Because Mr. Derbyshire admittedly has never opened a Koran and examined the contents (he chooses “radical dentistry” instead), he is able to make this utterly asinine statement:
“…God’s instructions to us through Mohammed are no more or less likely to make us better or worse than his instructions through Christ.”
Are you kidding, Mr. Derbyshire? First of all, the conflation of Mohammed’s fictional “Night Journey,” in which he “saw” women lining up for Hell (no men in that line, of course), as well as other horrors concerning women, such as hanging by their breasts (you aware of any of this, Mr. Derbyshire?), with the Christian Annunciation and the following birth of Jesus, is ludicrous. One may as well compare an oozing swamp with a pristine lake.
Secondly, Mohammed has “allah” commanding MANY times in the Koran to “Kill the Unbelievers” and “Slay the Infidel wherever you find him.”
Whereas, as everyone knows, Jesus said, “Love thine enemy.” Jesus never harmed anyone, whereas Mohammed is a Beheader Extraordinaire. Now, just whose “instructions” would you consider to be “better” and which to be “worse,” Mr. Derbyshire? Clearly, there’s a huge difference between the two.
Before you pen another article in which the Koran is concerned, Mr. Derbyshire, I advise you to eschew the root canal and opt instead for a few hours at your desk with the Mohammedan “holy book” so you can learn something about it before you write. That’s a reasonable suggestion, wouldn’t you agree?
Finally, considering what deep “merde” your country is in concerning the Islamists, I’m amazed by your flippant tone.
Darcy, USA
P.S. Mr. Spencer spells it “Qur’an,” not “Qu’ran,” as you erroneously stated in your third paragraph. Check the book again – you’ll see. So, some “Westerners” DO have “a clue” with what to do with the “Q” and the “apostrophe.” And, “ahadith” is the plural when referring to the “Traditions” of Mohammed.
