The crazed reaction of so many Muslims globally to the burning of the Qur’an speaks much louder about Islam than efforts to distribute the Qur’an in hopes that no one will notice its violent verses, despite the obvious fact that a significant number of Muslims follow them; and then there is the maltreatment of women.
No one is claiming that all Muslims live by verses that encourage jihad and human rights abuses, but enough do to cause justified concern.
“Malaysia to distribute translated Qurans abroad to counter Islamophobia,” by Iman Muttaqin Yusof, BenarNews, February 27, 2023:
Malaysia has set aside more than U.S. $2 million in the 2023 budget to counter Islamophobia by translating and printing the Quran in several languages and distributing copies internationally.
Of the copies that will be printed under the plan, the first of its kind by the government, 20,000 will be sent to Sweden where a far-right politician recently burned the Muslims’ holy book on at least two occasions.
The 10 million ringgit ($2.2 million) plan is meant to create a better understanding of Islam, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told reporters after an event titled “International Forum on Islamophobia,” which was held in the administrative capital, Putrajaya.
“We will print 20,000 in Swedish – and other languages too – for the purpose of better understanding,” he told reporters.
“Why it has become an issue is because those against Islam never read the holy book. …. So, we have to go back to the text or at least the translation to save and enlighten others about the deeper meaning of the religion.”
Anwar said the translations, publication and distribution will show wisdom and maturity in the face of unnecessary attacks on Islam.
Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan publicly burned the Quran in Sweden last month – on Jan. 21 during a protest, and on Jan. 27, in front of the Turkish embassy.
Anwar had condemned the acts, saying there was a need to educate non-Muslims.
“Yes we must protest, but it is also important we must give our understanding and do our utmost to ensure the message of the Quran is alive,” Anwar had said at a book launch, according to local media.
Joachim Bergström, Swedish ambassador to Malaysia, welcomed Anwar’s announcement.
“I am personally delighted that the Al-Quran, this globally important text, will be more accessible in my native country and in Europe,” Bergström told BenarNews.
“I even own several copies. I have spent many years of my life living and working in the Muslim world – including as Sweden’s special envoy to combat Islamophobia between 2016 and 2021 – and I am convinced that knowledge and dialogue are the way to promote understanding and peace.”
The Saudi Arabian government has undertaken a similar initiative to Malaysia’s planned one.
By 2000, the Middle Eastern country had distributed more than 138 million copies of the Quran across several countries, accord to the Heritage Foundation and other sources. More recently, media reported the country distributed 30,000 copies in Kenya in 2022…….
PRCS says
One placard asks:
DOES YOUR RELIGION TEACH YOU TO INSULT OTHERS?
The answer Allah’s perpetually offended slaves should be:
DOES YOURS?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Looks perfect: that alone would have them twisting into pretzels
Jack Reynolds says
Malaysia spends $2,000,000 USD to counter ‘Islamophobia’ by distributing copies of Qur’an worldwide
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This will include 20,000 translations destined for Sweden.
It does not include 20,000 BIC lighters shipped to Sweden from Canada.
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https://www.jihadwatch.org/2023/03/malaysia-spends-2000000-usd-to-to-counter-islamophobia-by-distributing-copies-of-quran-worldwide
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According to Sharia law:
1. Muslims are to subjugate the world under Islam (Quran 9:29).
2. Criticizing Muhammad or denying that he is a prophet is punishable by death.
3. Criticizing or denying Allah is punishable by death.
4. Criminals of genocide, mass-rape, looting etc (Hiraba) will not be punished if they repent.
5. Muslims should engage in Taqiyya and lie to non-Muslims to advance Islam.
6. Theft is punishable by amputation of the hands (Quran 5:38)
7. No retaliation for parents and grandparents for killing their offspring.
8. Amputation punishments for successive thefts: 1st left hand, 2nd right hand, 3rd left foot, 4th right foot, 5th head.
9. You can enslave for sex or work (Quran 4:3 4:24 5:89 33:50 58:3 70:30)
10. One can have sexual intercourse with a captive woman after she is clear of her period and/or delivery. If she has a husband, then her marriage is abrogated when she becomes a captive.
11. You will kill non-Muslims to receive 72 virgins in Heaven (Quran 9:111)
12. Muslim men have sexual rights to any woman/girl not wearing the Hijab. Taharrush Gamea is the coordinated seхual assault of a girl or a woman in public by a mass of Muslim men. Taharrush Gamea is not a “game” as some Muslims claim. In Arabic, Taharrush means “harassment,” Jinsi means “seхual,” and Gamea (pronounced and spelled, Jamai by non-Egyptian Muslims) means “mass” or “group.”
13. You can beat sex slaves (Quran 4:34)
14. Kill Jews and Christians if they do not convert or pay a Jizya tax (Quran 9:29)
15. You will terrorize non-Muslims (Quran 8:12 8:60)
16. A Muslim shall not be put to death for murdering an unbeliever.
17. Fight everyone in the way of Allah and kill those who disbelieve Mohammad (Ibn Ishaq 992)
18. A Muslim who becomes a non-Muslim is punishable by death.
19. A non-Muslim who leads a Muslim away from Islam is punishable by death.
20. A non-Muslim man who marries a Muslim woman is punishable by death.
21. A woman or girl who has been raped cannot testify in court against her rapist(s).
22. Testimonies of 4 male witnesses are required to prove rape of a female (Quran 24:13).
23. A woman or girl who alleges rape without producing 4 male witnesses is guilty of adultery.
24. A woman or girl found guilty of adultery is punishable by death.
25. A male convicted of rape can have his conviction dismissed by marrying his victim.
26. A woman can have 1 husband, a man can have up to 4 wives, but Muhammad can have 9.
27. A man can marry an infant girl and consummate the marriage when she is 9 years old.
28. Girls’ clitoris should be cut (Muhammad’s words, Book 41, Kitab Al-Adab, Hadith 5251).
29. A man can beat his wife for insubordination (see Quran 4:34).
30. A man can unilaterally divorce his wife; a wife needs her husband’s consent to divorce.
31. A divorced wife loses custody of all children over 6 years of age or when they exceed it.
32. A woman’s testimony in court, allowed in property cases, carries ½ the weight of a man’s.
33. A female heir inherits half of what a male heir inherits.
34. A woman cannot speak alone to a man who is not her husband or relative.
35. Meat to eat must come from animals that have been sacrificed to Allah – i.e., be “Halal.”
36. Husbands are obliged to provide only food, clothes and accommodation to wives. Anything else including doctor’s fees, medicines etc is a charity to her. A rebellious wife does not get anything.
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࿗Infidel࿘ says
Maybe Malaysia could try distributing The Critical Qur’an, since any Arabic quran would be unintelligible to the target readership?
Also, muslims always tell us that the only sacred qurans are in Arabic. In which case, why do they get pissed when people burn qurans translated in other languages?
mg says
why do you sign on with the svastika about your handle. I know it’s an ancient symbol of peace and harmony but the nazi use of this symbol has tarnished it beyond any recognition. I mean- if you wish to dig thru the corruptions of the religon of pieces, doesn’t using the nazi symbol expose you to ridicule?
Devasur says
When did Nazi use Hindu/Buddhist swastika? Nazis called it haken kreuz aka hooked cross. Yet you people purposely call it swastika to make it look like Nazis were Hindu/buddhists. You people are no different from Islamists. As they do physical jihad and you people do intellectual jihad. No wonder both get along well.
mgoldberg says
“You people?!? are no different from Islamists?” My word, all that from a query about using a handle that can be used against the ideas of the poster. The nazi’s sent people to Tibet to find their lost roots etc etc, and came up with the turned around svastika, as a symbol of power.
I pointed out that using symbols in handles that can be used by others to distort the poster as a secret nazi, when he is nothing of the sort, seems to make it useful to not use the symbol. But it certainly doens’t put me into some seat with ‘Islamists’.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Aside from what Devasur said above, the Swastika w/ the dots inside it is even more different from the Hakenkreuz. Even if you rotated it 45 degrees, it would look pretty different. Here are a bunch of Hindu temples worldwide that use the swastika, in both ࿕࿖ and ࿗࿘. Only one of these, rotated 45°, would be the Nazi Hakenkreuz, or the ‘hooked cross’, if you don’t want to use Geman. Incidentally, the reason all the above 4 symbols exist in Unicode, which is why I am able to use it, is that it is a part of the Tibetan character set
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Also, here is the link
google.com/search?q=hindu+temples+with+swastika&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwikqO_6ssH9AhUNA7cAHYfgDtkQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=hindu+temples+with+swastika&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1CnFliIPmDiSGgAcAB4AIABqQGIAboQkgEFMTAuMTCYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=v8MCZOTMCo2G3LUPh8G7yA0&bih=794&biw=1671&rlz=1CAZKSY_enUS1003
somehistory says
Yes, that will do the trick. If people read and understood what the mozlums had in store for them, their “fear” might not be “unreasoning” but a fear based on the fact that mozlums…”worldwide”…want them dead.
Of course, I personally have never read the book of evil, demonic filth, unholy in the extreme, but found my understanding from the works of those who have…such as Mr. Spencer, Mr. Raymond Ibrahim, Mr. Emerson, and others. (I never read hitler’s book either, or the Turner Diaries for the same reasons)
Furthermore, it isn’t necessary to read a lot of books about islam….just read the news, see how they do when their book is burned, or has a tiny tear, or a little dirt. Watch how they behave when someone tells the Truth about them…why they insist women must cover fully, why males are allowed to rape and get away with it while their victims go to prison, why they rape and mutilate tiny babies, etc.
So-called “islamophobia” is no more than a propaganda tool used to silence the Truth about how evil islam is.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Yeah, imagine something like Naziophobia or Communophobia in the 40s or the Cold War era
Jim says
The person who complains that others who oppose Islam have not read the Coran and other muslim scriptures probably has not read them himself. There are so many inhumane commandments and examples in the Coran, you would think that giving people copies would tend to discourage them from approving of Islam or mass immigration from the Islamic world. Perhaps the distributors intend to send highly abridged versions, the Readers Digest Condensed Coran with all the anti-Semitic, anti-Christian passages edited out. I can imagine that. A friend of mine has a Coran,and it was edited to make it more palatable to non-Muslims. Give them what they think they want, to allay their suspicions.
tim gallagher says
I suspect that not many people will read much of the Koran because it is so boring. I wanted to check on some of those quotes from the Koran which called for infidels to be killed and terrorised and I read enough to feel that it is an evil book which is dominated by a hatred for the non-believers. If some people do read parts of the Koran then they will also realise what an evil and hate-filled book it is and how evil islam is in general. This will be a good result because, at present, there are so many idiots out there who know bugger all about islam’s evil nature and keep thinking that islam is OK and is just another religion, not much different to other religions.
somehistory says
Tim, I believe that most people are not that curious or inquisitive about other people unless those other people are celebs. And many are not “into” reading anything except social media stuff.
tim gallagher says
Unfortunately, you are probably right, somehistory. I have to say that I couldn’t get far with reading the Koran as i did find it as boring a book as I have ever come across. But i did notice what a vile book it is. My main impression was that it contained a sick, totally obsessive hatred towards non-believers.
somehistory says
Tim, School kids have required reading, doctors have to read to keep up and lawyers have to read new laws, but there is no mandatory reading of the filth in the islam book.
Thank goodness, thank God, for that. Cause I couldn’t stomach any of it…not a word.
I would feel as if I had invited satan to come into my home.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I’m fine w/ reading social media, but in that case, I go to the social media of the country I’m trying to explore. Like a few years ago, when I was on Twitter, I wanted to find out what was really going on in Burma, and so I went to Twitter and saw some accounts from Burmese, showing how the Rohingyas, who they they refer to as ‘Bengalis’, beheaded both Buddhists and Hindus. It made a lot more sense than following the BBC, which bats for jihadists everywhere
As a kid, I used to be pretty inquisitive about some other countries: I doubt that anyone can be inquisitive about all countries, unless they’re into empire building
somehistory says
Infidel, although I have never met you, nor actually spoken to you, my opinion is that you are unique, one of a kind.
I :;like to know about other places and people, so I Understand why you read social media. I once read encyclopedias .and can now do that online. It doesn’t give me news, but I do get a little bit of that from people on here who are outside the U.S.
And even just different places in the States.
tim gallagher says
That’s interesting about the Burmese and the Rohingyas, Infidel. When they threw them out of Burma, I immediately thought that it would have been because of the usual appalling Muslim behaviours. somehistory, I think you are probably right about how people will mostly not read these Korans. I have to say that I could not read much of it – so boring. I’m glad that people like Robert Spencer have done that hard work. A thankless, but necessary task.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Somehistory
I’d like to think that there are more people like me, but you’re probably right: I have yet to meet one 😈
I used to read encyclopedias and other sorts of reference books, usually published in the West, from the 80’s. But this was when such publications were more reputable, and written by people who actually knew what they were talking about, rather than opinionated windbags w/ the permission settings to edit an online ‘encyclopedia’. It did a good job informing me about the West, but I knew that it had its limitations when it came to dealing w/ non-Western countries. Not due to any prejudice, necessarily, but simply b’cos they were not non-Western
Tim
Years ago, I used to think that the Serbs were the wrong side in the Balkan wars post breakup of Yugoslavia, but a lot of Serbian-Americans here on JW enlightened me. That taught me the importance of trying to find out the perspective of the people usually vilified by the globalist mainstream media. My thinking: if they are lying about us, why would we believe them when they impugn other people? Maybe, just maybe, they’re right about other people they demonize, but I’d like to hear from the other people they demonize before forming an opinion
Jack Reynolds says
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS QUR’AN EXTRACT WORD-WIDE
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.According to Sharia law:
1. Muslims are to subjugate the world under Islam (Quran 9:29).
2. Criticizing Muhammad or denying that he is a prophet is punishable by death.
3. Criticizing or denying Allah is punishable by death.
4. Criminals of genocide, mass-rape, looting etc (Hiraba) will not be punished if they repent.
5. Muslims should engage in Taqiyya and lie to non-Muslims to advance Islam.
6. Theft is punishable by amputation of the hands (Quran 5:38)
7. No retaliation for parents and grandparents for killing their offspring.
8. Amputation punishments for successive thefts: 1st left hand, 2nd right hand, 3rd left foot, 4th right foot, 5th head.
9. You can enslave for sex or work (Quran 4:3 4:24 5:89 33:50 58:3 70:30)
10. One can have sexual intercourse with a captive woman after she is clear of her period and/or delivery. If she has a husband, then her marriage is abrogated when she becomes a captive.
11. You will kill non-Muslims to receive 72 virgins in Heaven (Quran 9:111)
12. Muslim men have sexual rights to any woman/girl not wearing the Hijab. Taharrush Gamea is the coordinated seхual assault of a girl or a woman in public by a mass of Muslim men. Taharrush Gamea is not a “game” as some Muslims claim. In Arabic, Taharrush means “harassment,” Jinsi means “seхual,” and Gamea (pronounced and spelled, Jamai by non-Egyptian Muslims) means “mass” or “group.”
13. You can beat sex slaves (Quran 4:34)
14. Kill Jews and Christians if they do not convert or pay a Jizya tax (Quran 9:29)
15. You will terrorize non-Muslims (Quran 8:12 8:60)
16. A Muslim shall not be put to death for murdering an unbeliever.
17. Fight everyone in the way of Allah and kill those who disbelieve Mohammad (Ibn Ishaq 992)
18. A Muslim who becomes a non-Muslim is punishable by death.
19. A non-Muslim who leads a Muslim away from Islam is punishable by death.
20. A non-Muslim man who marries a Muslim woman is punishable by death.
21. A woman or girl who has been raped cannot testify in court against her rapist(s).
22. Testimonies of 4 male witnesses are required to prove rape of a female (Quran 24:13).
23. A woman or girl who alleges rape without producing 4 male witnesses is guilty of adultery.
24. A woman or girl found guilty of adultery is punishable by death.
25. A male convicted of rape can have his conviction dismissed by marrying his victim.
26. A woman can have 1 husband, a man can have up to 4 wives, but Muhammad can have 9.
27. A man can marry an infant girl and consummate the marriage when she is 9 years old.
28. Girls’ clitoris should be cut (Muhammad’s words, Book 41, Kitab Al-Adab, Hadith 5251).
29. A man can beat his wife for insubordination (see Quran 4:34).
30. A man can unilaterally divorce his wife; a wife needs her husband’s consent to divorce.
31. A divorced wife loses custody of all children over 6 years of age or when they exceed it.
32. A woman’s testimony in court, allowed in property cases, carries ½ the weight of a man’s.
33. A female heir inherits half of what a male heir inherits.
34. A woman cannot speak alone to a man who is not her husband or relative.
35. Meat to eat must come from animals that have been sacrificed to Allah – i.e., be “Halal.”
36. Husbands are obliged to provide only food, clothes and accommodation to wives. Anything else including doctor’s fees, medicines etc is a charity to her. A rebellious wife does not get anything.
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tim gallagher says
That is a great list, Jack, a summary of the barbarity and evil nature of islam. I will be handing a copy of it to a few of the left wing people I know who know next to nothing about islam and don’t believe that it is an evil religious ideology. It might wake them up.
Jack Reynolds says
Good … The text is easy to Copy & Paste and then save away for future use.
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It has stopped numerous debates dead in their tracks.
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tim gallagher says
My reaction was, when I read the list, now how can any person defend such an evil religious ideology that condones such absolutely disgusting behaviours. I can well imagine that it would have stopped debates dead in their tracks and woken up some sleepwalkers as to the nature of islam.
PRCS says
A very extensive list, Jack.
Thank you.
Just an FYI re: Sharia law
The sharia is–essentially–“the straight path”.
It is defined, and controlled by Islamic law.
Think of it as Islam’s Yellow Brick Road: complete with a con man (or con men) at the end.
John Smith says
Excellent compilation Jack
GreekEmpress says
Our tax dollars at work—NOT.
I understand the Quran, just fine, thanks.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Actually, the tax dollars of those poor Malaysians – at least the Mandarin and Hindu citizens of that country
PRCS says
True.
Westman says
Very good news.
Anyone who thinks liberals actually reading the Quran will create a favorable image of Islam must be reading some abridged version that is very short. Please, Malaysia, spend >$100 million to distribute the Quran to atheistic Europeans and Americans.
And don’t forget to send some to the US Women’s Movement which already kicked out the Muslima interloper, Linda Sarsour.
kq6kq6kq6 says
“Malaysia spends $2,000,000 USD to to counter ‘Islamophobia’ by distributing copies of Qur’an worldwide.”
When I receive my copy, I will burn it.
mgoldberg says
Yes, I know that. I had them, and still do, in my collection of some early Tibetan Buddhist Sutras. That said- it would appear to me, that using it leaves you open to having to explain this, since the symbol has been so devastatingly distorted by the german national socialists. JMO. It’s your handle. I think- it detracts from your ideas and a handle shouldn’t be the focus of the message- IMO.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Some of the symbols used – ࿖, ࿘ and even ࿗ are very different from the hakenkreuzen. A lot of things can be twisted to resemble Nazi symbols: I recall CNN even twisting a particular floor design that President Trump was speaking on to call it a Nazi symbol. The ‘Nazi’ moniker is freely used against Jews, Hindus and anyone the Left hates, so whether I use it or not will make no difference to the cause. Reason I explained it above is that most people here are pretty understanding once something is properly explained. If I were posting in a group filled w/ Leftists, I’d just ignore their taunts (which is what they’d then be) and keep posting my refutations of their lies
Also, it’s not just Tibetan Buddhists: the origins are Hindu, and I pointed out in the link above several Hindu temples that use them. If any Leftist dared confront me on that, I’d ask it whether all those people who built those temples, shrines and other structures that used those symbols were all ancient Nazis who pilfered copyrighted material of the National Socialists