The Abrogation of Violent and Repressive
Scripture
The following
sample passages from the Old and New Testaments, Qur'an and Law of Manu are
hereby abrogated in the name of the Bridegroom, to liberate all women from the
yoke of patriarchal religion, whether monotheism or
polytheistic Hinduism. These are
representative examples. Any others expressing similar attitudes are likewise
abrogated by implication and precedent. All references to death for adultery
are abrogated in every religion in which they occur. There are so many
diabolical hadith concerning stoning and other stone-age punishments that only
three key passages emphasizing the origin of stoning from applying it
incorrectly to Jews on the basis of an outmoded passage in Deuteronomy are
included to
I unpronounce dominion over
nature.
I unpronounce the Anathema
maranatha.
I unpronounce the death curse
on the witch.
I unpronounce stoning for
adultery,
or any other violent
punishment.
I apologise to all women for
the sins of man.
Exod 22:18
Death curse on the Witch Thou shalt
not suffer a witch to live.
Lev 20:27
Familiars A man also or
woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to
death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
Lev 24:16
Blasphemy And he that
blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the
congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is
born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to
death.
Deut 21:22
Hanging on a Tree And if a
man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and
thou hang him on a tree: His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but
thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of
God;
Deut 20:12
Genocide and Sexual Slavery And if it
will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt
besiege it: And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou
shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: But the women, and
the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the
spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of
thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. Thus shalt thou do unto
all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of
these nations. But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth
give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: But
thou shalt utterly destroy them; (used to justify Muhammad's genocide at
Medina)
Deut 22:20
Stoning for Adultery But if
this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the
men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: (used to justify
stoning for adultery in Islam)
Deut 22:22
Stoning for Adultery If a man
be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them
die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put
away evil from Israel. If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an
husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; Then ye shall bring
them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones
that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the
man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil
from among you.
Deut 21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious
son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother,
and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: ... And
they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and
rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And
all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou
put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Luke 14:23
Religious compulsion And the
lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel
them to come in, that my house may be filled.
1 Cor 16:22
The Anathema curse "If
any 'man' love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let 'him' be Anathema
maranatha".
1 Cor 14:34
Women to keep silent "Let
your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to
speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And
if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a
shame for women to speak in the church."
1 Timothy
2:11 Women not authorized to Preach "I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is
to keep silent with all subjection; for Adam was first formed then Eve. Adam
was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor".
1 Cor 7:29
Negating sexuality in marriage "Blessed are they who have wives as if they had none, for they
shall inherit God".
Col 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is
fit in the Lord.
Qur'an
4:34: Men superior to women, Beating "Men stand superior to women in that God hath preferred the one
over the other ... Those whose perverseness you fear, admonish them and remove
them into bed chambers and beat them, but if they submit to you then do not
seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great."
Qur'an
4.11: Male worth two Females Allah
enjoins you concerning your children: The male shall have the equal of the
portion of two females
Qur'an
4.15: Confinement unto death And as for
those who are guilty of an indecency from among your women, call to witnesses
against them four (witnesses) from among you; then if they bear witness confine
them to the houses until death takes them away or Allah opens some way for
them.
Qur'an 4:89
Death for apostasy They wish
that you should disbelieve as they disbelieve, and then you would be equal;
therefore take not to yourselves friends of them, until they emigrate in the
way of God; then, if they turn their backs, take them, and slay them wherever
you find them; take not to yourselves any one of them as friend or helper.
Qur'an 24.2
Flogging for adultery (As for)
the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred
stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to
Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers
witness their chastisement. The fornicator shall not marry any but a
fornicatress or idolatress, and (as for) the fornicatress, none shall marry her
but a fornicator or an idolater; and it is forbidden to the believers.
Qur'an
24.31 Enforced veiling And say to
the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private
parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let
them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display their
ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their
husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or
their brothers' sons.
Verses of the Sword
Apologists for Islam, as a supposed
religion of peace, often quote the following:
Qur'an 2.256 Let there be no compulsion in religion;
truth stands out clear from error.
But the Koran
includes many abrogated verses, called mansukh, and abrogating verses, nasikh;
the latter cancel the former, rendering them invalid, though they nevertheless
remain in the Koran and are deceptively quoted, for Western consumption, as
though they still represent genuine Islamic beliefs. Of the Koran's 114 suras,
only 43 are without abrogated or abrogating verses. The Koranic verses that preach tolerance and peace and
prohibit compulsion in religion, are among the earliest of Muhammad's
revelations and are thus liable to abrogation, whenever Allah felt the
inclination to revoke his immutable word. Muhammad was thus able to impose upon
his followers the implausible belief that the inerrant Muslim God had routinely
changed his mind. The early Koran invoked religious tolerance because Islam had
not yet acquired the power to compel conversion:
The Apostle had not been given
permission to fight or allowed to shed blood ... he had simply been ordered to
call men to God, endure insult, and forgive the ignorant ( Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah. )
But when Islam
became powerful, Islam could now call people by the sword - that is, compel
conversion - and accordingly verses of the sword were conveniently revealed to
the Prophet, verses that sanction and command conversion of the Infidel by
armed violence, which historically would become Islam's preferred method.
Hence the
following sura are abrogated in the name of religious deceit and the need for a
sustainable world without promulgation of religious violence to achieve
physical domination:
Qur'an 5.33
Crucifixion for mischief The
punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle and strive to
make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or
crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or
they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world,
and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement, Except those who
repent before you have them in your power; so know that Allah is Forgiving,
Merciful.
Qur'an 5.51 O believers, take not Jews and
Christians as friends; they are friends of each other. Whoso of you makes them
his friends is one of them. Allah guides not the people of the evildoers.
Qur'an 8.12-13 Allah revealed His will to the
angels, saying: 'I shall be with you. Give courage to the believers. I shall
cast terror into the hearts of the infidels. Strike off their heads, strike off
the very tips of their fingers!' That was because they defied Allah and His
apostle. He that defies Allah and his apostle shall be sternly punished by
Allah.
Qur'an 8.37 In order that Allah may separate the
pure from the impure, put all the impure ones [i.e. non-Muslims] one on top of
another in a heap and cast them into hell. They will have been the ones to have
lost.
Qur'an 8.39 And fight them until there is no more
fitnah disbelief and polytheism, i.e. worshipping others besides Allah and the
religion worship will all be for Allah alone. But if they cease worshipping
others besides Allah then certainly, Allah is All-Seer of what they do.
Qur'an 8.60 Muster against them [i.e. non-Muslims]
all the men and cavalry at your command, so that you may strike terror into the
enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others besides them who are unknown to you
but known to Allah.
Qur'an 8.65 O Prophet, urge on the believers to
fight. If there be twenty of you, patient men, they will overcome two hundred;
if there be a hundred of you, they will overcome a thousand unbelievers, for
they are a people who understand not.
Qur'an 8.67 It is not for any Prophet to have
prisoners until he make wide slaughter in the land.
Qur'an 9.5
Killing idolators So when
the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find
them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every
ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave
their way free to them; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur'an 9.29 Fight those who believe not in Allah
and the Last Day and do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden
-- such men as practice not the religion of truth, being of those who have been
given the Book [i.e. Jews and Christians] -- until they pay the tribute out of
hand and have been humbled.
Qur'an 9.39
If you do not go to war, He
will punish you sternly, and will replace you by other men.
Qur'an 9.73 Prophet, make war on the unbelievers
and the hypocrites, and deal harshly with them. Hell shall be their home: an
evil fate.
Qur'an
9.111 They [i.e.
faithful Muslims] will fight for the cause of Allah, they will slay and be
slain.
Qur'an
9.123 O believers,
fight the unbelievers who are near to you, and let them find in you a
harshness, and know that Allah is with the godfearing.
Qur'an
17.16 When We resolve
to raze a city, We first give warning to those of its people who live in
comfort. If they persist in sin, judgement is irrevocably passed, and We
destroy it utterly.
Qur'an
21.11-15 We have destroyed
many a sinful nation and replaced them by other men. And when they felt Our
Might they took to their heels and fled. They were told: 'Do not run away.
Return to your comforts and to your dwellings. You shall be questioned all.'
'Woe betide us, we have done wrong' was their reply. And this they kept
repeating until We mowed them down and put out their light.
Qur'an 47.4 When you meet the unbelievers in the
battlefield strike off their heads and, when you have laid them low, bind your
captives firmly. Then grant them their freedom or take a ransom from them,
until war shall lay down her burdens.
Qur'an
48.29 Muhammad is
Allah's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless to the unbelievers but
merciful to one another.
Qur'an
111.1-5 May the hands of
Abu Lahab [Muhammad's uncle, who had refused to embrace Islam] perish! Nothing
shall his wealth and gains avail him. He shall be burnt in a flaming fire, and
his wife, laden with firewood, shall have a rope of fiber around her neck!
Hadith
Death for Apostasy al-Bukhari 4:52:260 Narrated Ikrima: Ali burnt some people and this news reached Ibn
'Abbas, who said, "Had I been in his place I would not have burnt them, as
the Prophet said, 'Don't punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I
would have killed them, for the Prophet said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards
his religion, kill him.'
Hadith
Stoning for adultery al-Bukhari 2:23:413 Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: The Jew brought to the Prophet a man and
a woman from amongst them who have committed (adultery) illegal sexual
intercourse. He ordered both of them to be stoned (to death), near the place of
offering the funeral prayers beside the mosque."
Hadith
Stoning for adultery al-Bukhari 4:56:829 Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: The Jews came to Allah's Apostle and told
him that a man and a woman from amongst them had committed illegal sexual
intercourse. Allah's Apostle said to them, "What do you find in the Torah
(old Testament) about the legal punishment of Ar-Rajm (stoning)?" They
replied, (But) we announce their crime and lash them." Abdullah bin Salam
said, "You are telling a lie; Torah contains the order of Rajm." They
brought and opened the Torah and one of them solaced his hand on the Verse of
Rajm and read the verses preceding and following it. Abdullah bin Salam said to
him, "Lift your hand." When he lifted his hand, the Verse of Rajm was
written there. They said, "Muhammad has told the truth; the Torah has the
Verse of Rajm. The Prophet then gave the order that both of them should be
stoned to death. ('Abdullah bin 'Umar said, "I saw the man leaning over
the woman to shelter her from the stones."
Hadith Stoning
for adultery al-Bukhari 6.:60:79 Narrated 'Abdullah bin Umar: The Jews brought to the Prophet a man and
a woman from among them who had committed illeg- al sexual intercourse. The
Prophet said to them, "How do you usually punish the one amongst you who
has committed illegal sexual intercourse?" They replied, "We blacken
their faces with coal and beat them," He said, "Don't you find the
order of Ar-Rajm (i.e. stoning to death) in the Torah?" They replied,
"We do not find anything in it." 'Abdullah bin Salam (after hearing
this conversation) said to them. "You have told a lie! Bring here the
Torah and recite it if you are truthful." (So the Jews brought the Torah).
And the religious teacher who was teaching it to them, put his hand over the
Verse of Ar-Rajm and started reading what was written above and below the place
hidden with his hand, but he did not read the Verse of Ar-Rajm. 'Abdullah bin
Salam removed his (i.e. the teacher's) hand from the Verse of Ar-Rajm and said,
"What is this?" So when the Jews saw that Verse, they said,
"This is the Verse of Ar-Rajm." So the Prophet ordered the two
adulterers to be stoned to death, and they were stoned to death near the place
where biers used to be placed near the Mosque. I saw her companion (i.e. the
adulterer) bowing over her so as to protect her from the stones.
Law of Manu
IX. 4. Reprehensible is
the father who gives not (his daughter) in marriage at the proper time.
Law of Manu
IX. 88. To a
distinguished, handsome suitor of equal caste should a father give his daughter
in accordance with the prescribed rule, though she have not attained the proper
age (puberty).
Law of Manu
V. 157. At her pleasure
let her emaciate her body, by living voluntarily on pure flowers, roots and
fruits ; but let her not, when her lord is deceased, even pronounce the name of
another man.
Law of Manu
V. 161. But a widow, who
from a wish to bear children, slights her deceased husband by marrying again,
brings disgrace on herself here below, and shall be excluded from the seat of
her lord.
Law of Manu
V. 162. Offspring
begotten on a woman by any other than her husband, is here declared to be no
progeny of hers ; no more than a child, begotten on the wife of another man
belongs to the begetter; nor is a second husband any where prescribed for a
virtuous woman.
Yajnavalkya
86. When deprived of her
husband, she must not remain away from her father, mother, son, brother,
mother-in-law or from her maternal uncle; otherwise she might become liable to
censure. Here again Yajnavalkya does not suggest that a widow become a Sati.
Vijnaneshwar "This is in the case of the
alternative of leading a celibate life vide the text of Vishnu [f75] :
"After the death of the husband, either celibacy or ascending the
(cremation) pile after him." Vijnaneshwar adds 'There is great merit in
ascending the funeral pyre after him.