Islam promotes segregation, violence, and unequal treatment for women.

First, I will define segregation since segregation is a fairly general term that can often happen in instances that have little to no mal intent. Segregation: “The action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart.” http://www.oxforddictionaries.com... The next section will outline, in order, the factors that I have asserted Islam promotes. I will then dissect the verses and explain my interpretation of what they mean (even though many speak for themselves). Segregation “O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors; they are but friends and protectors of each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust.” (Surah 5, verse 51). http://alim.org... -The focus of this verse is “us” and “them”. In some of the simplest terms, the meaning behind this verse explicitly states that “we” do not associate with “them”. Furthermore, Muhammad explains that Allah does not guide anyone who He believes to be unjust. This is used to reinforce the standard to which all Muslims are to live up to. “And the Jews say: “Uzair is the son of Allah“; and the Christians say: “Messiah is the son of Allah.” that is what they say with their mouths; following in spirit assertions made in earlier times by people who denied the truth! [They deserve the imprecation:] May God destroy them! How perverted are their minds!" (Surah 9, verse 30) http://alim.org... -Before I explore the obvious attributes of segregation, Muhammad has made a strange profession. Muhammad has said that the truth was denied prior to his own understanding of the truth. He has therefore deemed the truth to have been available even prior to him having received revelations from the angel Gabriel. It is a blatant contradiction of the affirmations that Muhammad has made. Now, Muhammad has implemented condemnation to Christian and Jewish beliefs as a means for denying integration. The implications are simple: Lack of diverse religious acceptance maintains the purity that Muhammad believes to be essential for supporting his own agenda. “Surely Allah has laid a curse on the unbelievers and has prepared for them a blazing fire.” (Surah 33, verse 64). http://alim.org... -This is a further reinforcement to maintain the segregation directives that Muhammad redundantly orders to his followers. Apparently, the threat of the divine is much more prevalent than the “seemingly” constant threat that the unbelievers pose to the believers. It would seem silly to have to convince an individual(s) that a threat exists more than once if it is indeed prevalent. “O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him).” (Surah 9, verse 123). http://alim.org...'anic-verses-do-increase-the-faith-of-the-believers -Taking it one step further, the threat is not only eminent, but it is happening whether or not there are tell tale signs of its existence. This results in disregarding logic as a fundamental principle of our intrinsic moral order. Muhammad has increased the fear, just as every great cult leader has done when he/she feels that the stimulation of the congregation must constantly be exalted. The result is a direct order to fight with the intention of causing physical or emotional harm to a “perceived” threat. Violence “Their real wish is to see that you become a disbeliever, as they themselves have disbelieved, so that you may become exactly like them. So you should not take friends from their ranks unless they immigrate in the way of Allah; and if they do not, seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and do not take any of them as protectors or helpers.” (Surah 4, verse 89) http://alim.org... -What is most shocking (aside from the vengeful acts of violence), in which the Quran claims as truth, is the ridiculousness of the threat at large. The threat is not sickness, war, or genocide; it is a threat of disbelief. Disbelief has little to no empirical data supporting a threat to the majority and is almost uniquely individualistic. An individual disbelief does not generally result in practical threats of sickness, war, or genocide, as they pertain to modern times. Yet, this disbelief is still at the heart of the “perceived threat” that was highlighted 1500 years ago during nomadic civil unrest. We see it in the Middle East and the overwhelming violence that surges over this outdated (and unrelated) fear of disbelief. The real threat is the punishment from God for not taking the threat of disbelief seriously. Unequal Treatment Women “Let two witnesses from among you bear witness to all such documents, if two men cannot be found, then one man and two women of your choice should bear witness, so that if one of the women forgets anything the other may remind her.” (Surah 2, verse 282). http://alim.org... -Muhammad is professing that God only allows a women’s testimony to be half as credible to that of a man’s. This would be consistent with the preceding verse that blatantly states that men are superior to women. “0 YOU who have attained to faith! Do not attempt to pray while you are in a state of drunkenness, [but wait] until you know what you are saying; nor yet [while you are] in a state requiring total ablution, until you have bathed - except if you are traveling [and are unable to do so]. But if you are ill, or are traveling, or have just satisfied a want of nature, or have cohabited with a woman, and can find no water - then take resort to pure dust, passing [therewith] lightly over your face and your hands. Behold, God is indeed an absolver of sins, much-forgiving.” (Surah 4, verse 43). http://alim.org... -The implication in this verse illustrates that women are innately dirty and possess an impurity that, if encountered, one cannot even pray to God. Is it ironic that, during prayer, God forbids hands that have touched a woman pointed in His direction. Those filthy hands that have tarnished a man’s ability to pray are the same hands that God requires women to use during prayer. God must be consistent for his “truths” to resonate with any one who utilizes due diligence when he/she encounters professions of “truth”. “Your wives are your tilth; go, then, unto your tilth as you may desire, but first provide something for your souls, and remain conscious of God, and know that you are destined to meet Him. And give glad tidings unto those who believe.” (Surah 2, verse 223) http://alim.org... -What is strange about this verse is not the obvious encouragement for men to sleep with their wives whenever they please, it is how Muhammad has taken chauvinistic piety and attempted to downplay the absurdity of his statement. Muhammad has clearly stated that a man is able to take his wife to bed whenever he so pleases, he then attempts to dilute the effect by reinforcing a collection of ambiguous directives