Understanding Islam

One thing I used to not understand about the Koran, supposedly written by one man, their Prophet, is that it contained contradictions. Now I know; as Mohammed gained success after success after moving to Medina and starting to raid shipments to Mecca, his viewpoint changed, and he was less tolerant of Christians and Jews and other religions who refused to recognize him as a "prophet of God (Allah)." And in the Koran it specifically tells Muslims that his later statements (much more violent than before) overwrite his earlier ones (not so violent). So those who preach that Islam is a “peaceful religion” ignore the later writings and cite the earlier ones, which Mohammed himself said were no longer relevant. He built his whole religion on the banditry in Medina and his sex life was one that was atrocious to human beings, allowing him, as it did, to “marry” a nine-year-old girl, leading to his followers doing the same. It’s a phony religion from the word, “go,” and mostly only illiterate, greedy people believe in it. Which is why Islam hates the very idea of learning, especially for women. (Citizen Warrior)