Hi everyone
And welcome this is the apostate prophet
these days Muslims celebrate one of their most important events in an Islamic year
This sacrifice feast
I published a video extensively explaining the sacrifice feast before
and you can find that in the description
I would rather want to talk about the practice of
Sacrifice
and its absurdity and the lack of sense in Islam upholding this practice
when I was younger
I occasionally wondered why we are doing this?
Why are Muslims killing animals and calling that sacrifice?
Are we giving something to Allah?
sacrifice normally stands for giving something up or
Dedicating something to Allah in this case
briefly explained Muslims are expected to choose an animal for the sacrifice
Take that animal, lay down and place a knife on its neck
Invoke the name of Allah
cut its arteries, tubes and pipes
Excluding the nervous system
while the animal is fully awake and wait for the blood to stop pouring
This animal has now been officially sacrificed
to Allah
The meat taken from this animal is split in three parts
One part goes to the one who commits to sacrifice
The second part goes to relatives and the third part goes to the poor,
Isn't it incredible to imagine the site of a goat?
which is a pretty intelligent animal by the way
Just lay there and die in agony while you invoke the name of Allah
Because this animal is now losing its blood and life
as a sacrifice to that Allah and later it will be eaten
Whatever.
I know the biblical and quranic story is that Abraham sacrificed a lamb
because he was ready to even kill his own child
Upon God's tests.
So God gave him a lamb instead and said: "This is for you, kill this instead."
But that's why Muslims are now supposed to imitate Abraham and kill animals?
something that they already kill all the time because they want to eat meat
Something that doesn't even take anything away from Muslims
just enriches them in nutrition
Since this entire concept sounds very primitive
Muslim apologists say we don't really sacrifice to Allah
It is just a ritual to remember how Abraham was ready to sacrifice son to God
It is the remembrance of faith and piety and morals
and goodness and the mercy bestowed upon us by Allah
will remember how faithful Abraham was
and that is why we kill animals and call it sacrifice
It is interesting to dig a little bit into the term sacrifice
and the background and history of this practice
I would like to start with pagan Arabia right before Islam
According to Islamic sources and all other sources
animal sacrifice was very common in Arabia before Islam
According to a hadith
A companion of Muhammad once brought his child to Muhammad.
Then I brought the child to Allah's Apostle and placed it on his lap
He asked for a date, chewed it and put his saliva in the mouth of a child
So the first thing to enter its stomach was the saliva of Allah's apostle
Oh wrong. Hadith. Sorry
Forget this one, if you can.
Okay, this one is the right hadith
When a boy was born to one of us in the pre-islamic period
We would sacrifice a sheep and smear his head with its blood
and when Allah brought Islam we sacrificed a sheep
Shaved his head and smeared his head with saffron
It is interesting that Islam adopts a sacrifice practice
as is from pre-islamic pagans and just changes a few details
The reason the pre-islamic pagan arabs
would smear a boy's head with the animal's blood
is that the animal's blood was holy and dedicated to their gods
Pre-islamic pagans would also pour the blood of the animal
on an altar as a dedication to their gods
Presumably they used to pour blood on an altar inside the Kaaba
since this was a house dedicated to Hubal, an Arabian god
just like other Arab tribes would sacrifice animals to their gods all over Arabia
The practice of sacrificing animals can be seen in so many cultures
In fact, it is considered the most common form of sacrifice in human history
In ancient Greece, Rome
Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, Persia, among the Hebrew people
Nordic people and Celtic people in Europe
in East Asia, Africa and so on
and of course the Muslims
In many cultures the animal was burned after the slaughter, and no eating took place
This was done because people thought if we kill animals for ourselves,
we should also kill one for the gods
The gods will like that
In ancient Greece for example
People would kill an animal, pour its blood on the altar
Burn its inedible parts and distribute to the rest of the edible meat to the people
Human sacrifice was also quite common in different cultures
although it was much less common than animal sacrifice
And anywhere in any culture,
no matter what form of sacrifice is done
The purpose of the sacrifice was the same
Please the gods or the ancestors or the spirits
Now it seems like in biblical tradition when we come back to Abraham
Abraham's story occurs at a time where human sacrifice is quite common in neighboring cultures
And when the story goes that Abraham is ready to sacrifice his son
to God.
This looks like an idea that is not very crazy at that time
It is just hard for him to do because it is his only child from his wife Sarah
that God gave him
in fact, the Bible
and historical sources clearly tell us that child sacrifice
existed in cultures surrounding the Hebrew people
The Bible mentions how they sacrificed their children to their gods
and how that practice was evil and should be forbidden
instead God in the Bible tells Abraham to kill a lamb
and no more humans
Many Jewish scholars including Maimonides
therefore concluded that the killing of the lamb marks a transition from a barbaric practice
to a less barbaric practice
which is a sacrificing of an animal as a step closer to prayer
Which is the ideal type of worship
It has generally understood that among pagan cultures
Sacrifice giving something to the gods
What's the common way of communicating with gods
Abrahamic religions brought prayer instead and said do this
But let's come back to Islam
Islam adopts sacrifice again just changes its meaning
But makes it a major practice again
A major day
Part of the pilgrimage which every Muslim must have done once in their lifetime
Which is one of the five pillars of Islam
Islam also requires practices for the sacrifice that look pretty pre-islamic pagan to me,
but I will come to that very soon
So to summarize we have many ancient cultures and all of them sacrifice humans and animals
in order to share with gods
Dedicate to God's, give something up, communicate with God
Show God that you care about them
Which is why you kill animals or humans for them.
So they are pleased with you and send rain
A victory, blessing, health, happiness
Abrahamic religion comes and says stop killing humans, kill animals instead
But most importantly pray
An Arab culture in Arabia is unaffected by that and still continues animal sacrifice
To their gods for blessing
just like many other cultures around the world at a time
While being dressed in certain ways
and now Islam comes, takes those practices including the sacrifice
Mysteriously makes this a major form of worship again. And here we are in 2019
killing animals and watching them lose their lifeblood
and waste away because Allah wants it
Allah wants more blood
Looking at history.
Doesn't it look like this practice is an extremely primitive practice?
That should have died with ancient cultures
Why would the Almighty Allah keep this practice up
although the historical basis of this practice is obviously anything
but what Muslims claim Islam is supposed to be?
How does it make sense to kill animals?
Just because a story in the Bible
Adopted by the Quran
Tells us that Abraham killed an animal instead of sacrificing his son.
How does that make you more pious and remembering of Allah?
Doesn't this lead to the same result?
That Allah wants you to kill animals
every year for his sake
just like all the other bad gods
but no Islam distinguishes itself.
Allah doesn't want the blood
The Quran therefore says
Their meat will not reach Allah nor will their blood
but what reaches him is piety from you thus have we subjected them
Animals to you that you may glorify Allah for that which he has guided you
and give good tidings to the doers of good
Allah wants you to kill animals for piety and goodness.
Why?
Well, why not?
Also this excuse is not excused enough
because as shown in the hadith earlier
Muslims do not only sacrifice animals in order to remember Abraham's deeds
They also sacrifice animals when a child is born
According to Islamic reports
Muhammad said that when a boy is born
two sheep should be sacrificed
and when a girl is born one sheep should be sacrificed
Totally leaving a cite the fact that Islam typically makes a distinction
between the value of a boy and a girl
or a man and a woman because Islam comes from a man
Who had a dozen wives for his pleasure
You also clearly see here that Muslims sacrifice animals upon the birth of a child
and dedicated to Allah
Muslims say thank you to Allah or invoke a blessing by making a
sacrifice for the birth of a child
by giving Allah a dead animal or its blood
This practice is also adopted from Pagans
who used to make a sacrifice to their gods when a child was born
So why does Islam contain an obviously pagan and primitive practice ?
where humans thank their Arab God
and pour the blood of an animal to thank him
Why would that be in any way good and useful?
Why do you sacrifice animals?
Why would anyone still want to do that with a clear mind?
Well, have a good sacrificed feast
maybe go and watch the animal die
and the blood pour out for Allah pleasure and think about how
3,000 BC that is
and how you are still doing that in 2019
Thanks for watching.
I will be back very soon with more about the pilgrimage
for now, have a good day
and stay away from Islam
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