Another thing which is sets islam apart, and is further reason for its detrimental effects on society, is how much it is designed to occupy in a human’s life, and does indeed occupy. And related to that, how islam infiltrates society to levels, no other religion does, this is perhaps lost on most westerners, and should be clarified somewhat in the coming paragraphs.

Consider the following notions, islam’s requirement to pray 5 times a day, and to fast, or starve for a month out of the year.

These notions were not installed there by accident, they have very specific purposes, and that is to dominate someone’s life completely.

Contrary to how most modern individuals may view the role of religion, i.e. essentially in the margins of life, meant to help people in the spiritual side of things, this is not what islam is about. islam is about dominance, it is designed to take over, not to reside in the margins of life, or be a compliment to someone’s journey.

This very reality, is what is responsible for the lack of progress in the middle east. There could be no better scientific experiment than that of Israel. The country is literally 60 years old, in the same region with all its other muslim neighbors, yet it is at the forefront of cutting edge technology, and the latest research. The reason is simple, and shall not be obfuscated, no islam.

Take the notion of praying 5 times a day, out of 16 waking hours, this comes out to once every 3 hours. To give this some perspective, this would be like praying once after a 3 hour movie. It is excessive, and it was intentionally designed this way, to completely dominate someone’s thought process, so they basically have no intellectual capacity left to reason about the universe, and realize the fallacies of islam.

These designs mentioned throughout, did not arrive there by mere chance. What is proposed here, is to imagine the designed of this doctrine, and his intentions behind each tenet he’s installed.

Take ramadan as another example, this is something that requires people to starve, not even drinking water, then gorge for a month out of every year. This comes out to roughly 8% of someone’s life. These eating habits, are arguably the worse possible diet ever for anyone to follow. Again, it’s designed to enforce in individuals islam’s role in their life, it’s not designed for the margins, but to dominate, dictated and overcome a person’s sense of individuality.

Another symptom of the obsessive compulsive behavior within islam:

There is a widespread notion in the muslim world, which is not present anywhere else, which is meant to show the amount of dedication the adherents have.

This is the phenomenon of scaring of the forehead of adherents, wherein a person with the biggest scars, is thought to gain more respect from the community.

Take a moment and ponder this for a second, this is something that is meant to symbolize how much time a human being spends with his head buried in the ground. And the more time, he spends the more respect he gains from his community.

This is a problematic thought system, and cannot be divorced from the causality of why the muslim world has failed to progress and continuously relies on the west for assistance.

It’s just math, if a portion of the population literally spends time with heads buried in the ground, that is bound to affect overall societal advancement.