The Alien Appeal of Islam
2nd November 2025
In the West there is a tradition of thinking through absolutely everything all the time like a skilled rogue dismantling every theoretical obstacle and combative conundrum.* Free speech developed from the tradition of logically thinking through every idea and example your professor threw at you.
Islam since al-Ghazali has given up on using reason to figure out the Q’ran, G-d or philosophy. Blind submission is required. There is an illuminating discussion where an imam debates a Christian and the entire debate is an exercise in avoiding how a part of the Q’ran makes sense. The Muslim Apologist uses logical sounding words to avoid the Christian talking about the Q’ran but the Muslim tries to avoid logical arguments.
While I’m far from an expert on these matters, every ex-Muslim I’ve listened to has said that they were never taught critical reasoning. They were taught to memorize the Q’ran even though they had no real idea of what the Q’ran meant and then not to question anything. I find that off-putting but it has an alien appeal to many others.
My personal opinion is that Islam was deliberately created by Satan as a tool to suppress (if not destroy) God’s Chosen People, the Jews. Muslims don’t like Christians very much but they REALLY HATE Jews, for no discernible reason other than that The Recitation Says So. (If you want a fun trip, investigate the story of the so-called Satanic Verses.)