They throw out the “you want girls to dress like Lady Gaga?!” line once someone questions girls being forced to be wrapped up in the hijaab. As if people who don’t want to wear the hijaab — which women are subjugated to with draconian policies in Sharia Law lands like the Islamic Republics of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan — means that they want to dress like Lady Gaga or Kim Kardashian or some imaginary TV personality.

No, most self-respecting women neither conform to any media image of dressing like a Cosmo “prostitute” (an Islamist’s words) NOR do they bow down to the demands of man-made tribal edicts in which a female must “submit” to the will of a god and a man.

True modesty in dress is a being free of both these extremes.

So reread the last section of Safaa’s response and think about it for a second. Just a second, use your mind.

However, you are clearly coming from a background of total disbelief in God. At the end of the day, that’s the core issue here. So nothing that is said here can possibly alter your perception since guidance only comes from God. So I pray that He guides you.

“By the standards of the time which is the 7th century A.D”. Exactly, there you have it. Except we’re now in the 21st century. And we have, hopefully, at least in intent and formal declaration (e.g. the Geneva Conventions) if not in  practice, evolved from those standards of medieval barbarism. Except the Qur’an has not. It is after all perfect, infallible and timeless as is, which precludes suggestion of any amendments aka blasphemy.

Out of context! Out of context! Is one of the favorite cries all religious apologists hide behind – as if there were a context under which these religiously sanctioned atrocities are justifiable.

The most typical, striking, important and to be expected feature of your response, however, is how you completely ignore the point illustrated in my quotes from the Qur’an: The unceasing, belligerent, demonizing, invective against unbelievers the absurdity of which would have one laughing out loud were it not for the serious damage the inculcation of this nonsense into the minds of children causes for ever into adulthood.

How can this possibly prepare a Muslim positively to interact with non-believers?

# of Cruel or Violent Passages: 
Bible- 842
Quran – 333 

So the Bible has more than twice as many cruel or violent passages as does the Quran. 

A Penn State University Professor of Religion & History, Philip Jenkins studied a comparison of the 2 books and was quoted as saying “Much to my surprise, the Islamic scriptures in the Quran were actually far less bloody and less violent than those in the Bible” – Violence in the Quran, he and others say, is largely a defense against attack.

“By the standards of the time, which is the 7th century A.D., the laws of war that are laid down by the Quran are actually reasonably humane,” he says. “Then we turn to the Bible, and we actually find something that is for many people a real surprise. There is a specific kind of warfare laid down in the Bible which we can only call genocide.”

It is called herem, and it means total annihilation. Consider the Book of 1 Samuel, when God instructs King Saul to attack the Amalekites: “And utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them,” God says through the prophet Samuel. “But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.” — Reading this verse out of context would disturb any sane person. 

When the Quran references any war or violence in history, it is always as a last resort defense, never to initiate the attack.  And not once in the Quran does it call for the killing of innocent people, women, children, elderly, animals, or even plants.  It actually lays out the do’s & don’ts if you are forced to engage in battle.  And the key here is “forced”, again to defend yourself.  

Bottom line, those that carry our senseless violence in the name of any religion do not represent the vast majority of followers of that faith.  

Open your minds and seek to understand!!!

4:89.  The actual verse states… ” They wish that you should disbelieve just as they disbelieved so that you may all be alike.  Do not, therefore, take allies from them until they emigrate in the Way of God.  but if they turn their backs, seize them and slay them wherever you come upon them.”    This verse is in response to the hypocrites  that claimed to be believers but in fact were in allience with the enemies of muslims.  They were the ones who actually participated in acts of hostility against the Islamic state.  Treason, even in U.S. law today is punishable by death, when you are in a state of war.

9:5:  This verse was actually talking about the sacred 4 months, where fighting was not allowed and how it was allowed in the the other 8 months, but even then, this verse is in regards to those that were fighting and attacking the muslims. Not the general non muslim population.

Bottom line is just look at history, over 1000 years jews and christians found sanctuary in almost every muslim country, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Afghanistan, and many other muslim countries while they were being persecuted in Europe.  Just remember why so many protastants came to the U.S, it was because they were being prosecuted in Europe.   Spain and Portugal was under muslim control for over 700 years.    Muslims, christians, and Jews lived safely side by side and was one of the most enlightning period ever in Spain.  But, when Christians took over they killed, kicked out, or forced every muslim to convert to Christianity.    Anyway, if you choose to be selective in your interpretation and ignore history, then there is nothing I could do help or educate you.   

Quran 8:12: Instill terror in the hearts of the unbelievers. Strike off
their heads and cut off fingers and toes.

4:89: Take not unbelievers as friends until they fly in Allah’s way; but if
they turn back, seize them, kill them wherever you find them

9:5: Fight and kill the disbelievers