Maybe “Theland” is concerned about the fact that Islam makes a bold claim for itself. So bold a claim that it outstrips anything the Bible, Torah, Vedas, etc. has to say about their authenticity or veracity.
The Koran claims that it is unquestionably the last revelation of God to mankind. No more religious teachings will be revealed to anyone ever. If anyone claims that they have been contacted by God, they are liars. God has made his final choice and His choice is Islam. Full stop. The end.
That's Islam's claim. Convenient eh? All other religions are bogus and Islam is the last and final pronouncement of God. The Koranic texts also say that the Koran is inerrant. No mistakes, contradictions or logical errors exist in those texts and if you think they do then you are in error.
Now that's arrogance writ large.
But no, says Andy-Hughes. No with a capital NO. Many other religious texts also include odious passages he says. And he's right; they do. But not one of them teaches its adherents that they should violently attack and kill those who oppose them. None of the other world religions teach their adherents that it's fine and dandy to knowingly tell lies to those who don't believe (taqiyya). None of the other world religions prescribe oppressive and unjust tax arrangement for those who don't believe (jizya). None of the other world religions claim to be a religion of peace and then violently suppress and subdue those who simply have another view on the matter.
Andy-Hughes is like millions of other non-muslims in this country and abroad. Misinformed, naive and gullible, wringing his hands at any perceived slight to the Religion of Peace. Uneducated in Islamic scripture. Never having read the Koran nor the Hadiths. An Islamic apologist without a shred of credibility. A person who would happily endorse Sharia Law in the UK and then be shocked and appalled when his basic human rights were tramped on. Like a rabbit in the headlights of an oncoming car, he wouldn't understand what was happening to him and why. In the language of soviet Russia, “A useful idiot”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot
“... a derogatory term for a person perceived as a propagandist for a cause of whose goals they are not fully aware..”
How apposite.