Political Islam is Islam's ideology about unbelievers, kafirs.
It is fascinating to apply simple statistics to Islam's doctrine found in Koran,
Sira and Hadith. For instance, what was the growth of Islam under Mohammed?
The Sira is a storehouse of information and tells us that when Mohammed left
Mecca (at the insistence of the Meccans) that preaching the religion of Islam
for 13 years persuaded only 150 Arabs to convert to Islam.
Mohammed then changed his methods of persuasion and added lethal force, jihad,
to his strategy. He died 10 years after moving to Medina. How many Muslims were
there in Arabia at his death? Those figures are not given, but we can make a
good estimate. One year Mohammed's death, Islam invaded the Persians with an army of 18,000. In a nation
fully at war, about 10% of the population is involved with the military. If
10% were 18,000 then the total population of Muslims would be 180,000. This
is only an estimate, but it is enough to make the following graph:
The shape of the curve resembles the infamous Global Warming hockey stick graph.
Now you can see that even though the figure of 180,000 is an estimate, the graph
tells a story. Islam, the religion, grew at a rate of about 11 people per year
in Mecca. Islam as a political system at war with the kafirs, grew at a rate
of about 18,000 converts per year. This is a process yield improvement of about
1600 (18,000 / 11 = 1636). Jihad and politics is a thousand times more efficient
in persuasion than preaching and religion.
The improved conversion efficiency is reflected in the text of the Sira. It
is instructive to see the amount of the Sira text devoted to these stages of
development.
Years | Phase | Total Words | Words/year |
13 | Teaching/Mecca | 32,000 | 2,400 |
10 | Jihad/Medina | 220,000 | 22,000 |
Amount of Text in the Sira Devoted
to Topic
Notice the amount of text given to jihad in Medina is over 9 times (22,000 /
2,400 = 9.2) that given to teaching in Mecca. Why does the Sira give so much
more detail about politics and jihad? Jihad and politics work. Contrast this
with Buddhism (the other peaceful religion). Buddhists have thousands of pages
of teachings from the Buddha and none about war. It is possible to be a religious
leader and not kill people as a recruiting method.
The Sira gives far more detail to politics and jihad because jihad greatly improves
the Islamification process. This makes the Sira a strategic manual of jihad.
There is another simple statistic that gives us insight. The Koran commands
Muslims to obey and follow the example of the perfect Muslim-Mohammed. It devotes
91 verses to this command. This is one of the most important parts of the Koran
because it establishes the Sunna, the perfect example of Mohammed. It is interesting
that of the 91 commands to follow the example of Mohammed, 86 of them occur
in Medina. Why Medina? In Mecca Mohammed was a teacher; in Medina he was a general
and commander. Commanders must be obeyed and he was the leader.
Another correlation between the Koran and the Sira is the subject of Hell. There
are some 217 verses concerning Hell and 68% of them are in the Koran of Mecca.
Why is there less Hell in Medinan Koran? Simple. The punishment of the kafirs
comes in this life with jihad. If you have a sword at hand, you don't need Hell
after death to persuade.
The Sunna (the Sira and the Hadith) are seamlessly integrated into the Koran.
Indeed, the Koran cannot be understood without the Sunna. The Koran is only
16% of the total textual doctrine. One of the proofs of ignorance is when someone
only talks about the Koran and Islam. Since the Koran is 16% of the doctrine,
that means that Islam is 16% Allah and 84% Mohammed. The Koran perfectly tracks
Mohammed's career.
This type of analysis is macro-analysis. It looks at the total picture, not
a verse. Therefore, you cannot play "verse gotcha". Someone tells
something bad about Islam and then someone else throws out a tolerant verse
from the Koran and argues that Islam is good because of that one sentence. One
verse, more or less, has no effect on statistical arguments. This is about the
forest, not a tree.
Statistical analysis is pure context. It is holistic thinking. Ever heard someone
say that: "You have taken that out of context"? When we say that there
are 91 verses that say to imitate Mohammed, it is referenced to the entire Koran.
Saying that jihad and politics is a thousand times more effective at growing
Islam than preaching is a statement taken over the entire career of Mohammed.
It is referenced to the totality of Islam. As a result it cannot be proven false
by a quote about peace.
What does this say about: Islam is the religion of peace? The religion of peace
was a failure in Mohammed's day. Without jihad, there would be no Islam. Islam
owes its growth and power to its politics. Whether it is the religion is of
peace or not is of no consequence. Islam is the politics of oppression and lethal
force. Just look at Mohammed's hockey stick.
Permalink /blog/mohammeds-hockey-stick-march-12-2010/
copyright (c) CBSX, LLC
politicalislam.com Use and distribute
as you wish; do not edit and give us credit.