Art. #19:  WHY IS THE FAMILY SO IMPORTANT TO MUSLIMS?  The family is the foundation of Islamic society.  The peace and security offered by a stable family unit is greatly valued, and seen as essential for the spiritual growth of its members.  A harmonious social order is created by the existence of extended families; children are treasured, and rarely leave home until the time they marry.

REBUTTAL: The foundation of Islamic society is certainly not the family; it is control!  Islam is a dysfunctional, unstable and misogynistic society based upon autocratic rule of the husband, the Alpha Male.  Women are chattels, a half step above slavery, and children have little chance to interact with their fathers.  Generally their concept of a father is that of an absent person.  The extended families referred to is the possibility of a Muslim man having many wives, quasi-wives, and concubines.  A woman is often seen only as a toy, to be tossed aside whenever a prettier toy is found.  The results are horrendous; Osama ‘bin Laden was one of 17 children from the 10 wives of his father.

Since the rapid expansion of Islam needed more and more warriors; what better way than to encourage polygamy?  A Muslim warrior was entitled to keep, or sell, any woman he took by his own hand.  Captive women’s babies soon matured to become the new recruits of Muslim cavalry.  It is not known if Muhammad’s large harem was to set an example, or just a result of his own base nature.  In either case, it worked!  In today’s world, the demographic conquest of Europe is being achieved by similar means.  See "Demographic Conquest" in the Archives Section.