Islam: Religion of bullies

http://www.faithfreedom.org/comics/introduction.htm

Excellent exposition of the malignant psychology of Islam. Especially well described is the process by which the psychopathology of the founder becomes the normative behaviour model for the cult-like followers.

"The narcissists feel grandiose and self-important. They want to be acknowledged without commensurate merit. They want recognition and preferential treatment without feeling any obligation to reciprocate. They get their sense of self-importance by putting you down, criticizing you, decrying your world and disparaging your values, but you are not allowed to slight them. It is okay for them to violate your rights, abuse you and even kill you, but you are not supposed to mistreat them in the slightest way."

I would change that slightly- I believe that the sense of self-importance is derived from the utter conviction that Muhammad is God, pretty much, and that therefore every other religion is deficient. No other religion spends as much time as Islam touting their prophet, and defaming other religions for not recognising him. Christianity and Judaism are the main targets, although the religions that Islam met with later were treated with even greater disdain.

I believe one of Islams biggest problems is it arrived very late in a crowded market. Not only did Muhammad have to persuade Christians and Jews that he was the prophet, he had to contend with a myriad of long-established local religions in Arabia. The Koran is full of rancorous bile against all those around Muhammad in Arabia who just wouldn't believe his spluttering protestations, and rejected his prophethood. That left a legacy of bitterness that we see in Muslims today. The reason their prophet is so important to them is that unlike most of the worlds large religions, Islam has no universal moral foundations. It is a personality cult. The only absolutes in Islam are that all people must submit to the Muslim God and recognise Muhammad as his prophet. Violence for instance is OK if its directed against non-believers. There are no unequivocal condemnations of violence in the Koran, only violence against believers.

Judaism and Christianity are are a constant reminder that for millions in the Middle East in the seventh century, Muhammad did not succeed in his proselytising task. Men with AK-47's and daggers are currently trying to rectify that all over the Middle East, and with backpack bombs in Britain. As Ali Sina at FaithFreedom points out, Islam is the religion of bullies. And the last thing you do with bullies is give them an inch.