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), 'If this is from Allah, then it must happen.' Then you were shown to me, the angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said (to him), 'Uncover (her), and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), 'If this is from Allah, then it must happen.'"
After these dreams, Muhammad asked his companion Abu Bakr - the father of Aisha - to marry her:
Sahih al-Bukhari 5081
Narrated 'Urwa:
The Prophet asked Abu Bakr for `Aisha's hand in marriage. Abu Bakr said "But I am your brother." The Prophet said, "You are my brother in Allah's religion and His Book, but she (Aisha) is lawful for me to marry."
Consequently, he married her, and had sex with her just three years later, when she was nine years old, and he was fifty-four years old:
Sahih al-Bukhari 5133
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).
Modern Muslims, attempting to excuse this act of their prophet, often argue that Aisha was physically and mentally an adult when she was nine years old. However, this can be demonstrated to be false for the following reasons:
- Aisha herself says that the day Muhammad first had sex with her, she was playing on a swing with some of her friends (Sahih al-Bukhari 3894, Sahih Muslim 1422a)
- Aisha herself says that when Muhammad took her into his house, she still had her dolls (Sahih Muslim 1422c, Sunan an-Nasai 3378)
These are actions typical of nine year-old girls, not adults. Anyone who would argue that a nine year-old is psychologically mature enough to have sex with a fifty-four year old man (who already has three wives) is dangerous, and should be feared ("Islamophobia").
Additionally, in Muhammad's religion, girls are not allowed to play with dolls after puberty, because they are considered images, indicating that Aisha had not begun menstruating yet either (which of itself is not unilaterally a sign that a girl should have sex):
Sahih al-Bukhari 6130
Narrated `Aisha:
I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Messenger used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me.
(The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for `Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fath-ul-Bari page 143, Vol. 13)
Therefore, the first reason one should fear the religion of Islam is that the founder was a pedophile, who had sex with a nine year-old girl (and yes, she was definitely nine), and the grip that the religion has on its followers has driven them to excuse (and practice) pedophilia in order to justify the actions of their false prophet.
Reason 2 - Muhammad taught that God said raping married slave women was a Muslim man's right
In the Quran, Muhammad said the following:
Surah 4:24
24 Also ˹forbidden are˺ married women - except ˹female˺ captives in your possession. This is Allah's commandment to you. Lawful to you are all beyond these - as long as you seek them with your wealth in a legal marriage, not in fornication. Give those you have consummated marriage with their due dowries. It is permissible to be mutually gracious regarding the set dowry. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
Here, Muhammad not only endorses slavery - himself being a slave owner (Sahih al-Bukhari 6161, 7263, Sahih Muslim 1602, Sunan an-Nasai 3827, 4621) - he also says that if one of those slaves is female, and married, you can still have sex with them. Consent is impossible in captivity, and this is rape.
Additionally, the original context of the verse being "revealed" had to do with married, enslaved women who had been taken captive by Muslims in warfare:
Sahih Muslim 1456a
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah her pleased with him) reported that at the Battle of Hanain Allah's Messenger sent an army to Autas and encountered the enemy and fought with them. Having overcome them and taken them captives, the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace te upon him) seemed to refrain from having intercourse with captive women because of their husbands being polytheists. Then Allah, Most High, sent down regarding that:
"And women already married, except those whom your right hands possess (4:24)" (i.e. they were lawful for them when their 'Idda period came to an end).
There are also other passages in the Quran teaching that female slaves are a Muslim man's to have sex with (Surah 4:3, 23:6, 70:30).
Therefore, the second reason to fear Islam is that it endorses slavery, and features God-sanctioned rape of female slaves, including those who are already married.
Reason 3 - Muhammad taught that God made provision for divorcing pre-pubescent girls after having sex with them
In the Quran, Muhammad said the following when teaching on divorce:
Surah 65:4
4 As for your women past the age of menstruation, in case you do not know, their waiting period is three months, and those who have not yet menstruated as well. As for those who are pregnant, their waiting period ends with delivery. And whoever is mindful of Allah, He will make their matters easy for them.
Above, "those who have not yet menstruated" are assigned a "waiting period" before divorce. A "waiting period" is only observed when the couple has had sex:
Surah 33:49
49 O believers! If you marry believing women and then divorce them before you touch them, they will have no waiting period for you to count, so give them a ˹suitable˺ compensation, and let them go graciously.
And, because modern Muslims frequently attempt to lie about Surah 65:4, note that according to some of the most well-known classical Muslim commentators, this definitely refers to young girls who have not yet menstruated yet:
Tafsir Al-Tabari, Volume 14:142 - Surah 65:4
The interpretation of the verse: "And those of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the 'Iddah (prescribed waiting period), if you have doubt (about their periods), is three months. The same applies to the 'idaah for girls who do not menstruate because they are too young, if their husbands divorce them after consummating the marriage with them.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir - Surah 65:4
Allah the Exalted clarifies the waiting period of the woman in menopause. And that is the one whose menstruation has stopped due to her older age. Her 'Iddah is three months instead of the three monthly cycles for those who menstruate, which is based upon the Ayah in (Surat) Al-Baqarah. (see 2:228) The same for the young, who have not reached the years of menstruation.
Tafsir al-Jalalayn - Surah 65:4
And as for those of your women who read allā'ī or allā'i in both instances no longer expect to menstruate - if you have any doubts about their waiting period their prescribed waiting period shall be three months, and also for those who have not yet menstruated because of their young age - their period shall also be three months.
Therefore, a third reason to be Islamophobic is that its founder said that God provided for the divorce of pre-pubescent girls after having sex with them, while never once condemning the practice.
Reason 4 - Muhammad demanded that anyone who left his religion is to be killed
Muhammad did not like people coming to their senses and rejecting him as a prophet of God, and consequently, ordered that those who left his religion are to to be killed:
Sahih al-Bukhari 6922
Narrated `Ikrima:
Some Zanadiqa were brought to `Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn `Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Messenger forbade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'"
Sahih Muslim 1676a
'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported Allah's Messenger as saying:
It is not permissible to take the life of a Muslim who bears testimony (to the fact that there is no god but Allah, and I am the Messenger of Allah), but in one of the three cases: the married adulterer, a life for life, and the deserter of his Din (Islam), abandoning the community.
Also see Sahih al-Bukhari 3017, Sahih Muslim 1676b-d. According to some Muslims, this is also directly taught in the Quran, in Surah 4:89.
This is despite hypocritically having proclaimed, "Let there be no compulsion in religion, for the truth stands out clearly from falsehood" in Surah 2:256 in the Quran. There is no compulsion in religion, unless you leave Muhammad's religion. Then, he will kill you.
And, there is no compulsion in religion, unless you are a non-Muslim living in the Arabian Peninsula during his lifetime. Then, you will be killed or expelled:
Sahih Muslim 1767a
It has been narrated by 'Umar b. al-Khattib that he heard the Messenger of Allah say:
I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim.
Also see Sahih al-Bukhari 3053, Jami at-Tirmidhi 1606-07, Sunan Abi Dawud 3030.
Additionally, Muhammad described his mission as fighting against people until they testify that he is the prophet of God (Sahih al-Bukhari 25, 392, 1399, 1400, 2946, 6924-25, 7284-85, Sahih Muslim 21a-c, 22). There is "no compulsion in religion", but if you fail to accept (or continue in) Muhammad's religion, he will "compel" you to die. The hypocrisy is self-evident.
Therefore, a fourth reason to be Islamophobic is that if you ever join Islam, and change your mind, the founder of the religion declared that you deserve death.
Reason 5 - Muhammad taught that non-Muslims are the worst of all beings
In the Quran, Muhammad attributed the following to God:
Surah 98:6
6 Indeed, those who disbelieve from the People of the Book and the polytheists will be in the Fire of Hell, to stay there forever. They are the worst of ˹all˺ beings.
Above, the Quran compels Muslims to consider all disbelievers (especially Jews, Christians, and "polytheists") as "the worst of ˹all˺ beings", because that is what God says in their book. This is the general attitude which their religion obligates them to have toward non-Muslims.
Many passages in the Quran foster this hostile view toward non-Muslims:
Surah 4:76
76 Believers fight for the cause of Allah, whereas disbelievers fight for the cause of the Devil. So fight against Satan's ˹evil˺ forces. Indeed, Satan's schemes are ever weak.
Surah 4:101
101 When you travel through the land, it is permissible for you to shorten the prayer - ˹especially˺ if you fear an attack by the disbelievers. Indeed, the disbelievers are your sworn enemies.
Surah 7:27, 30
27 O children of Adam! Do not let Satan deceive you as he tempted your parents out of Paradise and caused their cover to be removed in order to expose their nakedness. Surely he and his soldiers watch you from where you cannot see them. We have made the devils allies of those who disbelieve.
30 He has guided some, while others are destined to stray. They have taken devils as their masters instead of Allah - thinking they are ˹rightly˺ guided.
According to Muhammad, non-Muslims fight for the cause of the Devil, have devils as their allies and masters, and "are your sworn enemies". This is how the religion of Islam teaches its members to view others.
So, another reason to be Islamophobic would be because Islam teaches its adherents to have extremely negative views of non-Muslims - "They are the worst of ˹all˺ beings".
Reason 6 - The Quran is a violent, hateful book
The Quran contains a litany of violent rhetoric aimed at "the disbelievers", which is sometimes left unqualified in the Quran itself (i.e. not limited in scope).
For example:
Surah 9:73, 66:9
73 O Prophet! Struggle against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be firm with them. Hell will be their home. What an evil destination!
Surah 8:12-16
12 ˹Remember, O Prophet,˺ when your Lord revealed to the angels, "I am with you. So make the believers stand firm. I will cast horror into the hearts of the disbelievers. So strike their necks and strike their fingertips."
13 This is because they defied Allah and His Messenger. And whoever defies Allah and His Messenger, then ˹know that˺ Allah is surely severe in punishment.
14 That ˹worldly punishment˺ is yours, so taste it! Then the disbelievers will suffer the torment of the Fire.
15 O believers! When you face the disbelievers in battle, never turn your backs to them.
16 And whoever does so on such an occasion - unless it is a manoeuvre or to join their own troops - will earn the displeasure of Allah, and their home will be Hell. What an evil destination!
Surah 9:5
5 But once the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists wherever you find them, capture them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them on every way. But if they repent, perform prayers, and pay alms-tax, then set them free. Indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Surah 9:29
29 Fight those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, nor comply with what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, nor embrace the religion of truth from among those who were given the Scripture, until they pay the tax, willingly submitting, fully humbled.
Surah 5:33
33 Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and spread mischief in the land is death, crucifixion, cutting off their hands and feet on opposite sides, or exile from the land. This ˹penalty˺ is a disgrace for them in this world, and they will suffer a tremendous punishment in the Hereafter.
The Hadith, also, contain a well-known interminable violent decree against Jews in particular, which is explicitly said to be in the context of the end times:
Sahih Muslim 2922
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger as saying:
The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews, and the Muslims would kill them, until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree, and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.
This narration is also given in Sahih al-Bukhari 2925-26, 3593, and Sahih Muslim 2921a-d.
Many more examples could be given from the Hadith collections, but the above is an example of a well-attested saying of Muhammad which should make every single Jewish person Islamophobic (of Sunni Muslims at least).
As for all others, the violent rhetoric toward disbelievers placed into God's mouth by the false prophet Muhammad in the Quran gives another reason to be Islamophobic.
Summary
Being Islamophobic is the only moral response to the false religion of Islam. It is a system responsible for the continued suffering and oppression of millions of people, and its founder was an ignorant, violent, misogynistic pedophile who claimed to speak for God, when he did not.
Further Reading
WikiIslam is a site created by former Muslims, exposing some of the other errors in the religion of Islam. The following articles are worth a read:
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