Islam is a necessity in the modern world.

What Valiya fails to understand is that without positing some actual benefit in Islam that the entire world can agree upon (such as my proposal of a new and renewable source of energy), Islam has a terrible Public Relations disaster on its hands. Here is the problem, Valiya --- and all these are from Sahih Muslim or Bukhari, the two most accepted collections of Hadith, as well as Dawud which is also widely accepted: 1. Muhammad - ???? Muhammad, in his late middle-ages, married a 6 year old girl then consummated the relationship when she turned 9: Narrated `Aisha: that 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). http://sunnah.com... If you would, in good conscience, let a man do that to one of your daughters, most of the Western world would consider you a sicko, deserving to be locked up and beaten by up by prison gangs (who draw the line when it comes to evils such as this). Most of them would hate you --- viscerally, deeply, with a burning desire to see your entire civilization burned to the ground, just for this. 2. Muhammad - advocate of war rape, woman slavery 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 (iv. 24)" (i. e. they were lawful for them when their 'Idda period came to an end). http://sunnah.com... Abu Sa"id Al Khudri said "The Apostle of Allaah sent a military expedition to Awtas on the occasion of the battle of Hunain. They met their enemy and fought with them. They defeated them and took them captives. Some of the Companions of Apostle of Allaah were reluctant to have intercourse with the female captives in the presence of their husbands who were unbelievers. So, Allaah the exalted sent down the Qur"anic verse "And all married women (are forbidden) unto you save those (captives) whom your right hand posses." This is to say they are lawful for them when they complete their waiting period. http://sunnah.com... 0 Abu Sa'id, did you hear Allah's Messenger mentioning al-'azl? He said: Yes, and added: We went out with Allah's Messenger on the expedition to the Bi'l-Mustaliq and took captive some excellent Arab women; and we desired them, for we were suffering from the absence of our wives, (but at the same time) we also desired ransom for them. So we decided to have sexual intercourse with them but by observing 'azl (Withdrawing the male sexual organ before emission of semen to avoid-conception). But we said: We are doing an act whereas Allah's Messenger is amongst us; why not ask him? So we asked Allah's Mes- senger, and he said: It does not matter if you do not do it, for every soul that is to be born up to the Day of Resurrection will be born. http://sunnah.com... To summarize, according to the Hadith, it is lawful for soldiers to capture women in war, have sex with them even though their husbands are still alive --- have sex with them even in the presence of their husbands, and sell for ransom once one is done with them. You might argue that the noble Mujahideen had to get the woman's permission before having sex, but imagine the mind-state of these poor women: their families had been killed, they were captured by men with swords who had killed many of their relatives --- brothers, fathers, uncles, grandfathers --- and they're going to willingly have sex? You can argue this point but the entire Western world will laugh at you, and much of the East will, also. And do we really imagine Muhammad --- a man who, in his fifties, consummated his marriage with 9 year old Aisha --- is all that concerned with valid consent from a woman? 3. Muhammad - oppressor of women's equality before the law Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: The Prophet said, "Isn't the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?" The women said, "Yes." He said, "This is because of the deficiency of a woman's mind." http://sunnah.com... Need I comment why the West would hate this? 4. Muhammad - killer of apostasizers Narrated `Ikrima: Some Zanadiqa (atheists) 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, 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'" http://sunnah.com... Need I comment? 5. Muhammad - Jew hater / believer in sentient trees 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. http://sunnah.com... The West generally has a bad impression of those who speak well of murdering Jews. These are just four points, but very prominent ones. Muslims generally do not publicize these Hadiths, but they are there, and have been used in all Muslim countries as the guiding hand of Muslim law and actions. So we have the following problem: Muhammad, while an old man, had sex with a 9 year old. His armies captured women, had sex with them (no mention of consent), and sold them as slaves. He denied woman an equally valid testimony under Islamic law --- a principle which puts all women in danger before the law. He advocated the murder of apostates. He said the last day would not come until a Jewish genocide took place. And here is what we can reasonably conclude about Valiya: Valiya prefers a society in which 6 years old are married and the relationship is "consummated" at age 9, to one in which this is outlawed. Valiya prefers a society where Islamic slavery is in place, where captive woman are in subjection to their slave-owners, who can have sex with them as they wish then sell them off when they are done. No age of consent is mentioned in any of these Islamic laws, either, so we can assume that this would involve a great deal of minors. We could have a society where this was all illegal, but Valiya hates such a society. Valiya prefers a society where a woman's testimony is not equal to that of a man, etc. Valiya prefers a society where those who leave Islam are killed. On the last day, Valiya would listen to the trees to see if a Jew was behind it, and if a Jew was, Valiya would gladly kill that Jew. If you voiced these beliefs in the presence of a good Westerner, they would hate you. If you were in their house, they would kick you out. ! http://www.youtube.com...