Top 10 Misapprehensions about Islam
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In this article, we will try to clear up many of the misconceptions that are prevalent about Islam. In the words of Swiss journalist and author, Roger Du Pasquier “The West, whether Christian or dechristianised, has never really known Islam. Ever since they watched it appear on the world stage, Christians never ceased to insult and slander it in order to find justification for waging war on it. It has been subjected to grotesque distortions the traces of which still endure in the European mind. Even today there are many Westerners for whom Islam can be reduced to three ideas: fanaticism, fatalism and polygamy.
Before jumping into the list of misconceptions directly, it is important to give a little interesting background about the source of Islam.
Islam is the name of a way of life which the Creator wants us to follow. We avoid the word religion because in many non-Islamic societies, there is a separation of “religion and state.” This separation is not recognized at all in Islam: the Creator is very much concerned with all that we do, including the political, social, economic, and other aspects of our society. Hence, Islam is a complete way of life.
Of course, there does exist a more cultivated public whose ideas about Islam are less deformed; there are still precious few who know that the word islam signifies nothing other than ’submission to God’. One symptom of this ignorance is the fact that in the imagination of most Europeans, Allah refers to the divinity of the Muslims, not the God of the Christians and Jews; they are all surprised to hear, when one takes the trouble to explain things to them, that ‘Allah’ means ‘God’, and that even Arab Christians know him by no other name. “
Several misconceptions are listed below. Instead of simply stating the misconception by itself, we have also included some reasons why people might adopt that misconception.
1. Islamic Terrorism
People think it this way because they believe:
- Muslims can be terrorists
- Muslims engage in `holy wars’ (jihad)
- it has a harsh and cruel judicial system
This misconception is one of the most widely held misconceptions about Islam today, given unfairly by stereotyping and the public image that the media gives. Has anyone else noticed how when a specific group of people attack another group of people it is labeled as a ‘hate crime’, but when a Muslim opens fire on anybody it is quickly regarded as ‘terrorism’. Many political dictators and officials or extremist groups use the name of Islam as a strategy to garner followers and attention when many of their practices go against the true basis of Islam. The media has also portrayed Islam as a cult or a club where if you join you become a terrorist and that is now part of your agenda. However all over the world people practice Islam in the true form and use it as a way of life. There are many verses in the Quran that go against the idea of terrorism. Some of these verses include “fight in the way of Allah those that fight you but do not transgress limits for god does not love transgressors.” This basically means do not fight except in self defense and even in doing so do not go beyond defense. Another verse states “if they seek peace, then you seek peace,” which means do not attack people for no reason or kill innocent people. There is nowhere in Islam, whether it be in the Quran or the teachings of Muhammad, that promotes the killing of innocent people.The Creator unambiguously states clearly it is Islamically unlawful to murder anyone who is innocent of certain crimes. Hence, if any Muslim kills an innocent person, that Muslim has committed a grave sin, and certainly the action cannot be claimed to have been done “in the name of Islam.”
Another reason advanced in support of the misconception is that the Creator has imposed `jihad’ on Muslims. The term “holy war” is from the time of the Crusades and originated in Europe as a rallying cry against the Muslims in Jerusalem. Jihad is an Arabic word meaning struggle, The Creator unequivocally orders us to fight oppression and persecution, but not to kill the innocent. Since this subject is a huge one, we simply summarize part of it by noting that it is unlawful to kill women, children, the infirm, the old, and the innocent. From the Sunnah, specifically in the study of the Sunnah called Sahih Bukhari, we find:
Narrated ‘Abdullah: During some of the Ghazawat of the Prophet a woman was found killed. Allah’s Apostle disapproved the killing of women and children.[4:52:257]
A third reason often cited for the misconception about Islam which says that this way of life tolerates the killing of innocents is that the judicial system of Islam is unnecessarily harsh. This reason is weak in two respects. First, it presupposes that human beings are more just and more merciful than the Creator, and therefore we can change the law. Second, it is often based on gross oversimplifications of Islamic law, such as saying “all thieves get their hands cut off.” The recompense for an injury is an injury equal thereto (in degree): but if a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah: for (Allah) loves not those who do wrong. But indeed if any do help and defend themselves after a wrong (done) to them, against such there is no cause of blame. The blame is only against those who oppress men and insolently transgress beyond bounds through the land, defying right and justice: for such there will be a grievous penalty. And whoever is patient and forgiving, these most surely are actions due to courage.
2. Islam Oppresses Women
People think In Islam, women are inferior to men because:
- a man can marry up to 4 wives, a woman can marry only one man
- a man’s share of inheritance is bigger than a woman’s
- a man can marry a non-Muslim, a woman cannot
- women must wear the veil
This widely held misconception does not remotely follow from the reasons given. The first and most important observation to make about the popular question “Are men and women equal?” is that it is a badly-formed, unanswerable question. The problem which many people conveniently ignore is that “equal” is not defined. This is a very critical point: the equality must be specified with respect to some measurable property. For example, women on average are superior to men if we ask who is shorter in height than the other (“Growth and Development”, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1992). Women are also superior on average if we ask whom do children bond to deeper, mothers or fathers. Women are also superior on average if we ask who has a tendency to socialize more. On the other hand, men are superior on average if we ask who is taller in height than the other. And so on: every question can be turned around, and more importantly these are properties which are irrelevant.
The image of a woman wearing a veil from head to toe, a woman who gets unfair justice or a woman who is not allowed to drive is an all too familiar notion when it comes to women treatment in Islam. And while there are Muslim countries in the world that do implement many harsh rulings against women, this should not be portrayed as Islamic law. Many of these countries have cultural differences that go against the teachings of Islam. It should be noted that during pre-Islam Arabia women were used for fornication only and had no independence. The birth of a daughter in a family was considered humiliating and the practice of female infanticide was uncontrolled. When Islam came to being, verses in the Quran condemned the practice of female infanticide. Islam gave back many human rights to the woman and Muhammad (PBUH) was even reported saying that “women are the twin halves of men.” According to Islam, a Muslim girl cannot be forced to marry against her will: her parents simply suggest young men they think may be suitable but cannot at all force. A Muslim woman is allowed to reject and accept any suitor for marriage and has the right to seek divorce. There is nothing in Islam that forbids a Muslim woman from exiting her house and is allowed to drive. Also in regards to education, a woman is obligated to seek knowledge and it is considered a sin if she refuses.
Given that husbands are obligated to provide for wives, and that marriage is a highly recommended goal of Islam, it is easy to see why women’s inheritance share is half that of men. We note also that men are obligated to provide a suitable dowry to women on marriage. In fact, it is preferable at this point to speak in terms of husbands and wives instead of men and women. Allah says in the Qur’an (translation),
And give women their dowries as a free gift, but if they of themselves be pleased to give up to you a portion of it, then eat it with enjoyment and with wholesome result.[4:4]
While men are allowed to marry up to four wives, they are also commanded to meet the preconditions of being able to financially support them. They must also deal with each wife justly and fairly with respect to marital and economic obligations. Allah says in the Qur’an (translation),
[4:3] If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice.
While it is irrelevant to Islam, it is worthwhile to note that both Judaism and Christianity allow polygamy. The idea is not as foreign to the non-Muslims as is often claimed.
Finally, the wearing of the veil by women is also an illogical premise to claim that women are inferior to men. It is more appropriate to indict a society of female exploitation if it tolerates pornography rather than if it enforces the veil. Given that Allah is neither male nor female, given that He does not endear people to Himself based on their gender, given that the Creator cares about all of us male or female, given that the sexual and violent drive of men is stronger than that of women…given all this, it is illogical to cast a negative light on the following injunctions contained in the Qur’an (translation),
O Prophet, tell your wives and daughters and the believing women to draw their outer garments around them (when they go out or are among men). That is better in order that they may be known (to be Muslims) and not be annoyed…[33:59]
3. Muslims Worship a Different God
People interpret Muslims have a different God:
- Muslims worship Allah
Allah is simply the Arabic word for God. Allah for Muslims is the greatest and most inclusive of the Names of God, it is an Arabic word of rich meaning, denoting the one and only God and ascribing no partners to Him. It is exactly the same word which the Jews, in Hebrew, use for God (eloh), the word which Jesus Christ used in Aramaic when he prayed to God. God has an identical name in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; Allah is the same God worshiped by Muslims, Christians and Jews. Muslims believe that Allah’s sovereignty is to be acknowledged in worship and in the pledge to obey His teaching and commandments, conveyed through His messengers and prophets who were sent at various times and in many places throughout history. However, it should be noted that God in Islam is One and Only. He,
the Exalted, does not get tired, does not have a son ie Jesus or have associates, nor does He have human-like attributions as found in other faiths.
4. Muslims Hate Jesus
It is assumed that Islam rejects Jesus because:
- Jesus is not accepted as `the Son of God’
Many people are amazed to find out that according to Muslim belief, Jesus is one of the greatest messengers of God. One cannot be a Muslim without believing in the virgin birth and the many miracles of Jesus Christ. Jesus is also mentioned in many verses of the Quran and is often used as an example of good virtue and character. However, the main difference between Christianity and Islam is that Muslims do not believe that Jesus is God or son of God. Jesus is respected as much as Muhammad (Pbuh) is.
Muslims revere Jesus, upon him be peace, and await his Second Coming. They consider him one of the greatest of God’s messengers to mankind. A Muslim never refers to him simply as ‘Jesus’, but always adds the phrase ‘upon him be peace’ (abbreviated as (u) here). The Quran confirms his virgin birth (a chapter of the Quran is entitled ‘Mary’), and Mary is considered the purest woman in all creation. The Quran describes the Annunciation as follows:
“Behold!” the Angel said, “God has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen you above the women of all nations. O Mary, God gives you good news of a word from Him whose name shall be the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near to God. He shall speak to the people from his cradle and in maturity, and shall be of the righteous.” She said: “O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?” He said: “Even so; God creates what He will. When He decrees a thing, He says to it “Be!” and it is” (Quran 3:42-47)
Jesus (u) was born miraculously through the same power, which had brought Adam (u) into being without a father: “Truly, the likeness of Jesus with God is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, and then said to him, ‘Be!’ and he was.” (3:59) During his prophetic mission Jesus (u)performed many miracles. The Quran tells us that he said: ” I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breath into it and it becomes a bird by God’s leave. And I heal the blind, and the lepers, and I raise the dead by God’s leave.” (3:49) Neither Muhammad (pbuh) not Jesus (u) came to change the basic doctrine of the brief in One God brought by earlier prophets, but to confirm and renew it.
In the Quran Jesus (u) is reported as saying that he came: “To attest the law which was before me. And to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden you; I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear God and obey Me. (3:50) The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: “Whoever believes there is no god but God, alone without partner, that Muhammad (pbuh) is His messenger, that Jesus is the servant and messenger of God, His word breathed into Mary and a spirit emanating from Him, and that Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven. ”
5. Prophet Muhammad Was a Pedophile
This is a strong wrongly assumed idea in many people because:
- Muhammad (PBUH) married a nine years old girl
While it is true that he married a girl that was at the age of nine that does not constitute pedophilia. Historically, the age at which a girl was considered ready to be married has been puberty. This was the case in Biblical times, and is still used today to determine the age of marriage in many parts of the world. This was part of the norm and is not something that Islam invented. The girl he got married to had reached puberty 3 years before marriage. (The first mensturation “menarche” marks the onset of puberty) It is upon reaching the age of puberty that a person, man or woman, becomes legally responsible for their actions under Islamic law. (Because puberty marks the onset of child-bearing age). At this point, they are allowed to make their own decisions and are held accountable for their actions. It should also be mentioned that in Islam, it is unlawful to force someone to marry someone that they do not want to marry. There is no indication that the society at that time criticized this marriage due to the girl’s young age. On the contrary, the marriage was encouraged by the girl and her family and was welcomed by the community at large so there is no point in thinking that Prophet (pbuh) married her without her consent or that he is a pedophile.
6. Islam is Spread by Sword
Islam is intolerant of other religions because
- the Qur’an condemns the other religions as false
Many social studies textbooks for students show the image of an Arab
horseman carrying a sword in one hand and the Quran in the other conquering and forcibly converting. This, though, is not a correct portrayal of history. Historian De lacey O’Leary states “History makes it clear however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the point of the sword upon conquered races is one of the most fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever repeated.” There is no record in history that shows people being forced by sword point to convert to Islam. When Islam spread through countries they would set up private churches and synagogues for the non Muslims they were governing and because of the good treatment they had received they themselves would convert. If one considers the small number of Muslims who initially spread Islam to the west all the way from Spain and Morocco and into east from India and China one would realize that such a small group of people could not force others to be members of a religion against their will. It is also interesting to note that when the Mongols invaded and conquered large portions of the Islamic empire, instead of destroying the religion they adopted it!
Islam has always given respect and freedom of religion to all faiths. The Quran says: “God forbids you not, with regards to those who fight you not for [your] faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them; for God loveth those who are just. 60:8)
Freedom of religion is laid down in the Quran itself: “There is no compulsion (or coercion) in the religion (Islam). The right direction is distinctly clear from error”. (2:256) Christian missionary, T.W. Arnold had this opinion on his study of the question of the spread of Islam: “.. of any organized attempt to force the acceptance of Islam on the non-Muslim population, or of any
systematic persecution intended to stamp out the Christian religion, we hear nothing. Had the caliphs chosen to adopt either course of action, they might have swept away Christianity as easily as Ferdinand and Isabella drove Islam out of Spain, or Louis XIV made Protestanism …”
It is a function of Islamic law to protect the privileged status of minorities, and this is why non-Muslim places of worship have flourished all over the Islamic world. History provides many examples of Muslim tolerance towards other faiths: when the caliph Omar entered Jerusalem in the year 634, Islam granted freedom of worship to all religious communities in the city. Proclaiming to the inhabitants that their lives, and property were safe, and that their places of worship would never be taken from them, he asked the Christian patriarch Sophronius to accompany him on a visit to all the
holy places. Islamic law also permits non-Muslim minorities to set up their own courts, which implement family laws drawn up by the minorities themselves. The life and property of all citizens in an Islamic state are considered sacred whether the person is Muslim or not, they are all held as one equal citizens.
Prophet (pbuh) said,
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“One who kills a non-Muslim person under protection will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise.”
He also said:
Whoever hurts a non-Muslim person under protection, I am his adversary, and I shall be an adversary to him on the Day of Resurrection.
7. Denial of Human Rights is Acceptable
This widely held misconcept that in Islam because people think
- Islam is against pure democracy
- Islam tolerates slavery
The misconception does not follow from the reasons given, and the reasons ignore a great deal of information.
It is clear in Islam that the state’s obligation of obedience to the individuals is as important as the obedience of the Creator. Therefore those who are charged with authority are not allowed in any case to differ in anything among themselves and the people. Allah orders us to conduct our matters by taking counsel among ourselves, or by consulting each other. This is the methodology of the Islamic state, to consult one another, but to always keep the Qur’an and Sunnah paramount because it holds for justice and equality for each and every individual.
As for slavery, Islam is unique among the `religions’ in its close attention to the peaceful removal of this practice. Before the advent of Islam, slavery was widespread all over the world. The Messenger of Islam taught us that freeing slaves was a great deed in the sight of Allah. We find:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, “Whoever frees a Muslim slave, Allah will save all the parts of his body from the (Hell) Fire as he has freed the body-parts of the slave.”
As a result of the teachings of Islam, slavery was almost completely eradicated from many areas of the Muslim world, peacefully and without bloodshed.
8. Muslims are Savages, Backward People
The concept that Islam produces a lazy backward, uneducated society came to being because people think:
- Modern technology and science are condemned
- Seeking education isn’t allowed
- Muslims are barbaric in wars
The reasons given for this misconception are false, and the misconception itself is actually refuted directly by the Qur’an and Sunnah. It also repeatedly instructs man to use his powers of intelligence and observation. For according to the Prophet (pbuh), ‘seeking knowledge is an obligation for every Muslim man and woman’.
The synthesis of Eastern and Western ideas and of new thought with old, brought about great advances in medicine, mathematics, physics, astronomy, geography, architecture, art, literature, and history. Many crucial systems such as algebra, the Arabic numerals, and also the concept of the zero (vital to the advancement of mathematics), were transmitted to medieval Europe from Islam. Sophisticated instruments which were to make possible the European voyages of discovery were developed by Muslim Scientists, including the astrolabe, the quadrant and good navigational maps.
Many of the theories and concepts science is proving today were told by Islam 1400 years back. Many of them you shall see if you open Quran, but here we tell one:
The nonbelievers of Makkah said to Prophet that if you are truly a prophet split the moon and if you do, we shall believe. It was a full moon that night. And so the prophet prayed to God to grant him this miracle. And the moon was split, Half was seen over mount Saffa and other half on Mount Kaikaan. The nonbelievers said that prophet has casted a spell on us, however if he played a trick on us, he can’t do at all the people in the world, let us wait until the people of Albaidah come, if they saw the split of moon too, then it is true, if not then we all know, it was a trick of magic. When the people from Albaidah came they said they too saw the moon split. The nonbelievers didn’t believe even then and said “Oh how powerful Muhammad’s magic is” One of the British Brothers, David Mosa Pidcook who was planning to enter elections under the banner of religion, a friend gave him copy of Quran translated in english, he opened it and came across surat Al- Qamar (Chapter: The moon), he read “The hour has come and moon has split” looking at this he exlaimed “the moon has split?” He then stopped and didn’t open it again. Then one day while watching a program on BBC, where there was a debate between three experts. The discussion was about if the amount of money paid by NASA to send a human to land on the surface of the moon to study the inner structure of the moon was worth it or not? The American government authorised a budget of $100, 000, 000, 000 for this project. One of the discoveries of that project was that there is a layer of material that splits the moon deep down to its core into two halves and we thereby have concluded with only explanation that the moon was split at some times in its history like two perfect halves and rejoined.
Watching this, David Mosa jumped off his seat exclaiming, “this is Muhammad’s miracle that happened over 1400years ago, this must surely be a true religion” so as once this surat Al Qamar was a cause of disbelieving Islam, it was now the reason for him embracing it.
The disbelievers will never accept any proof even if it is clear to them and they will turn away from it. Allah described in the same verses the reaction of the disbelievers [this also applies to the people of our time] The sura reads [54:2-8 ] ‘when they get faced with the truth, they turn away, and say: (This is continuous magic). And every matter will be settled [according to the kind of deeds (for the doer of good deeds, his deeds will take him to Paradise, and similarly evil deeds will take their doers to Hell)].
Moreover people think Muslims are savages and barbaric during war.
Quite the contrary, when it comes to the conduct of war there are ten rules that every Muslim army must obey:
1. Do not commit treachery
2. Do not deviate from the right path
3. Do not mutilate dead bodies
4. Do not kill children
5. Do not kill women
6. Do not kill aged men
7. Do not harm or burn trees
8. Do not destroy buildings
9. Do not destroy an enemy’s flock, unless you use it for your food
10. When you pass people who have devoted their lives to monastic services leave them alone
During the crusades when Saladin defeated the franks he honored the defeated Frankish army and supplied them with food and during the third crusade when Saladin’s enemy king Richard fell sick, Saladin sent him a gift of fruits and horses.
10. Islam is Racist
The misconceptions leading to this thinking are:
- Nation of Islam espouses the superiority of the black man
- The Nation of Islam recognizes God as a black man
Islam and the so called “Nation of Islam’” are two different religions. NOI is more of a political organization since its members are not limited to a single faith. Muslims consider this group to be just one of many cults using the name of Islam for their own gain.
One of the great misconceptions of the twentieth century is that the so-called `Nation of Islam’ is a Muslim community, or more precisely: a community which submits to Allah by following the Qur’an and Sunnah. The `Nation of Islam’ is a man-made way of life which borrowed some elements of Islam and then mixed them with a large number of inventions and lies to reach their present doctrines.
It suffices to point out the `Nation of Islam’s deviation in two areas. First, they reject the essence of Islam by concocting a story wherein the Creator takes the form of a black man. From their on-line publications, we find that the `Nation of Islam’ believes in
…one God (Allah) and that Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard Muhammad, July, 1930; the long awaited `Messiah’ of the Christians and the `Mahdi’ of the Muslims…
However, the Creator states in the Qur’an (translation),
[6:103] No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.
The `Nation of Islam’ also claims that white men are `devils’, and that black people are in general superior to all other races. However, from the Sunnah, specifically in the Messenger of Allah’s farewell sermon, we find the Messenger (pbuh) saying:
All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over a white – except by piety and good action.
There are many other beliefs which the `Nation of Islam’ holds which take it outside of Islam. It is interesting to note that in the mid-1970′s, the overwhelming majority of the group realized its errors and converted to true Islam. There is, however, a splinter group which remains active today.
Any serious student of Islam has a duty to investigate and find the true Islam. The only two authentic sources which bind every Muslim are 1. the Quran and 2. authentic or sound Hadith. Any teachings under the label of “Islam” which contradict or at variance with the direct understanding of fundamental beliefs and practices of Islam form the Quran and authentic Hadith should be rejected and such a religion should be considered a Pseudo-Islamic Cult. In America there are many pseudo-Islamic cults, Farrakhanism being one of them. An honest attitude on the part of such cults should be not to call themselves Muslims and their religion Islam. such an example of honesty is Bahaism which is an off-shoot of Islam but Bahais do not call themselves Muslims nor their religion, Islam. In fact Bahaism is not Islam just as Farrakhanism is not Islam.
Sources and Credits:
(Quran and Hadith)
(Islam: A Brief Introduction, Islamic Circle of North America,
Jamaica, New York)
(Understanding Islam and the Muslims, The Islamic Affairs Department
The Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington DC, 1989.)
(Badawi, Jamal, Polygamy in Islamic Law, The Muslim Students’
Association of the United States & Canada,)
(Islam and Farrakhanism Compared, The Institute of Islamic Information
and Education, Chicago, Illinois)
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Comments (24)
I admire your intent to combat prejudice and promote peace and understanding.
However your bit about the moon quite undermines this.
The story about the moon being split in half is pure myth. It is what you might call an ‘urban legend’.
If you doubt this, try to find any reference to it outside of this one story, related by a third party, about something he is remembering from the TV.
Every other reference just comes back, eventually, to that one third-hand recollection of an unnamed TV show.
Note that the extensive official NASA description of the moon has no mention of such an event(http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/moon_worldbook.html).
It is true that the moon has been hit many, many times during its life – as has the Earth – by astronomical objects. Some, as the NASA site says, were NEARLY enough to break it into PIECES.
But there is absolutely no evidence that it was ever cleaved in half and rejoined.
By including this myth in your otherwise excellent article, you are PROMOTING the idea that Muslim people are backward, not refuting it.
Further for your reference:
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/question/?id=841
The picture that you use is of the ‘Rima Ariadaeus’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rima_Ariadaeus
It is a long-ish trough caused by fault lines in the Moon’s crust.
The circumference of the moon is over 10,000km, and this rift is about 300km, so it hardly counts as evidence the Moon was split in two.
Look here http://lunarnetworks.blogspot.com/2009/09/lroc-rima-ariadaeus-linear-rille.html and you can clearly see that, while it might look impressive close up, it is barely a scratch on the whole moon’s face.
It looks here like you have a few misconceptions of your own. A hate crime is when another race hates on another race. Terrorism is when a group of people regardless of race blows up military bases (Japan/ Pearl Harbor) and public buildings with a whole lot of civilians (Al Quida).
Now, the Trade center. for me, is up for debate because I always felt our president was involved in some way. That man creeps me out for some reason.
In the states they show you the good, the bad, and the ugly. There have been news reports stating that Islamic religion is one of peace. In any religion you have your fanatics. Christians had the crusade where the terrorized hundreds all in the name of religion and God.
I don’t honestly believe God, Allah or whatever you want to call him wants this. It only takes one fanatic nut to brainwash a population.
My uncle by marriage was a Muslim so I hold no hate or grudge against people who aren’t like me.
Polygamy may ba mentioned in the Bible but Christians in my country don’t practice it unless they are Mormons which are Christians but there are so many branches to Christianity that it’s not all one way. One group believes in the Holy Ghost still being here on Earth, another says it doesn’t exist, and yet another practices polygamy.
I know it grates on the nerves of some but I’m pretty well read and many of the parables in the Qur’an and the Bible are the same parables. I know of quite a few Christians who will tell me I am wrong and certainly some of the text isn’t the same but some of it is.
I think every one is so busy tossing preconceived notions about each other they don’t try to get to know each other instead.
an interesting article that brings up some the same points I do when speaking about the difference between the religion and people that follow the religion.
Islam may be all the things that you say, but the people that “follow” the faith don’t follow the book.
For example, on 9/11 the muslim terrorists did not follow 4 of the ten rules in the conduct of war:
4. Do not kill children
5. Do not kill women
6. Do not kill aged men
8. Do not destroy buildings
You begin with a strange topic and include these points:
* Muslims can be terrorists
* Muslims engage in `holy wars’ (jihad)
* it has a harsh and cruel judicial system
Mu only comment that some muslims are are terrorists, some muslims do engage in jihad and when a woman is punished by an islamic court for being raped I do find it a harsh and cruel system.
“Whoever frees a Muslim slave…” but it is OK to keep a Christian or Buddhist slave?
In the end, the problem is people and not the religion.
“….when a woman is punished by an Islamic court for being raped….”
Do you really think you are alone in feeling that the system is cruel and harsh? As a Muslim I feel the pain as well.
It has more to do with Saudi Arabian culture and tradition rather than religion. So when you say the system is bad, it means the country’s system is bad not the religion. People have an habit of complaining about religion. In many countries you will find parents forcing their daughters for marriage and selling them, this has more to do with their centuries old tradition rather than religion, as you may have read above that Islam forbids forcing the daughters to marry a person which is against her will.
A good article on the misconceptions in the west about Islam. Very truly said.. Islam is not just a religion, its a way of life…complete submission to Allah (swt).
The only thing which I would request the originator is to remove the images. Perhaps it could infuse some different misconceptions…
May Allah(swt) Have Mercy upon us and show us the right path (sirat e mustaqeem) and help us follow the sunnah of our Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and salutions upon him) …..Amen
THis was very informative. I knew most of these things, but I really knew nothing about NOI. There is a big difference between culture (a woman covered from head to toe) and religion (dress modestly). This article helps explain some of those differences.
I say from my heart – You will get the reward for chosing such a great method to clear the crappy myths regarding Islam. Long live ISLAM!
Assalaamualikum.
You are added to my source of inspiration to start my own Islamic blog in the near future (Inshaa alllaaah). I am having some prob with the domain registration. Let us wait.
Then we will work together for ISLAM.
While this is a good explanation, it is also largely an apologetic for Islam. I am not a Muslim, neither am I a Christian or a Jew….but I found this to be highly prejudicial and lacking in some obvious explanation. Having lived in the Muslim world, much of my experience tells me that there are alternate explanations to some of the cultural observations discussed here.
Throughout history God/Allah has been used by those in power as justification for control and waging war and to motivate behavior. It is easy to incite hatred for another group through polarizing beliefs and propaganda – and that is true for EVERY group of humanity regardless of religious or spiritual belief.
How long will we allow ourselves to be manipulated and conquered by division? It is for EACH INDIVIDUAL to discern the Truth. God/Allah is always calling us to hear directly from Him and this is outside all religions and belief systems.
In this post the writer states that “the word islam signifies nothing other than ’submission to God’”. It is my belief that what Christians are called to do is “surrender to God” which I see as the same ideal.
Why would we submit or surrender? Because that is the only way heaven would be heaven. I believe THAT is the choice we are being asked to make. (I freely admit that I do not know what Islam has to say about heaven and invite the author to share that with us.)
I have not read anything on this so let me explain. If you had no free will could you be happy? Imagine a heaven where all your actions were controlled. Would that be heaven to you?
Now, imagine that you are creating a community that would be heavenly. If you let in just one selfish person they would destroy the peace of your community. Would it then be heaven?
The solution is beautiful. When we surrender/submit to God/Allah, knowing that He knows what is best for all (and no man can possibly know that) by our free will then all who surrender/submit can live a peaceful, heavenly existence.
There are so many quotes in the Bible and the Quaran that teach the same Truths. We must reject the hatred we are brainwashed to believe and seek out Truth directly from the Source.
The only real difference in Christianity and Islam is the question of Jesus being or not being the Son of God. On that we all have more meditating and research to resolve our differences which MAY end up being one of interpretation rather than substance.
To that end I offer these links as a start:
http://biblestudymanuals.net/son_of.htm
http://www.christadelphia.org/pamphlet/jesus.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_God
http://bible.cc/1_john/5-12.htm (Many translations of biblical quotes)
One final thought to remember. Did you understand what Jesus meant when he advised us to stop straining at gnats while swallowing camels? (See http://bible.cc/matthew/23-24.htm)
I say to all those who want to argue over polygamy versus monogamy or whether women being portrayed as sex objects is more free than to be required to wear a veil to focus on the greater question first.
“Seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness” and then all other wisdom will be revealed to you.
(That quote in many translations: http://bible.cc/matthew/6-33.htm)
You make some valid points, but in your explanation for the reasons Islam is so regularly misapplied you fail to understand the implications of a religion dictating both religious and political ruling. Giving men the belief their political actions are backed by God has, in my mind, only one outcome – the corruption of religion in order to manipulate politics to their desire. What makes this manipulation so much more dangerous than in systems which separate religion from politics is that to go against the politics in such a country is to go against God.
While a religion dictates politics, it’s politics will be more easily corruptible than any state with a separation from religion.
A very well written article on the misconceptions about the ISLAM. Keeep it up bro!
Hope to see more articles on this subjects.
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RAMADAN KAREEM
Assalamuallikum.
May Allah keep us on the right path, and accept our fasting and prayers.
We wish the best blessings of Ramadan to all. May Allah accept our worship and may He help us rejuvenate our faith. May He help us share the joy of this month with all our family, friends and neighbors.
Jazakkallahu khairan
Mohamed Ali jinnah
What are the differences between Islam & Christianity?
What are the differences between Jesus and Muhammad?
Matthew 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Jesus never used violence.
Muhammad did use violence.
Jesus taught to not be like hypocrites and pray using repeated words.
Muhammad encouraged formal prayers that are repeated.
Jesus used love. Jesus did not engage in open warfare like Muhammad.
Muhammad murdered, killed, waged war and used hate.
Jesus said we should have one wife and be one flesh, anymore was adultery in God’s eyes.
Muhammad said take up to 4 wives. Muhammad said he was special, the angel had given him special permission to have more wives and slave girls than the normal Muslim.
Jesus did not take any wives.
Muhammad wallowed in wife after wife, even taking children as wives and slaves.
Jesus never committed adultery.
Muhammad committed adultery by taking Jewish women hostage and giving them to himself and others as new brides and encouraging rape in front of their husbands. (Quranic verse (4:24): “Also (forbidden are) women already married, EXCEPT those (captives and slaves) whom your right hands possess. Thus has Allah ordained for you…” In other words marriage DOES NOT COUNT under Islam if you have taken the girl hostage or she is a slave.
Jesus went to heaven.
Muhammad is laying dead at Al-Masjud al-Nabawi.
Jesus’ account is in the ancient scriptures written in Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek – Acts 17:11 Keep checking translation. The Quran was handed down through word of mouth where as ancient scripture is recorded from 1300BC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran
QUOTE: Followers of Islam further believe that the Qur’an was written down by Muhammad’s companions while he was alive, although the primary method of transmission was oral.
The Bible is in chronological order. An easy flow.
The Quran is recorded in passages that are out of order and have no chronological flow.
Jesus spoke once, never abrogated that which he said.
Muhammad many times said words that were abrogated, in the Quran and the Hadiths. (Mutah is but one example.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutah
Mut’ah is an Arabic word meaning literally “Pleasure”. As a term, its main connotation is Temporary Marriage (Arabic: Nikah Mut’ah). In other words a temporary marriage of pleasure much like prostitution. You pay for sex with a stranger but are not committing acts of lust, fornication or adultery as you are covered under Allah’s Mutah.
Jesus said do not pervert my father’s words.
Muhammad said you may enter into Mutah, a temporary marriage to see if you like your wife. If such a time you agree to, the marriage is no longer convenient to you, then you may leave it without fault or sin, as Allah is all knowing. In other words try out your wife sexually like a prostitute and if you are not satisfied with her, leave her without sin. This is a common practise in Islam.
Jesus used the name JHWH, YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah and the Tetragrammaton.
Muhammad via the Quran NEVER refers to any of these names. But gives 99 other names to God/Allah.
Jesus used the personal names of God to show a personal relationship.
Muhammad used Allah which means ‘The God’ to take away a personal relationship and disobey Yahweh’s commandment to know him by all his names. God has many names for many situations in The Bible. Out of all the 99 names of Allah in The Quran, God’s personal name YHWH, JHWH, Yahweh or Jehovah are not one of them. Allah is the Arabic word for “The God”. So it is a contraction of 2 words. See Wiki “The term Allah is derived from a contraction of the Arabic definite article al- “the” and ʼilāh “deity, god” to al-lāh meaning “the [sole] deity, God”…. or as I wrote above Allah = The God So that being the case is it a title or a personal name? Obviously it is a title.
Jesus did not steal.
Muhammad stole and robbed caravans.
Jesus did not force conversions.
Muhammad forced conversions using the sword.
Jesus was a pacifist in spreading his word.
Muhammad used war to spread his word.
Jesus’ kingdom was not part of this world.
Muhammad made and expanded his kingdom in this world.
Jesus was poor.
Muhammad was rich (marriage to his 1st rich merchant wife Khadijah bint Khuwaylid)
Jesus never took other peoples properties. Thou shall not steal.
Muhammad stole properties, goods and wives.
Jesus never gave other men’s wives away to men to commit adultery with.
Muhammad stole other men’s wives and gave them away into adultery.
Jesus never intermarried into incest or family.
Muhammad married his adopted son’s wife. In other words Muhammad married his daughter-in-law. Muslims will sometimes defend Muhammad’s marriages as political, not sexual. Generally a marriage involves sex. The relevancy in Muhammad marrying his daughter-in-law exposes Muhammad’s uncontrollable lust both for children and for whatever turned him on.
Jesus never hit or raped children.
Muhammad hit and raped children. Bukhari 7.62.64 Muslims will argue that this was cultural, however it is still widely prevalent today in the Islamic world, despite the fact it causes serious health issues for the young girl and many die.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ayD4sfSm2Y
Jesus said love your wife.
Muhammad said hit your wife if she does not serve you well, but do it with a small stick.
Jesus was baptised.
Muhammad was not baptised.
Jesus is from the line of Isaac, God’s promised covenant Gen 17:21
Muhammad follows the bloodline of Ishmael, no promised covenant.
Gen 17:21 But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac who will be born to you from Sarah.
The Bible and ancient scriptures says that Abraham offered Isaac as a sacrifice to God.
Mohammad said Abraham offered Ishmael, not Isaac. The misconception begins and is played out every year at Hajj.
Jesus said honour my Father by what he asks.
Muslims will tell you that they honour Allah by re-enacting Hajj. Abraham only sacrificed 1 Ram to God to compensate the life of his son. At Hajj Ram’s, Sheep, Camels, goats and many different other animals are sacrificed by Muslims. Another distortion of The Quran and another disobedience to God. Not to mention the ram was given to God, not distributed to the poor!
Jesus said you are God’s heart, you are God’s temple.
Muhammad said you need to do Hajj and re-enact Ishmael, not re-enact Isaac. Muslims will argue that Christians engage in idol worship when one could debate the same thing when at Hajj Muslims are seen bowing and praying to a ‘Rock’ encased in a gold frame and bowing and praying to a Temple that Abraham used. Not to mention the Ottomans’ crescent moon symbol is in a lot of mosques, much like crucifixes are in churches.
Jesus said that he was the last prophet of God, and that after him will come the spirit of truth in all of us.
Muhammad claims he is the last messenger/prophet of God. By doing this Muhammad is openly now disputing the Son of God, Jesus’ claim.
Jesus says in The Bible he died for our sins.
Muhammad says in The Quran, Jesus didn’t die for our sins.
Jesus said God knew us before we were born.
Muhammad said you are born innocent. Jeremiah 1:5 God knew you before you were born. If God knew you before you were born you may not necessarily be as innocent as you think. On the other side of the coin you may have been chosen by God to do his work or on the other side of the coin, God knew that you would do the work of Satan.
Jesus said he was the last sacrifice needed for God. No other sacrifice should be compared or remembered as much as the sacrifice of God’s only son Jesus.
Muhammad said keep sacrificing animals for God at Ramadan/Hajj. Muhammad said Jesus was never sacrificed and that another took his place.
Jesus said that he came to fulfil the law, thus Jesus fulfilled the law.
Muhammad says we should keep on sacrificing animals until the law is fulfilled.
Jesus is written in The Holy Bible.
Muhammad took Jesus and changed his life in The Quran, thus fulfilling the revelation that for anyone to change the story of Jesus or anything in The Bible will suffer the plagues of torturous death. 2 Corinthians 11:14 – And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
Jesus is an angel of light. Perfect Leader. Perfect Example to follow. Sinless.
Muhammad in my opinion the angel of death and darkness. Imperfect Leader. Bad example to follow. Sinful. Who do you follow as your Saviour? The sinless Jesus or the sinner Muhammad?
Jesus needed no symbols to show his complete light and received his revelation in the light of day.
Muhammad used the half crescent moon where the light is almost eclipsed by darkness, if not eclipsed by misconceptions. The moon is born into darkness. Muhammad received his revelations in the darkness of night within a cave.
Jesus forgave his enemies.
Muhammad had his enemies killed.
Jesus said to love your enemy. (Educate them on their evils to save them from destruction) (Do not let blatant sinners into your house.)
Muhammad said kill the Jew, Christian, idolaters and infidels wherever you may find them Koran 9:5.
Jesus said let people be free to embrace their spirit of loving God.
Muhammad said let the people who don’t believe in Islam be taxed Koran 9:29. In other words Muhammad said use acts of extortion and stand-over tactics until submission is attained. Any scheme to bring about submission to Islam. A Malaysian Woman Denied Free Religion – Islam refuses to allow the woman to be known on government cards as a Christian – In other words Islam wants to perpetuate false data and false statistics. There are probably many people who want to leave Islam but are refused, killed or isolated.
http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2007/07335.htm
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Malaysian_court_rules_Christian_woman_can't_remove_Islam_from_ID
Jesus raised the dead.
Muhammad caused death.
Jesus was a Jew like all the Prophets of The Bible. God spoke through a Jewish bloodline that can be followed down.
Muhammad was an Arab. Another discrepancy. Muslims will tell you that suddenly God was now speaking through another bloodline and that all the prophets were now Muslim’s, not Jews. Hitler tried to re-write history too, and look where that got him. Muslims like Mormons will tell you that all the Prophets were not Jews, but in Islam’s case they were all Muslims or in the Mormon’s case, they were all Mormon’s. In the original ancient Greek scriptures you will read ‘Christian’ (Acts) (Not Muslim, Mormon etc)
Jesus spoke directly to God.
Muhammad said he spoke to an angel most the time and once spoke to God.
Jesus said heaven is with God (you will be neither male nor female).
Muhammad said heaven is about many concepts like water, sex with children (72 virgins), rivers of wine (getting drunk without the hangover), slaves, attaining a palace or whatever took their fancy in this world. Muhammad said heaven is based on an unequal 7 layered pyramid scheme, royal bloodlines to the top, and other Muslims depending on deeds will be slotted in accordance to the will of Allah. Some Muslims can even serve time in hell and come out to heaven after penance. Are Muslims equal in heaven? No! Muhammad said he visited hell and that mostly women are found in hell as women are deficient in intelligence and taken to hell if their husband is condemned to hell. Women in Islam are only worth half that of a man. Women get one wish for their heaven while men get a buffet of sordid sexual gratifications. It would be interesting if a woman Muslima wished for that of the same as a Muslim man.
Jesus cured the sick.
‘If a fly lands in your drink, dip it twice, for one wing has disease, the other has the cure.’ The Koran & Hadiths have many errors and scientific errors.
Jesus said ‘Do not steal’.
Muhammad stole herds, women, girls, gold and slaves. Anything he could get his hands on. Did Muhammad return what he stole even though in ‘The Quran’ he tells others to return what they steal? No he didn’t! Muhammad kept what he stole in the name of Allah. Hypocritical standards! Thou shalt not steal seems to be overlooked depending on who you are.
Jesus was never tricked by the devil.
Muhammad was tricked by the devil and told his worshippers to start worshipping 3 Goddesses’ (Lat, Uzza & Manat) to which Muslims did. Then Muhammad returned changing his mind, telling them it was wrong. Muhammad made a mistake and received revelations from Satan instead of the angel -Surah 53:19-22. How can somebody trust somebody if they can’t tell where their getting their revelations from? Go to 19:40 (time) on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq6Mdu8idic
The Satanic Verses
http://www.muhammadanism.org/Quran/SatanicVerses.htm
Jesus said we are all equal.
Muhammad said go do Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, but prices start from sleeping in a gutter, up to 5,000 dollars a night and more. Tents are filled with segregation by country and each tent has a different price depending on your V.I.P status. A pilgrim also gets a title after doing Hajj that puts you above all other Muslims.
If Muhammad is opposite to everything Jesus was… Think about this… Jesus had a direct line to God, who was Muhammad speaking to?
Jesus smashed up the market place up and smashed things that defiled his Father’s temple.
Muhammad although opposite to Jesus, also tried to emulate and copy Jesus by doing the same things at the Kabba. The Kabba is like a little house where Abraham was thought to have stayed and used it for prayer for awhile. The Kabba is said to have a special stone from outer space/heaven that can be seen from the outside of The Kabba. The Kabba is a part of Hajj (Eid) where sacrificing camels, rams and animals is performed. In the true Biblical story, God did not ask that the ram be given to the poor. Sacrificing camels and other animals has nothing to do with The Quran, a Ram is used. God expected the whole sacrifice to go to him. It is not up to Muslims to consider whether God ate the sacrifice or whether God wanted to see Abraham’s motives of fasting or devotion to him. During Hajj (Eid) Muslim’s run off with God’s sacrifice and feed themselves and apparently sometimes the poor with all the animals sacrifices. It seems disobedient to Allah a Muslim thinks they are following what Allah wanted.
The Rock God of Kabba and how Muslims worship the Kabba and Rock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkZFUEDkwdc&feature=channel_page
Jesus said only the spirit of truth will come after him.
Muhammad said he is the truth. Muham’mad said you can’t get into heaven unless you go through him and accept him as the last messenger of God. In other words Christians go through Jesus and Muslims go through Muhammad in order to get to heaven. Who is right?
Christians read the true story of Jesus.
Muslims say they love Jesus and the prophets, but the Quran paints a totally different Jesus to The Bible. To deny the real story of Jesus is to cut yourself off from God and not love Jesus. You are being lukewarm!
Jesus said the only way to God was through him.
Muhammad said the only way to God was through him. Who is lying? The sinless or the sinful?
Jesus received his revelation in the light of the day.
Muhammad received his revelation in the darkness of a cave.
Jesus encouraged his disciples to love God and not blaspheme God or lie.
Muhammad said you can blaspheme God and lie, but only if your life is threatened.
God’s standard for marriage was Adam & Eve. 1 man and 1 wife and 1 flesh!
In Islam they change God’s standard and legitimized it. In the Old Testament God never legitimizes multiple marriages. God tells Solomon to only marry one woman as to marry more than one turns a man’s love/head from God.
To accept Islam is to accept that paedophilia is the norm.
Narrated Aishia: that the prophet married me when I was 6 years old and consummated his marriage when I was 9 years old. Bukhari 7.62.64. It is very dangerous to a girls health and life to do such dastardly acts.
Jesus did not marry
Muhammad married his daughter in-law
Jesus said be a good neighbour
Muhammad killed his neighbours
Jesus was crucified
Muhammad said God magically turned somebody into the crowd into a Jesus look-a-like and Jesus was saved.
The Bible was written by God
The Quran was recited by many different Muslims shortly after Muhammad died which shadows its authenticity.
The Bible says do not lie.
The Quran says you may lie and blaspheme if your life is threatened or you are doing the will of Allah. Al Takeyya (1 example of Muslims lying would be when Muhammad used an assassin and advised him that it was alright to blaspheme Allah and kill somebody, but only if he was doing the will of Allah).
Muhammad said Jesus was not sacrificed but Allah found another man who stood in and took his place.
Jesus says he was crucified.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)
THE ONLY WAY TO GOD YAHWAH IS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST!
Why everyone here talking about the differences between Islam & Christianity? or Jesus and Muhammad?
Let’s talking about the similarity and take the positive mind, not “hot minded”.
Every individual have their way…
please justify the acts of murder in the time of the life of the prophet and following his death continuously for the purpose of spreading the ideas of the founding group of islam..for instance when a mob of conquered and converted villagers often were sent to the next village for the act of killing most of the men, especially if they were from a different tribal history than the prophet. the survivors had no choice but to go under the new dictatorship and pay the required “tax”. it only takes a few aggressive thugs with weapons to dominate a society of farmers…war has been caused in much of the world by islam untill now.., as in indonesia and the phillipines,as well as africa..and other places now happening ..
Very interesting .. Thank you
I have 2 points.
I came to God thru a copy of the old and new testaments that i found some 12 years ago in Australia.
I prayed and studied the scriptures for two years,not expecting to find god or alike,as i was a agnostic at the time,but i was baptised at 1 year of age at a church of england church in 1962,but my family never mentioned God or jesus to me or my sister and brother,we were told that you live and work and then you die,that was how life is,and that was what we believed.
I have followed jesus now for over ten years,im 49 now,and what God revealed to me thru study of his word and prayer,and teaching me complete repentance was life changing,what Jesus and the torah and prophets taught me came true,The bible is truly real and so is its authority,to all men and woman and to all ages,as jesus said the truth will set you free.
After ten years,i have often stumbled in my faith and turned my hand from the plow,and at times got angry at jesus and God,yet i still come back to him who called me 10 years ago.
To me, Jesus is one with God,i and the father are one,
I Will follow jesus as God to the day i die,because it was he who called me to himself and to abba almighty God.
No Koran here,No Muhhamaad,-no islam.
I encounted the living God apart from the islamic way of God.so thats a issue for Moslems to consider.
Point,2
In the last six years of my Dads life,our family doctor who treated my dad, with love tolerance mercy and top rate medical and advodcacy on his behalf for extra medical help,to make the last months of his life,more humane that doctor was a Iraqui Moslem,who came to Australia for a better life for his family.
That doctor,upheld the requirments that jesus said we all must,love help,heal,go the extra mile when needed,,that doctor more than met the law and the prophets and the masters teaching,and he was a moslem.
To me, our doctors actions in helping my dad and my family,proves that at some level God is with all who truly do his will,
It would seem to me that God knows the hearts and intentions of all people,and those who seek him and submit to him,jew-moslem-christian.
ILL aways wonder why 3 reverlations were needed,when at some level the 3 faiths cane all be traced back to the Torah
I am convinced that the after life,will be made up of all who have been made pure in heart and spirt by God in TRUTH,
Amen.
khafeers always hate islam…. what they know about it …. if they feel the islam …. will makes a right way at the end of life …. this article shows is fake …..
KHAFEERS isn’t that a derogatory term and slur for nonmuslim people? YES, I guess they would HATE ISLAM considered that immediately after gaining many soldiers MOHAMMED and then after his death, his followers, invaded Europe – spain, portugal, france, italy, greece, egypt, iran, jordan, syria, israel, iraq AND STOLE ALL THAT LAND, DESTROYED THE CHRISTIANS AND THEIR HOLY LANDMARKS, AND MURDERED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
INCLUDING 80,000,000 HINDU’s over the past 1,400 years; BUDDHISTS, sikhs, zoroastrians, jainians, and even now the newer religions B’hai, Ahmaddyah’s; BECAUSE YOU ARE A LIAR, AND MUSLIM DO NOTHING BUT STEAL LAND, COUNTRIES, AND LIVES.
Keep your lying mouth SHUT.
Islam shows the right way of living.
Muslims pray to god/Allah whos photo/picture doesn’t exist in the world.
Islam did not spread by sword , it is spread by the good charecters of Mohammed SAW(PBUH)
TERRORIST COULD NOT BE A MUSLIM
MUSLIM COULD NOT BE A TERRORIST.
Islam doesn’t hate jesus but it denies jesus is not god .
SO when you say it wasn’t spread by the sword, does that include when Mohammed brutally attacked 2 jewish tribes of medina, chased them out, stole all their belongings AND THEN BUTCHERED the 3rd and last jewish tribe of Medina, chopping off hundreds of heads HIMSELF? YOU DON’T CONSIDER THAT ”THE SWORD” ??
Muhammad and his successors initiated offensive wars against peaceful countries in order to impose Islam by force as well as to seize the abundance of these lands. Their objective was to capture women and children and to put an end to the poverty and hunger from which Arab Muslims suffered by TAKING from the nonMuslims. So, Islam was imposed upon Syria, Jordan, Palestine (Jerusalem), Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Iran, all of North Africa, some parts of India and China, and later Spain.
MOHAMMED QUOTES:
“Invitation first (that is, call them first to embrace Islam). If they refuse, then war.”
Muhammad himself told them later: “Had you rejected Islam, I would have beheaded you and cast your heads under your feet.” This was an undisputed threat: Either they accepted Islam or they would have been beheaded.
“The apostle of God started to send military detachments from among his followers to the various Arab tribes which were scattered in the Arab Peninsula to carry out the task of calling (these tribes) to accept Islam If they did not respond, they would kill them. That was during the 7th Higira year. The number of the detachments amounted to ten.”
“Ali Ibn Abi Talib encountered a man called ’Umru and told him, ‘I indeed invite you to Islam.’ ’Umru said, ‘I do not need that.’ ’Ali said, ‘Then I call you to fight.’ (This was the same policy Muhammad used with those who rejected his invitation.) ’Umru answered him, ‘What for my nephew? By God, I do not like to kill you.’ ’Ali said, ‘But, by God, I love to kill you”’ (see Al Road Al Anf part 3, p. 263).
It is obvious from the dialogue that ’Umru does not like fighting because he does not want to kill ’Ali while he is defending himself. He wonders, “What for? I do not want to embrace Islam.” But ’Ali says to him, “By God I love to kill you,” and he did kill him.
“Islam has approved war so that the Word of God becomes supreme. This is war for the cause of God (Holy War). Muhammad, therefore, sent his ambassadors to eight kings and princes in the neighborhood of the Arab Peninsula to call them to embrace Islam. They rejected his call. Thus, it became incumbent on the Muslims to fight them.”
Dr. ’Afifi says that eight kings and princes declined to accept Muhammad’s mission; thus it was incumbent on the Muslims to fight them. We ask him: Why it was incumbent on them to fight those kings and princes? Is their refusal to accept Islam a reason for the Muslims to fight them? “Yes!” This is what all Muslim scholars say, without exception.
STOP THE LIES, ISLAM IS WAR, ISLAM IS DEATH, ANTI-FREEDOM, OPPRESSION, PERSECUTION, LOSS OF RIGHTS, VIOLENCE.
article on the misconceptions about the ISLAM