The
Arab world covers about 5 million square
miles (13 million square kilometers) and
extends over three main regions, the
Arabian Peninsula, northern Africa and
part of an area called the Fertile
Crescent, which includes Iraq, Jordan,
Lebanon, and Syria.
Approximately
200 million Arabs live in the Arab world
which, politically, includes 18
countries — Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt,
Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the
United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The
majority of the people in these
countries are Arabs and their
governments regard themselves as Arab.
Two other countries—Djibouti and
Somalia—have only small Arab
populations but are sometimes included
in this political definition because
they belong to the organization of Arab
states called the Arab League.
About
90 percent of Arabs are Muslims, while
only about 15 percent of Muslims are
Arabs. There are over 1.1 billion
Muslims in the world. The majority of
Arabs belonging to the Sunni branch of
Islam, the minority to the Shi'a branch.
Although
Islam was born in Arabia, more than half
the world's Muslims live in South and
Southeast Asia. The countries with the
largest Muslim populations are
Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, and
Pakistan.
The
Middle East is home to about a quarter
of the world's Muslims. The majority of
the population in Albania and nearly
half the population in
Bosnia-Herzegovina are Muslim. Nearly
six million Muslims live in the United
States, and today Muslims live in every
country on the globe.
We
have set aside the pages in this feature
to more closely assess who and what
Arabs and Muslims believe, the origins
of their beliefs and something of what
those beliefs are.
And,
of course, we will be posting material
here regarding the Palestinian Arabs
specifically and their violence-driven
efforts to establish yet another Arab
state on the land God has given to the
Jews.
"Mohammed
vs Jesus, the Christ"
Comparison
of Teachings of Mohammed With Teachings
of Jesus From Messengers of Christ
Ministries, Andrew Neckar
Mohammed
was the prophet of war; Christ is the
Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6-7).
Mohammed's
disciples killed for the faith; Christ's
disciples were killed for their faith
(Acts 12:2; 2 Timothy 4:7).
Mohammed
promoted persecution against the
"infidels"; Christ forgave and
converted the chief persecutor (1
Timothy 1:13-15).
Mohammed
was the taker of life; Christ was the
giver of life (John 10:27-28).
Mohammed
and his fellow warriors murdered
thousands; Christ murdered none but
saved many (compare John 12:48).
Mohammed's
method was COMPULSION; Christ's aim was
voluntary CONVERSION (Acts 3:19).
Mohammed
practiced FORCE; Christ preached FAITH
(John 6:29, 35).
Mohammed
was a WARRIOR; Christ is a DELIVERER
(Col. 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:10).
Mohammed
conquered his enemies with the sword;
Christ conquered his enemies with
another kind of sword, the sword of the
Spirit which is the Word of God (Hebrews
4:12; Acts 2:37).
Mohammed
said to the masses, "Convert or
die!"; Christ said, "Believe
and live!" (John 6:47; 11:25-26).
Mohammed
was swift to shed blood (Romans
3:15-17); Christ shed His own blood for
the salvation of many (Ephesians 1:7).
Mohammed
preached "Death to the
infidels!"; Christ prayed
"Father, forgive them, for they
know not what they do" (Luke
23:34).
Mohammed
declared a holy war (Jihad) against
infidels; Christ achieved a holy victory
on Calvary's cross (Colossians 2:14-15)
and His followers share in that victory
(John 16:33).
Mohammed
constrained people by conquest; Christ
constrained people by love (2
Corinthians 5:14).
Modern
terrorists derive their inspiration from
Mohammed and carry out their despicable
atrocities in the name of his god;
Christians derive their inspiration from
the One who said, "Blessed are the
peacemakers" (Matthew 5:9).
Modern
day disciples of Mohammed respond to the
terrorist attacks by cheering in the
streets; Modern day disciples of Christ
are deeply grieved at past atrocities
carried out by those who were
"Christians" in name only (the
Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition,
etc.).
Many
Muslims are peaceful and peace-loving
because they do not strictly follow the
teachings of their founder; Many
Christians are peaceful and peace-loving
because they do strictly follow the
teachings of their Founder (Romans
12:17-21).
Mohammed
said the Koran is authoritative only in
Arabic, and only in his dialect; The
Bible is authoritative in many languages
around the world, for God knows all
things and can inspire (and preserve)
His Word in more than one language.
Mohammed
hated music; Jesus and His disciples
sang hymns, and the Apostle commanded
the Lord's Church to sing. (Matthew
26:30, Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16).
Mohammed
allowed that a Mullah, Imam, or Mufti of
Islam can be a terrorist and an amoral
animal like Osama bin Laden; The Bible
requires that a leader in the Church of
the Lord Jesus Christ must be above
reproach, and when this is not true,
Christians demand such a fallen leader
be removed from leadership. (1 Timothy
3:1-7, 5:19-20).
Islam
calls on its followers to observe Five
Pillars, while all other aspects of life
can be vulgar and not affect the
Muslim's prospects in Paradise. The
Bible calls on the Christian to submit
to the total change of his life by the
Spirit of God -- NO area of life and
thought is the choice of the follower.
(Romans 12:1-2).
The
Muslim looks forward to eternity in
Paradise where there will be virgins who
are used for eternal perpetual
copulation.
The
Bible believing Christian looks forward
to being with Jesus Christ and is
delighted with that. (2 Corinthians
5:8).
Mohammed
said the witness of a woman was half the
value of the witness of a man; and
Muhammed said a woman goes to Paradise
because she satisfies her husband
sexually; The Bible teaches that a
husband is to love his wife and be
willing to die for her. (Ephesians
5:25).
Mohammed
called upon his servants to fight; Jesus
said, "My kingdom is not of this
world; if My kingdom were of this world,
then would My servants fight . . . but
now is My kingdom not from hence"
(John 18:36).
Mohammed
ordered death to the Jews (see A.
Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad, Oxford
University Press [1975], p. 369); Christ
ordered that the gospel be preached
"to the Jew first" (Romans
1:16).
The
Koran says, "Fight in the cause of
Allah" (Qu'ran 2.244); The Bible
says, "we wrestle not against flesh
and blood" and "the weapons of
our warfare are not carnal"
(Ephesians 6:12; 2 Corinthians 10:4).
The
Koran says, "Fight and slay the
Pagans wherever ye find them" (Qu'ran
9.5); Christ said, "Preach the
gospel to every creature" (Mark
16:15).
The
Koran says, "I will inspire terror
into the hearts of unbelievers" (Qu'ran
8.12); God inspires His terror into the
hearts of believers (Isaiah 8:13).
The
Koran (Qu'ran) is a terrorist manual
which condones fighting, conflict,
terror, slaughter, and genocide against
those who do not accept Islam; The Bible
is a missionary manual to spread the
gospel of peace to all the world (Romans
10:15).
Mohammed's
Mission was to conquer the world for
Allah; Christ's mission was to conquer
sin's penalty and power by
substitutionary atonement (2 Corinthians
5:21; 1 Peter 3:18).
Mohammed
considered Christ a good prophet; Christ
pronounced (in His statement on many
false prophets arising) Mohammed to be a
false prophet (John 10:10; Matthew
24:11).
Mohammed
claimed that there was but one God,
Allah; Christ claimed that He was God
(John 10:30-31; John 8:58-59; John 5:18;
John 14:9).
Islam
is geocentric, that is, the whole
universe is centered on the Kaaba in the
Grand Mosque in Mecca in Arabia, and all
Muslims pray facing that direction;
Jesus Christ is the center of all
Christian worship and fellowship, for He
is "in the midst" where his
saints meet anywhere on earth. (Matthew
18:20, John 4:22-23).
Mohammed's
Tomb: OCCUPIED! Christ's tomb: EMPTY!
Islam
must be received, or you can be killed
for rejecting it:
The
Faith offered by Jesus Christ is for
"whosoever will" to receive,
and all men are permitted to reject it.
(Revelation 22:17, John 3:16).
Those
who leave Islam are killed in most
Islamic nations; Those who leave the
true Church of Jesus Christ are allowed
to do so with no revenge.
Now,
is a Muslim submitted to Allah and Islam
because he loves Allah? NO!
He
dare not leave Islam, and he is loyal
purely out of fear.
The
true Bible believer is loyal to Jesus
Christ purely out of love. 1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect
love casteth out fear: because fear hath
torment. He that feareth is not made
perfect in love. (John 4:19) We love
him, because he first loved us.
This
concept is 100% alien to Islam -- There
is no love in Islam -- Only fear and
hate.
