The criticism of religion(s) is probably as old as the religions themselves are. Religions, or the religious practitioners to be more specific, have their own way of responding to those criticisms/critics. Islam, in particular, has been extremely brutal to critic(ism)s of Islam, up until now.
People from Muslim-majority country, in particular, know how brutal Muslim fanatics can be to virtually ANY criticisms. This is not only prevalent among extremists, so-called moderate Muslims would also feel/express the same. They may not kill you in person, but would appreciate the killing of these critics/infidels. Muslims in a non-Muslim countries often do not express that way, but talk to their close friends, and you would find the shocking inside stories. Anyway, since criticizing Islam is potentially a life-threatening task, here is a wonderfully harmless edition of Criticism of Islam. Hopefully, Muslims will embrace their first ever criticism warmly!
The e-book is available here: http://document.li/cPjr
Cheers,
Teopsou Mynona
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Hi Teopsou. I think this kind of practices, such as killing the infidel, cannot only be attributed to one religion. All have done it. You can see how Buddhists kill Muslims in Myanmar. Or how crusaders waged a crucial raids to the Middle East, and how church slaughtered thousands with inquisition. It depends on the era, and the geographical location, and many other factors. Whatever religions claim, they are not friendly to the other religions or the dissidents. USA, Canada and Western European countries have now, but only within their countries, can stop the extremists (racists, fundamentalists) for now. However there is no guarantee for the near future, or even for now. Hatred is reflected on the least developed Islamic countries and people. But if the muslims become strongest, it will be reversed, and the hatred will be toward non-muslims widely, not it is now just in a narrow area, like Syria, Iraq, Egypt or at some spots worldwide. In fact, religion is just a tool for capitalism, as it was a great tool for feudalistic world. As Marx says "Religion is the opium of the people.". It is dominantly used since the rise of Christianity and then Islam. However, religions have been always the opium before the year zero. Atheism, itself, won't ensure a world of fraternity. So, I think problem is with the overall political and economic system. And religion is just a toy for them.
The E-book is just a bunch of empty pages. Title, index and credits, the rest of 1002 pages are empty.
Is this just a spoof, or an error? Anyone else getting any content in the pdf?
Hi @The Pragmatic,
So yes it was a total sarcasm to show that anything that Islam/Muslims would 'accept' as the criticism of Islam would look like this, i.e., that doesn't have anything lol. Hope it makes sense!
Well, no not really.
My thought was instead that the book meant "There is nothing to criticize Islam about".
We have an infamous troll here, currently under the name "Simon", who is very fond of "sarcastic jokes" even though we have informed him that it doesn't translate well over a text medium, he keeps using it.
I guess we are a bit tired of the not-so-apparent jokes around here.
No harm done. I get your point, now that you explained it. :)
Anonymous Poet, eh? Sounds like a waste of time. While people are actually being murdered, you choose to post a document "To: All those so-called stupid "scholars" whose death has been erroneously attributed to Islam." Are you a troll? I am getting a very strong whiff of underbridge here...
More importantly, are you so fundamentally retarded and/or insane that you actually believe that Islam DOESN'T need a reform?
Thanks for your reply showing clear evidence of how intellectually challenged you are in deciphering the distinction between a prescription and sarcasm. It is completely okay to raise question, but probably worth taking some time before labeling someone 'fundamentally retarded and/or insane'. The derogatory words for you in the first sentence of my response is only because you deserve so which is evident from your comment above. Apologies!
Now come to the business: "To: All those so-called stupid "scholars" whose death has been erroneously attributed to Islam." is totally a troll since most of the Muslims really think in that way. They call these scholars stupid because they think the scholars don't understand Islam 'clearly' lol. Where in the book did I say that Islam didn't need a reform? Islam clearly does, and to be frank quite a bit, to be compatible with modern human civilization. If it was realistic, I would love to see a world devoid of these stupid religions anyway.
So, before showing your insanity, try to improve your sense of humor buddy. The world is full of other exciting stuffs too. Take care
"Thanks for your reply showing clear evidence of how intellectually challenged you are in deciphering the distinction between a prescription and a troll."
Let me see... Nope, no apparent prescription. At best an invocation of Poe's law, at worst, and idiot attempting to be funny an failing miserably.
"It is completely okay to raise question, but probably worth taking some time before labeling someone 'fundamentally retarded and/or insane'."
Nope, if one writes something that appears fundamentally retarded and/or insane, they probably shouldn't whinge and feign injury when someone says as much.
"The derogatory words for you in the first sentence of my response is only because you deserve so which is evident from your comment above. Apologies!"
Keep it, I neither want nor need your apology, as neither of us did anything injurious or criminal.
"Now come to the business: "To: All those so-called stupid "scholars" whose death has been erroneously attributed to Islam." is totally a troll since most of the Muslims really think in that way."
Indeed, and when someone writes an apparently blank book with only that as material, one can hardly be faulted with thinking they are either a troll, an idiot, or a zealot.
"They call these scholars stupid because they think the scholars don't understand Islam 'clearly' lol."
Well, of course they do, anyone who doesn't interpret everything the same way they do is wrong and blasphemous. It is a no true scotsman with the added threat of violence or death for not conforming to their biased interpretations.
"Where in the book did I say that Islam didn't need a reform? Islam clearly does, and to be frank quite a bit, to be compatible with modern human civilization. If it was realistic, I would love to see a world devoid if these stupid religions anyway."
You wrote but a single statement, one that could either be taken as either satire or your actual position. As satire has rarely done well in text format without the writer actually indicating that it is such, one can hardly be faulted with assuming it was your actual position. If you didn't intend people to take it that way, you should not have written it that way, the fault lies with the writer and not the reader.
"So, before showing your insanity, try to improve your sense of humor buddy."
Me not realizing you were simply a troll is not the same as not having a sense of humor, "buddy". As I honestly thought that most of the people with such a sophomoric sense of humor had already left, with the exception of Kenny/Simon. The fact that my sense of humor requires a bit more than simply pointing at something stupid does not mean I don't have one, it only means it is not as simple as your own.
"The world is full of other exciting stuffs too. Take care"
Oh, yes, tell me about the world. You don't even know me, I may know more about the world than you do, so how about you knock off the superiority act. I don't know you either, and made a judgement solely on what you produced, but I suppose expecting the same courtesy is expecting too much of a "poet".
Wao, you are so brilliant, and sharp, and witty, and courteous! Take my bow!
I personally think that other than having violent teachings in the religion 2 big reasons to attack the critic of a religion could be
1. Subconscious doubtful mind seeking approval of others and getting upset when gets rejection.
2. In the case of Islam when generally it is not liked by majority of the developed world (for obvious reasosns) it has created an inferiority complex among the muslims in general and when someone talks about it the idea "best way to defend is to offend" is practiced.
Makes sense though.Thanks for sharing.
"Hopefully, Muslims will embrace their first ever criticism warmly!"
"The e-book is available here: http://document.li/cPjr"
Yea I got the joke, though there is room for improvement in getting your sarcasm more across on a forum.
Don't use a link is one of them, since people would think there is something wrong with it.(rightly so)
Good suggestions. I didn't know of other ways to upload a PDF. Also, maybe a disclaimer on the forum would be helpful. I thought the intro to the forum post would suffice. Sorry for the confusion, and thanks again for the suggestions.