Information on
Islam
Information on
Islam
· Muslims angered by comments at gathering of Southern Baptists...more
· Court Declares Pledge Unconstitutional...more
· CBN.com - Parents and educators in the state of California appear to be on a collision course. A growing number of parents across the "Golden State" are at odds with state and local officials over a three-week study of Islam that is required curriculum for all 7th grade public school children...more
· Don't Muslims worship the same God as Christians?Articles available online from Dr. Robert Morey, author of The Islamic Invasion
· Scientific Errors in The Qur'an
· Is The Qur'an The Word of God?
· Common Logical Fallacies Made By Muslims
An invitation for Muslim readers.
· Jesus own words bring Muslim to Christ
- · 45 crucial issues in Islam
- · Reading list on the history of Islam
- · What can I do?
· Muslim countries become bolder in persecution of Christians
· Read the HISTORICAL DATA ABOUT MUHAMMAD...
* Mohammed is estimated by scholars to have had somewhere between 15-25 wives. All agree that he had 9 wives at the time of his death (5 more than the Quran permits for other Muslims)!
* He died at age 63 in the home of Aisha, his favorite wife,
and was buried on the spot where he died in Medina...(more)
Origins and Theology
"Muhammad, the founder of Islam was born in Mecca (in modern day Saudi Arabia) in A.D. 570..." --Background of Islam From what I read of his words and his deeds, I can see he was an egotistical, misogynistic, power-mad tyrant. He evidently stole a great deal language from the Bible (he was illiterate, but likely people had read parts of the Bible to him--there were Arabic translations of both Old and New Testaments by that time) and simply codified many of the existing Arab tribal laws and oral histories of his particular time and region (i.e.; folklore of Abraham and Ishmael, pilgrimages to Mecca, etc.) and made up the rest as needed, to form his own religion centered around himself. He certainly contributed nothing new to theology; he simply twisted it to his own ends like petty cult leaders throughout history have always done and continue to do to this day.
Claims of Inspiration and Infallibility?
Islam and the Arabs
Muslims claim that the words of the Quran were literally recited from some kind of divine tablets in heaven which have existed for all eternity, and that they are the actual words of God. But after the death of Muhammad, all his sayings that were transcribed on various leaves and bones, etc., had to be collected and revised by educated men before reaching their final state. The Quran has undergone various revisions since then, and today there are a number of conflicting versions extant.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.