Submitted by G.Bisvas(Germany), Jan 31, 2006 at 12:55
The kuran is not a book of guidance but of manipulation(s). Reading the kuran carefully will reveal this - but one needs some fine intelligence to recognise some of those deeper manipulations. Muslim leaders have always taken care that muslims do not develop this fine intelligence. Only those muslims who can use the kuran to manipulate lay-muslims rise to the top positions in the islamic hierarchy. This is an in-built selection in the islamic system. It is done in the name of the beduin god allah. Thus islam has to its credit the title of being the longest existing fascist-totaliarian system on the earth.
Reforming islam (howsoever much) will not eliminate the core fascist nature of islam and hence islam will always endanger the lives of decent human beings - be they non-muslims or muslims.
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