Truth about Islam

http://bibleprobe.com/muhammad.htm Click here for the current page Christians & Jewish martyrs say; "I will die for what I believe". A Muslim martyr says; "you will die for what I believe".... We apologize to anyone who may be offended by the history of the founder of Islam (Muhammad) below. And we are aware of the sensitivities involved. However, infinitely more damage has been done to Islam's "believers" by Islam's history of withholding the truth about its founder to them -- - and the circumstances surrounding its inception -- than any "damage" this true history below can cause. As you will see below, Muhammad posed as an apostle of God. Yet his life is filled with lustfulness (12 marriages and sex with a child, slaves and concubines), rapes, warfare, conquests, and unmerciful butcheries. The infinitely good, just and all holy God simply cannot tolerate anything in the least unjust or sinful. What Muhammad produced in the Qur'an is simply a book of gibberish consisting of later evil verses abrogating (superseding) earlier peaceful verses. These verses in Arabic poetically "tickle" the ears of Arab listeners. This article is intended to warn Christians who may be "fooled" into Islam, because they did not have all the facts. The immortal souls of billions of individuals are involved here. To good Muslims I say; "I have sympathy with your having to grow up in a closed society -- where not embracing Islam would have gotten you shunned or even killed". According to many interpretations of the Qur'an (aka: Koran), conversion to a faith other than Islam is punishable by death. The god of Muslims is revealed as a tyrant who demands Muslims submit to him. Whereas in the New Testament, Jesus revealed to Christians a God who is a loving Father, who wants us to come to Him via free will. In the Old Testament (Exodus 34:6) the real God revealed Himself as "merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth". When a Muslim declares that Islam is a religion of peace, he/she is either ignorant of the Koran (Qur'an), or is deceitfully thinking of this "peace", as it extends only to those within the Muslim Community. The deceit is that they will not tell you exactly what they mean. According to the Qur'an: "Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah. Those who follow him are merciful to one another, but ruthless to unbelievers" Sura 48:29. "Kill the Mushrikun (unbelievers) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush..." Sura 9:5. Also see Sura 9:29 Please note that there is not a single verse in the entire Christian Bible that contains this "open-ended", universal command to kill/or be ruthless to unbelievers. The Muslim Qur'an (Koran) and Muslim Hadith are unique among all the sacred writings in the entire world -- because they alone counsel its followers to make war on unbelievers. As you will see below, the Qur'an is a made up book of gibberish, of evil verses abrogating holy verses. Both Muslim holy books (Qur'an/Koran and Hadith) contain commands for Muslims to subjugate the world, militarily. Muhammad commanded Muslims to spread Islam through Offensive Jihad; or conquest of non-Muslim lands. Muslims are also commanded to take back any land that was formerly Muslim, such as Israel. Radical Muslims believe that they are Mujahideen, or "holy warriors of Allah". Their goal, like Islam's goal is to establish the entire world as a pure Islamic state (a Khalifah), which conforms to Islamic laws. An example of what Muslim children are taught in Muslim schools is this statement, found in a Jordanian/Palestinian school book in 1998: "This religion (Islam) will destroy all other religions through the Islamic Jihad fighters" Read the true history of Islam below and then look into your own heart to see if you are missing something; or if you have been lied to regarding Islam itself. The below information on the history of Muhammad and the history of Islam comes primarily from Muslim historians and the Qur'an (Koran) itself... Some of these sources used are: Qur'an / Koran itself Abu Dawud (sunnah)(A.D. 832?) Ibn Ishaq (A.D. 768) Tirmidhi (A.D. 892) Al Waqidi (Wakidi) (A.D. 822) Tabari (A.D. 929) Ibn Hisham (A.D. 828) Zamakhshari (A.D.1144) Ibn Sa'd (A.D. 845) Baidawi (A.D. 1292) Ahmad ibn Hanbal (A.D. 855) Ibn Kathir (A.D. 1301-1372) Amr ibn Sharhabil (Caliph 717-20 AD) Ibn Khaldun (A.D. 1332-1406) al-Bukhari (A.D. 810-870) Imam al-Mawawy Ibn Hazam (A.D. 994-1064) Sahih al-Bukbari Ibn Hajar - "Isabah", or "Dictionary of Persons who knew Muhammad" Muhammad Ibn al-Rawandi, in "The Quest for the Historical Muhammad" Also, Alfred Guillaume best known/respected Western Scholar on Islam Also, "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades"Also, Ali Dashti: "Twenty Three Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad" Also, "Islam and Terrorism" and "Jesus and Muhammad", by the former professor of Islamic history at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt (Born a Muslim in Egypt/name changed to: Mark A. Gabriel, PHD) "Inside Islam, A Guide for Catholics", Pages 61, 62, 69, Co-wrote by David Ali, Islam Apostate Ibn Hisham, The Life of Muhammad, 3rd ed., pt. 6, vol. 3 (Beirut, Lebanon: Dar-al-Jil, 1998), p. 8 The Truth about Muhammad, Founder of the World's Most Intolerent Religion, by Robert Spencer The Qur'an itself calls the Gospel of Jesus "Guidance and Light" The biggest threat to Islam is without a doubt the teachings of the true "Prophet of Peace" Jesus Christ. Islamic leaders go to extraordinary means to hide the Gospel of Jesus from Muslims. The fact that Muslims do not read and study the New Testament / the Gospel of Jesus is yet another contradiction in Islam. Question the "dark side" - the Islamic Fear of Christianity. Just as Satan wails at a crucifix at an exorcism - the Islamic cult member normally wails at the sight of the Christian Bible. A false prophet can always be recognized, because he attacks the true prophet. A false Bible can be recognized, because it contradicts the true Bible. Islam goes one step further. First Islam tries to gain acceptance by attesting to the truth and validity of both the Christian and Jewish holy books. But, it then clearly steps out of the light, exposing itself to its diabolical agenda, by contradicting and falsifying the facts and teachings in both these books. Also, question the "dark side" of a Religion such as Islam that requires you to only recite salah and prayers like the Namaz, in a language (Arabic) you do not understand. All Muslims, Arab and non-Arab alike, are obliged to pray in Arabic. Even if you do not understand a single word. Muslims are also required to read the Qur'an in Arabic, in order to attain any graces at all from Allah. It is not necessary that the person can understand even a word of what he is reading. This is what the warning means that Jesus left us with, when he said; "insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." Most Muslims do repetitive prayers in a language (Arabic) which they do not understand. Ibn Tymiyyah a very well respected ancient Islamic thinker says; "The Arabic language itself is part of Islam, and knowing Arabic is an obligatory duty. See a graphic example of the Christian idea of Jesus as our mediator and one with the Father (same light and substance) in this true Near Death Experience here Islam claims that Allah is the same God who was revealed in the Bible. . . . then if the Bible and the Qur'an have differing views of God, then Islam's claim is false. Don't forget that Muhammad claimed in Suras 2:87, 29:46, 32:23, 5:44, 6:154, 6:155 that Allah confirmed the Torah (Taurat) and Christian Gospel (Injeel) (Sura 2:87, 5:46, 5:68, 29:46 and 43:63). So, if the Torah and Gospel are correct, all the errors in the Qur'an shown below make the Qur'an false. A tenet of Islam is that both Mohammed and Jesus of Nazareth were both Muslims. Islam says both were prophets sent by Allah. If this were true, then it is mandatory that these two great prophets must coincide exactly in all points and never contradict each other. Did not the same Allah send both of them? Then, aren't even the smallest of contradictions between the two, very big red flags? And there are a great many, which you will see below. Sura 5:68 - Say: "O People of the Book! ye have no ground to stand upon unless ye stand fast by the Law (Torah), the Gospel (Injeel), and all the revelation that has come to you from your Lord." Sura 29:46 Muslims are told by Allah, not to question the authority of the scriptures of the Christians, saying, "And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, but say, "We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one; Islam says that Jesus did not die. So, again --Islam has proven to be false; because Muhammad claimed the Gospel is true, and all 4 Gospels (Injil) testify that Jesus died and rose from the dead. God does have a begotten Son (not made, but one with the Father), which Islam denies. The Jewish Torah / Taurat (Tawrat) clearly indicated this over 1000 years before Muhammad and Islam. In addition their are collateral 1st century sources that testify that Jesus was put to death. In the "Annals" written by Roman historian Tacitus, in Book XV, Chapter 44 we read "Christus, the founder of the name, was put to death by Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea in the reign of Tiberius." Roman historian Josephus also wrote about the death and Resurrection of Jesus. Even Satan says that Jesus died on the cross. Also, the Roman Historian Seutonius wrote in his work "Life of the Emperor Claudius" the following about Christians: "and deny the gods of Greece, and worship the crucified sage, and live after his laws." The Roman historian Pliny wrote about Jesus' death in Book X of his Epistles. Julius Africanus, quoting Thallus another Roman historian, who wrote in about 52 A.D. about the miraculas happenings the day the Son of God was killed. He wrote: "On the whole world there pressed a most fearful darkness; and the rocks were rent by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down". Like Muhammad, Satan also cringes in fear at the sight of the cross. Read this true Exorcism here Proverbs 30:4 (700 B.C.): "Who hath ascended up into heaven or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the Earth? What is His name, and what is His son's name, if thou canst tell?" (Psalm 2:11-12) Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Even after Allah confirmed the Torah and Gospel, Islamic Mullahs and Imams have tried to sell the lie that the Christian Gospels and Jewish Torah have been corrupted. This a complete lie! This lie is perpetuated by Islam, because of all the historic, scientific, and simple mathematical errors in the Koran/Qur'an - as you'll see below... The Qur'an just doesn't add up. "They" could not have changed the Christian Gospels after Muhammad, since there are around 5,300 manuscripts of the whole or part of the Greek text of the New Testament (Injil) pre-dating Muhammad still in existence. Worldwide, there are 24,800 copies of these original manuscripts. These include the Codex Vaticanus (325-350 AD) located in the Vatican library and the Codex Siniaticus (350 AD) located in the British Museum. There are also 80,000 quotations in the works of early Christian writers which are so extensive that the New Testament could virtually be reconstructed from them without the actual New Testament documents. Then there is the obvious fact that the Christian Gospels were so widely distributed both before and after Muhammad, that any attempt to change (add/subtract) something in the Christian Gospels would have resulted in immediate discovery and condemnation. Additionally, the New Testament was handed down from apostolic times and its genuineness was guarded by Christian churches, and it was zealously watched by enemies of Christianity. A very wide protest would have resulted from both sides were it tampered with. Likewise, the Septuagint edition of the Old Testament was always in the hands of both Christians and Jews, both rivals in religion. Any attempts to change this by either side would have been vigorously attacked. Some versions of the Bible from 1881 differ in a few words here and there. However, the essential theological points remain the same and are complete. Bibles we recommend, that have not changed are: Protestants original Authorized King James (1611) Catholics Catholic Douay Reims - older versions The Christian Bible predates Muhammad and Islam by 500 years. The Jewish Torah predates Muhammad and Islam by 1,000 - 3,000 years. Muhammad said for Muslims to read the Bible for "Guidance and Light." For Islam to say they are corrupted, then is to call Muhammad a liar for recommending it.The same Bible Muhammad would have seen (if he ever did) is in both (1) The Vatican (Codex Vaticanus) and (2) British Museum (Codex Sinaticus). It is all there, including Jesus dying on the cross as atonement for our sins. And, His resurrection, and ascension into heaven - in front of many witnesses. The New Testament is preserved in almost perfect condition in these two Greek texts which both predate Muhammad and Islam. Everything in the Christian/Jewish Bible is being authenticated by archeology. Consider the Babylonian cylinder inscription of Nabonidus (thought to be the last king of Babylon) which commemorates the reconstruction of a ziggurat at Ur by Nabonidus and records a prayer to Belshazzar (Daniel 5) his son 'the firstborn son, the offspring of my heart'. Not only does this prove that Belshazzar was indeed a member of the Babylonian royal family, which had long been disputed, but it also explains why Daniel is told he could be the third ruler (with Nabonidus and Belshazzar more or less acting as co-regents). Muslims should note that nowhere in the Qur'an there is even a suggestion that the Christian Biblical text has been altered or corrupted. The word "tahrif" is never used with reference to the Christian Gospels (Injil). The Qur'an occasionally accuses the Jews of altering their Scripture (like in Sura 5:13); but it never levels this accusation at Christians. It in no way implies that the text of the Gospel of Jesus (Injil) has been corrupted. In fact, the Qur'an attests to the validity of the Christian Gospels, Zabur (Psalms) and the Torah. Islam doesn't even have an original Qur'an. It was made up supposedly from "memory" and a few scraps found under a bed. This was about 150 - 200 years after Muhammad died at his wife Ayish's home in Medina, and he was lowered into a hole in the ground, where he remains. Zaid b. Thabit said: “The Prophet died and the Qur’an had not been assembled into a single place.” (p. 118, Ahmad b. `Ali b. Muhammad al `Asqalani, ibn Hajar, "Fath al Bari", 13 vols, Cairo, 1939/1348, volume 9, page 9) Zuhri reports, 'We have heard that many Qur'an passages were revealed but that those who had memorized them fell in the Yemama fighting. Those passages had not been written down, and following the deaths of those who knew them, were no longer known; nor had Abu Bakr, nor `Umar nor `Uthman as yet collected the texts of the Qur'an.“During the battle of Yamama, 450 reciters of the Quran were killed.” (The True Guidance, An Introduction To Quranic Studies, part 4 [Light of Life - P.O. BOX 13, A-9503 Villach, Austria], p. 47- citing Ibn Kathir’s Al-Bidaya wa al-Nibaya, chapter on Battle of Yamama) Muhammad's child wife said this after Muhammad died: "The verse of the stoning and of suckling an adult ten times were revealed, and they were (written) on a paper and kept under my bed. When the messenger of Allah expired and we were preoccupied with his death, a goat entered and ate away the paper." References: Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal. vol. 6. page 269; Sunan Ibn Majah, page 626; Ibn Qutbah, Tawil Mukhtalafi 'l-Hadith (Cairo: Maktaba al-Kulliyat al-Azhariyya. 1966) page 310; As-Suyuti, ad-Durru 'l-Manthur, vol. 2. page 13 As to the Taurat (Torah), Jewish scribes painstakingly copied it via a system of checking, double checking and adding each letter on each line. Any attempt to change something in the Torah would have resulted in immediate discovery and condemnation. And copies of the Torah from around the world agree exactly. Thousands of the Hebrew Old Testament manuscript copies are still available for textual criticism, ranging in age from the second century B.C. (Before Christ) to the eleventh century A.D. (After Christ). This same quality of transmission cannot be said of the Islamic Qur'an. The Islamic Qur'an was mostly written down from 3rd and 4th hand accounts; and from a few thoughts written on scrap papers, palm leaves and stones --and compiled over 150 years after Muhammad died in 632 A.D. In the Mishtatu ‘lMasabih, chapter 3, we are informed that by the command of the first Caliph, Abu Bakr, the text of the Qur’an was “collected” by Zaid ibn Thabit “from palm leaves and stones and from the breasts of those who had learned by heart” the various revelations." Abu Bakr’s copy came into the possession of Hafsah, one of Muhammad’s widows. Qustalani states that after Hafsah’s death her copy was torn to pieces by Mirwan, who was governor of Medina. The oldest Qur'an dates from around 790 A.D. (after Jesus), and it is in the British Library. That's 158 years after Muhammad’s death. See corrupted Qur'an here . Muslims often claim that the manuscript of the Qur'an housed in the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, Turkey is one of the oldest sources. Muslims say it dates from around 650 A.D. There is an insurmountable problem with this. This document is written in Kufic (also known as al-Khatt al-Kufi) script. Coins in the British Museum show that the first coins using the Kufic script date from the mid to end of the 8th century (750-800 A.D.). The only script used during and after Muhammad's days was the Jazm script. The Samarkand (aka: Othman Koran) manuscript in the Soviet Library in Tashkent, Uzbekistan also uses the Kufic script, indicating late 8th century. Many believe it is the oldest in existence. Only About one-third of the original survives. The library where the Koran is kept is in an area of old Tashkent known as Hast-Imam, well off the beaten track for most visitors to this city. It lies down a series of dusty lanes, near the grave of a 10th century scholar, Kaffel-Shashi. This Samarkand codice manuscript is considerably incomplete. It only begins in the middle of verse 7 of Suratul-Baqarah (the second Surah) and from there on numerous pages are missing. The next oldest Muslim manuscripts are also from the 8th-century. One is written in al-ma'il script and the other in Kufic. Neither of these correspond precisely to today's Qur'an. Also, in 1972, construction workers who were restoring the Great Mosque of Sana'a in Yemen found a cache of manuscripts scraps that differ and contradict today's Qur'an so badly, that Muslims try to hide this. These Yemeni Qur'an manuscripts date back to the 7th and 8th centures, and are actually the oldest found, and they are in Hijazi. Hijazi (Makkan or Madinan) script, is the script in which the earliest masahif of the Qur'an were written. These manuscripts calls to question whether the present Qur'an was delivered to Muslims in pristine form. Your guess is as good as mine as to who in addition to Muhammad made up the Qur'an. Other than a few incorrect references to the patriarchs and Moses, the Qur’an is primarily centered on the period of time Muhammad himself lived in, including Muhammad's many military attacks on innocent caravans and Arabian villages. This seems to be hardly compatible with a holy revelation of God. Considering the complete absence of external and internal evidence that should effectively verify the revelatory character of the Qur'an, we find it very hard, if not impossible, to accept the Qur'an as a Message sent by God. This is particularly so, because the Qur'an contradicts earlier revelation, the evidence for the origin of which is given in Qur'an/Koran Suras below. Ask a Muslim, by whom, and when were the Christian and Jewish Scriptures corrupted? You will get a blank stare. Muslims only know is that this lie has been "drilled" into them since childhood.Even though their own prophet completely attested to the genuineness and authenticity of the Old and New Testaments, Islam makes the claim that they have been corrupted. Why? Because the Qur'an erroneously contradicts them both. And Islamic clerics know it. In Muslim cleric minds this also relieves them of Muhammad's statements such like: Muslims who have received the Qur'an have no solid grounds of faith, and that the foundation of the Muslim faith is insecure and insufficient and the Muslim religion is futile, unless they observe and follow the Taurat (Torah) and the Gospel (Injil). Many Muslims Imams and Mullahs falsely point to Sura 2:140 to try and prove that Jews and Christians had corrupted their Scriptures. Referring to the Jews, this sura says; "...who is more unjust than those who conceal the testimony they have from Allah?...?" Yet, nowhere does this Sura state that the Jews and Christians corrupted their scriptures. Muslim clerics need to point to something because they know that the Jewish Torah and Christian Gospels badly contradict the Islamic Qur'an. The fact that Muhammad and Allah told Muslims to believe in the Torah and Christian Gospels is a very bad dilemma for these professionals who wish to continue making a good living in Islam. Suras 6:34, 6:115, 10:64 and 50:28,29 clearly says to Muslims, "No change can there be in the words of Allah" and that Allah cannot alter (or abrogate) his words." So the Torah and Christian Gospels are correct, because Allah did verify this fact -- this clearly makes the Muslim Qur'an false; because it contradicts Allah. As you can see from these verses below in the Qur'an (Koran), the Gospel of Jesus and the Jewish Torah are the divine Word of Allah, and Muhammad commanded the reading of the Holy Injil (Gospel of Jesus) and the Torah (Taurat) as part of Islam. As a Good Muslim - Have you read the Gospel of Jesus? The Gospel of Jesus and Old Testament (Torah): "Guidance and Light" - Sura 2:87 - And most certainly We gave Musa the Book and We sent apostles after him one after another; and We gave Isa, the son of Marium, clear arguments and strengthened him with the holy spirit, - Sura 3:48 - And He (Isa/Jesus) will teach him the Book and the wisdom and the Tavrat (Torah) and the Injeel (Christian Gospel). - Sura 3:50 - And a verifier of that which is before me of the Taurat (Torah) and that I may allow you part of that which has been forbidden t you, and I have come to you with a sign from your Lord therefore be careful of (your duty to) Allah and obey me. - Sura 5:44 - "Surely We revealed the Taurat (Torah/Bible Old Testament) in which was guidance and light", with it the prophets who submitted themselves.... - Sura 5:46 - And We sent after them in their footsteps Isa, son of Marium, verifying what was before him of the Taurat (Jewish Torah) and We gave him the Injeel (Christian Gospels) in which was guidance and light, and verifying what was before it of Taurat and a guidance and an admonition for those who guard (against evil). - Sura 5.68 - Say: O followers of the Book! you follow no good till you keep up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which is revealed to you from your Lord; - Sura 6.154: Again, We gave the Book (Torah) to Musa to complete (Our blessings) on him who would do good (to others), and making plain all things and a guidance and a mercy, so that they should believe in the meeting of their Lord. - Sura 6.155: And this (Torah) is a Book We have revealed, blessed; therefore follow it and guard (against evil) that mercy may be shown to you. - Sura 29:46 "And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, but say, "We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one; - Sura 32:23 - And certainly We gave the Book to Musa, so be not in doubt concerning the receiving of it, and We made it a guide for the children of Israel.- Sura 43:63 - When Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said: "Now have I come to you with Wisdom, and in order to make clear to you some of the (points) on which ye dispute: therefore fear Allah and obey me. - Sura 46:12 we are told.... "And before it the Book of Musa (Moses) (Torah) was a guide and a mercy: and this is a Book verifying (it) in the Arabic language that it may warn those who are unjust and as good news for the doers of good......" The Great Muslim dilemma The Christian Bible Says Jesus is God, and one with the Father Muslims have no choice but to believe in the Christian Bible and the Apostles who wrote it. The Qur'an forbids anyone, on pain of shameful punishment, from making distinctions between the authority of the apostles and prophets of God, or from choosing between God's words. No one is permitted to believe in part and reject a part. Those who presume to do so, it says, are infidels in reality (Suras 4:150-152; 2:89; 42:13-15; 29:46-47). See Christian Bible references to who Jesus really is: here Who is he talking about? This Sura below shows how Muhammad had a complete misunderstanding of the Christian Gospel, and what the Trinity is. Apparently, Muhammad is referring to Christians. But his error here is that both Christians and Jews believe there is only One God. Muhammad also mistakenly thought the Trinity was the Father, Son and Mother (Mary). - Sura 5:73-75, "They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three..." Again, below Muhammad attests to the Torah's (Taurat) authority. So, for Muslims to claim the Bible was corrupted is an argument already lost.... - In Sura 5:48 we are told that Muhammad is given the Qur'an as a confirmation of the bible; that is - it is meant to prove the bible's authenticity.... "And We have revealed to you the Book with the truth, verifying what is before it of the Book and a guardian over it," - In Sura 46:12 we are told.... "Yet before it there was the Book of Moses (Torah/Old Testement) which was an authority, and a mercy. This (the Qur'an) is the Book confirming it in the Arabic tongue....." Muhammad deferred to the Torah for Guidance Himself Asked to produce the Torah and read from it, Âl 'Imran 3:93. A group of Jews went to Muhammad and ask him to pronounce judgment on an adulterous couple. Muhammad asked for the Torah to be brought before him, and the couple was subsequently stoned, in accordance with the penalty laid down in the Torah. (see Sahih Bukhari Book 38, no. 4434) This incident indicates that Muhammad deferred to the Torah for judgment. In the whole incident, there is no indication whatsoever that the Torah is not trustworthy, Also see: fate of those who do not live by Torah, al-Jum`ah 62:5 ; referred to settle dispute on food, Âl 'Imran 3:93-94 ; retribution in, al-Ma'idah 5:45 Torah/Taurat: This word occurs 18 times in the Qur'an. It refers to the 39 books that make up the Jewish & Christian Old Testament. Jesus Himself said "every iota" (or every bit) of this Torah/Taurat is true. Read this Gospel of Jesus online in Arabic: John in MS Word; John in PDF; Matthew in PDF; Mark in PDF; Luke in PDF. See and hear the entire Bible in Arabic here. Read in other languages here. Hear the first 6 Chapters of the Gospel of John in Arabic here (file name: john1_6a.mp3 / 22.1 mb file) Today may be the time to free yourself from that tyrannical yoke of living in a false religion which came about to glue together a group of robbers, murderers and opportunists. Your first step towards eternal salvation is no harder than to invite the only begotten Son of God into your heart as your Lord, Savior, and the one who has already paid for your sins Himself. ISLAM, LIKE SATAN - WANTS ONLY SLAVES.... Most Muslims do not realize that Islam allows no freedom. This alone should make them realize that it is Satan behind Islam, and not an eternal God. Satan wishes only to enslave Muslims to help him enslave the entire world. He does this by turning them away from the truth -- that salvation is yours already, if you only have faith in God's Son, Jesus. Islam is a religion based on intimidation and fear. The word "Islam" does not mean "peace." It means "submission." A Muslim is not allowed to leave Islam or else risk his or her life. At birth, a person is branded either Muslim or non-Muslim depending on one's descent. Among other things, the religion of Islam is a brain-washing religion, and that is why so many Muslims turn into crazy mindless zombies. The Muslims are required to pray 5 times a day in Arabic to a God who is not there, from the moment they embrace Islam; and when they do so they touch their head to the floor. That is one reason they get so brain-washed, this repetitive prayer. You can often spot fanatical Muslims by the marks on their foreheads resulting from this repetitive touching their head to the floor, where they may whack their head if they really get into it. As an example, take a look at the below image (and all others released) of Osama's Al Qaida second in command, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, who always gives an anti-U.S. rant; Dr. Ayman has this tell-tale bruise on his forehead from too much head-whacking. If you are a Muslim, and not praying the mandatory 5 times a day (in Arabic), which must be preceded by the ritual washing/ablution (Wudu) , according to Muhammad you are in great danger of going to hell. Muslims may be excused from observing the other pillars of Islam like fasting, almsgiving, pilgrimage to Mecca. But, no Muslim is ever excused from mandatory 5 times a day prayer. In Christianity there is no compulsion or mandatory prayer. The Lord God has given Christians free will. Christians know they are to honor God every day, and not just on a Sunday. Muslims should count their "blessings". During Muhammad's fanciful mystical Night Journey to Heaven, Muhammad said that he was originally told by Allah to command his followers to pray fifty times daily, but later Allah revealed this to be too much of a burden. What Muhammad probably meant was he soon found out that even he couldn't keep up with fifty mandatory prayer sessions a day. So like many Sura's you'll see below, miraculously a Sura appeared to help Muhammad out in his personal life. In Christianity, there is no such compulsion. Yahweh wants heartfelt prayers. Not scripted prayers. Christians know enough to speak with God as their "Abba" (literally - daddy in Aramaic). Muslims typically never even think of one-on-one, two-way prayers to God. Muslim prayers resemble a "broadcast"; and no reply from their Allah is usually ever expected. Jesus told us: "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen (pagans) do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." Matthew 6:7 - 8 How to spot the truly fanatical MuslimNotice top of Ayman al-Zawahiri's forehead Satan, Muhammad and al-Zawahiri all "rail" against the cross! CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 11, 2005 In a taped message Ayman al-Zawahiri, urged all Muslims to take up arms and said their refusal to join the fight against "the Cross and Zionism" was a "malignant illness" that would only lead to the defeat of militant Islam. Another example of this mindless zombie behavior you see in Muslims is the Shiite Muslim "holiday" of Ashoura, commemorating the death of Muhammad's grandson Husayn. Some Shiite Muslims stab themselves in the head on this "holiday", making a cut on their heads and beating the wound so it keeps bleeding. And the "bleeders" then walk around in groups yelling. And the cruelest and worst practice of Muslims is their practice of genital cutting (aka: FGC, Female Genital Cutting), genital mutilation, of young girls in Muslim countries. It has been estimated that approximately 2 million infants, young girls, and women are subjected to this painful and needless practice each year worldwide. FGC is typically done without anesthesia or antibiotics. Ashoura holiday head cutting with knivesclick picture to enlarge A symptom of enslavement: Islamic law encourages Muslims to proselytize (convert others). Islam, however, clearly forbids others to proselytize to Muslims. This is because hearing the truth as revealed in the Christian Bible would weaken this false path to God (Islam). BUT, WHAT ABOUT THE CRUSADES - YOU MAY BE ASKING:Every Christian who participated in the Crusades, did so, against the teachings of Jesus.However, in retrospect, the Crusades probably allowed the western world a thousand years of freedom from the diabolical Islamic religion. The Crusaders stopped the expansion of the Islamic empire. This allowed Christianity to prosper in Europe which preserved the gospel for the rest of the world to receive. The Crusades were a reaction to the Muslim crusades against the entire world. In the 7th century, the Muslims took control of Jerusalem, and in the 11th century they began to hassle, kill, molest Christian pilgrims in the Jerusalem area. The Muslim Turks even attacked Rome and Belgrade in 1456 A.D. The Crusades were also in response to the cries of help from the eastern Byzantine Empire, which was very worried about the military threat to it from the Seljuk Turks. So if the Christians did not respond, the Muslims would have conquered all of Europe and wiped out Christianity from the planet. Did this have any significance to Osama bin Laden's sick mind? The Muslim high point in Europe ended when they were turned back from Vienna on September 11, 1683 A.D. In AD 1009, Kalif Hakem of Egypt ordered the destruction of the Holy Sepulcher and all Christian places of worship in Jerusalem. Christians were persecuted cruelly and pilgrims were attacked. Here is a speech from Pope Urban II to Christians from this Crusader era: For your brethren who live in the east are in urgent need of your help, and you must hasten to give them the aid which has often been promised to them. For, as most of you have heard, the Turks and Arabs have attacked them and have conquered the territory of Romania (the Greek empire) as far west as the shore of the Mediterranean and the Hellespont, which is called the Arm of St. George. They have occupied more and more of the lands of those Christians, and have overcome them in seven battles. They have killed and captured many, and have destroyed the churches and devastated the empire. If you permit them to continue thus for a while with impunity, the faithful of God will be much more widely attacked by them. On this account I, or rather the Lord, beseech you as Christ's heralds to publish this everywhere and to persuade all people whatever rank, foot-soldiers and knights, poor and rich, to carry aid promptly to those Christians and to destroy that vile race from the lands of our friends. SPAIN UNDER THE MOORSNeither was Spain under the Muslim Moors the jewel of Islamic tolerance that it is often purported to be. In 920 A.D. all the inhabitants of Muez were put to the sword. Cordova, Zarajoza and Merida were burned to the ground, with all adult males executed and all women and children enslaved. In AD 1066 all the Jews of Grenada were slaughtered. In AD 1126, all the Christians of Grenada were deported to Morocco. CARNAGE IN CONSTANTINOPLEUnder Mehmet II the Turks conquered the great Byzantine capital, Constantinople. On 29 May, 1453 A.D., waves of Turkish soldiers swept into Constantinople, the greatest city in the world at that time, and put it to the sword. Priceless libraries and irreplaceable works of art were burned, the population slaughtered, even in the Hagia Sophia, the greatest Christian church in the world at that time. For centuries the Turks demanded an annual “blood levy” of Christian boys. Parents were forced to hand over one out of every five Christian boys for service in the Sultan’s army as janissaries. In 1860 over 12,000 Christians were slaughtered in Lebanon. In 1876 14,700 Bulgarians were murdered by the Turks. 200,000 Armenian Christians were slaughtered by the Turks in Bayazid in 1877. And in 1915 the Turks massacred over 1.5 million Armenian Christians. As recently as September 1922 the Turkish army destroyed the ancient city of Smyrna with its 300,000 Christian population. About Muhammad himself: Much is known about the life of Muhammad. In 1851, the French scholar Ernest Renan wrote that Muhammad lived "in the full light of history." Muhammad's first biographer was Muhammad Ibn Ishag (704-773 A.D.) who wrote "Sirat Rasul Allah", a work which has not survived. No finished biography of Muhammad appeared until 150 years after his death in Arabia. According to tradition, Muhammad was born in Mecca on April 20, 570 A.D. Shi'ites say he was born on April 26th. His full name was Muhammad Bin-Abdullah. At the time Muhammad was born Muhammad's father was the chief of the pagan worshipping tribe of Koreish. Muhammad's father was Abdullah, of the family of Hashim. His father died soon after his son's birth--while he was out on a trading expedition. His father was the youngest son of Abdul Muttalib and the great-grandson of Kussai. Muhammad was orphaned early in his life after his mother Amina died and was raised by his grandfather Abdul Muttalib, then chief of the Quraysh (Koreish) tribe, and his uncle Abu-Talib beginning at age 6. Earlier, at about 5 years old while in the care of a Bedouin nurse named Halima Muhammad became subject to epileptic fits. The branch of the Quraysh tribe Muhammad belonged to was known as the Beni Hashem. At the age of nine the boy Muhammad mounted a camel and went on a merchandising expedition into Syria. It was while with his grandfather and uncle that Muhammad learned learned to be lordly, and to exercise power, to fast, and to pray at certain specified times of the day. The Quraysh tribe prayed to idols at sunrise, noon, and at sunset; and they faced the direction of the idol black stone and the Kaaba. While away from Arabia he saw the sacred places of the Jews. He stood on the spot where the King of Salem came out and did obeisance to Abraham. He was shown the place where his great mother, the bondwoman Hagar, went forth leading Ishmael by the hand. He saw Damascus, city of the desert, and Sinai, the mountain of the law. Then he returned to Mecca full of visions and dreams. His teen years were as a shepherd and an attendant of caravans. At the age of 20 Muhammad was hired by a wealthy woman named Khadija (or Khadeejah) to manage her late husband's caravan business. When Muhammad was 25 he married Khadija; six children were born to them, but only one survived to adulthood; his beloved daughter Fatima. While in the caravan business Muhammad happened to make many journeys to Syria and Palestine. During this time Muhammad became acquainted with both Jews and Christians. Later, the monk-like Muhammad would cause things to be written in the Koran about both Jewish and Christian history, which shows that Muhammad did not possess an intellect befitting a historian. It has also been thought that Muhammad could not read or write. In fact, the Qur'an says Muhammad was illiterate (Ummi) in Sura 7:157. These Qur'an (Koran) entries you will see below are marred with gross errors and inattention to detail. This marriage to the much older Khadija, who was then 40 years old and who already had been married twice proved very fortunate to Muhammad. Muhammad suddenly became equal to the richest men in Mecca. While married to Khadija Muhammad did not marry any other wife. However, after she died, Muhammad would show no restraint in his self gratification for lust with multiple wives, slaves, captives, and even his own adoptive son Zaid's wife. Khadija gave Muhammad two sons, both of whom died young. They both also had 4 daughters together. Their names were Rockeya, Kolthum, Zeinale, and Fatima. People used to ask Muhammad's favorite child bride Aisha how the Prophet lived at home. "Like an ordinary man," she answered. "He would sweep the house, stitch his own clothes, mend his own sandals; water the camels, milk the goats, help the servants at their work, and eat his meals with them; and he would go to fetch a thing we needed from the market." Aisha (only 6 when married) believed whatever Muhammad told her about his divine inspiration. Muhammad claimed that he used to get revelations from Allah only when he slept with Aisha. Why is it that Gabriel did not bother to visit him when Muhammad spent nights with other wives in his harem? Reference: ahadith from Sahih Bukhari: "Muhammad used to get divine inspiration only in Aisha's bed"...3.47.755 Aisha did not see Gabriel while Muhammad introduced Gabriel to her…4.54.440 Volume 4, Book 54, Number 440: Narrated Abu Salama: 'Aisha said that the Prophet said to her "O 'Aisha' This is Gabriel and he sends his (greetings) salutations to you." 'Aisha said, "Salutations (Greetings) to him, and Allah's Mercy and Blessings be on him," and addressing the Prophet she said, "You see what I don't see." Greatest False Teachings in the Qur'an: - The New Testament repeatedly declares that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He was crucified and resurrected to both pay for our sins and to make possible our salvation, but the Qur'an expressly denies all these things. The Qur'an says Jesus was not crucified. (Sura 4:157-158). The sacrificial death of Jesus Christ as an atonement for our sins was a stumbling block to Muhammad. Muhammad said that only one in his likeness was crucified. This clearly contradicts all 4 Gospels (Injil) which Muhammad confirmed in the as the revealed word of God in the Qur'an itself. Islam is actually guilty of upholding the cause of Satan himself, who argued from the very beginning that man is entitled to disregard the known will of God as Satan had done. Satan lies that man could disregard God's will without incurring the penalty of death. But God cared enough about our sinful guilty human race to endure our punishment for us Himself, in the person of Jesus of Nazareth, whose perfect atoning sacrifice saved every repentant, believing sinner. To think that one can have eternal Life without someone like Jesus "paying our price" for our sin is to mistakenly believe that God can righteously forgive without requiring any atonement at all. This makes God Himself a protector of sin rather than its avenger. If you accept Islam, you forever reject Jesus and His substitional suffering and death for your sins on the cross. It is a decision that will effect where you spend eternity. The New Testament was written by people who walked with Jesus. Muhammad only heard about Jesus (called Isa in the Qur'an) six centuries later, and even what he heard he seems to have gotten confused. Jesus was not merely a Prophet Christians need to remember, Jesus Christ warned us that if you deny Him, He will deny you before the Father. Muslims falsely believe they have "this base" covered because they show reverence to Jesus as a "great Prophet" only. Sura 3.45: When the angels said: O Marium, surely Allah gives you good news with a Word from Him (of one) whose name is the '. Messiah, Isa (Jesus) son of Marium, worthy of regard in this world and the hereafter and of those who are made near (to Allah). You "deny" Jesus when you do not follow His teachings, such as He is the only way to the Father and salvation. You deny Jesus when you do not make Him the center of your life. Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah foretold thousands of years before His arrival (see here) by numerous Prophets of God. Jesus led a sinless life. And only Jesus, the Son of the Father is the awaited Christ and mediator between you and the Father. Comparison between Muhammad and Jesus (Isa) Jesus (Isa) Muhammad Jesus is God (John 1, Col. 1) and here. Jesus forgave sins and dispelled demons in His own name. He said "I and the Father are one". Muhammad admitted he is only a man (Sura 18:110) Jesus raised Himself from the dead (Matthew 28:6) and rose into heaven in front of many witnesses. Muhammad remains dead His Birth, Life, Death, Resurrection was foretold by numerous prophets. See hereProverbs 30:4 (written 700 B.C./1300 yrs before Muhammad): "...What is His name, and what is His son's name, if thou canst tell?" Nothing predicted about Muhammad. The "Comforter" was the Holy Spirit Jesus promised the apostles. Jesus lived a sinless life (2 Corinthians 5:21). Allah himself refers to Muhammad as sinful (Sura 40:55, 48:1-2). Jesus did numerous miracles to prove His divinity, including raising the dead and command over nature (All Gospel writers and Josephus). While teaching his apostles Jesus said; "Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves" (John 14:11 and Matthew 9:2-7) On two occasions in the Qur'an Muhammad admitted he could do no miracles to show any sort of divinity or divine calling (Sura 17:90-95; 3:183, also see: 29:50-51) Jesus cared for His enemies (Matthew 5:43-44). Jesus promised to save those who believe and trust in Him. Killed his enemies and anyone who disagreed with him (Sura 9:5) Held a high view of marriage and hated divorce - as God the Father does (Matthew 19:7-8). Muhammad commanded his adopted son to divorce his wife so that she would become his (Sura 33:36-38) Accurately prophesied many verifiable events that took place after His time (Matthew 24). Delivered only one -questionable- guess/prophecy about the Romans winning a future battle. No date or place given. (Sura 30:1-4) Jesus gave his disciples authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness (Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:12-13) Muhammad gave his followers the authority to wage war on unbelievers. Jesus told his disciples not to ask for money, and not to carry money with them. (Matthew 10:8-9, Luke 10:7) Muhammad instructed his followers on how to divide booty they seized from unbelievers. He insisted on 20% for himself. Jesus said to his followers that if anyone will not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. (Matthew 10:14-15, 23) Muhammad ordered Muslims to attack any city that rejected Islam. Jesus told his followers to get ready, because unbelievers would flog them, arrest them, and put them on trial (Matthew 10:16-19) Muhammad told his followers to fight (militarily) hard against unbelievers."Kill the Mushrikun (unbelievers) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush..." Sura 9:5. Also see Sura 9:29. Jesus washed his disciples' feet. He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. John 13:4-5, 12-17 One day after battle, Muhammad came back home and said to his daughter Fatima, "Wash the blood from this sword and I swear in the name of Allah this sword was obeying me all the time." Muhammad then took the swords of his friend Ali ibn Abu Talib and washed them for him. Jesus's last message to his followers about himself and his mission: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Luke 24:46-47 Muhammad's last speech to his followers on Mt Arafat: ....."I descended by Allah with the sword in my hand, and my wealth will come from the shadow of my sword. And the one who will disagree with me will be humiliated and persecuted."Reference: Ibn Hisham (828 A.D., "The Life of Muhammad", 3rd ed., pt. 6, vol. 3 (Beirut, Lebanon: Dar-al-Jil, 1998), p. 8 NEWS: Miracles in IranJesus miraculously appeared to an elderly Muslim Theologian, and tells the man, you are mistaken; "I Am Not Allah". And, an Angel appears to a Muslim man on a bus in Iran, who was just let out of prison. Read about this here Islamic Satanic Lies Islam is built on subtle lies which have been concocted by evil men in order to maintain cohesion and discipline within their robber band. Islam is the only religion that says that Jesus did not die on the cross. Islam denies this historical fact about Jesus which therefore negates the salvation given us by the Son of God's painful death and miraculous resurrection from the dead. Even the Jewish Sanhedrin (High Religious Court) in Jerusalem admits Jesus died there. In addition to the writers of the 4-Gospels and Josephus, the Jewish 1st century historian (See Antiquities 18-63) -- the Jewish Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a) from the Tannaitic Period recorded: "On the eve of the Passover Yeshu [the Nazarene] was hanged".... This means on a wooden cross. The Miracle Surrounding the Death of Jesus Also, A pagan historian by the name of Thallus, who lived shortly after the resurrection of Christ (about A.D. 52) wrote concerning a miraculous darkness that covered the earth at the Passover of A.D. 32 and attempted to explain it as an eclipse of the sun. Islam claims to be a religion of the people of "The Book", or Ahel al-Kitab, which would have one believe it is a continuance of that Book God revealed to His Jewish Prophets. If it were, it would not deny what is in that "Book", especially after confirming the authority of the Jewish Torah and Christian Gospels. If Islam was true, Muslims would know the name of the true God is not Allah, but Yahweh. See more about Mohammed found in the Bible Codes here. These matrixes say: "Mohammed Profanes My Holy Name" and "Mohammed, Blaspheming, Demon". To be saved - you only have to know One name and it is NOT Allah. The name of Allah is found nowhere in "the book" (Torah or Gospels of Jesus). As you will see below, "Allah" was an old pagan tribal "moon god" in the Mecca area. Muslims are wrongly taught about the Trinity. The Trinity has nothing to do with how many gods there are. It only has to do with God's nature and the three persons/natures that make up the one God. Christians know there is only one God, but this God has 3 persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit). This is a mystery. "Can a dog understand the nature of man?" Likewise, we only have proofs of God's three natures. God is spirit and light. God's Holy Spirit is present in all places at once. Muslims have to get over the lie that God cannot begot. He surely did. He did it in "the book". Look to Genesis where God says;Genesis 1:26 (4000 Before Christ / 4570 yrs before Muhammad):"And God said, Let us make man in our image...." Proverbs 30:4 (700 Before Christ / 1270 yrs before Muhammad): "Who hath ascended up into heaven or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the Earth? What is His name, and what is His son's name, if thou canst tell?"(Psalm 2:11-12) Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16 Muslims generally mistakenly conceive of this term "begotten" as meaning a literal, physical, sexual act between God and Mary. The Christian Church never taught that. Islamic mullahs and imams are those who teach that lie in order to confuse. "Begotten" here does not concern physical birth. If Muslims would read their own Qur'an they would realize Allah can and DID do such a thing. Sura 3:47 - She (Mary) said: My Lord! when shall there be a son (born) to me, and man has not touched me? He said: Even so, Allah creates what He pleases; when He has decreed a matter, He only says to it, Be, and it is. Note: Begotten means "come from" without necessarily being created. Before the beginning of time, Jesus, who is also called the Word of God and the Logos, came from God the Father. Logos means the divine Word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus). God is Spirit and loving light! Exactly how Jesus and the Father are one is a mystery. Try and picture two spot lights focused on the same spot. These separate lights merge as one. Two Examples of the Father & Son as One: Muslims have this erroneous vision of Allah as carnal body. It is often for this reason that Muslims cannot envision God miraculously overshadowing Mary to conceive a Son. The concept of "only begotten Son", meaning not made, but one and the same substance with the Father --usually escapes Muslims entirely. For graphic examples of what Christians mean when they say that Jesus is one with the Father, read this true Near Death Experience (NDE) here - - showing the light of the Father and of Jesus is one and the same. And this true NDE, here, by an ex-Atheist, again showing God as loving light; in short Spirit. Words of Jesus Himself:Muslims do deny Jesus 1 John 2: 22-23 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 1 John 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. Matthew 7:15 "Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravaging wolves. 15:9 They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of men." 15:14 Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit." 24:24 False messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. Christians were told in the Bible to be on-guard and that the Antichrist will not only just be a man who appears shortly before the Lord Jesus returns, but also a movement (Islam) which denies that Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God. Islam is adamant in its denial of the deity of Jesus. It is easy to overlook, but followers of Islam place their eternal salvation entirely on the whimsical sayings of only one single man - the imperfect and violent man Muhammad. Christianity and Judaism is heavily corroborated by many different prophets and apostles of God. Additionally, Christianity and Judaism abound with many, many miracles, all witnessed by throngs of people. Physical evidence such as 5,300 original manuscripts confirming the New Testament (Injeel) are still here to read. The fact of the matter is; not one individual or document can corroborate Muhammad's testimony. As prophecies go, Muhammad simply made none! Muhammad made only 1 very vague utterance (guess) that wishfully might be considered a prophecy. This was when he said that in a few years the Romans would win a battle. No time or place was even given. As to any signs that Muhammad was divinely inspired, Muhammad admitted twice he could do no miracles. An Apostle of God must prove his mission by working miracles. The life of Jesus on earth abounded with astounding miracles. The Qur'an itself declares in Sura 5:110 that Jesus performed miracles. And the Qur'an itself admits twice that Muhammad said he could do no miracles (Suras 13:7 and Sura 17:90-94 ). Jesus made the deaf hear, the lame walk, the blind see, the dumb speak. He multiplied 5 loaves of bread to feed 5000 people, and he cured lepers and many other diseased people, and raised the dead with his word only. One woman was cured by just touching Jesus' garment. Jesus walked on water, caste out demon spirits, raised his own self from the dead, and finally rose to heaven in front of many witnesses. The so-called "Prophet" of Islam lived an extremely sinful life of raping, plundering and murdering for profit. His entire purpose for the Qur'an (Koran) was simply to increase his personal self esteem, attain superior status, and for maintaining discipline and cohesion within his robber band. An Apostle of God must be a good and righteous man as Jesus was and Muhammad was not. Symptomatic of the state of Muhammad's soul during his lifetime is the strikingly similar behavior regarding the cross that demons have demonstrated over and over. Muhammad had a diabolical aversion to the form of the cross. According to Al Waqidi, Muhammad would break everything brought into the house with a shape of the cross on it. Additionally, Ahmad ibn Hanbal (A.D. 855) said that Muhammad would foam at the mouth during prayer. Christians should immediately remember the Apostle Mark's telling of Jesus casting a demon out of a boy who was possessed. This demon-possessed boy also showed this symptom of "foaming at the mouth". More than eight hundred million human beings confess Islam, the religion Muhammad founded. There is no more militant movement on earth equal to Islam. No religion teaches hatred more than Islam. Jesus said; "many false prophets will rise up and deceive man." Islam has managed to turn billions of people away from the true Word of God, and not merely by its distraction of the truth. But also by its outright denial of the truth. There is never any hatred preached against Muslims or anyone when Christians and Jews Worship God. This is not true in Islam. Is it? - Sura 9:5 - But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); - Surah's 8:39; 9:5; 9:29: 47:4 in the Muslim Qur'an are 'divine' commandments to persecute Jews and Christians, to defeat them in battle and then to consign them either to slavery or to death. Jesus Never Spoke of Another true Prophet to Follow HimIslam vainly tries to gain legitimacy over other, older religions, by creating a scene in which the former prophets agree to Mohammad's mastery. The Comforter Muslims often deliberately claim that Jesus spoke of Muhammad as that prophet who would follow him, or that Muhammad was the "Comforter" Jesus promised would come. The references Muslims vainly cling to about this are mentions of a comforter to follow Jesus in John chapters 14, 15, and 16. Both of these are more Islamic lies. Jesus did warn us that false prophets (Muhammad) with false Gospels (Qur'an) would follow Him, and try to deceive many. The Comforter Jesus spoke of was the Holy Spirit who filled the Apostles while they gathered together on Pentecost. While gathered together they all began speaking in foreign tongues. The Comforter/Holy Spirit/Ruach HaKodesh also imparted the ways of God on Mary, the Apostles of Jesus, and about 120 other Disciples that day. Three thousand came into the Church that same day. Jesus' followers then immediately took Him seriously and they went out and began preaching the Gospel. The Comforter was NOT Muhammad. In John 14:26 the comforter is specifically identified as the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in the name of Jesus Christ. There is no mention of any Allah, Muhammad, or any prophet to follow Jesus in any Christian or Jewish Holy Books. "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you" (John 14:26). The "Comforter" refers to the Holy Spirit who descended on the Apostles of Jesus at Pentecost, just as Jesus said. This is another attempt by Islam to gain some sort of credibility. Jesus foretold the coming of the "Comforter", which is the Holy Spirit. Jesus did not say the following:`Jesus, the son of Mary, said, O children of Israel, verily I am the Apostle of God sent unto you confirming the law which was given before me, and bringing good tidings of an Apostle who shall come after me, whose name shall be Ahmed.' (Sura 7:157) Note the word Ahmed, of which the name Muhammad is compounded. We at Bible Probe believe Muhammad is one of those false prophets who would deceive many (billions of souls) that Jesus warned us about. Islam is a Non-Prophet System, literally.... This following passage from the Qur'an shows that Muhammad was one of the imposter's Jesus warned about. In the passage below, Muhammad attempts to make himself equal to the sinless Jesus who showed his divinity by many miracles. Muhammad himself admitted twice he could do no miracles. In fact nowhere in the Qur'an does Muhammad perform even one miracle. So for Muslims to claim he performed miracles when the Qur'an itself states he did not is simply lies. There are no recorded miracles of Muhammad in the Qur'an, but when Muhammad's followers saw Muhammad's inferiority to Jesus they started making some up in the Hadith: Muhammad cut the moon in half with a sword, a palm tree cried like a baby because Muhammad wouldn't preach under it, Muhammad made water flow out of his fingernails so that people could drink--the Hadith contradicts itself on how many supposedly people drank it. These made up "miracles" go on and on. Also, the Hadith makes it clear that Muhammad was a sinner--NOT sinless as some Muslims now claim: "Muhammad replied..."O Allah, set me apart from my sins..." Volume 1, number 711 The Hadith, Bukhari, Vol 2, No. 167 "The sun eclipsed and the prophet jumped up terrified that it might be the Hour (of Judgement)" - Sura 17:90-94 of the Qur'an tells about how, when Muhammad was challenged to perform a miracle and prove he was from the true god, he could not perform any and here he actually says himself: "Am I anything but a man,- a messenger? ". - In Sura 13:7, we find that Muhammad did not perform any miracles. The people are saying that even one sign would be enough to convince them, just one miracle performed by Muhammad - and yet he still does none.... All along, the unbelievers asked Muhammad to perform a miracle so that they could believe. All they got in response was, - Sura 17:90They say: "We will by no means believe in you until you cause a fountain to gush forth from the earth for us.," And Muhammad would reply: - Sura 17:93Say: "Am I anything but a man,- a messenger?" Muhammad did no miracles. He did not heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, or rule the wind and the waves. He had no more power than any normal man. The famous Iranian scholar, Ali Dashti comments: Moslems, as well as others, have disregarded the historical facts. They have continually striven to turn this man [Mohammed] into an imaginary superhuman being, a sort of God in human clothes, and have generally ignored the ample evidence of his humanity. They have been ready… to present these fantasies as miracles. Reference: Ali Dashti, "Twenty Three Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad", Muhammad even disqualified himself as a true Prophet of God. - Sura 29:27 states clearly that, as far as Allah and the Qur'an are concerned, the only true prophets are those related to Isaac (Ishaq) or Jacob (Yaqoub); yet Muhammad, according to Muslim tradition, is related to Ishmael and not Isaac or Jacob. The real God (Yahweh) chose to establish His covenant with Abraham and Sarah's son Isaac, instead of with Ishmael, the son of the slave girl Hagar. This choice of Isaac by God is mentioned 5 times, beginning in Genesis 17:18-21. Yet, who did this false Islamic god, Allah adopt? Ishmael! In fact, an important Islamic holiday called Id-al-Adha celebrates the bogus near sacrifice of Ishmael by Abraham in Mecca. Even though there is nothing in scripture suggesting Abraham ever set foot in Arabia. Herein lies another prophetic truth! God rejected Ishmael and Esau because they were "wild donkeys" (Genesis 16:12) and men of the sword (Genesis 27:40). God did promise, however, to make Ishmael a great nation (Arabs). Who can deny that Islam, with its roots in Arabia, has not always acted like psychotic "wild donkeys" and "men of the sword"? I call to mind the rather recent "Cartoon" row with worldwide demonstrations by Muslims. Nothing of the sort occurred in Christendom after Dan Brown published his best selling book of lies known as the "Da Vinci Code". What can be rationally thought of the nearly weekly suicide bombings by Muslims, and the very real Muslim psychosis of thinking they will kill every Jew, and then every Christian and Hindu and every other non-believer, who doesn't convert to Islam? I advise Islam to read the real "Book" that says in Jeremiah (Prophet Jeremiah) that "there will be no more Jews on the face of the earth when the moon, the sun and the stars no longer shine." A Prophet must make prophecies: - In the Christian/Jewish Bible there are literally hundreds of prophecies, all made in God's name. There are over 300 foretelling the coming of Jesus --in detail. Yet in the Qur'an there is but one prophecy, and this is in Sura 30:1-4. In this gem of a Sura we are told that the Roman empire has been defeated but that, "in a land close by" the Romans will be victorious again "in a few years". Think about this for a minute! The "prophet" Muhammad gave no signs, performed not one miracle and made but one, vague, uttering taken for a "prophecy" that sometime in the next few years the 7th century Romans who were still somewhat strong militarily would have a victory. Earth shaking stuff, huh? 100% Accuracy is Expected from the True God The Koran is without a doubt filled with many serious scientific, historical and theological errors. The Islamic Koran (Qur'an), unlike the Judeo-Christian Bible is written in a style that is deliberately misleading. The only joy Muslims find in reading of the Qur'an is that of its poetry and that they believe that it came from God. Nothing in the Qur'an will either save you from your sins or point you to eternal life. The Koran is written in an esoteric, mysterious and vague style. Its rhythmic prose and the jingling sounds of the words give great delight to arab ears. It is also written in a incorrect, arbitrary and haphazard order, as if the uninspired human - Muhammad died before putting it together correctly. The only book I know of that exceeds the Koran in deliberate tediousness, false claims, and incoherence is the Book of Mormon. The Qur'an is one man's ticket from mediocrity:Once begun, the Qur'an took on a "life" of its own, because Muhammad saw how it magnified himself to a powerful position in front of his band of murderous robber followers. The Qur'an is also one uneducated man's (Muhammad) feeble attempt to piece together Christian and Jewish theology. Throwing about pieces of his limited knowledge of what he learned about the Christian and Jewish religions provided Muhammad a way to elevate himself further in front of his listeners. Ample evidence suggests that before Muhammad began raping, murdering and pillaging for profit, he was viewed as a lunatic, especially by Jews, Christians, Medina and Mecca Arabs, and Hindus. The Jews professed disgust at a prophet whose chief concern was his harem of many wives. During his early 13 years of preaching his message in Mecca, Muhammad was not driven toward violence. He was also in fact tolerant and cooperative; even in the face of boycotts by the Meccans against him and his new converts. After Muhammad moved to Medina, however, Muhammad turned into a violent, cruel, lustful and intolerant man, who personally led raids on innocent caravans. Beginning in Medina, Muhammad spread Islam militarily. Muhammad accompanied his terrorist army on 27 raids . Muhammad, the warrior non-prophet who made no prophecies, fought himself in 9 of these raids: Badr, al-Mustaliq, Hunayn, Uhud, al-Khandaq, Qurayza, Khaybar, al-Ta'if, and the occupation. Muhammad's early attempts to unite with Christians and Jews were not successful Because Muhammad thought the "People of the Book" (Jews & Christians) also claimed allegiance to this same God he invented, Muhammad's early recitations about Christianity and Judaism in the Qur'an were irenic (Tending to promote peace; conciliatory): "O believers, be you God's helpers, as Jesus, Mary's son, said to the Apostles. 'Who will be my helpers unto God?' The Apostles said, 'We will be helpers of God' " (Sura 61:14). When Muhammad started preaching his new religion in Mecca he was conciliatory and appeasing to Christians. He told them: "We believe in What has been sent down to us and sent down to you, our God is the same as your God." Sura 29:46. And in Sura 2:62 it says; "Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve. " Christians and Jews in Muhammad's time treated Muhammad as a False Prophet: Later, as Christians and Jews treated this self proclaimed prophet with sustain, recitations regarding the "People of the Book" (both Jews and Christians) became more belligerent: Compare this with what happened later, in Medina, after Muhammad gained strength and Christians refused to follow Muhammad's Allah. Allah then tells him to "Fight those who believe not in God nor the last day...Nor acknowledge the religion of truth (Islam), (even if they are) of the people of the Book, until they pay Jizya (tribute tax) with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued". Sura 9:29 "And the Jews say: Uzair (possibly Ezra) is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; " (Sura 9:30); and (The difficulty with Sura 9:30 above is with Uzair/Ezra, is the fact that no historical evidence can be adduced to prove that any Jewish sect, however heterodox, ever subscribed to such a tenet. What grounds were there for the accusation? It is probably a figment of Mohammed's own imagination.) "O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people." (Sura 5:51). Are the following words what one might expect to hear from an all-knowing, benevolent deity? Or, are they the words one might expect from an Arab terrorist who needs to discipline his marauding troops today - and even in the 7th century (Muhammad)? - Sura 5.38 "And (as for) the man who steals and the woman who steals, cut off their hands as a punishment for what they have earned, an exemplary punishment from Allah; and Allah is Mighty, Wise." Who is it that uses Islam to populate hell? In his book, "Islam and Terrorism", the former professor of Islamic history at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt (pen name: Mark A. Gabriel, PHD) says on Page 5-6: "Even the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, practiced his faith in many ways that contradicted the Quran. The Quran said that Muhammad was sent to show the mercy of God to the world. But he became a military dictator, attacking, killing and taking plunder to finance his empire. How is that showing mercy? Mark further writes: Allah, the god revealed in the Quran, is not a loving father. It says that he desires to lead people astray (Surah 6:39, 126; 43:36-37). He does not help those who are led astray by him (Surah 30:29) and desires to use them to populate hell (Surah 32:13)". So, the Qur'an says that the god of Islam works with Satan and demons to lead people astray.Jesus is the "Good Shepherd", and the God of love - who does not lead people astray. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:16-18 The true Word of God needs to be infallible! The Jewish and Christian Bible has been scrutinized and acknowledged to be without error by leading evangelical scholars over the centuries - as one would expect an inspired book from God to be. The Koran was written 500 years after the Christian Bible was completed. If it too is truly an inspired book from God, it too should measure up to be as infallible as the Jewish and Christian Bible. If you expect the Koran to be as internally consistent and as factually correct as the Jewish and Christian Bible is - you are wrong. A few examples follow: The Islamic Qur'an was edited Today the Islamic Qur'an (Koran) is made up of 114 chapters called Suras and then sub-divided into verses. In the days of Muhammad's wife A'isha, one chapter of the Koran (the Sura) had about 200 verses. Shortly after her death, this Sura had only 73 verses. Muslims say that 127 verses of the original text were lost and never found. Also, After the sudden death of Muhammad, Zaid-ibn-Thabith was ordered to compile and write down the Qur'an (Mishkat'ul Masabih). It is attested that at least three revelations were left out. One of these, according to Muhammad's wife, A'isha, with whom he resided at this death, was kept under their bed at the time of Muhammad's death, but was eaten by a domestic animal (a goat). When Uthman compiled the Qur'an, the missing verses could not be found. One of them was called the verse of Stoning, and is said to have contained the order to stone a man or woman who had committed adultery....This verse is said to have been part of the original Qur'an. Many early authorities say so, and what is very significant is that the first Caliphs punished adulterers by stoning; this is still the penalty prescribed in Muslim law-books, whereas the Qur'an (Sura 24:2) prescribed a hundred stripes." ("Islam" by A. Guillaume, p. 191). References: Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal. vol. 6. page 269; Sunan Ibn Majah, page 626; Ibn Qutbah, Tawil Mukhtalafi 'l-Hadith (Cairo: Maktaba al-Kulliyat al-Azhariyya. 1966) page 310; As-Suyuti, ad-Durru 'l-Manthur, vol. 2. page 13: Another tradition states (Sahih Muslim, page 912, Mishkat II, page 534 and others): "Umar said: 'Verily Allah sent Muhammad with truth and revealed the Book to him. Out of the verses, the Almighty Allah revealed. there was the verse of stoning to death. The Messenger of Allah stoned to death (Sahih Muslim, page 920) and after him we also stoned to death: And in the BOOK OF GOD stoning to death is a truth against one, who commits adultery. The verse was thus: 'The old man and the old woman, if they have committed adultery, they stoned them both assuredly.' " This passage too, is not in the Qur'an. See other corruptions of the Qur'an here. Many Hadith, including Sahih Bukhari give proof that Stoning was ordered and practiced by Muhammed, for example: Volume 2, Book 23, Number 413: Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar : The Jew brought to the Prophet a man and a woman from amongst them who have committed (adultery) illegal sexual intercourse. He ordered both of them to be stoned (to death), near the place of offering the funeral prayers beside the mosque." Ayatollah Khomeini, an Iranian "butcher" gives us a clear insight into what awaits countries who fall to Islam's satanic grasp:Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini explains what happens when these murderous mullah's take over:According to Khomeini: "Killing is a form of mercy because it rectifies the person. Sometimes a person cannot be reformed unless he is cut up and burned. You must kill, burn and lock up those in opposition." click picture to enlarge Photo: this poor frightened woman is buried up to her waist in preparation for her stoning to death. If you have the stomach to watch, click here to see a video of Muslims actually stoning 4 people to death. Here is a real example of what the Muslim head "stoner" says to begin the ghastly "festivities: "We have all gathered here to implement divine punishments. Oh, Almighty, we plead with you to give victory to Islam and Muslims." The Qur’an talks only about scourging and exiling the adulterer, yet Muhammad himself stoned some adulterers. Thus, stoning the married adulterer (male or female) and not flogging them, has become Islamic law. The reason for that is that Muhammad said and did so. Under Iran's brutal Islamic Sharia Laws, women usually get stoned for crimes against chastity. While men who even murder someone in a fit of rage in these cases, usually get only a few years in jail. Under Iran's strict Sharia law, women sentenced to execution by stoning have their hands bound behind their back. They are wrapped from head to toe in sheets before being seated in a pit. The ditch is filled up to their breasts with dirt, and the soil is packed tightly before people assemble to execute the woman by pitching rocks at her head and upper body. Article 104 of the Iranian Penal Code states that the stones used for execution should "not be large enough to kill the person by one or two strikes, nor should they be so small that they could not be defined as stones." Ironically, the court sentenced the woman's brother Abu Bakr Ghorbany and husband Mohammad Daneshfar to only six years in jail for killing her lover. According to Sharia law, murder carries a lesser penalty than "crimes against chastity." Benevolence and Forgiveness?One time a woman was brought to Muhammad who had committed adultery. They asked him, "What shall we do with her? Muhammad said, "Go away. Bring her back after the baby is born." So they brought her back after the baby was born, and Muhammad said, "Let her go and nurse the child. Bring her back when the child is two years old." So they brought her back, and Muhammad said, "Take the baby from her and kill her." And that is what they did. Reference: "Islam and Terrorism", Page 203-204 Contrast the above to what Jesus said about stoning and adultery: According to the Gospel of John, the Jewish Priests (Pharisees), in an attempt to discredit Jesus, brought a woman charged with adultery before him. The Pharisees reminded Jesus that adultery was punishable by stoning under Law of Moses and challenged Jesus to judge the woman so that they might then accuse him of disobeying the law. Jesus thought for a moment and then replied, “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her.” The people crowded around him were so touched by their own consciences that they departed. When Jesus found himself alone with the woman, he asked her who were her accusers. She replied, “No man, lord.” Jesus then said, “Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.” The hypocrites who had been blinded to their own sin were judged first. It was their own consciences that caused them to depart from Jesus’ company! The accused remained in Jesus’ company and no doubt was sorry for her sin. She received forgiveness of her sins from Jesus who has the power to do this! The others wandered away in shame. This shows how Muhammad made it up as he went along: "The canonical traditionists report that Sura 4:95 was dictated by the prophet to his amanuensis Zayd (Zaid) thus: 'Those believers who sit at home are not equal to those who fight in the way of God with their goods and their persons.' A blind man was present and heard the words. He immediately interjected that were he as other men he would certainly fight; whereupon Muhammad interposed the words 'except those who suffer from a grave impediment' which stand in the text today." ("Islam" by A. Guillaume, p.191). Before an authorized version of the Qur'an (Koran) was established under the Caliph Uthman there were four rival editions in use. These have long since disappeared, but we are told that they differed from the authorized version, some containing more and some less than the latter. When men who had learned one version came into conflict with those who possessed a rival version it was feared that scriptural exegesis (i.e. critical explanation or analysis) would pursue the course it had taken among Jews and Christians who at that time accused one another of corrupting and falsifying the sacred text. Uthman then entrusted a commission, in which Zayd took a prominent place, with the task of preparing a text which everyone must accept. Only the men of Kufa refused the new edition, and their version was certainly extant as late as A.D. 1000. Uthman's edition to this day remains the authoritative word of their God to Muslims. The Uthman collection tradition poses a difficult question: which Qur'an tradition is the more authentic, 1. the Hijazi tradition represented in the universally acknowledged text; 2. the Kufan tradition claiming descent from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud; 3. the Basran stemming from Abu Musa; or 4. the Syrian from Ubayy ibn Ka'b one of the scribes of Muhammad (or from Miqdad/? Mu'ad)? Differing readings of the Qur'an were known to Muhammad and he lacked the pedantry to object. More fickleness -- more making it up as he went along. "Ubayy entered the mosque and, hearing a man recite, asked him who had instructed him. The man replied that he had been taught by the Prophet. Ubayy went in search of the Prophet. When the man recited. Muhammad said, 'That is correct.' Ubayy protested, 'But you taught me to recite so-and-so,' The Prophet said that Ubayy was right too. 'Right? right?' burst out Ubayy in perplexity. The Prophet struck him on the chest and prayed, 'O God! cause doubt to depart.' Ubayy broke into a sweat as his heart filled with terror. Muhammad disclosed that two angels had come to him. One said, 'Recite the Qur'an in one form.' The other advised Muhammad to ask for more than this. That was repeated several times until finally the first angel said. 'Very well. Recite it in seven forms.' The Prophet said, 'Each of the forms is grace-giving, protecting, so long as you don't terminate a punishment verse with an expression of mercy, or vice-versa - as you might for example say, Let's go; or, let's be off.' " (Tafsir of Tabari.). "A man complained to the Prophet, Abdullah taught me to recite a Sura of the Qur'an. Zaid taught me the same Sura and so too did Ubayy. The readings of all three differ. Whose reading ought I to adopt?' Muhammad remained silent. Ali who was at his side replied, 'Every man should recite as he was taught. Each of the readings is acceptable, valid.' " (Tafsir of Tabari). "Umar said, I heard Hisam b. Hukaim reciting Surat al Furqan and listened to his recital. On observing that he was reading many forms which the Prophet had not taught me, I all but rushed upon him as he prayed. But I waited patiently as he continued, and, collaring him when he had finished, I asked him, 'Who taught you to recite this Sura?' He claimed that the Prophet had taught him. I said, 'By God! you're lying!' I dragged him to the Prophet telling him that I had heard Hisam recite many forms he had not taught me. The Prophet said, 'Let him go. Recite, Hisam.' He recited the reading I had already heard from him. The Prophet said, 'That is how it was revealed.' He then said, 'Recite, Umar', and I recited what he had taught me. He said, 'That's right. That is how it was revealed. This Qur'an was revealed in seven forms, so recite what is easiest.' "(Tafsir of Tabari). (See also Mishkat vol.III pp. 702-705). Also, Al Baizawi (in his commentary on Suras 3:100, 6:91, 19:35, 28:48, 33:6, 34:18, 38:22, etc.) suggests variations extant in his time. (Mizanu'l Haqq, page 261). Scientific blunders in the Qur'an (Koran): Islamic scholars in Egypt and Saudi Arabia agree with Muhammad, that lightning and thunder are two angels. Muhammad, the prophet of Muslims, claims that the thunder and the lightning are two of God’s angels—exactly like Gabriel! Baydawi comments on verse 13 of the chapter of the Thunder in the Qur'an: "Ibn Abbas asked the apostle of God about the thunder. He told him, ‘It is an angel who is in charge of the cloud, who (carries) with him swindles of fire by which he drives the clouds."’ The Qur'an teaches that the world is flat. This doctrine is believed by a great many Islamic scholars even today. The Jewish/Christian Bible revealed that the earth is round in Isaiah 40:22 and via Job (26:7). Speaking of God in Isaiah 40:22, the Jewish/Christian Bible says; "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth". Job 26:7 says, "He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing". - In many places, the Qur'an alludes to the fact that the earth is flat and its mountains are like poles which create a balance so that the Earth does not tilt. See Qur'an, Suras 79:30 (And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse); and 18:47 (and you will see the earth a leveled plain).- The Qur'an teaches that the sun sets into a Muddy Spring on earth. According to Sura 18:86, the sun literally sets into a muddy spring or a black sea here on Earth, and Sura 18:90 mentions a specific place on Earth where the sun rises. Many Muslims try and say about this absurdity "oh this is poetic". Nice try, it cannot be dismissed as figurative language or poetic, because it is given as part of an historical narrative. The Qur’an says that one of the righteous men of God’s servants saw the sun set in a certain place of the earth—in particular a well full of water and mud. There, this man found some people. Let us read what is recorded in the Qur’an (chapter "the Cave", Sura 18 verse 86). "Until when he reached the place where the sun set, he found it going down into a black sea, and found by it a people. We said: O Zulqarnain! either give them a chastisement or do them a benefit. ".Zamakhshari remarks in his book, "the Kash-shaf", "Abu Dharr (one of Muhammad’s close companions) was with Muhammad during the sunset. Muhammad asked him: ‘Do you know, O Abu Dharr where this sets?’ He answered: ‘God and His apostle know better.’ Muhammad said: ‘It sets in a spring of slimy water"’ (3rd Edition, Volume 2 p. 743,1987). In his book, "The Lights of Revelation" (p. 399), the Baydawi indicates, "The sun sets in a slimy spring; that is, a well which contains mud. Why were stars created? In Sura 67:5 we read that the stars were created to be thrown at devils (Shaitans). The real "Book" is factual...The Bible is an anvil on which many hammers have been broken. However, its enemies never tire of attempting to make some impression on it. The Jewish-Christian Bible is a journal-like record of creation, including of the earths initial conditions. It is obvious that only the Bible is both supernaturally accurate and inspired. The Bible correctly describes creation from the standpoint of astrophysics and geophysics. It also summarizes the sequence of changes through which the Earth came to be inhabited by fallen angels, living things (dinosaurs and the like), and ultimately by humans. The Bibles' order and its description of creation perfectly matches established records of nature. God's direction to Joshua and Israel to wipe out tribes already present in Israel was due to God's great love for humanity. Fallen angels had mixed with women and created a perverted race, many of whom were giants. God simply desired that this mixed half human/half fallen angel gene pool be weeded out from the human genes. God walks in many dimensions: Hebrews 11:3 speaks of a transcendent creation (from beyond our known dimension) when it states that the universe that we humans can measure and detect was made from that which we cannot measure or detect. At least 12 verses in the Bible makes a claim that the universe is being "stretched out", or expanding - which one would expect were there a "Big Bang" creation. Job 9:8, Isaiah 44:24 and 45:12 repeatedly say that it is God alone who is responsible for this cosmic "stretching". The Bible also holds the formula for "Pi", and more. See here. If the Qur'an is a true miracle of God - why is it so muddled with historical, scientific and other errors, including simple math? Wouldn't we expect an all-knowing Allah to be better student of history, science and math? If there is but one error in the Qur'an, how can it be inspired by God? Muhammad had obviously heard some Bible stories, but he seems to have got them confused and mixed up when it came out in his prophetic utterances. It is quite apparent that the Qur'an is simply the product of hearsay and imperfect editing from a plurality of traditions then known to Muhammad. When Muhammad was growing up, there existed two heretic branches of Christianity in Arabia which many arabs embraced. These were the Ebionite and Nestorian branches. Muhammad's first wife's (Khadija) cousin, Waraga bin Neufel was a pastor of the Ebionite Church in Mecca. Both of these branches falsely taught that Jesus Christ was not divine. This heretic pastor actually performed the marriage of Muhammad to Khadija. Also, many reports indicate only the Gospel of Matthew was translated into Arabic during this time. This information is given to show you where the human Muhammad got his false teachings about Jesus, the Trinity, and Christianity. The stories in the Qur'an relating to events described in the Bible contradict the Bible in many points. It is quite apparent that Muhammad took much of what he taught from the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Psalms. Muhammad shows no knowledge of their prophetic or historical writings, however. The formula "There is no God but the One" is an often recurring refrain in Samaritan liturgies. The similarity of the Muslim proclamation "There is no God but Allah" is very interesting. Also of note the opening chapter of the Qur'an is known as the Fatiha (meaning opening, or gate). The Samaritan's also have a prayer which is also considered a succinct confession of faith that begins with the words: "Amadti kamekha al fatah rahmekha". This means "I stand before thee at the gate of thy mercy". The Samaritan word for the opening or gate is "fatah". Historical errors in the Qur'an: You can verify these here at this online Qur'an. The Historical, Scientific, simple mathematics and theological contradictions in the Qur'an are too numerous to list. Remember, since Muhammad already proclaimed the Jewish Torah/ Christian Old Testament (Taurat) as correct in Qur'an Suras 2:87, 3:48, 3:50, 5:44, 5:46; 5.68, 6:154, 6:155, 29:46, 32:23, 43:63, 46:12, then the following gross errors that differ with the Torah and Christian Gospels are inexcusable. These errors their selves scream out the Qur'an itself is entirely false. We have noted newer English translations of the Qur'an popping up on the internet which are deceitfully attempting to cover up many of the errors cited below. Double check with your older Qur'ans--you'll see. The world is aware that the Qur'an is made up of 114 chapters (suras), made up of 30 parts, 6,616 verses (ayas), 77,943 words, and 338,606 letters. So consider this as you try and fine tune it to rid it of errors. In Suras 2:87, 3:50, 5:44, 5:46 and 29:46 we are told that Muhammad is given the Qur'an as a confirmation of the Jewish/Christian Bible; that is - it is meant to prove the bible's authenticity.... In Sura 46:12 we are told.... "And before it the Book of Musa (Moses) was a guide and a mercy: and this is a Book verifying (it) in the Arabic language......" Yet the historical, scientific, and simple math errors in the Qur'an that differ from the Jewish/Christian Bibles it already confirmed are utterly careless, foolish and devoid of any touch of divinity, as you will see. Also, disturbing about the Qur'an is that it makes no attempt at linear history. The Qur'an appears thrown together half hazardly with nological sequence, except only the largest Sura's are in the beginning. Whereas the Jewish Pentateuch (1st 5 books of Jewish Bible) is a continuous narrative from the beginning of the world until the Hebrews enter the Promised Land.Muhammad probably never knew the true name of God:In the Torah/Old Testament, which the Qur'an claims above to support - God gives us another condition a true prophet must meet. A true prophet must prophesy in the name of the one true God. He must use Gods unique name. Gods unique name in the bible is YHWH (pronounced Yaweh) and is mentioned 6,823 times in the Bible. Muhammad never used Gods real name even once, suggesting he never knew it. Muhammad also seems to have not known He also told the Hebrews to call Him "I Am". Here are just a few notable errors in the Qur'an: - In Sura 2:249 Muhammad confuses the persons of Saul (Talut) and Gideon. See: Judges 7:4-7 - In Sura 26:54 the Israelites were said to be "a scanty band" (small band); vastly inferior to the Egyptians. But in Exodus 1:7-10 the Egyptian king said to his people that the Israelites had become "more and mightier than we". Exodus 1:9 speaks of the Hebrews as multitudes. - The Koran confused the sister of Moses by implication (Miriam) with Mary, the mother of Jesus 3 times. And Muhammad seemed to think that Jesus was Moses' nephew, the son of Moses' sister Mariam. Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Miriam the sister of Moses actually lived about 1500 years apart. The entire Chapter 19 is devoted to Mary (Maryam) the mother of Jesus in the Qur'an. Sura 19:28, "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!" Sura 66.12 calls Mary 'daughter of lmran". lmran is the Arabic form of the Hebrew Amram mentioned in Numbers 26.59 as the father of "Aaron, Moses and Miriam." The title "sister of Aaron" is given to Miriam in Exodus 15.20. Sura 3.35-36, The wife of Amram said, "My Lord, I have dedicated (the baby) in my belly to You, totally, so accept from me. You are Hearer, Omniscient." - How many angels were talking to Mary? When the Qur'an speaks about the annunciation of the birth of Jesus to the virgin Mary, Sura 3:42,45 speaks about angels (plural) while it is only one in Sura 19:17-21. The Christian Bible clearly indicated one angel; "In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth," Luke 1:26- Jesus taught people even in his "old age". (Sura 5:110). Actually Jesus ascended into Heaven while in His mid 30's. - Do you remember the evil Persian Haman who conspired to kill all the Jews during the time of Esther in the Babylonian captivity (about 500 BC). In the Koran, Muhammad incorrectly taught that this wicked man Haman was the prime minister of the Egyptian Pharaoh (Firon) in Moses' time (1450 BC). See Suras 28:4-6, 28:38, 29:39, 40:23-24,and 40:36-37. Throughout the Qur'an--Nimrod and Abraham, Haman and Moses, Mary and Aaron, the tower of Babel (2500 BC) and Pharaoh were all pictured as living and working together. Moses and the flood are also incorrectly found together. Muhammad thought these all happened at the same time. Muhammad was always mixing people together in the Qur'an who did not live at the same time. See Suras 21:51-76; and 29:15-16. - What about Noah's (Nuh) son? According to Sura 21:76, Noah and his family is saved from the flood, and Suras 29:15 and 37:76-77 confirms that his seed survived. But Sura 11:42-43 reports that Noah's son drowns. - Sura 7:59 and 7:136 say Noah's flood took place in Moses' day. Did anyone tell Moses that? - Sura 14:37, says Abraham lived in the valley of Mecca (Muslim Sacred House). The Bible says he lived in Hebron, Israel. (Genesis 13:18, 23:2, 35:27) - Sura 9:30 mistakenly claims that the Jews believed that Ezra was the Son of God, the Messiah, just as Christians claim for Jesus. No Jews have ever believed this. - Sura 6:74, says Abraham father's name was Azar. The Bible says it was Terah (Genesis 11:27). How can Muhammad claim he verified the Torah which came first as true, yet differ with the facts in the Torah? - Sura 9:10 says Zakarias was mute for only 3 days. The Bible says Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, was made mute because of his unbelief concerning Gabriel's prophecy of John's birth. He would remain mute until the baby was born (Luke 1:20), which is roughly nine months. - Islam says it was Ishmael that was nearly sacrificed on the mountain rather than Isaac as both the Torah and Christian Gospels say. Islam says that Hagar was the legitimate wife (and not a concubine) of Abraham, rather than Sarah; so Ishmael was the heir of Abraham. But wait! Muhammad had already attested to the Bible and Torah as being correct. Then why these huge errors? Of note: After Muhammad's death, the Meccans (Waraquah) changed the name Isaac in Suras 2:125 and 127 for the name Ishmael and invented the story about Abraham taking Ishmael to their black rock in Mecca, so that pilgrims would continue to visit Mecca. - Sura 5:72, The Quran falsely teaches that Jesus is not the Messiah. The Holy Injeel says He is. Muhammad never understood the Trinity (Father / Son / Holy Spirit):Sura 116, 4:171, 5:73-75, Muhammad mistakenly thought the Christian Trinity was 3 gods: the Father, the Mother (Mary), and the Son (Jesus). This is based on Muhammad's own misunderstanding seen in Sura 5:119. Also, in the last of all Suras we read: O Jesus, Son of Mary, hast thou said unto mankind 'Take me and my mother as two Gods beside God? ' He shall say: 'Glory be unto Thee! it is not for me to say that which I know to be not the truth.' There is no way for Muslims today to escape the fact that the Koran indeed contains this major theological blunder. The Bible, shows that there is a Trinity (Matthew 28:19, 1 John 5:7). To make things far worse for Islam. In the Qur'an where Allah speaks, he says "We", "Us", Our" over 100 times!... Showing again and again that God is not a single person, but several persons in one divine being: To get a clearer idea of the Christian Concept of the Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) read this real Near Death Experience Testimony here and here. It shows that Jesus' light is one and the same as the Father's. And that only Jesus is our mediator with the Father. All (Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindu, etc) have sinned. So all require a mediator. - Suras 7:8–9 and 21:47 teach Muslims that salvation is determined by good Works. Masons also teach this erroneous and very harmful theology. The Gospel of Jesus is adamant that we are saved by Faith alone, and not by works (Ephesians 2:8–9). Granted, the Bible says we must do a few things to obtain salvation, like repent (Acts 2:38), confess Jesus (Romans 10:10), and be baptized (Acts 2:38), but it is our continuing faith in Jesus as our only mediator that saves us. That is not to say we need not have works at all—we must have works to back up our faith (James 2:26). Nevertheless, we are not saved by our works, but by our faith and the grace of the Lord Jesus. - Sura 28:8-9, says is was Pharaoh's wife who adopted Moses. The Bible says it was Pharaoh's daughter in Exodus 2:5-10.- Paradise has one garden. (Sura 39:73, 41:30, 57:21, 79:41). Paradise has many gardens. (Sura 18:31, 22:23, 35:33, 78:32). - Even the name for Jesus in the Qur'an is incorrect. The name for Jesus in the Qur'an is given as "Issa." Issa is the Arabic equivalent of Esau, the name for the twin brother of Jacob. The correct Arabic name for Jesus would be Yeshua or Yeshuwa. - Sura 20:83–89 tells us that a Samaritan (Samiri) made the golden calf for Israel while Moses was receiving the law. There are two problems with this: One, the Bible says it was Aaron (Exodus 32:1–4), and two, Samaritans didn't exist yet until after 870 BC (1 Kings 16:24). Samaria was founded by King Omri in about 870 B.C. (see 1 Kings 16:24). But "the Samaritans" as a distinct people only emerged after the exile of the Northern kingdom of Israel and the resettlement of the area under king Sargon II in after 722 B.C. The Exodus happened much earlier in about 1300-1400 BC. - Pharaoh drowned. (Sura 17:103, 28:40, 43:55). Pharaoh did not drown. (Sura 10:92). - Muhammad made up historical references for the Kabah (Kaba/Ka'bah). The Qur'an says the Kabah in Mecca was built by Adam and rebuilt by Abraham. Actually it was was built by pagan Meccans to worship a black rock that fell out of the sky. Abraham never lived in Mecca according to the Torah. The late Taha Hussein, one of the most famous Egyptian professors of Arabic literature said that the Islamic myth of Abraham building the Kaba came into vogue just before the rise of Islam. He comments:"The case of this episode is very obvious because it is of recent date, and came into vogue just before the rise of Islam. Islam exploited it for religious reasons". Quoted in 'Mizar al-Islam' by Anwar al-Jundi. Here are two "beauties": - Sura 18:85,86, says that Alexander the Great (Zul-qarinain) followed the setting sun and found that it went down into the waters of a muddy spring. Sura 18:89-98 says the Greek Alexander the Great was a Muslim and worshipped Allah. Actually, Alexander the Great died very young and was by no means a Muslim. Alexander the Great lived from 356 - 323 B.C. (Before Jesus). He was 33 years old when he died. Muhammad and Islam did not come along till 610 A.D. (after Jesus), when Muhammad began preaching Allah and his new religion in Mecca. This was over 900 years after Alexander the Great died. Yusuf Ali and the Concise Dictionary of Islam confirm that Zul-qarinain in the Quran is Alexander the Great. The Qur'an also incorrectly says in Sura 105:3-4 that Abrah's army was defeated by birds dropping stones on them. History (Guillame, Islam, pgs.21ff) says Abrah's army withdrew after smallpox broke out. Other notable errors in the Qur'an: Flip Flops: The origin of calamity? Is the evil in our life from Satan [Sura 38:41]; Ourselves [Sura 4:79]; or Allah [Sura 4:78]? Can slander of chaste women be forgiven? Yes [Sura 24:5], No [Sura 24:23]. Abrogation? "The words of the Lord are perfect in truth and justice; there is NONE who can change His words" (Sura 6:115). Also see Suras 6:34, 10:64, and 50:28,29. But then Allah (or Muhammad?) sees the need to exchange some of them for "better ones" (Suras 2:106, 16:101). And it is not for ignorant people to question Allah because of such practices! Let us Reason. How can a divine revelation be improved upon? If divine, would it not have been perfect from the start? Suras 6:34, 6:115, 10:64 and 50:28,29 clearly says to Muslims, "No change can there be in the words of Allah" and that Allah cannot alter (or abrogate) his words." So the Torah and Christian Gospels are correct, because Allah did verify this fact -- this clearly makes the Muslim Qur'an is false; because it contradicts Allah. - Consider the change of amount of days creation took, first from 6 days (Suras 7:54, 10:3, 11:7, and 25:59) and then it gets changed to 8 days (Suras 41:9-12). Is someone not playing with a full deck? - Allah can have a son. (Sura 39:4). Allah can't have a son. (Sura 6:101, and 25:2). - In Sura 19:19-22, the human Mary was told she would have an "immaculate conception," or be impregnated by Allah. Yet, Sura 6:100-101 denies that Allah could have a son or daughter through mortals. - Face Mecca while praying. (Sura 2:144). Face Jerusalem while praying. Originally Muhammad instructed Muslims to face Jerusalem when praying; probably because Solomon established the practice of praying while facing Jerusalem (1 Kings 8:29, 30, 44; 2 Chronicles 6:21; Daniel 6:10). Apparently, Muhammad believed at first that God wanted him to pray facing Jerusalem and he did so for nearly 16-17 months - at least while he thought the he could convert the Jews to his religion. However, later, when the Jews rebuffed him Muhammad preferred to pray towards the Ka'ba in Mecca which, during this point in time, contained 360 idols. Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 8, Number 392: Narrated Bara' bin 'Azib: Allah's Apostle prayed facing Baitul-Maqdis for sixteen or seventeen months but he loved to face the Ka'ba (at Mecca) so Allah revealed: "Verily, We have seen the turning of your face to the heaven!" (2:144) So the Prophet faced the Ka'ba and the fools amongst the people namely "the Jews" said, "What has turned them from their Qibla (Bait-ul-Maqdis) which they formerly observed"" (Allah revealed): "Say: 'To Allah belongs the East and the West. He guides whom he will to a straight path'." (2:142) A man prayed with the Prophet (facing the Ka'ba) and went out. He saw some of the Ansar praying the 'Asr prayer with their faces towards Bait-ul-Maqdis, he said, "I bear witness that I prayed with Allah's Apostle facing the Ka'ba." So all the people turned their faces towards the Ka'ba. - Is Jesus a Prophet or not? Will Jesus burn in hell? In Sura 4:158 Jesus is raised to Allah, and in Sura 3:45 Jesus is stationed near Allah. Jesus is worshiped by billions of Christians. Yet Sura 21:98 says, that all that are worshiped by men besides Allah will burn in Hell together with those who worship them. - Did Jesus Die or Not? Sura 3:144 is quite adamant that all messengers died before Muhammad. But then Sura 4:158 claims that Jesus was raised to God (alive?) and 4:157 falsely says Jesus did not die. - In Sura 4:157 we read that Jesus certainly did not die, yet in Sura 19:33 we read that not only did he die, but he arose again! 19:33 reads about Jesus: "And peace be upon me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I get resurrected." - What is the punishment for adultery? Sura 24:2 -Flogging with a 100 stripes (men and women); Sura 4:15 -"confine them to houses until death do claim them (lifelong house arrest - for the women); Sura 4:16 - For men: "If they repent and amend, leave them alone". Sura 24:2 contradicts both the procedure for women and men in Sura 4:15. And why is the punishment for women and men equal in Sura 24.2 but different in Sura 4:15? - In Sura 19:67, "But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of nothing?." In Sura 15:26, man is created from clay (We created man from sounding clay, from mud molded into shape;)." Since clay is something, we have a contradiction since "nothing" excludes the possibility of "clay." - The Koran is a divine revelation with no errors. Hmm! "This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than Allah; on the contrary, it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it, and a fuller explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from the Lord of the worlds" Sura 1:37; and "The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom" Sura 45:2 . But then look at this. "Never have We sent a prophet or apostle to you with whose wishes Satan did not tamper. But Allah abrogates the interjections of Satan and confirms His own revelations." Sura 22:52 Didn't Allah have a Basic Education? - It just doesn't add up: Sura 4:11-12 and 4:176 state the Qur'anic inheritance law. When a man dies, and is leaving behind three daughters, his two parents and his wife, they will receive the respective shares of 2/3 for the 3 daughters together, 1/3 for the parents together [both according to verse 4:11] and 1/8 for the wife [4:12] which adds up to more than the available estate. A second example: A man leaves only his mother, his wife and two sisters, then they receive 1/3 [mother, 4:11], 1/4 [wife, 4:12] and 2/3 [the two sisters, 4:176], which again adds up to 15/12 of the available property. - In Suras 6:14, 6:163 and 39:12 we are told that Muhammad (born 570 years after Jesus) was the first to bow down to Allah; making him the first Muslim. But wait, yet earlier in Qur'an passages weren't we already told in the Qur'an that Abraham, his sons and Jacob were former Muslims (Sura 2:132), and that all the earlier prophets (Sura 28:52-53), and Jesus' Jewish disciples (Sura 3:52) were also Allah believing Muslims?. - Does Allah's day equal to 1,000 human years (Sura 22:47, 32:5) or 50,000 human years (Sura 70:4)? "Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning." Sura 22:47; "The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in the Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years." Sura 70:4 - Heaven and Earth created? Sura 2:29 says first earth and then heaven was created. But wait, Suras 79:27-30 indicate, first heaven was created, and after that earth?. - To Intercede or Not To Intercede? The Qur'an makes contradictory statements about whether on the Day of Judgment intercession will be possible. No: in Suras: 2:122-123, 254; 6:51; 82:18-19; etc. Yes: in Suras: 20:109; 34:23; 43:86; 53:26; etc. Typically, with Qur'an errors; each position can be further supported/abrogated by a later Hadith. - Does Allah forgive shirk? Shirk can encompass any object that a person may hold in regard higher than Allah. It is the most severe of sins and will not be forgiven. But the author of the Qur'an seems unable to decide if Allah will ever forgive it or not. No in Suras 4:48 and 4:116; and Yes in Suras 4:153, 25:68-71. Another contradiction: According to lies in Sura 6:76-78 Abraham committed this sin of polytheism as he takes moon, sun, stars to be his Lord. Yet Muslims believe that all prophets are without any sin! - In Sura 96:1-2 we read that God made man from a blood clot. But in Sura 21:30 it says man was made from water. And Sura 15:26 says man was made from clay. - According to Sura 10:90-92, Pharaoh believed "in the sight of death" and was saved. But Sura 4:18 says that such a thing can't happen because Pharaoh did not also repent. - Will Christians enter Paradise or go to Hell? Suras 2:62 and 5:69 say "Yes" to Paradise. Sura 5:72 (3 verses later) and Sura 3:85 say "No" to Paradise. - In Sura 2:234 widows are to keep themselves apart for 4 months and 10 days after their husband's death. In Sura 2:240 it is one year. - Allah, the god revealed in the Quran, is not a loving father. It says that he desires to lead people astray (Surah 6:39, 125-126) - YES: Believers, Jews, Sabaeans and Christians - whoever believes in God and the Last Day and does what is right - shall have nothing to fear or regret. Sura 5:69 - NO: Unbelievers are those that say: "God is the Messiah, the son of Mary." For the Messiah himself said: "Children of Israel, serve God, my Lord and your Lord." He that worships other gods besides God, God will deny him Paradise, and the fire shall be his home. None shall help the evil-doers. Sura 5:72 - Wine: Good or bad? Suras 5:90-91 and 2:219 - Strong drink and ... are only an infamy of Satan's handiwork. . Suras 47:15, and 83:22, 25 - Yet on the other hand in Paradise are rivers of wine. How does Satan's handiwork get into Paradise? Sura 2:219 also says there is profit in intoxicants. Contrast these blunders in the Qur'an (Koran) showing this book is not inspired by God with this example of something really divinely inspired and accurate from the Jewish/Christian Bible: Millions of Europeans died of leprosy for hundreds of years. Some physicians thought the cause was eating hot food or the meat of diseased hogs. Others blamed malign conjunction of the planets. Approximately 60 million people died from the BLACK DEATH in the 14th century. God divinely revealed in the Jewish Old Testament thousands of years earlier that the solution to leprosy and the black plague was separating those infected and proper hygiene, such as burying things that come in contact with infected individuals : "Once the condition of leprosy has been established, the patient was to be segregated and excluded from the community..." For centuries in Europe, multitudes perished because of improper hygiene, sanitation and sloppy hospitals. In many villages, human excrement and waste was dumped into the streets, bringing deadly epidemics of typhoid, cholera and dysentery. The solution to the problem, the burying of wastes, and separating people, had been given by God 3500 years before (in Deuteronomy 23:12-13) Did you know? According to Muhammad, Angels are the reason Roosters Crow, and Satan is why Donkeys bray! Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, Number 522: Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "When you hear the crowings of cocks, ask for Allah's blessings (for their crowing indicates that) they have seen an Angel. And, when you hear the braying of donkeys, seek refuge with Allah from Satan for (their braying indicates)that they have seen a Satan." Also consider this nonsense: Muslim, Book 023, Number 5007: Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger having said: Do not eat with your left hand, for the Satan eats with his left hand. Muslims deny that Jesus died on the Cross Muslims even deny that Jesus died on the cross; something that was faithfully reported in 4 Gospels. Consider the significance of the fact that no Jew or Roman alive at the time ever openly denied the Scriptural record of Jesus Christ's life, death, ministry or resurrection. Certainly, with the Christian "cult" growing so rapidly throughout the regions and even into nearby countries in those early days, anyone having evidence to contradict the Scriptural account would certainly have likely been compelled to present it publicly. Additionally, in the Jewish Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a) from the Tannaitic Period it is recorded: "On the eve of Passover Yeshu was hanged".... Muslims DO NOT pray to the same God (Yahweh) as Christians and Jews! Yahweh is transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH. Before Muhammad the arabs had 365 gods - one for each day of the year. Muhammad picked Allah (Al-Iahi), who was the arab moon god, their war god, and their sword god. WHO IS ALLAH? Allah has pagan beginnings The Black Meteor inside the Kabaaka: Ka'bah aka: kabah The stone has been attacked many times and is now composed of several pieces and fragments, bound together by a silver ligature. click picture to enlarge Pre-Islamic history tells us that many Arabian tribes were stone worshippers. This is also mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol 5, #661. The Old Testament also talks about Mideast pagan groups that worshipped stones. When Muhammad was born in Mecca, each Arab tribe in Mecca had their own deity. There was a large black meteor found in the desert which many Arabs believed was sent to them by astral deities. This rock was placed in the southeast corner of the cube-shaped structure in Mecca. The arabs knew this rock as the Ka'ba, which means stone. The black rock's diameter is about 12 inches. It is reddish black in color, and has red and yellow particles. During this time before Islam this stone was part of the shrine to worship of a chief male god (among over 350 other gods) who was known as Hubal. The black meteor stone was said to symbolize a nature god known as al-Hajar al-Aswad. Hubal was an oracular deity whose statue -- in human form and made of red carneol -- stood in the Ka'ba until Muhammad destroyed it. The Kaba is about 50 feet high, and the walls are about 40 feet long. The facade contains the door, which starts at 7 feet off the ground, and faces N.E.. To enter the Kaba, a ladder must be used. Also built in the eastern corner, is another stone called "lucky". This stone is only touched, not kissed. Pagans called out the names of their pagan gods as they circled the Kaba the same as Muslims do today, calling out Allah's name. Early Meccan Pagans also ran between the nearby hills. Muhammad authorized Muslims to do that in the Quran, and Muhammad probably ran between the hills himself. So, even before Muhammad pagans were worshipping this black stone in the Kaba. Are we surprised that although Muhammad proclaimed only one God, he continued to participate in idol worship at this pagan shrine (Kaba); and Muslims still do idol worship there today? The black stone of Ka'aba is nothing but a holdover within Islam, from pre-Islamic paganism. There is evidence that black stones were commonly worshipped in the Arab world. In 190 A.D. Clement of Alexandria mentioned that "the Arabs worship stone". He was alluding to the black stone of Dusares at Petra. In the 2nd century, Maximus Tyrius wrote; "The Arabians pay homage to I know not what god, which they represent by a quadrangular stone". Maximus was speaking of the Kaaba (Ka'ba) that contains the Black Stone. The Qurash (aka: Quraish) tribe which Muhammad belonged to was in charge of idol worship at the Ka'ba Shrine. The chief god of Muhammad's tribe was one of the three sister goddesses called al-Uzza, the youngest of the three daughters of the pre-Islamic Allah and the patron goddess of Mecca. Her name means "the mighty one". The other two were named "al-Lat and "al-Manat". It was only by chance that a fortune teller counseled Muhammad's grandfather against sacrificing Muhammad's father to this al-Uzza pagan diety. The head of these pagan, animalistic deities was "Al-llah". It is believed that "al-llah" in Muhammad's time before Islam referred to a vague moon god and that Muhammad believed that al-Uzza was a daughter of this "al-llah". The Qurash tribe's Allah corresponded to the god Bel, which is another name of the Assyrio-Babylonian gods En-lil and Marduk. It has the same meaning as Baal. The Arabic today translates the word Allah as "God". Muhammad's father's name was "Abd-Allah" (or slave of Allah). When Muhammad says there is only one god - Allah - now you have an idea what his background / thinking was; and who this Allah actually is. Of note: in 1988, Salman Rushdie's novel "Satanic Verses" contained the above as the basis for that book. This book led Ayatollah Khomeni to offer a $3 million bounty on the India born Muslim Salman Rushdie. But Salman Rushdie did not lie about Islam's early Satanic beginning! He merely reported the truth. And truth is something Islam cannot tolerate. Would a true Prophet make any exception to Monotheism (belief in only one God)?During the early stages of Islam, Muhammad was frustrated in his attempts to win over Mecca's merchants and other powerful people, who were all polytheists (believe in many gods). Finally he relented on his hitherto uncompromising monotheism and stated that it was permitted for the pagan gods of Mecca --specifically, three female deities named al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat --to intercede before Allah for the people. According to Islamic tradition, Satan took advantage of Muhammad's desire for reconciliation and "put upon his tongue" as a revelation from Allah this rhetorical question and answer: "Uzza and Manat, the third, the other"? These are the exalted Gharaniq (cranes) whose intercession is approved." The pagan members of Muhammad's tribe, the Quraysh, were pleased; they prostrated themselves before their gods as the Muslims were prostrating themselves before Allah, and went out saying, "Muhammad has spoken of our god in splendid fashion."How did Muhammad get out of this mess? Just as you would expect. "Miraculously" and conveniently, Gabriel came to Muhammad and and gave a new Sura (22:51) which says that Satan routinely tampers with the messages of the prophets. Reference: Page 69, "Inside Islam, A Guide for Catholics"The Suyuti says in Asbab of the Nuzul (page 184): "Muhammad was in Mecca. He read the chapter of the Star. When he uttered, ‘Have you seen the Lat, the ’Uzza, and the other third Manat?’, Satan instilled in his tongue, ‘These are the exulted idols (daughters of God) whose intercession is hoped.’ The infidels said that Muhammad had mentioned their gods with good words. Then when he prostrated, they prostrated, too. Thus, the above verse 22:52 was not inspired." On page 282 of the Commentary of the Jalalan, we read the same interpretation, and the Jalalan added, "Gabriel came to Muhammad after that and told him that Satan had thrust these words into his tongue. Muhammad became sad, then Gabriel delivered this verse to him to comfort him." In his book, "The Kash-shaf’, the Zamakh-shari (A.D.1144) (part 3, pages 164 and 165), asserts that, "This episode which Muhammad experienced is common knowledge and unquestionable, and is related to us by the companions of Muhammad." In short, this Allah is not the God of the Jews or the Christians. Allah is in fact a Meccan Moon god idol. To confess that Allah is the same God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses is to deny Yahweh (I Am), who is revealed in the Lord Jesus the Christ! The standard of judgment for the God of the Qur'an is that our good deeds (to Muslims only) must outweigh our bad deeds (Suras 7:8-9; 21:47); but the standard of the God of the true Bible is nothing less than complete perfection as measured by the holy character of God (Matthew 5:48; Romans 3:23). Since nobody can attain perfection, God sent His only Son as a substitute atonement (korban) so that those who believe and trust in Jesus, although imperfect ourselves--will have eternal life. In short, did a marvelous thing that shows He loves us. God Himself (Yeshua/Jesus) was the only perfect sacrifice to this dilemma. Two important attributes of Yahweh (I am/Jesus) is that God is both just and merciful. Muslims Often ask me -How can God die on a cross? When they should be asking; "Why did God suffer and die on a cross"? The answer is God is love! Love for us is the reason the Father sent His Son Jesus to die in our place --- to save us from the just punishment for our sins. Because of the Cross, Yeshua/Jesus got the justice, and we got the mercy. Muslim activists in the West have been using the tactic of claiming that they worship the same god as the Christians in order to gain legitimacy and acceptance. They have been using the name "God" in place of "Allah" in many translations of the Qur'an. Satanic lie: Good deeds will get you to heaven. Truth: The wages of sin/any sin are death. Islam is very much a deeds-based religion where God is keeping score. For Muslims, good deeds go on one side of God's ledger, and bad deeds go on the other side. Islam says that on the day of resurrection, each person's ledger will be balanced. Assuming that all of the other basic qualifications were met during life (i.e., the 'Pillars of Islam'), if the person's good outweighs the bad: Paradise. If the bad outweighs the good: Hell. It's just that simple. NO Muslim ever knows if they are destined to rot in hell forever. Muhammad said he was unsure himself if he would go to heaven or hell. The real God has made it all simpler than this false deed-based system. But it requires you believe something with your whole heart. This may require you leaving your family and/or friends. But, your eternal life, and where you spend eternity demands it. You have to accept the Son of God's substitutional atonement of your sins. John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. You only have to ask Jesus and He will save you. Only in Jesus do we have a promise for life. Jesus said; "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live" (John 11:25) Islam says the God of the Qur'an provided a messenger, Muhammad, who warned of Allah's impending judgment (Suras 2:119; 5:19; 7:184, 188; 15:89-90) and who declared that "No bearer of a burden can bear the burden of another" (Suras 17:15; 35:18, Ali); but the God of the Bible provided a sinless Savior, Jesus, who took our sins upon himself and bore God's wrath in our stead (Matthew 20:28; 26:28; Luke 22:37; John 3:16; 10:9-11; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10). Interesting enough. Jesus and Mary were among the many images—in addition to the goddesses of fertility and power—worshiped at the Ka'bah during Muhammad's day. Early stories of Muhammad relate how when he entered Mecca in triumph he ordered the destruction of all idols and images. But, when he came upon a picture of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus inside the Ka'bah he reverently covered this icon with his cloak. He ordered all other images to be destroyed, and that the image of the Madonna and Child was to be looked upon as sacred. One Muslim myth, concerning the Kaba, is that anyone who prays under the Kaba's water-pipe becomes as pure as on the day when his mother bore him. Muslims have a hard time accepting the Christ's atonement even though it is there clear as day in all 4 Gospels that Muhammad validated, but Muslims will allow for total forgiveness of sins by uttering a prayer under a spout! Who is being deceived? Islam's dilemma about Mary, the earthly mother of Jesus & the divinity of JesusIslam's high regard for Mary is rooted in various texts of the Koran (Qur'an), including the following: "Behold! the angels said: 'O Mary! Allah has chosen you above the women of all nations'" (Sura 3:42). The purity of Mary in Islamic thought is equated with sinlessness. The Qur'an even affirms the Virgin Birth of Jesus, echoing Mary's response to the angel Gabriel from Luke's Gospel: "She said: 'O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?'" (Sura 3:47). Muslim theologians, however, do not explore the implications of Mary's sinlessness or the Virgin Birth. They do not want to pursue a line of thought that might lead to the affirmation that Jesus was divine, a very disturbing conclusion for the Muslim. Reference: Pages 61 & 62, "Inside Islam, A Guide for Catholics" Add this dilemma about Mary to the fact that the Qur'an confused the sister of Moses by implication (Miriam) with Mary (lived 1500 yrs apart), the mother of Jesus 3 times --and one needs to seriously question Islam's and its Allah's credibility. Also, remember, Muhammad seemed to think that Jesus was Moses' nephew, the son of Moses' sister Mariam. More Islamic Editing of their Qur'an: In the Koran, Sura 53:19 says 'Have you considered "Al Lat" and "al-Uzza" and "Manat" the third other?' This passage was originally followed by the words 'Verily they are the exalted maidens and their intercession is to be hoped for'. The polytheistic Pagans of Mecca were delighted when Muhammad delivered this passage because it was a chant recited by the Qurash tribe as they circled the Ka'aba while worshipping these three principle goddess of pre-Islamic Mecca. This compromise also caused some companions to doubt Muhammad and leave his fold. "Al-Lat" was the most famous of the pre Islamic pagan gods. She was the chief goddess (and idol) of the tribe of Thakif at Taif, who tries to compromise with Muhammad, if only he could destroy their god "Al-Lat" for 3 years. The earliest authority on the life of Muhammad (Ibn Hisham) claimed that these words were uttered by Muhammad at the "instigation of Satan" and are considered to the be Satanic Verses (not to be confused with Salman Rushdies' book). When Muhammad realized that his attempt to appease the pagan Meccans was causing his followers to leave, he quickly made a slight alteration and a major omission to this passage by dropping the sentence about the exalted maidens. To make matters worse, Gabriel allegedly came to Muhammad and denied that he had revealed the word to him. ('Sirat'ul Rasool' as revised by Ibn Hisham, (vs. 239), and Tabari pp. 1 192). Muhammad retained the named of the goddesses, and added that it was unfair that God should have daughters while humans had sons (See Sura 53:19-23). In fact, God does have a Son (begotten/not made). Proverbs 30:4 (written 700 B.C./1323 yrs before Muhammad): "Who hath ascended up into heaven or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the Earth? What is His name, and what is His son's name, if thou canst tell?" Read here to find out. Goodness & truth prevails Islam would have Christians and Jews believe that this pagan Allah who insists on world domination and death to non-believers -- and who is the same god who offers Muslim terrorist martyrs hedonistic sex with virgins in heaven - is the same Christian and Jewish "holy God of the Book". Christians and Jews think that this is blasphemy. Slavery is not a hallmark of the true God Most individual Muslims may respect and honor women, but Islam doesn't!The Islamic Qur'an itself is responsible for cruelty toward Muslim women, both young and old. In short, this evil book likens a woman to a field (or a tilth). This "field" is to be used by a Muslim man as he sees fit. This "model" was set forth by Muhammad himself, and what he said and how he treated women. If a woman does not consent to make love, civil law of western countries consider this as rape, plain and simple. However the Quran does not ask women. It takes into account only the will of the husband. The Quran in Sura (Chapter) 2:223 says: Your women are your fields, so go into your fields whichever way you like . . . . (MAS Abdel Haleem, The Qur’an, Oxford UP, 2004) Christians believe their lives should be modeled after that of the Lord Jesus who spent time teaching women, which broke with the customs of his day (Luke 10:38-42). His respect was demonstrated even toward sinful women who turned to him for compassion (Luke 7:36-39). Jesus, the true prince of peace, crossed racial and cultural barriers to reveal his true identity to a Samaritan woman (John 4:1-42). Jesus healed a woman on the Sabbath and Jesus He freed the woman caught in adultery from being stoned. And, after his resurrection, Jesus honored the female disciples by appearing to them first (Matthew 28:8-10). Aisha, the most beloved of Muhammad's many wives said to Muslim women: "O womenfolk, if you knew the rights that your husbands have over you, every one of you would wipe the dust from her husband's feet with her face." This satanically-inspired Islamic religion has also managed to enslave women, which the true God would never be part of. If the husband wants to have sex with his wife he can, even by force - which in the west, and in Christian and Jewish tradition, is considered cruelty and rape. Under Egyptian law, Muslims are not allowed to change their religious identities to any other faith, although Christians are free to convert officially to Islam. The Koran (Qur'an) is the biggest enemy of civilization, liberty and truth that the world has ever known. Inherent in the Qur'an are polygamy, divorce, slavery, elevation of jihad as a sure way to heaven, hatred of non-believers, and even lying if it is gainful. Cruel Muslim mullahs, imams and ayatollah's insist a woman must wear a veil as a way to remove the female sex from its just position and influence in the world--itself a form of slavery. You may think this to be a small issue. You wouldn't if you were a woman and had to bundle up in 110 degree weather every day, just because of extreme male chauvinism. This comes from Muslim interpretation of the way Muhammad treated his own wives to apply to all women. O Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks (veils) all over their bodies. Sura 33:59, The Noble Quran And speaking of seeing a woman's face:It is no sin before their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brother's sons, or the sons of their sisters, or their women, or their (female) slaves. Sura 33:55, The Noble Quran This is repression! It's not freedom. Don't most countries have laws against people going around with masks on? A graphic example of fanatical oppressive Muslim dress codes occurred in March 2002 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. A fire occurred in a school there in which 15 young girls were killed in a fire. During the fire in the school the girls had shed their oppressively hot all-concealing outer garments. Actually preferring the death of these young girls to the transgression of Islamic Law, Saudi Arabian Religious Police (the muttawa) actually battled against police and firemen who where trying to open the doors to free them. Recommended DVD on Muslim "Justice" and cruelty This true story takes place in Taliban occupied Afghanistan. But the truth is that the Taliban practiced true unadulterated Islam. Islam's goal is to bring the world a Muslim dominated society with the same rules imposed by murderous Mullah's and Imams like those in Afghanistan. Islam seeks a world full of zombies and slaves who pamper every whim of the mullahs and imams. Funny! Isn't that what Satan wants? The Islamic fundamentalists known as the "Taliban" unleashed a regime of terror. Its first victims were its own people, particularly women. It closed down girls' schools, dismissed women from government jobs, and enforced sharia laws under which women deemed to be "immoral" are stoned to death, and widows guilty of being adulterous are buried alive. The DVD "Osama" is not about bin Laden A 12-year-old Afghan girl and her mother lose their jobs when the Taliban closes the hospital where they work. The Taliban have also forbidden women to leave their houses without a male "legal companion." With her husband and brother dead, killed in battle, there is no one left to support the family. Without being able to leave the house, the mother is left with nowhere to turn. Feeling that she has no other choice, she disguises her daughter as a boy. Now called 'Osama,' the girl embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey as she tries to keep the Taliban from finding out her true identity. Golden Globe Winner. 2004 Best Foreign Language Filmfilmed in Afghanistan The real Truth is that Jesus is waiting to take your burden, to save you, and give you eternal life! "Come to me all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy and My burden is light" (Injeel - Matthew 11:28-30). Apostasy is punishable by death in Islam (from the Hadith): Muhammad said, "Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him." Vol. 9:57 A Muslim must not be killed if he kills a non-Muslim. Muhammad said, " No Muslim should be killed for killing a Kafir" (infidel). Vol. 9:50 Behind the Sun See more about this DVD here This very well produced dramatic film follows the story of Samir Majan, a young man born and raised a Muslim in the Middle East who attended college in America. After receiving a degree from a university in Chicago, he begins his trip back home to see his family. But something has drastically changed in the young man’s life since coming to the States. As his welcoming committee awaits his arrival, the young man’s fear and concern is overwhelming. Samir knows trouble and persecution lie ahead because he has done the unthinkable. Samir has become....a Christian. Knowing how hard it would be for some to break away from life long bonds to different customs/traditions/religions; but yet so important to gain eternal life --- this is what Jesus meant when He said the following: Matthew 10:35 For I came to turn A man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 10:37 The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. Recommended DVDIs this World War III? You bet it is!It is the Islam against the west! Islam wants to destroy the west.this shocking 1 hour documentary makes it clear what Islam is up to See more about this DVD here Allah perverts people? The picture of Allah as revealed by the Qur'an is quite different to the one of God revealed in both the Old and New Testaments. The Qur'an teaches that Allah is not only utterly transcendent but also the author of evil. "God is the best of devisers", "my guile is sure" are quotes from the Qur'an concerning Allah! Muhammad said, " My sincere counsel will not profit you, if God desires to pervert you; He is your lord ...." (Arberry, Interpreted pgs 200, 193, 243 quoted in 'The Facts on Islam" by John Ankerberg and John Weldon).. The Qur'an frequently refers to "the man whom Allah deliberately misleads". Would a true and righteous God do this? According to the Qur'an (Koran): Muhammad adopted Zaid because Muhammad had no sons. Zaid married a stunningly beautiful woman named Zainab. Once when Muhammad was visiting Zaid's home he accidentally saw Zaibab in scanty attire. Muhammad was overcome with lust. In the Koran we are told that it was Allah who caused Muhammad's heart to desire Zainab. And that it was Allah's Will for Zaid to divorce his wife so that Muhammad could marry her. Muhammad married Zainab in June 626 A.D. This Allah therefore desires lust and coveting a "neighbor's" wife. Naturally, his followers began to murmur about their pious prophet acting this way. So, lo and behold yet another Sura was immediately and miraculously given from Allah that absolved Muhammad personally.Sura 33:37-38 (Noble Qur'an) Behold! Thou didst say to one who had received the grace of Allah and thy favour: "Retain thou (in wedlock) thy wife, and fear Allah." But thou didst hide in thy heart that which Allah was about to make manifest: thou didst fear the people, but it is more fitting that thou shouldst fear Allah. Then when Zaid had dissolved (his marriage) with her, with the necessary (formality), We joined her in marriage to thee: in order that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the Believers in (the matter of) marriage with the wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have dissolved with the necessary (formality) (their marriage) with them. And Allah's command must be fulfilled. There can be no difficulty to the Prophet in what Allah has indicated to him as a duty. It was the practice (approved) of Allah amongst those of old that have passed away. And the command of Allah is a decree determined. Or, was it more of Muhammad's scheming, and making up the rules to get his own way with this beautiful woman? We note elsewhere where Muhammad laid with a 9 year old girl (Ayisha) when Muhammad was in his 50's, and also a beautiful 17 year old Jewish girl (Safiyah) - one day after Muhammad had her family massacred. Although Muhammad fixed the legal number of wives as 4 for his followers, Muhammad let it be known that Allah gave Muhammad himself the special privilege of any number of wives. Muhammad again miraculously received a Sura giving himself the privilege of cohabitating with his female slaves. In the Jewish-Christian Bible Jewish Kings were chastised, disciplined and ostracized by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob for this sort of coveting behavior that the Islamic Allah applauds. This behavior issue is another reason that Allah is not the One and true God. Wouldn't one expect the true Lord to insist on good Christian behavior? Does Allah desire you live in Paradise? Or, your torment in Hell?how can Muslims miss what Allah really has in store for them? Whereas, Yahweh (I Am) has provided eternal salvation and life to those who believe in Jesus (Isa); because Jehovah's wrath has already been poured out on Jesus, for the sins of those who trust and believe in Jesus...Consider what Allah really desires: The Islamic Qur'an says that Allah desires to lead people astray (Surah 6:39 , 126). He does not help those who are led astray by him (Surah 30:29) and desires to use them to populate hell (Surah 32:13). Echoes of Eden (The Lying): Would a True Prophet of God condone and actually permit lying, to further his own goals? Muhammad treated truth and deception according his own style of situational ethics. For example: Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: Allah's Apostle said, "Who is willing to kill Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?" Thereupon Muhammad bin Maslama got up saying, "O Allah's Apostle! Would you like that I kill him?" The Prophet said, "Yes," Muhammad bin Maslama said, "Then allow me to say a (false) thing (i.e. to deceive Kab). " The Prophet said, "You may say it." ... (Sahih al-Bukhari 5.369, cf. the article on Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf for further details) Muslim Doctrine of Taqiyya (or lying is ok): In the west very few people understand a very important doctrine of Islam called Taqiyya (Taqeya, Taqiya). Until we understand this in the west, we will never be able to deal with the Muslim world properly. Taqiyya roughly translates as lying for the faith. A Muslim may tell any lie when they are threatened. In short, a Muslim can lie as a holy duty to deceive and gain an advantage over the unbeliever. The non-prophet Muhammad sanctioned this when he said; “he who keeps secrets shall soon attain his objectives.” Can we imagine Jesus, Moses or Buddha saying “Hey lying is good!”? Is it any wonder that freemasons think the same way Muhammad does? Beware - Allah has not one attribute of love for Muslims: Muslim's and any others considering Islam should take care to note that the Allah they are praying to, has not one attribute of love. This should be a another sign to you that who you bow down to in Islam is really not whom the imams, mullahs and ayatollah's say he is. Look through the Qur'an - there is no attribute of unconditional love accorded Allah to his Muslims--but once. Ironically, in Sura 20:390 Allah does unconditionally say he loves one man - the Hebrew Moses. Another "red flag" is that there is not one place in either the Muslim Qur'an or even in the much later made up Hadith's that teaches Muslims to have a loving relationship with Allah. This Allah is to only be feared by Muslims. Muslims are in no way allowed "free will" by this tyrant. The Qur'an does have words such as Allah is compassionate. But to whom? Certainly Allah was always compassionate to Muhammad, who stood behind all of Muhammad's escapades. In fact, Allah often changed his mind/teachings to suit Muhammad's schedule of plunder, murder and political intrigue. Allah was not compassionate to all those (Arab poets, women with babies, Jews, Christians and other dissenters) Muhammad ordered to be ruthlessly murdered - simply because they stood up to him and his band of killers. To give one an idea of just how intolerant and unforgiving Muhammad himself was. When Muhammad's uncle Abu Lahab publicly rejected Muhammad's "prophetic" message, Muhammad curses Abu Lahab and his wife in words that have become an entire sura (Sura 111:1-5) in the Qur'an: "May the hands of Abu Lahab perish! May he himself perish! Nothing shall his wealth and gains avail him. He shall be burnt in a flaming fire, and his wife, laden with faggots, shall have a rope of fibre around her neck!" This is the sort of example of its founder, that the Muslim Qur'an if filled with. This should be a yet another warning. When you hear hatred preached in your mosques realize who you really follow. Muhammad's "carrot" to ensure his world domination via Jihad: Will all Muslims go to Hell? According to Sura 19:71 every Muslim will go to Hell (for at least some time), while another passage states that those who die in Jihad will go to Paradise immediately. A symptom of evil (bait and switch). Except for Allah saying he loved the Jew/Hebrew Moses (in Sura 20:39) there is not one mention of Allah unconditionally loving man in the Qur'an (Koran); or providing a route to salvation. Can you be sure your time in Hell will not be an eternity? If you do not do Allah's bidding by doing terrorist acts -- what future awaits you as a Muslim? The true Living God already provided a simple plan to salvation; and it is the true path of Peace. Muslims often say they honor Jesus as a great prophet. If they truly honored Jesus Muslims would believe what He (Jesus) said; "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16 "I and my Father are one." John 10:30 "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also." 1 John 2:22, 23 The loving God made the Key to Life after Death simple: In the Christian Bible, in John 4:8 and 16 we read; "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, and have everlasting life." "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life." -John 5:24 Also, Jesus said this to those who follow Him: "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." John 14:2. The God of the Jewish and Christian Bible is revealed as a faithful Father, the God of love, truth and justice. Jehovah, the God of the Christian-Jewish Bible is "too pure to look upon sin" and is "not willing that any should perish, but desires that all men come to a knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4). The true Christian-Jewish God "has no pleasure in the death of a sinner" and according to the Bible even sent Jesus, His Son into the world to pay the price of our sins so that we could be forgiven, despite the just penalty of death that sinners such as you and I deserve. Your eternal Salvation depends on your seeing this: In the Koran there is listed 99 attributes of Allah. Except for Allah saying he loved the Jew/Hebrew Moses (in 20:39) there is not one mention of Allah unconditionally loving man in the Qur'an (Koran). Remember, it is quite clear in the Qur'an that Muhammad and his Allah thought Moses lived at the time on Noah, and that Jesus' mother Mary was Moses' and Aaron's sister.Weigh all this evidence carefully - because your entire salvation and where you spend eternity depends on you getting this right. You will find that Allah is a false god. Allah is the same old tribal pagan god of pre-islamic arabs. Muhammad simply elevated Allah to a deity position to motivate his troops for plunder, raping, and murdering. It provided Muhammad the "authority" he needed for him to live his own "good life"; just as it continues to provide a "good life" for the despotic arab kings, imams, mullahs and other teachers of Islam today. Knowing Muhammad's historic life style are you willing to bet eternal life on this one source alone (Muhammad)? The Qur'an is not from numerous corroborated sources like the Jewish and Christian bibles. It comes from one source alone; a supposedly nazil (or tanzil - the belief it has been sent down from God, unfettered by human hands) revelation to Muhammad only. There is not a single outside witnesses who can corroborate Muhammad's testimony; nor are any miracles or even prophesies (about him) provided to substantiate his claims. Is Allah someone you would rationally want any dealings with? Let us reason. If a man had the character of Allah, as described in the Qur'an, no one in their right mind would want to do business with him! For Allah is apparently a god who misleads, perverts people, changes his mind and encourages polygamy, concubinage, wife-beating, slavery and "holy" war on the enemies of Islam. The more serious people are about following Allah and the Qur'an, the more social wreckage they will create both in the home and in the international arena. Women are property in Islam In Muhammad's time, women's roles were notably inferior to men's. One of the most difficult verses reads: "Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God's guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them" (Sura 4:34). The Arabic word "beat" or "scourge" does not mean tap lightly; it is the same word used to beat a violent criminal or a camel. Muhammad himself once deliberately struck ‘Aisha "on the chest which caused me pain", according to Sahih Muslim vol.2:2127 In matters of inheritance, women are to receive half of what men receive (Sura 4:11). Men are the "managers" of women (Sura 4:35) and can "come unto [their] tillage as they wish" (sexually) (Sura 2:223); can divorce their wives by stating "I divorce you" three times (2:229-230); and may take more than one wife (4:29). More that await women in a pure Islamic country of "bliss" (following are in the Noble Koran): Sura 4:3 - A Muslim man can marry up to 4 women; a Muslim woman can have only one man.Sura 2:229 - Men can ask for a divorce. Women can't.Sura 4:11 - A woman can only inherit half of what a man canSura 4:34 - Women cannot serve as imams, but they can't even lead a prayer in front of men.Sura 33:53 - A woman cannot answer the door at home if a husband is not there.Sura 33:33 - Women should stay in their houses and not travel without permission of husband/fathers.Sura 4:34 - A husband can beat a wife into submission if the wife refuses sexual relations. Woman are Deficient in Mind and body in Islam (taken from the Islamic Hadith): The intellectual and religious deficiencies of women are stated in the following Hadith found in Sahih al-Bukhari which is considered by Muslim scholars to be "The most authentic book after the Book of Allah (ie. the Qur'an)":[13] "Allah's Apostle once said to a group of women : 'I have not seen any one more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious, sensible man could be led astray by some of you.' The women asked: 'O Allah's Apostle, what is deficient in our intelligence and religion?' He said: 'Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?' They replied in the affirmative. He said: 'This is the deficiency of your intelligence' ... 'Isn't it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?' The women replied in the affirmative. He said: 'This is the deficiency in your religion.'"[14] The authenticity of the above Hadith is undisputed. It is reported by the two most reliable collections of Hadith; Bukhari and Muslim. The agreement of Bukhari and Muslim on its authenticity makes it (mutafaqun 'alayhi) 'agreed upon', which is the highest degree of authenticity. The above Hadith has been accepted and used by eminent scholars, such as Ghazali, Ibn al-'Arabi, Razi, Suyouti, Qortobi, Nawawi, and Ibn Kathir, in their writings. The above Hadith does not describe women only in early Islam, but it is a description for all times, so long as 'women can neither pray nor fast during their menses' and so long as 'the evidence of two women is equal to the witness of one man.' This reasoning is not a temporary one, but is rooted in and derived from the Qur'an for all time until the day of resurrection. The majority of people in hell are women. Muhammad said, "I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers are women. " Vol. 1:28, 301; Vol. 2:161; Vol. 7:124Muhammad also once said; "If there is an evil omen in anything, it is in the house, the woman, and the horse. Reference: Sahih Al-Bukhari, vol. 7, book 62, no. 31. Islam allows polygamy: A man may marry up to four wives at one time. "Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four... " Sura 4:3 Women are second class (Qur'an 2:228):"And it is for the women to act as they (the husbands) act by them, in all fairness; but the men are a step above them."[7] Women are Toys (for men) in Islam"Omar [one of the Khalifs] was once talking when his wife interjected, so he said to her: 'You are a toy, if you are needed we will call you."[21] And 'Amru Bin al-'Aas, also a Khalif, said: "Women are toys, so choose."[22] This was not just 'Amru Bin al-'Aas and 'Omar's opinions. Muhammad himself said: "The woman is a toy, whoever takes her let him care for her (or do not lose her)."[23] In Saudi Arabia women are so second class that they can't even sit in the front seat of a car with their husband; even if they were the only two people in the car. Women can't eat in most public eating places. If they do, it's in a back door room. According to Iranian law, a boy can be executed from the age of 15, and a girl from the age of nine. Nazanin shown above Consider the recent case of this young woman in Iran. Nazanin, was only 17 years old when rapists attacked her and her 16 year old niece when they were walking on a road west of Tehran. Nazanin and others testified that after the three men started to throw stones at them, the two girls’ boyfriends quickly escaped on their motorbikes leaving the pair helpless. Nazanin described how the three attackers pushed her and her niece Somayeh onto the ground and tried to rape them. She said that she then took out a knife from her pocket and stabbed one of the men in the hand.As the girls tried to escape, the men once again attacked them, and at this point, Nazanin said, she stabbed one of the men in the chest. The teenage girl, however, broke down in tears in court as she explained that she had no intention of killing the man but was merely defending herself and her younger niece from rape.Despite many testimonies from witnesses that she stabbed this rapist in self defense, an Iranian court has sentenced her to be hanged. Capital offenses in Iran include also apostasy from Islam and blasphemy. A Donkey and a Dog This is exactly what Muhammad's wife A’isha said to the great Caliphs and "teachers" of her day: She said; "You have put us on the same level with a donkey and a dog." A’isha made this statement to those great companions and scholars of the time of Muhammad. A’isha said this to Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Abdalla Ibn Abbas, Abu-zarr, Abu Hurayra, Anas Ibn Malik and others on whose authority most of Muhammad’s Hadith and interpretations of the Qur’an were handed down. A'isha said it because these "pillars" of Islam assured people that Muhammad said that if a man is praying and a donkey, a dog, or a woman passes in front of him, his prayer will not be acceptable, and he has to perform ablution (washing) again and repeat his prayer. None of the scholars question this matter. In Islam, this is repeated every day—whenever a woman passes in front of a man while he is praying; or if a dog or a donkey walks in front of him. In this case, a good Muslim has to wash himself again and repeat his prayer; otherwise his prayer will not be counted. This treatment of women is what Islam wants to give to the entire world.Contrast the above with Christianity's teaching about women: The Apostle Paul knew better then anybody in antiquity that male and female were equal in Christ Jesus. It was he, after all, who said, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:28). Paul saw nothing inferior about women's dignity. Recommended movies on this subject of women treated as slaves and property in Islam: "Not without my daughter" starring Sally Fields, which is based on a true life story of an American woman who married a Muslim man. Not Without My Daughter click picture to enlargeSee at Amazon here Other similar movies are: "Princess, Dreams of Trespass, and The Stoning of Soraya M?" Muhammad's Military History The below history of Muhammad is based on Islamic sources such as: Qur'an / Koran itself Abu Dawud (sunnah)(A.D. 832?) Ibn Ishaq (A.D. 768) Tirmidhi (A.D. 892) Al Waqidi (Wakidi) (A.D. 822) Tabari (A.D. 929) Ibn Hisham (A.D. 828) Zamakhshari (A.D.1144) Ibn Sa'd (A.D. 845) Baidawi (A.D. 1292) Ahmad ibn Hanbal (A.D. 855) Ibn Kathir (A.D. 1301-1372) Amr ibn Sharhabil (Caliph 717-20 AD) Ibn Khaldun (A.D. 1332-1406) al-Bukhari (A.D. 810-870) Imam al-Mawawy Ibn Hazam (A.D. 994-1064) Sahih al-Bukbari Ibn Hajar - "Isabah", or "Dictionary of Persons who knew Muhammad" Muhammad Ibn al-Rawandi, in "The Quest for the Historical Muhammad" Also, Alfred Guillaume best known/respected Western Scholar on Islam Also, "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades"Also, Ali Dashti: "Twenty Three Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad" Also, "Islam and Terrorism" and "Jesus and Muhammad", by the former professor of Islamic history at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt (Born a Muslim in Egypt/name changed to: Mark A. Gabriel, PHD) "Inside Islam, A Guide for Catholics", Pages 61, 62, 69, Co-wrote by David Ali, Islam Apostate Ibn Hisham, The Life of Muhammad, 3rd ed., pt. 6, vol. 3 (Beirut, Lebanon: Dar-al-Jil, 1998), p. 8 The Truth about Muhammad, Founder of the World's Most Intolerent Religion, by Robert Spencer Muhammad received the initial Qur'an in a Cave: Muhammad claimed the angel Gabriel transmitted the entire Koran to him from Allah while he was living in the Hira Cave. At first Muhammad feared he had been overtaken by a "Jinn", a troubling spirit (see picture below). But Muhammad's wife Khadijah encouraged him that his visions were indeed from God and that he had been chosen as his special messenger. Amr ibn Sharhabil says Muhammad mentioned to his wife Khadijah that he feared he was possessed by demons and wondered whether others might consider him possessed by jinn (Pfander 1910:345). He says Muhammad said; “ When I went into seclusion I heard a voice. By Allah I feared that something wrong was going to happen.” Also revealing is the report by Al Waqidi that Muhammad had such an aversion to the form of the cross that he would break everything brought into the house with a shape of the cross on it (Nehls 1990:61). When Muhammad began to preach his new religion in 610 A.D. the leaders of Mecca were strongly opposed. In 622 A.D. Muhammad was approached by the elders from a town located some 250 miles north of Mecca who asked Muhammad to be their ruler. Muhammad accepted on the conditions that they would also accept him as a prophet and that he could bring his followers. The exodus to this town, later known as Medina is known by Muslims as the "hijra". The Meccans attacked the Medinans several times, but the Medinans always managed to drive them off. In 627 A.D. the Meccans were defeated by Muhammad's forces, and the Muslims returned to Mecca and cleansed the "kaba" of all its idols. Muhammad continued to rule Medina, where he died in 632 A.D. Muslims should be reminded of Muhammad's own humanity, fickleness and unworthiness. Muhammad was extremely close to Jews in the beginning of his campaigns of rape, plunder, and murder. In those days, Muhammad realized he could only capture Mecca and Medina with Jewish help. Muhammad & Allah Fickle?Hoping to garner Jewish support for those military campaigns, Muhammad had yet another vision that his Allah wanted Muslims to do their praying (salla or sallatun) facing (Qibla) the then Christian city of Jerusalem. Muhammad stopped this practice when he realized there was no hope that the Jews would join Islam. Henceforth Muhammad and his Allah stopped the practice of facing Jerusalem and ordered all prayers to henceforth be said while facing in the direction of Mecca. Yusuf Ali points out in footnote 141, commenting on Sura 2:142, Muhammad chose Jerusalem for this purpose, but later on, when they proved stubborn in rejecting his apostleship, he came up with a complete change in the direction of prayer; that is, towards Mecca rather than Jerusalem. In Sura 2:106 the Qur'an teaches, "And for whatever verse We abrogate or cast into oblivion, We bring a better or the like of it; knowest thou not that God is powerful over everything?" But didn't Allah say in Sura 10:65, "There is no changing in the Words of Allah," after this abrogation clause? Apparently then, the Qur'an teaches that some verses that Allah has brought down have been abrogated - that is, they are no longer binding or applicable. Apparently, Allah changed his mind about some of the verses he gave through his prophet. In this Allah is different to the God of the Bible, "with whom there is no shadow of turning" (James 1:17), who is "the Lord, who changeth not" (Malachi 3:6), whose Word "endureth forever". The real God has infinite wisdom and cannot contradict Himself. The Islamic Doctrine of Abrogation - is a Contradiction in the extreme. It basically says -on one hand Allah is firm and unchanging in what he says - but on the other hand if it helps Muhammad's cause or Muhammad's life style, Allah will change his words to suit Muhammad. This is a doctrine which is spurned by many Muslims who believe it reflects most unfavorably on the supposed textual perfection of the Qur'an. The biggest contradiction in the Qur'an (Koran) is that it says the Qur'an can be contradicted at any time. God can change his mind, and change verses in the Qur'an, with or without telling Muslims. This principle is called the "Doctrine of Abrogation." The doctrine arose from a practical dilemma. Muhammad wanted to marry his daughter in law, but he had already "revealed" the suras that prohibit Muslims from marrying their daughters in law. Muhammad's solution was the doctrine of abrogation - the idea that Allah, through Muhammad, can change his mind about anything at anytime and Muslims have to shut up and obey: Furthermore, this Muslim doctrine of abrogation extends so far as to dismiss all previous revelation, given in the Jewish-Christian Bibles. Thus Muslims see no problem in that the Qur'an has re-written biblical history with stories and historical accounts that contradict the Bible. To deal with the contradiction between the Bible and the Qur'an, Muslims throughout history have claimed that the Jews and Christians have corrupted their Bible so that the original Bible no longer exists. No matter what evidence for the truth and reliability of the Bible and Torah is provided, Muslims refuse to face the possibility of the truth of the present Bible as we know it. As related in Zamakh-shari, part I, p. 303 - Muhammad very frequently stated something to his followers with the claim that it was revealed to him through the angel Gabriel. Just as frequent though, Muhammad would tell them that God had changed his mind and invalidated it. Thus the infidels used to say, "Muhammad utters something today and abolishes it tomorrow" (refer to ). In Asbab al-Nuzul, p. 19, the Suyuti says that, "Ibn ’Abbas himself said, ‘Sometimes the revelation used to descend on the prophet during the night and then he forgot it during daytime, thus God sent down this verse: 2:106." ( that says, "Whatever communications We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than it or like it.") Is it acceptable or sensible to think that God changes His mind during the night? Ibn ’Abbas is not the only one who insists on that because ibn ’Umar says, "Two men read a Sura which the apostle of God had taught them, yet one night they rose up to pray but they failed to remember one word of it. The next morning, they went to the apostle of God and related it to him. He told them, ‘It is one of those, which have been abrogated, thus, forget about it.."’ (Refer to the Itqan, 3:74). There is no changing the words of God;that is the mighty triumph.-- Sura 10:64 And recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord,there is none who can alter His words;and you shall not find any refuge besides Him.-- Sura 18:27 Compare the above with these: Whatever communications We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than it or like it. Do you not know that Allah has power over all things?-- Sura 2:106 When Muhammad was accused by his opponents of giving contradictory statements in the Qur’an, as a result, he is said to have received the following revelation that Allah replaced some of the text of the Qur’an with a later text: And when We exchange a verse in place of another verse --and God knows very well what He is sending down --they say, 'Thou art a mere forger!'Nay, but the most of them have no knowledge.-- Sura 16:101 The revered work "al-Nasikh wal-Mansukh" (The Abrogator and the Abrogated) deals in great detail with many subject matters addressed in the Qur’an wherein there appears to be some conflict or contradiction. The book goes through every sura (chapter), pointing out in full detail every verse which has been canceled, and the verse(s) which replace it. The author notes that out of 114 suras, there are only 43 which were not affected by this concept. As an example of the scope of abrogation in the Qur’an: there are 125 verses that call for tolerance and patience which have been canceled and replaced by Sura 9:5: "Fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war)....." and Sura 5:33: "For those who do not submit to Allah their punishment is . . . execution or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet, from the opposite sides, or exile from the land". [See: Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi, An-Nasikh wal- Mansukh, Dar al-Kotob al-'Elmeyah, birute, 1986 p.27] Officially sanctioned Islamic deceit. Muslim activists always fail to reveal to Westerners this major doctrine of abrogation. These Muslims hide the fact that earlier conciliatory passages have been rendered null and void for over 1300 years. When Westerners discover it on their own they complain we misinterpret such writings or misapply their impact, or don't understand the Arabic language. The Muslim claim that the Qur'an is perfect Arabic is absurd – there are many examples of repetition, weak rhyme, changing letters to force a rhyme, foreign words, bizarre usage or change of names (e.g. Terah to Azar, Saul to Talut (Sura 2:248250), Enoch to Idris (Sura 19:57). Muslim promoters prefer to polish Islam's image by quoting the earlier abrogated Meccan passages that call for patience and forbearance - they nearly always hide or omit Medinan passages that clearly call for killing and maiming. Doesn't Allah walk in many dimensions such as the Christian and Jewish God? If Allah did, why can't he foresee the future? Why does Allah need to abrogate (change his mind so much)?On page 117, 123, Dr. Shalabi along with Suyuti says, "The Qur’anic verse: ‘Stand (to pray) by night, but not all night’ was abrogated by the end of the Sura; then was abrogated again by (the implementation) of the five prayers." The entire Sura is only 20 verses. Its beginning is abrogated by its end, and its end is replaced by the injunction of the five prayers; that is, the Abrogator has been abrogated. In relation to this verse the Jalalan say (p. 491), "When God imposed the night prayers, Muslims’ feet swelled as they stood during the night (for prayer); thus, God lightened it for them by saying, ‘Pray as much as you are able."’ It is obvious that Muhammad tended to be forgetful. This is shown in the above illustrations. In the Sahih of the Bukhari, (part 3, page 223, and part 8, page 91). The Bukhari repeats what Muhammad's child wife Aisha said, "Aisha said, The prophet heard a man reciting in the mosque. He said, ‘May God have mercy on him, he has reminded me of such and such verses which I dropped from Sura so and so."’ So Muhammad sometimes used to forget some verses and his friends had to remind him of them, but whenever he did not find anybody to remind him, he claimed that they had been abrogated.Now consider this gem: Allah (or Muhammad) claims the "people of the book" (Christians & Jews) have a book of divine revelation. Yet, most of the Qur'an contradicts the Christian/Jewish Bibles. Especially, Islam contradicts the revelation in the Gospels that Jesus is the only begotten Son of the Father; that Jesus died a a "korban" (sacrificial / substitutional) death for us; and that Jesus is the only way to salvation. "O People of the book! Ye have no ground to stand upon unless ye stand fast by the Torah, the Gospel, and all the revelation that has come to you from your Lord." (Sura 5: 68). The historical Muhammad was in fact an ambitious terrorist, criminal and murderer - whose entire life was based on victimizing innocents and indulging in mindless violence, carnage and massacre. He was a man who destroyed peace wherever he went; and in its place brought terror, rapings, unmerciful butcheries, carnage and death - all the while invoking God's holy name to sanction his evil deeds. The glue to keep his terrorist band together was his ordering of alms and prayers, and the receipt of timely "revelations" that always seemed to condone and to suit this non-prophet's activities at the time. Islam itself was welded together by Muhammad, using his limited knowledge of both Christianity, Judaism, Samaritan and ancient Persian Zoroastrism. He even included certain Christian heresies in his doctrine. His hearsay knowledge of Christianity and Judaism resulted in Muhammad's failure to get many historical facts correct. Some of these were discussed above. From Bukhari vol. 7, #65:"Narrated Aisha that the prophet wrote the marriage contract with her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old. Hisham said: "I have been informed that Aisha remained with the prophet for nine years (i.e. till his death)."" From the Hadith of Sahih Muslim, Vol 2, #3309 Aisha reported: Allah’s Messenger married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house at the age of nine…. From Abu Dawud, Vol. 2, #2116:"Aisha said, "The Apostle of Allah married me when I was seven years old." (The narrator Sulaiman said: "Or six years."). "He had intercourse with me when I was 9 years old." From Tabari, volume 9, page 131"Then the men and women got up and left. The Messenger of God consummated his marriage with me in my house when I was nine years old. Neither a camel nor a sheep was slaughtered on behalf of me". In this day and age we would even consider Muhammad a pedophile. Muhammad's sexual appetite was legendary. Even "Sahih Al-Bukhari" says Muhammad slept with his 11 wives in one night. Muhammad 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. Muhammad's first wife - Khadija, died a few years before he fled to Medina. Later, he was encouraged to take another wife. At the age of 49 he was betrothed to Aisha, age six in 624 A.D. Aisha was his closest friend's, Abu Bakr's, daughter. Abu Bakr was Muhammad’s daily companion and one of his first believers and successor of Muhammad. We can rightfully imagine 6 year old Aisha picking up her toys and moving to Muhammad's house, where he demurely waited until she was nine to have sexual intercourse with her. In the first year of Muhammad's residence at Yathrib (now Medina) the "Prophet" who never prophesized, celebrated his marriage to Ayisha. Ayisha was then only a young girl (jariyah) of 9-years old per Al-Bukhari, Abu Dawud and Tabari Aisha was 9 when they Muhammad sexually consummated his marriage with her. Muhammad 52. Aisha herself testified to these facts: “The messenger of God betrothed me when I was six years old and then married me when I was nine years old.” Source: Sahih Muslim (by Imam al-Mawawy), vol. 3, p. 577. Lying with a 9 year old girl in this century or in the 7th century is abominable. It was abominable then in Arabian society also. Particularly distasteful about Muhammad, is that after Muhammad deflowered this young 9 year old girl, he also taught that his followers were to follow his "sunnah" or lifestyle. And his followers do follow the example of this warrior "prophet", who made no prophecies. In the last century, the cruel Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini married a ten-year old girl, when he was 28 years old. This "mad Ayatollah" called marriage to a prepubescent girl a "divine blessing". He is quoted to have said to fellow Muslims; "Do your best to ensure your daughters do not see their first blood in your house". Ayatollah Khomeini told the Muslim faithful that marrying a girl before she begins menstration was a "divine blessing." He then told Muslim fathers: "Do your best to ensure that your daughters do not see their first blood in your house." The following is the story of Safiyah Bint Huyeiy Ibn Akhtab, the Jewish woman who was captured when Muhammad’s troops attacked Kheibar and brought her to the Prophet as part of his share of the booty. This story, is reported in the Book of Tabaqat Safiyah was seventeen and very beautiful when Muslims killed her father, husband and many of her relatives. In the same day the Prophet of Allah wanted to sleep with her. Here is the exact text of the story: She was groomed and made-up for the Prophet by Umm Sulaim, the mother of Anas ibn Malik. They spent the night there. Abu Ayyub al-Ansari guarded the tent of the Prophet the whole night. When, in the early dawn, the Prophet saw Abu Ayyub strolling up and down, he asked him what he meant by this sentry-go; he replied: "I was afraid for you with this young lady. You had killed her father, her husband and many of her relatives, and till recently she was an unbeliever. I was really afraid for you on her account". The Prophet prayed for Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (Ibn Hisham, p. 766) Safiyah had requested the Prophet to wait till he had gone a stage away from Khaibar. "Why?" asked the Prophet. "I was afraid for you on account of the Jews who still happened to be near at Khaibar!" The reason Safiyah rejected the sexual advances of the 57-year-old Muhammad should be obvious to any objective person. I believe most women prefer to mourn than jump into bed with the killer of their father, husband and many relatives on the same day of their death. But the fact that the prophet of Allah could not contain his sexual urges for one day to let this young girl grieve, says a lot of his thinking and moral character. “The next day a Walima (we dding-feast) was arranged on behalf of the Prophet… Note that the historian is saying that the wedding took place one day after the prophet got private with Safiyah and made his moves to have sex with her. This presented no problem for the Muhammad as he had his Allah reveal a verse personally agreeable to himself saying it is okay to sleep with women captured in war without marrying them even if they are married. “And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess…” (Qur'an 4:24 ) Non-consent forced Marriages in Islam: What a disgraceful and degrading thing a temporary, contractual marriage is for a woman! This is something which Muhammad made lawful according to all the scholars and chroniclers without exception. What an insult to a woman whom Muhammad stripped of her humanity and dignity in order to become a mere instrument for man’s enjoyment! Islamic law has codified this principle of non-consent for under-age women based on Muhammad’s precedent: “A father may give consent to have his young virgin daughter married without obtaining her permission, for she does not have a choice, exactly as Abu Bakr El Sadiq did to his daughter Aisha, when she was six years old. He married her to the prophet Muhammad without her permission.” According to all Muslim scholars (especially in Sahih Muslim) the temporary, contractual marriage was made lawful by Muhammad simply to satisfy the sexual passions of his soldiers. The “marriage” only had to last 3 days, after which the woman could be deserted and left without any rights. Only the fact that it is temporary a “marriage” separates it from outright fornication and adultery (forbidden in Islam), but there is practically no difference. It was practiced during the beginning of the Islamic era (during the caliphates of Abu Bakr and Ibn Abu ‘Umar) and is continued in practice today by over 100 million Shi’ite Muslims worldwide. Concerning this practice the following Islamic authority states: “While in the army, Allah’s Apostle came to us and said, ‘You have been allowed to have Muta (“pleasure”), so do it.’ If a man and a woman agree to marry temporarily, their marriage should last for three nights …” Source: Sahih al-Bukbari, part 7, p. 37. Terrorist beginnings In the history below I simply am citing well know facts about the Koran, the Hadiths, the pre-Islamic history of Mecca, and what is claimed by the Muslims themselves to be known concerning the life and activities of Muhammad. When Muhammad first started screaming from the rooftops that he alone had the divine word of God, the people of Mecca ignored him. However, when he started insulting and defaming the religion of the peace loving Meccans, they couldn't take it anymore and tried persuading him to stop. Muhammad the coward was too scared of the growing hostility against him and instead of calling upon his Allah to strike down the Meccans, he crept out of the city one night and fled for his life. Ever since that incident, Muhammad was determined to take revenge on the Meccans. He escaped to Medina, which had a sizeable Jewish population, and started plotting his revenge with a small gang of criminals. This was the beginning of Muhammad's trail of violence, hatred and bloodshed that would soon destroy the once flourishing culture of Arabia. The story of Muhammad and Islam has been documented in detail by his Islamic biographers (see above). The documentation includes surprise raids by Muhammad and his Muslims on trade caravans and tribal settlements while Muhammad commanded. The use of plunder was thus obtained for recruiting an ever growing army of greedy desperados, and assassinations of opponents. They practiced blackmail, expulsion and massacre. Some of these so called “peaceful” campaigns documented were the massacre of the Jews of Medina, attack and enslavement of the Jews of Khayber, rape of women and children, sale of these victims after rape, trickery, treachery and bribery employed to their fullest extent to grow the numbers of his new Islamic religion which ironically was supposed to mean 'Peace'! Muhammad organized no less than 86 expeditions of rape, plunder and murder; 27 of which he led himself. In 9 of these, he fought himself on the battlefield. The motives of the converts to Islam was never in any doubt. As David S. Margoliouth states in his book "Muhammad and the Rise of Islam": Islam became a good living, making its soldiers rich: 'Of any moralizing or demoralizing effect that Muhammad's teaching had upon his followers we cannot say with precision. When he was at the head of the Robber community, it is probable that the demoralizing influence began to be felt; it was then that men who had never broken an oath learnt that they might evade their obligations, and that men to whom the blood of their clan had been as their own, began to shed it with impunity in the 'cause of god'. And that lying and treachery in the cause of Islam received divine approval. It was then too that Muslims became distinguished by the obscenity of their language. It was then too, that the coveting of goods and wives possessed by Non-Muslims was avowed without discouragement from the Prophet....' Muhammad justified his crimes with divine revelation: The details of all his criminal onslaughts in the form of battles and assassinations are chronicled in this article in a chronological manner. One should note that every time the 'Apostle of Peace' committed one of his criminal onslaughts, he always justified the crimes by quickly claiming a 'divine revelation' which conveniently removed the blame from his bloodied hands. These convenient Suras are detailed immediately below the description of the incident. 1) Massacre of unarmed merchants during sacred month Date: Late January (Rejeb), 623 A.D. Place: Nakhla Victims: 4 Merchants from Quraysh tribe of Mecca, the Tribe to which Muhammad himself belonged Four UNARMED merchants were traveling to Mecca to sell their goods consisting of raisins, honey and animal skins. It was the holy month of Rejeb which was considered sacred for trade in Arabia. It was a point of honor that any form of warfare or violence was strictly forbidden in this month. Muhammad's gang attacked the helpless men from behind and stabbed two of them to death. They plundered all the goods as booty and Muhammad got one fifths of the share. This shows the utter lack of morals or scruples on Muhammad's part. The Prophet of Islam did not possess a shred of pity or kindness, or the slightest sense of justice. He cold-bloodedly murdered two innocent people who had never done him any harm and did not even know him! All this was done in a month that the Prophet himself declared was a sacred month in which no warfare should take place. Muhammad was obviously motivated by nothing but hatred and greed. Conveniently divine revelations came down from Allah that absolved him of all the guilt. Koran (Qur'an) 2:216 'Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that you hate a thing which is good for you and it may happen that you love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, you knew not.' Here Muhammad is completely removing all blame from himself, for having started the fighting. The most insidious and devilish implication of this verse is that Allah is completely justifying Muhammad's murder of the innocent Meccans. Over and above this Muhammad is conveniently implying that warfare is hateful to him, but he participated in it because it was ordained by Allah! What sacrifices the 'Apostle of Peace' had to make! Koran (Qur'an) 2:217 'They question you (O Muhammad) with regard to warfare in the sacred month. Say: Warfare therein is a great transgression but to turn men from the way of Allah and to disbelieve in Him and the inviolable place of worship and to expel its people thence is a greater transgression, for persecution is worse than killing' Here Allah is clearly saying that to kill or create warfare in the sacred month of Rejeb is a very grave offence, but to justify his own violation of Allah's rules, Muhammad comes up with the idea that since the people killed were unbelievers, it was perfectly okay! The reason given for the horrific murder of the innocent Meccans, is the fact that they did not believe in Muhammad's version of God. How much more tolerant and kind could the 'Great Prophet' be! 2) Slaughter of Meccans who came to defend their caravans Date: March (Ramadan) 17, 623 A.D Place: The well of Badr Victims: 70 merchants from Quraysh Tribe of Mecca, The Quraysh army which came to defend them The merchandise being carried by this caravan was worth more than 50,000 Gold Dinars. Muhammad ganged up all the criminals of Medina and set out to raid the caravan with 300 men. The Meccans got word of the raid and sent out an army to protect the caravan. Throughout the entire battle Mohammad cowered in a hut which his men made for him. There he cried and prayed with feverish anxiety. At one point he came out of the hut and threw pebbles in the enemy's direction, screaming 'Let evil look on your faces!' and 'By him who holds my soul in his hands, anyone who fights for me today will go to paradise!' The Muslims killed over two hundred and took seventy prisoners. All seventy of the prisoners were ransomed, and any prisoner who did not fetch a ransom had his head chopped off. "People of the Pit" are all Mohammad's latest victims: Muhammad was gratified at the sight of his murdered victims. After the battle, he sent his followers to look for the corpse of Abu Jahal, one of the Meccans who had criticized him openly. When his corpse was found they cut off the head and threw it down at Muhammad's feet. The 'Apostle of peace' cried out in delirious joy, 'Rejoice! Here lies the head of the enemy of Allah! Praise Allah, for there is no other but he! It is more acceptable to me than the choicest camel in all Arabia' The Prophet then ordered a great pit to be dug for the bodies of the innocents to be dumped. The Muslims then proceeded to hack the corpses limbs into pieces. As the bloodied mass of bodies was being thrown into the pit, a feverishly excited Muhammad screamed, ' O People of the Pit, have you found that what Allah threatened is true now? For I have found that what my Lord promised was true! Rejoice All Muslims!'. One of the prisoners taken was the defiant Al Nadr Ibn al Harith, who had earlier taken Muhammad's challenge of telling better stories than him. Muhammad ordered Ali to strike off Nadr's head in his presence, so he could watch and exult in the pleasure of beheading the man who had insulted him. Another prisoner Uqba ibn Abi Muait (aka: Ocba) was decapitated in front of the Prophet. Before being killed the prisoner cried out pitifully 'O Prophet, who will look after my children if I should die?' The 'Great Prophet of the Religion of Peace' coldly spat out 'Hellfire', as the blade came down and spattered his clothes with Uqba's blood. Muhammad continued by saying; "Wretch that thou wast! "And persecutor! unbeliever in God, in his Prophet, and in his Book! I give thanks unto the Lord that hath slain thee, and comforted mine eyes thereby." This time Muhammad needed a revelation that would not only absolve him of all the guilt for murdering so many innocent people, but also give him the 'divine' right to get a huge share of the plundered booty. Quite a few revelations magically appeared after the battle of Badr. There was a great booty after this battle; which became a bone of contention between Muhammad and his band of thieves. Like always, when it favored Muhammad--he soon received a revelation from Allah shown in the eight Chapter of the Qur'an, titled Al-Anfal, "The Spoils of War", or "Booty", warning Muslims not to consider booty won at Badr to belong to anyone except Muhammad. Ultimately Muhammad distributed this booty and kept a fifth for himself. "They ask thee concerning things taken as spoils of war. Say: (Such) spoils are at the disposal of Allah and the Messenger (Muhammad): so fear Allah, and keep straight the relations between yourselves. Obey Allah and his Messenger, if ye do believe." Qur'an 8:1 This successful battle and its great booty, after years of failure and military loses (including the Battle of **Uhud in 625 AD, where the Muslims and Muhammad were routed) launched Muhammad as a force to be reckoned with. When men saw the great booty that could be gained by following Muhammad they began arriving in droves. Certain "rules of war" (doctrines of Islam) were developed by Muhammad after this Battle also; such as: Bloody vengeance against one's enemies belongs not solely to the Lord, but also to those to those who submit to him on earth. From this we get the real meaning of Islam: "Submission" Those who reject Islam are "the vilest of creatures" and thus deserve no mercy. Qur'an 98:6 "Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers, smite at their necks;" Qur'an 47:4 **Battle of Uhud: Muhammad himself wore two coats of mail, brandished a sword and had a tooth knocked out. Muhammad and his band were soundly defeated. Koran (Qur'an) 8:65 'O Prophet! urge the believers to war; if there are twenty patient ones of you they shall overcome two hundred, and if there are a hundred of you they shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they are a people who do not understand. '. and also this Sura 8:67 conveniently sanctioned these assassinations: "It is not for any prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the land." This Sura clearly exposes Islam to be a religion that not only encourages violence but actually makes it a sacred duty for Muslims to kill anyone who does not believe in the Muslim version of religion. Not only is the 'All forgiving Allah' exhorting his followers to kill anyone who is not Muslim, but he is also saying that all non-Muslims are so stupid that they will be unable to defend themselves and therefore deserve death! From now on Muhammad proceeded to rid himself of opposition dangerous to him. "Even secret conversations were reported to the Prophet, and on such information he countenanced proceedings that were sometimes both cruel and unscrupulous." Muhammad next moved against the female poetess Asma bint Marwan, who had never concealed her dislike Islam, and had composed couplets on the follow of trusting a stranger who fought his own people. Murder, rape, plunder and destruction are all perfectly fine with Allah - if done in the name of Islam Koran (Qur'an) 8:67-68 'It is not for any Prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the land. You desire the lure of this world and Allah desires for you the hereafter and Allah is Mighty, Wise.. Now enjoy what you have won as lawful and good and keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is forgiving, merciful.' This verse is in reference to the prisoners that Muhammad held for ransom after the battle. Allah the 'Merciful' is saying that they should all have been killed! In addition, Allah is conveniently commenting that whatever loot Muhammad has plundered is 'lawful and good' because it was done in service to Allah. So murder, rape, plunder and destruction are all perfectly fine with Allah as long as they are done in the name of Islam! Muhammad is also insidiously making himself seem very kind for having spared the lives of the prisoners, when in fact he only let them live so he could get more money from the Ransom for them. In today's world this is called 'Terrorism' of the worst kind. 3) Assassination of poets who criticized Muhammad's murderous ways Date: Late March-April, 623 A.D Place: Medina (aka: Medinah) Victims: Two of the most famous poets of Medina, who had the courage to criticize the murderous actions of Muhammad and his gang.... After the battle of Badr, the people of Medina were horrified that they had given refuge to such a blatant criminal and his followers in their city. Many began protesting the presence of such violent and murderous people in their city. In a free society like Pre-Islamic Arabia, the poets acted as society's conscience and were free to criticize, satirize and examine the actions of people. The two most famous poets of this kind were Abu 'Afak; an extremely old and respected poet and Asma bint Marwan; a young mother with the gift of superb verse. Muhammad was enraged at their criticism. When he heard the verses composed by Asma Bint Marwan he was infuriated and screamed aloud, 'Will no one rid me of this daughter of Marwan!' That very night a gang of Muslims set out to do the dirty deed. They broke into the poets' house. She was lying in in her bedroom suckling her newborn child, while her other small children slept nearby. The Muslims tore the newborn infant off her breast and hacked it to pieces before her very eyes. They then made her watch the murder of all four of her children, before raping and then stabbing her repeatedly to death. After the murder when the Muslims went to inform the Prophet, he said 'You have done a service to Allah and his Messenger, her life was not worth even two goats. A month later the distinguished and highly respected Abu Afak, who was over a hundred years old and renowned for his sense of fairness, was killed brutally in the same manner as he slept. Once again the "Prophet" had commented that morning 'Who will avenge me on this scoundrel!' This shows us exactly how much the tolerant and peace loving Prophet respected life. Muslims claim that Muhammad was extremely gentle and loved children. Indeed the horrifying way he had Asma Bint Marwan's five infants slaughtered certainly attests to this 'loving' side of the "Prophet". 4) The Siege of the Banu Qaynuqa Date: April, 623 A.D Place: Medinah Victims: The Jewish Tribe of Banu Qaynuqa In order to get full control of Medinah, Muhammad needed to get rid of all his opponents. The strongest of these opponents was Abdallah Ibn Ubayy, a powerful chief who was allied with the Jewish Tribe of Banu Qaynuqa. This tribe was also the weakest, because they were made up of craftsmen, in particular goldsmiths. By attacking them, Muhammad knew he could plunder a huge amount of wealth and weaken Ibn Ubayy. Muhammad needed an excuse to attack them so he made a girl married to one of his followers, pretend that she had been teased by the Jews. The Muslims blockaded the fort of the Banu Qaynuqa for fifteen days until the starving Jews surrendered. Immediately, the Prophet was ready to kill them all, but Ibn Ubayy seized hold of Muhammad and protested. Muhammad's face became black with rage as he shouted 'Let go of me', but Ibn Ubayy was adamant and shouted back 'No, by God, I will not let you go until you deal kindly with my allies. 400 men without armor and 300 with, who have always supported me against enemies. And you want to slay them all in one morning! By God, If I were in your place I would fear a reversal of fortune'. At this threat, the cowardly Muhammad turned pale, as he realized that all the people of Medinah were against him. He hit Ibn Ubayy on the face and ordered that the Jews be kicked out of their own homes. All their property was seized and looted, many of the prettiest women were taken as prisoners to become sex-slaves. Muhammad kept one-fifths of the enormous booty for himself. This is the way he repaid the kindness of the Jews of Medina, who had given him shelter and a refuge, when Muhammad had run away from Mecca in fear. The revelations in the Eighth Sura of the Koran were clearly in reference to the Banu Qaynuqa and anyone who opposed the Muslims. Koran (Qur'an) 8:55-57 'Lo, the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the ungrateful who will not believe.' 'Those of them with whom you made a treaty and then at every opportunity they break their treaty and they keep not duty to Allah, If you come on them in the war, deal with them so as to strike fear in those who are behind them, so that they mayremember.' Here Muhammad's acts of planned terrorism against the Jewish Tribe is justified by Allah, because according to the 'Merciful' Allah, Non-Muslims are the worst of BEASTS! So it is perfectly all right to murder, rape, torture and pillage the non-believers! Not only that but Allah is advising Muhammad and the Muslims that when anyone protests against the injustices committed by Muslims, the Muslims should make sure and deal with them with such violence, that it will strike fear among anyone who may think of supporting dissent. This proves that the Koran is nothing but a political manual for controlling people with terror. Not even the fascist armies of Hitler engineered such devilish ideas. Muhammad Permits Killing of Women and Children:Once when Muhammd was asked if it was OK to kill the women and children of those who believed in many gods, or were infidels (non-Muslim), Muhammad said; "I consider them as of their parents." In short, he said if the parents were infidels it is permissible to kill their children. Reference: "Islam and Terrorism", Page 105. The above are just a few of the incidents that demonstrate the intolerant and merciless nature of the inhuman acts committed by Muhammad and the Muslims. It was Muhammad that started the fighting by attacking the Meccan caravans during a time that attacks were traditional forgone between enemies in that area. When Muslims state that 'there is no God but Allah' and 'Muhammad is the final Prophet', they are insulting every other religion. The spread of Islam Islam works in much the same way as satanically-inspired communism, which is by subversive means. Islam has spread worldwide since its inception mostly by the sword and intimidation. Muslims actually call Islam themselves "Din e-Sif", or religion of the sword. Islamic Laws are very clear - Jews and Christians have no rights whatsoever to independent existence. They can live under Islamic rule provided they keep to the rules that Islam promulgates for them. This method of conversion by the sword, intimidation and fear is one of the most convincing proofs that Islam is a pure human invention. Concomitantly, it is precisely the fact that Christianity prevailed against all the forces and powers in the world out to destroy it, by merely the force of its truth, that points to the superhuman origin of Christianity. As Islam was introduced to the native Indonesians, the people found the religion was very adaptable to their animism and pagan beliefs. Islam did not really change the beliefs but absorbed it instead, since it did not bring something that was dramatically different than indigenous pagan beliefs. For example, the beliefs in jinns (spirits and ghosts) and all the superstitious practices such as charms, amulets, susuk, mantras (using arabic language - no one really knows whether it is a koranic verse or not), witch doctors or shamans (dukun), and many others which are still widely practiced by the Indonesian Muslims. On the other hand, Christianity would try to eradicate these practices, and because of this, the people were more receptive to Islam, except in some parts of Indonesia. Then, after Islam gained stronger influence, the maulanas did use military forces to attack the Hindu and the Buddhist kingdoms in their objective to Islamize the regions, just like they did anywhere else in the world. The LIE! Have all those countless billions of souls who have followed the Qur'an been deceived by a demon pretending to be God? Did a Jinn Give the Illiterate Muhammad ideas in the Qur'an? Muslims call this a "Jin". Muslim web sites say this was reportedly seen near the Cave where Muhammad is believed to have received the Qur'an's first 5 verses. Reportedly, this was only revealed after the film was processed. But we know where it really came from. See here More signs of Islamic relationship with Satan:Islam incorporates beliefs in jinns (which are genies, fairies); in spells, magic stones, fetishes; and animistic beliefs (spirits living in inanimate objects). See: Suras 55:15; 72; 113, 114.Such beliefs are contrary to Biblical injunctions found for example in Deuteronomy 4:19; 17:3; Job 31:26-28. Penalties: Deuteronomy 17:6; 2 and Kings 23:5. Quote from the Qur'an: [72.1] Say: It has been revealed to me that a party of the jinn listened, and they said: Surely we have heard a wonderful Qur'an, This is picture above is said to have been taken near the Hira Cave, Medinah, Saudia Arabia during Haj. Of note, according to Muslims, this is the same cave where the Qur'an (5 verses of the Sura Al-Alaque were revealed to him) began to be revealed to Muhammad. The Cave is situated on mount Al-Noor on way to Mina near Makkah and its peak is visible from a great distance. Islamic sources give this credibility here. This Islamic site says; "unbelievable miracle". This Christian-Jewish site says, "Unholy miracle". What was in the Cave with Muhammad? Muhammad himself was convinced that the "revelations" he received in this Hira Cave were evil, and from a demon (Jinn). Muhammad's constant fits, foaming at the mouth and other manifestations certainly fit in with that idea. This is how demon possessed people are known to behave today, as they did in both the times of Jesus and Muhammad. The Hebrew prophets, and Jesus Christ never behaved like this. But all over the world where demons are listened to, you will find this kind of behavior. Like Adam & Eve, the Serpent first tempts the woman: It was Muhammad's wife that convinced Muhammad that what he received in the cave was from God. According to Amr ibn Sharhabil, mentioned to his wife Khadijah that he feared he was possessed by demons and wondered whether others might consider him possessed by jinn (Pfander 1910:345) Jesus Can Still Save You This lie of and by Islam has been the cause that has led billions of Muslim souls into a religion with no hope of redemption - because they reject the only way to redemption that God promised - to those who believe what God did through His son Jesus (Yeshua) on a cross in Jerusalem. Allah Offers NO Redemption. Islam has NO plan for salvation. Your entire eternal existence is "Pot luck" with the fickle Allah. Muslims have no hope of being saved - because nowhere in the Qur'an does Allah offer redemption. Muhammad himself was unsure if he would ever be allowed into Heaven. Islam allows no freedom and is actually cruel towards women and non-Muslims. This alone should make them realize that it is Satan behind Islam who wishes to enslave Muslims to turn them away from the truth. Barbarians (Muslims) at the Gates - the satanic coveting - the personal slavery Barbarians, as the great 14th-century Arab historian-philosopher Ibn Khaldun observed, have no purpose except destruction of civilized life. According to the Islamic historian Muhammad Ibn al-Rawandi; Islam is an invention for the purpose of providing a religious justification for Arab imperialism. The Conquest is the reason and explanation for Islam, not the other way around. Although people raised in Islam are taught to follow it without question, Ibn Al-Rawandi’s conclusion is that it simply isn’t possible for an intelligent, educated Westerner to convert to such a religion without committing “mental suicide.” Muslims have always coveted their neighbors goods, wives and property. It is no different today. Palestinians covet Israel which was Deeded to the Jews by God. Arabs have always coveted Israel, and in the Christian Gospel, they will never get their way there. India, and many other countries around the world, were raped, pillaged, and plundered by Islam. And today it is the Islamic nations which threaten world peace. Muslims do not hesitate to criticize 'non-believers', but then become very upset when non-believers criticize Islam. Religious freedom and freedom of speech is a two-edged sword which cuts both ways. The American freedom of speech (to criticize) and freedom of religion are deeply cherished and exercised by Americans, but such concepts of freedom are unknown and incomprehensible in Islamic societies. From 1970-2000, there were 43,721 terrorist attacks worldwide. 113, 425 people were killed. Over 82,126 injured. Over 90% of these barbaric acts were committed by Muslims. Jihad (Holy War) & Islamic Martyrshedonistic dreams / brainwashingThe great “Islamic Brothel/Sex Market” in the sky And what reward does Paradise bring to the jihad martyr? He is promised a palace of pearls in which are 72 mansions; inside each mansion are 72 houses and in each house a bed on which are 72 sheets and on each sheet a beautiful virgin. He is assured that he will have the appetite and strength of 100 men for food and sex. Sura 78:31 promises, "As for the righteous, they shall surely triumph. Theirs shall be gardens and vineyards, and high-bosomed virgins for companions: a truly overflowing cup." Hadith: Al hadiths, Vol. 4, Page-172, No.34: Hozrot Ali (r.a) narrated that the Apostle of Allah said, “There is in paradise an open market wherein there will be no buying or selling, but will consist of men and women. When a man desires a beauty, at once he will have intercourse with them as desired. It is estimated that about 10% of Muhammad's marauding troops were homosexuals. For these too, stolen booty was not enough. In order to keep these homosexuals in line, Muhammad had to make concessions to their dreams as well. Muhammad had to find more selling points besides big busted virgins and rivers of wine. He needed young boys to quench their thirst. The Qur'an fulfills homosexual dreams as well: Sura: 52:24 - Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them, young male servants (handsome) as Pearls well-guarded. Sura: 56-17 - Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness). Sura 76:19 - And round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness): If thou seest them, thou wouldst think them scattered Pearls. This hedonistic "Paradise" is the fantastic dream that is fed to Muslim boys from earliest childhood. You will remember, Satan promised Jesus things similar to these and more, when he tempted Jesus in the desert. To a Christian and Jew, and to any other true son or daughter of the true God, these things the Muslim hopes for are loathsome. To a woman it has to be a hell... It sounds more like an orgy than true communion of enlightened spirits.... This motivation alone gives the reckless courage and determination to train and execute terrorist deeds in which they sacrifice their lives in bringing death and destruction to "the enemies of Allah."The courage comes solely from a unique doctrine of Islam. Abu-Bakr, the first Caliph to succeed Muhammad (and one of the few to whom Muhammad promised Paradise without martyrdom), declared that even if he had one foot in Paradise he could not trust Allah to let him in. The only sure way in Islam of achieving Paradise is to sacrifice one's life in jihad. Yes, suicide is forbidden as self-murder. But to sacrifice one's life in killing infidels carries the highest reward. Sahih Bukhari, which Muslims regard as the most trustworthy, records this statement of Muhammad: "Allah assigns for a person who participates in (holy battles) in Allah's Cause and nothing causes him to do so except belief in Allah and in His Messengers, that he will be recompensed by Allah either with a reward, or booty (if he survives) or will be admitted to Paradise (if he is killed in the battle as a martyr)." Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) was a Muslim historian, philosopher, and a legal theorist. In his work Muqaddimah, he notes that "in the Muslim community, the holy war is a religious duty, because of the universalism of the Muslim mission and (the obligation to) convert everybody to Islam either by persuasion or by force." In Islam, the person in charge of religious affairs is concerned with "power politics," because Islam is "under obligation to gain power over other nations." Muslim Terrorists are not aberrations! They are in fact doing what their Qur'an and Muhammad teach. As Christians we all know that abortion is evil. But, a "Christian" who bombs an abortion clinic or shoots an abortionist and says God told him to do it -- does that act against the Bible. But the Muslim who commits acts of violence in jihad does so with the approval of Muhammad and the Qur'an.The American people, a people of good will naturally recoil from attaching blame to a major world religion itself, we can no longer afford such sentimentality. No longer dare we allow Islam to escape its undeniable responsibility. ISLAM A RELIGION OF PEACE YOU SAY? What about all the "peace sounding words" in the Qur'an/Koran? Smoke and Mirrors! In Islam, theologians divide the Qur'an into the Meccan and Medinan suras. You will note that the peaceful sounding verses come while Muhammad was living in Mecca toward the beginning of his career as a terrorist, when he was busy calling Meccans to his service. During his Mecca stay it was mostly about appearing pious, with prayers and meditation. The later suras came after Muhammad left Mecca and went to Medina. It was during this later period when Muhammad went wild with military power which followed with rape, plunder, and cold-hearted murders. This principle of abrogation, known as "Naskh" is based on the fact that the Qur'an was given to (or made up by) Muhammad in a period of over 20 years. To solve all the contradictions in the Qur'an, Islamic a scholars decided the later/most recent conflicting revelations override the earlier revelations. So, if a verse is "nasikh", such as the earlier peaceful and loving verses, it is completely overridden and effectively doesn't exist. So in Islam --the later warring and killing of infidel type verses (suras) like the "Verse of the Sword" (9:5) take precedence over the earlier peaceful-sounding verses. Islamic theologians say that the more than 124 peaceful sounding verses are abrogated by the Verse of the Sword. This all ties in to the Muslim idea of abrogation. A respected Islamic commentator popularly know as Ibn Kathir who lived from 1301-1372 AD says that: sura 9:5 "abrogated every agreement of peace the Prophet and any idolator, every treaty, and every term" There are more than 100 verses in the Qur'an (Koran) advocating the use of violence to spread Islam. There are exactly 123 verses in the Qur'an about killing and fighting. Qur'an 9:5, known as "the verse of the sword," declares, "Fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem." Yet former President Bush and his son both called Islam a peace-loving religion. The devastating acts of war by Islamic terrorists against the United States were greeted by naive statements from well-intentioned government leaders to the effect that we must distinguish between terrorism perpetrated by extremist groups and Islam itself which is peaceful. Yet there are more than 100 verses in the Qur'an advocating the use of violence to spread Islam. As Western governments and journalism organizations continue to refer to Islam as a "religion of peace," virtually all terrorist acts worldwide – over 5,000 instances since 9-11 – have been committed by Muslims, against Jews, against Christians, against other non-Muslims; and even against other types of Muslims. In the Qur'an, Allah commands Muslims, "Take not the Jews and Christians as friends....Slay the idolaters [non-Muslims] wherever ye find them.... Fight against such...as believe not in Allah..." (Sura 5:51; 9:5 etc..). The Saudi version of the Qur'an, known as "The Noble Quran" says in Sura 5:33: The recompense of those who wage war (refuse to become Muslims, or reject Islam) against Allah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. In his book, "Islam and Terrorism", doctor Gabriel (not his Muslim name), an ex-professor of Islamic history at Al-Azhar University, Cairo, and an ex-Muslim, tells us what the world press has been ignoring for decades. Muslims have taken these evil Quranic verses serious and have been massacring innocent Christians all over the world, in places like Indonesia, the Philippines, Egypt, Nigeria and Sudan. A good example he says is what happened in January 2000 to Christians in a southern Egyptian village known as Al-Kosheh. Muslims set 21 men women and children on fire there with torches while still alive. Their bodies were then split open vertically from their throats down, so that their attackers could watch their organs pulsate. The Muslim attackers then cut opposite arms and legs off to send back to their village to spread fear. The Egyptian government did a good job of covering this massacre of Christians up. The Koran itself warns Muslims, “Do not take Jews or Christians as your friends.” During the Arab conquests, Jews and Christians alike were massacred, and synagogues and churches destroyed. A Muslim phrase often quoted in the middle east region is: “On Saturday we kill the Jews and on Sunday we kill the Christians!.” The 14th century Muslim scholar Ibn Taymiyah wrote: "Muslims should not mix with anyone else, and if they do, they should be killed as well." In Islam, the world is divided between the believers and the infidels, between Dar al Islam (“the house of Islam”) and Dar al Harb (“the house of war”). All non-Muslims are included in the "house of war", and thus, can be forced to accept Islam through Jihad, Holy War. America and most European countries are not "the house of Islam", they therefore are in "the house of war". Muslims living in foreign, non-Islam nations owes their loyalty only to Islam and not the country they live in. These Muslims are permitted to say anything, including lies, or do anything -so long as it helps Islam. "The punishment of those who wage war against God and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter;" (Sura Al Ma idah 5:33). This theology enables us to understand the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and should warn the Christian West about what power lies behind the attempts to divide the Land of Israel. This does not mean that Muslims are evil; but Christians should be aware that they are under a deceiving, evil, confounding influence and power — that of Satan through Islam. Therefore, Islam as a power must be resisted.Islam does not either accept or respect women's rights, human rights, or even democracy! To a Muslim, these are all western ideas from infidels. These all go up against the principle of Islamic Law known as "Al-Qaeda Al-Faquhia". It basically says anyone who denies Islam is an infidel. And if they do not comply completely with Islamic teachings MUST be killed. Westerners should keep this in mind. It is the basis for killing people who either leave Islam, or for preaching Christianity. At the same time, we must realize that hundreds of millions of people — made in the image of God — are held in bondage to this evil, dark power. As Christians, we should pray that God will release them from Islam, and bring them to the knowledge of salvation in Jesus Christ.Though most Muslims would shrink from obeying such commands, this is official Islam and it cannot change without admitting that Muhammad was a false prophet and murderer. In the final analysis, Islam's ultimate goal is to enforce worldwide submission to the Qur'an at whatever cost. What we label as terrorists is simply a group of people who obey the Qur'an. Yet, what makes things more complicated is that Muslims in the world today are either ignorant of the teachings of the Qur'an, or they hide their knowledge of it. 911 should be a wake up call! Americans and Westerners and all participants of civilization, have been intimidated and frightened into examining the historical truth regarding Islam. In the past many felt that if you dare to criticize Islam some crazed ayatollah will issue a fatwah calling for your death. Well, if anything was learned from 911 it is that we dare not be afraid any longer. This horrific atrocity was committed exclusively by Muslims in the name of Islam. And, they will carry out more. Islam's dark side was revealed when following 911, the entire Arab world laughed and celebrated their religion's slaughter of thousands of Americans. Killing is Welcome in Islam - even of brother Muslims "Allah's Apostle said, "Allah welcomes two men with a smile; one of whom kills the other and both of them enter Paradise. One fights in Allah's Cause and gets killed. Later on Allah forgives the 'killer who also get martyred (In Allah's Cause)."... Hadith, Volume 4, Book 52, Number 80i, Narrated Abu Huraira This is a very important matter. We often wonder how Muslims kill each other and both parties scream "Jihad" as they kill each other. Muhammad says that Allah is happy to see them BOTH killing each other. The cause is not the point-- just kill, kill, kill." The world has sided with Islam in its false claim to the land of Israel, which is now inaccurately called Palestine. This promised land, given to Israel by the God of the Bible, has been occupied by Jews continuously for the last 3,000 years, and they are the only people to have done so. In recognition of that undeniable historic fact, all of "Palestine" was to be given to the Jews for a national homeland by a 1917 ruling of the League of Nations. But steadily the Jews were betrayed by Britain's administration of this mandate (and the demise of the British Empire can be dated from that betrayal); the land was parceled out to Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, etc. Israel is now accused of "occupying" land which actually has been theirs for 3,000 years. The come-lately "Palestinians" are sustained by the world in the lie that they are the original owners of this land. As a result, terrorism is perpetrated not only against Israel but now in this latest act against the United States to apply pressure to force Israel out of its rightful land and to spread Islam around the world. Islamic Qur’an (Koran) itself declares that Israel belongs to the Jews Muslims state that Jews have no right to live in the Holy land. Yet the Muslim "Bible" itself, the Qur'an says; "And Musa (Moses) said to his people (Israel): O my people! remember the favor of Allah upon you when He raised prophets among you and made you kings and gave you what He had not given to any other among the nations. O my people! enter the holy land which Allah has prescribed for you and turn not your backs for then you will turn back losers." Sura 5:20-21 Looks like Muhammad learned something from his Jewish & Christian wives... The Qur'an further states Jews are the Chosen People of God: O Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I bestowed upon you, and fulfil your covenant with Me as I fulfil My Covenant with you, and fear none but Me. [Qur'an, Sura 2:40] Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I bestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all other nations (for My Message). [Qur'an, Sura 2:47] During the 6th year of Hijra there were as many as 17 expeditions. These ended in capture of herds, flocks and whatever they could steal. All served to spread the terror of Muhammad's name. The Battle with the Quraiza Jews - Poisoning of MuhammadMuhammad was not divine He did no miracles, made no worthwhile prophecies, and he died like all mortal men Muhammad marched with 3,000 followers against 2,000 Quraiza Jews, shortly after the siege of Medina ended. The Jews were attacked and they soon surrendered. A wounded chief named Sa'd was asked by Muhammad to decide the fate of the captives. His response was that the men should be put to death, the women and children sold into slavery, and the booty be divided among the Islamic army. A shrill of horror ran through the assembled captives. Muhammad then said; "Truly, the judgment of Sa'd is the judgment of the Lord, pronounced on high from above the seventh heaven". The Muslims dug trenches across from the marketplace, and in the morning Muhammad commanded that the 700 male captives be brought out 5-6 at a time. The Jews were made to sit down at the top of the trenches. Next, the Muslims beheaded them and tossed their bodies into the trench. This sickening butchery by the "Prophet of God" lasted all day. It continued into the night by torchlight. The booty was divided by the Muslims, slave girls given as presents, women sold, and property auctioned. And yes, yet another convenient revelation came down from heaven justifying the stern punishment meted out to the Jews. Sura 33.26: "And He has caused to descend from the Jews that assisted them. And he struck terror into their hearts. Some you slaughtered and some you took prisoner." A Jewess named Zainab who lost her husband, father and brother to this Islamic butchery planned revenge. She cooked a goat and laced it with poison. This goat meat was served to Muhammad for his evening meal. Taking for himself his favorite piece (the shoulder) Muhammad next distributed portions to Abu Bakr and his other friends. Mohammad spat out the first piece and screamed "Hold", "this shoulder has been poisoned". One of Muhammad's friend who had swallowed part of the meat soon died. Muhammad himself was seized by excruciating pains. Defending herself, the Jewess Zainab said; Thou has inflicted grievous injuries on my people, and slain, as thou seest, my husband and my father. Therefore, said I within myself, If he be a prophet he will reject the gift, knowing that it is poisoned; but if only a pretender we shall be rid of our troubles. Of interest is this emphatic declaration in Surat al-An'am (Cattle) 6:34 ...there is none That can alter the Words (And Decrees) of Allah So is the Allah of Islam fickle? Muhammad told his early followers that the Qiblah, the physical direction of the prayers, should be toward Ka'bah. But then Muhammad migrated to Medina and he changed this direction toward Jerusalem. This was to please the predominant Jewish population. 17 months later, Allah changed his mind the 3rd time when he commanded Muhammad to look toward Mecca and not toward Jerusalem. Many contradictions like this are in the Muslim Qur'an (Koran). Muhammad dies June 8, 632 A.D. in Medina In the third month of the eleventh year of Hijra, Muhammad fell sick and layed in the house of his wife Ayisha in Medina. The recent death of his infant son, Ibrahim weighed his spirits down, and the poison he had consumed at Khaibar still bothered him. A short time after returning from Medina there were signs of serious illness in him, and his mind became somewhat unhinged by fever. During this time his faithful servant Abu Muwaihibah says that during a fit late at night he accompanied Muhammad to the cemetery called El-Bahia, where Muhammad asked forgiveness of the dead who were buried there. While dying, Muhammad said; "I have been sent with the shortest expressions bearing the widest meanings, and I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping, the keys of the treasures of the world were brought to me and put in my hand". Reference: Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 56, Number 2977 A little after midday of 8 June, 632, the 62 year old Muhammad stretched himself gently and was no more. Later in the night his followers dug his grave on the same spot where he breathed his last. They spread his red mantle on the bottom of the grave, and his body was lowered into it. The grave was made level with the floor, and brickwork was added. Muhammad's tomb is now close to the mosque of Medina. Six mosques have stood on the same site as the present one. The so-called "Prophet of Peace" who the Qur'an (Koran) commanded to fight 26 battles, and who planned no less than 86 expeditions against innocent people (only the battle of the Ditch was defensive) was no more. He gave no prophecies and performed no miracles. Within a century after Muhammad's death, Muslim armies had reached as far as India in the east and Spain in the west. They gave two choices to the people they encountered; either convert to Islam or die. “THE BLOODIEST STORY IN HISTORY”Will Durant in his The Story of Civilisations, describes the Muslim invasion of India as “probably the bloodiest story in history.” The North Western region of India is called the Hindu Kush (“the slaughter of the Hindu”) as a reminder of the vast number of Hindu slaves who died while being marched across the Afghan Mountains to the Muslim slave markets in Central Asia. The Buddhists were also targeted for destruction. In AD 1193 Muhammad Khilji burned to the ground their famous library and the Buddhist stronghold of Bihar. Is Islam a Threat, or Good for America? The truth: Islam is more of a sickness, a "psychosis of hatred" than a ReligionIt is a psychosis directed at Israel, the Jews and America The real God loves the Jews. The imposter god (Allah) hates the Jews. The most prosperous nations on earth are those that bless the Jews. Those who curse the Jews are the poorest, most illiterate and destitute nations on earth.The "real Book" says in Zechariah (the Prophet) 2:8 that the Jews are the "Apple of God's Eye", meaning the most most delicate and touchy spot on His body. It also says in the "real Book" that God's covenant with the Jews is eternal and ever lasting. And, that God will curse all those who curse the Jews, and bless those who bless the Jews. Stop and think. God has clearly set up a sort of a "wall", or a line in the sand, as a test from the beginning. The Jewish Test. The Nazis didn't listen when they killed 6 million Jews; so 20 million Germans lost their lives in World War II. The Pharaoh of Egypt didn't listen - so he lost his life chasing the Hebrews. He tried to kill Jewish babies, so he had all Egypt's first born son's killed. History is filled with these real tests of what happened to people who mistreated the Jews (Spain became a 2nd rate power immediately after expelling the Jews, and similar things happened to Britain). Look what happened several times to Arab countries who connived to attack Israel in the last century. There is a symbiotic relationship between the Jews and Christians which has made America the greatest country in the world. And it is clearly to be seen that all those countries that bless the Jews are the most prosperous and happy nations in the world. Conversely, those countries that curse the Jews are the most accursed and miserable of all.America won its War of Independence due to a great part from the 30 million dollars the Jews in Philadelphia (led by their leader Haim Solomon) raised by selling their own personal property, at the request of George Washington, at a crucial turning point, on Yom Kippur in 1777. The real God (Yahweh) loves all His creatures, even Muslims and Hindus. All men and women are made in God's image, and He so much wants us all by His side. For this reason he gave His Son as an atonement, so that all that believe in Him will be with Him forever. Palestinians cheering in the streets about 911 In June 1991, Siraj Wahaj, a Black convert to Islam, and a recipient of the American Muslim Communities highest honors, delivered the daily prayer at the U.S. House of Representatives. Using the Koran, Siraj prayed that the "Almighty" would guide American leaders, "and grant them righteousness and wisdom". Over a year later, this same Siraj Wahaj addressed an audience of Muslims in New Jersey by saying; If only Muslims were more clever politically, they could take over the United States and replace its Constitutional Government with a caliphate. Quoting this Muslim; "If we were united and strong, we'd elect our own leader and give allegiance to him.... take my word .... if the 6-8 million Muslims unite in America, the country will come to us." Of note: This Siraj Wahaj is the same Muslim leader who served as a "character witness" for the blind Sheikh Rahmen, who was on trial in 1995, and who was later found guilty of Conspiracy to overthrow the Government of the United States. Iranians chant Islamic slogans during a meeting where more than 200 men and women presented themselves Thursday May 12, 2005 as volunteers to carry out suicide bomb attacks against Americans in Iraq and Israelis A Fifth Column in America? It may surprise Americans, but radical Islam believes the U.S., as the leader of the West, is the ultimate enemy of the Muslim world. As one knowledgeable Rabbi has said; "Most Americans don't realize that Muslim fundamentalists think that Americans are the evil, demented monsters, and that the terrorists are holy, heroic martyrs who are making the world safe for mankind under the sanctity of Islam." When the Council on American-Islamic Relations held a banquet in Fremont, California, in 1998, the Chairman of the Board, Omar Ahmad, said this: "Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth." This sort of thing is not being done behind closed doors. A reporter, for a PBS special called "Jihad in America," gained access to a mosque in Atlanta, Georgia, and recorded a Muslim speaker saying: "Blood must flow, there must be widows, there must be orphans, hands and limbs must be cut, and limbs and blood must be everywhere!" Mosques need watching! Wake up West! Muhammad made it clear to Muslims that a mosque is not the same as a synagogue or a church. At his mosque in Medina, he planned his war strategy, stored weapons, held court and received visiting tribal leaders. A mosque is a center for worship, justice, war strategy and government. They are literally thousands of little Pentagons, and Muslims use them as military bases. That's because Islam is both a Religion and a Government. Reference: "Islam and Terrorism", page 98 Black Muslims Say it loud. "I’m Black and I’m proud… not to be Muslim" One of the most bizarre manifestations of African-American pride is its contemporary identification with Islam. The Nation of Islam (Black Muslim movement) plays on the racism against black people by white people hence you hear them use terms like "white devils", etc. The Muslim Hadith says Muhammad was a white man, so Black Muslims actually serve Islamic whites, even though they speak against whites. Meanwhile, the Muslim Hadith calls black people "raisin heads" (Bukhari: Vol. 1, number 662 and Vol. 9, number 256) and refers to them as slaves. Islam calls blacks: “collectables,” and “men of no descent” (Ishaq: 405). If someone dreamed of a black woman, she was an evil omen of disease (Vol. 9, numbers 162, 163). Muslims are told that Africans “annoy the Prophet” (Ishaq 243), have hearts “grosser than a donkey” (Surah 9:61) and that blacks should be left to die if injured, and should be denied intercession and entrance to heaven (Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 52, Number 137). Muhammad had black slaves (Vol. 6, number 435). Yet and still Louis Farrakan and his followers will tell us the lie that Christianity is the white man's religion. Jesus came for all regardless of color, but Black Islam is especially designed just to lead Black folks to hell! It was the peaceful Christian's in America who stopped all slavery here. The story goes that in 1930 Allah appeared to the people of Detroit in the form of a mysterious man named “Fard.” Allah’s human form seemed to be of African and Arab descent and claimed to have been born in Mecca, a descendent of the prophet Muhammad. He preached a message of racial identity and claimed that Islam was the true religion of the black people of America before they were robbed of it by the White man.In fact, Fard was really just a small-time conman named Wallace Dodd Ford, who served three years in San Quentin for drug-dealing. He drifted into Detroit at a time when many African-Americans were beginning to form racial identity groups around charismatic personalities such as Marcus Garvey. Of course, race consciousness was hardly just a “black thing” at the time, as the 1920’s were also when Ku Klux Klan influence peaked in America. Interestingly, Ford was neither of African or Arab descent, as he claimed. He was a mix of European and Polynesian. But he did recognize an opportunity when he saw one, and the street preacher soon built up quite a following among those who could appreciate an overtly racist theology that persists to this day in spite of its zaniness.According to Ford, and his Nation of Islam, Africans were the original and only people of the world (divine and uncorrupted) before whites were invented by an evil scientist named Yakub in a malicious experiment with tragic consequences. Islam is the true religion, and, at some point, a spaceship will be sent by Allah to eliminate the white people from the earth. Another sad aspect of Black Muslims is that many African-Americans are drawn to Islam out of racial pride, thinking that there is some sort of association with Africa. Muslim evangelicals in the black communities and in prisons often play this up in an attempt to persuade the gullible into rejecting Christianity as the “white man’s religion.” In the First place, Christianity in Africa predates Islam by almost 600 years. Christian missionaries were on the African continent within two decades of the Crucifixion. Secondly, unlike Christianity, Islam had no interest in missionary hospitals or the poor. Arab contact with Black Africa was for one purpose only, plain and simple. That same as it is now: slavery. The awful truth is that Arabs ravaged Africa for more than 1000 years before Europeans ever got their hands on black slaves. These black Muslim slaves died from over work and lived in squalor. By contrast, the four million slaves brought to America over the course of 200 years managed to leave the most prosperous group of African descendents on the planet. Orthodox Islam does not want to be identified with the Black Muslim movement in America. It is seen as heretical and is not considered part of Islam. End Time Beheadings and Revelation 20:4:Some Christians and ex-Muslims see a direct correlation between Islam and the Book of Revelation about the "end times". It is interesting to note that Revelation 20:4 tells that the faithful Believers in Jesus will be beheaded. One only has to look at militant Islam today to make this correlation. Islam is the only religion that commands this barbaric custom of beheading. They do this everywhere today to those they call "infidels". The Qur'an commands in Surah 47:4 - "When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefield, strike off their heads..." To fundamental Muslims, the entire world including your own home is their "battlefield". It is all a war of spiritual forces. The god Allah is opposing the God of Israel everywhere in the world today. Allah will be defeated in the end. And so will his millions of mindless followers he controls. Muslim Prophecy speaks of the coming time of the Great Caliphate, Third Jihad, and return of the Twelfth Imam (Mahdi), who is supposed to emerge from a well (yes a hole in the ground). According to Shiites, the 12th imam disappeared as a child in the year 941 A.D. This Imam is supposed to subjugate the world for Islam. The Iranian President Ahmadinejad is on record as stating he believes he is to have a personal role in ushering in the age of the Mahdi. In a Nov. 16, 2005, speech in Tehran, he said he sees his main mission in life as to "pave the path for the glorious reappearance of Imam Mahdi, may Allah hasten his reappearance." After Ahmadinejad spoke to the United Nations, in September 2005, he told Ayatollah Javadi-Amoli in Tehran, in a videotaped discussion, about a strange, paranormal experience he had while speaking. Ahmadinejad recounted how he found himself bathed in light throughout the speech. But this wasn't the light directed at the podium by the U.N. and television cameras. It was, he said, a light from heaven.To a Christian, a world dominated by fanatical Muslims with a charismatic leader who causes all to bow down to this cruel, intolerant, demanding and mean Allah, who is there, only because one self-serving man (Muhammad) with strikingly similar attributes said so, sounds very much like the predicted anti-Christ who will behead those who do not bow down to his worldwide religion. The question of reciprocity. Why is it that Muslims are allowed to establish mosques and Islamic centers in the western world, when the same privilege is not granted to Christians in many Muslim countries? For example, there is not one single church in Saudi Arabia. Christians there gather either in embassies or associated cultural centers or military bases. In contrast, in the United States, there are 3,500 mosques, and growing at the rate of 4 to 5 a week! Wherever Islam spread it has closed the doors behind it. In May 2005, a Muslim Cleric affiliated with Hamas gave a speech on PA TV saying; Islam must rule over the U.S. and Great Britain, and must exact revenge against the British. Read hereWe can't be mulled by Muslims who claim they are "moderate" or "secular". These too are under Satan's spell known as Islam. Often these people are just practicing the well known Muslim tactic known as "Takiyah". Takiyah teaches Muslims to do whatever is necessary to achieve victory over the "enemy" or "infidels". In short, they can lie, promise peace, and even act like an infidel. But when their opponents guard is down they are to crush them. Moussaoui Sums of the Islamic Plan for World Domination On April 13, 2006, Al Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui said in Court during his trial, that it made his day to hear accounts of Americans' suffering from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Moussaoui told jurors Islam requires Muslims to be the world's superpower. "You have to be subdued. We have to be above you." Islamic Lying simply another accepted strategy to further Islam:At several points during his afternoon testimony, Moussaoui acknowledged that he has lied when it has suited his interests throughout the course of his four-year case.On September 18, 2006 - Over the "flap" with the Catholic Pope's statement in Germany, Al-Qaida: issued a statement that said; "jihad to continue until Islam takes over the world." See here . On 18 September, 2006, the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organization of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, issued a statement on a Web forum about the pope's remarks last week on Islam. "You infidels and despotic, we will continue our jihad (holy war) and never stop until God avails us to chop your necks and raise the fluttering banner of monotheism when God's rule is established governing all people and nations," the statement said. The group said Muslims will be victorious and addressed the pope as "the worshipper of the cross" saying "you and the West are doomed as you can see from the defeat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and elsewhere ... We will break up the cross, spill the liquor and impose head tax, then the only thing acceptable is a conversion (to Islam) or (killed by) the sword." Islam forbids drinking alcohol and requires non-Muslims to pay a head tax to safeguard their lives if conquered by Muslims. They are exempt if they convert to Islam. To further show you how irrational Islam and its adherents truly are, the Islamic Republic of Iran quickly followed up Al-Qaida's threat with a statement saying that "anybody who calls Islam intolerant brings violence upon himself." That statement by Iran is so irrational that it sounds like something from a Comedy Show. "Don't call me violent or I will kill you." Recommended Reading Dr. Shorrosh is a born again Christian Palestinian. He presents Islam not as an American Westerner but as an Arab eyewitness. In the course of his research into Islam, he debates the well-renowned Muslim scholar Ahmad Deedat. The book presents the whole debate as part of it. On the other hand, it is a documentary of the history, theology, and culture of Islam, all three of which are inseparably intertwined. Islam is not a religion that self-exists in a space somewhere in the sphere, but should be viewed in its Arab pagan roots as it built upon them. See at Amazon here. Jesus warned us about false prophets. This one (Islam) has fooled billions.... This book provides the reader with an extremely valuable insight into what the Islamic holy book, the Quran, teaches about Christianity, violence & the goals of the Islamic jihad. We are also imparted with an in depth analysis into the Islamic faith, beliefs and traditions through a book which documents the identification between modern terrorism and Islamic theology.Born a Muslim in Egypt, doctor Mark A. Gabriel changed his name from his Muslim birth name, after finding the Lord Jesus. He is an ex-Professor of Muslim history at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo. by Robert Spencer & Daniel Ali Islam. For some, the word is frightening; for others, mysterious. For all, it is a religious force that cannot be ignored. Now here's a question-and-answer book on Islam written specifically for Catholics. Inside Islam addresses Islam's controversial teachings on God, jihad, the role of women, and more. Daniel Ali converted to Catholicism from Islam in 1998. He has gained national recognition as the founder of the Christian-Islamic Forum. He is also the co-host of the video series "Islam and Christianity" with Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J. on the Eternal World Television Network. You will read how Mohammad's exposure to Christian heresies distorted his view of Christianity and how these misinterpretations have been incorporated into the Koran -- and how they still form Muslim views of Christians as idolaters to this day. Muhammad, for example, apparently thought that the Trinity was a union of God, Mary, and Jesus -- and that God had sexual relations with Mary in order to conceive a son. Mohammad understandably saw this crude idea as unworthy of a perfect God. But it is in the Qur'an. And the Qur'an is supposed to be an error-free revelation of God. How can Muslims agree with the Virgin Birth, yet not believe Jesus is divine. Jesus said: I and my Father are one. John 10:30 Speaking to Jesus,And Thomas answered and said unto him [Jesus], My Lord and my God. John 20:28 Read more about Islam at this site by ex-Muslims here Contrast Muhammad's life above with Jesus Christ A Prophet like unto Moses. And the sinless Son of God Begotten and not made like you and I On the exact same day as the first Passover (14th of Nissan), Jesus/Yeshua was slaughtered as a korban (sacrificial) at the exact same time that the sacrificial lamb was to be killed. It is His most Holy blood that delivered us from our own sins and eternal death and separation from God. THE PROMISE: John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on himYou only have to ask Jesus and He will save you. Only in Jesus do we have a promise for life. Jesus said; "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live" (John 11:25) Begotten means "come from" without necessarily being created. Before the beginning of time, Jesus, who is also called the Word of God and the Logos, came from God the Father. Logos means the divine Word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus). Genesis 1:26 (4000 B.C.): "And God said, Let us make man in our image.." Proverbs 30:4 (700 B.C.): "Who hath ascended up into heaven or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the Earth? What is His name, and what is His son's name, if thou canst tell?" Psalm 2:11-12 (about 1000 B.C.) Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. And Thomas answered and said unto him [Jesus], My Lord and my God. John 20:28 I and my Father are one. John 10:30 Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD) says, ‘Indeed, the mystery of Christ runs the risk of being disbelieved precisely because it is so incredibly wonderful. For God was in humanity. He who was above all creation was in our human condition; the invisible one was made visible in the flesh; he who is from the heavens and from on high was in the likeness of earthly things; the immaterial one could be touched; he who is free in his own nature came in the form of a slave; he who blesses all creation became accursed; he who is all righteousness was numbered among the transgressors; life itself came in the appearance of death. All this followed because the body, which tasted death, belonged to no other but to him who is the Son by nature,’ [On the Unity of Christ] Jesus Christ was Foretold in the Garden of Eden, foretold in the Psalms around 1000 BC, and many many more times via the prophets from 400-700 BC. See: over 360 propheciesJesus was born sinless, lived a sinless life and is pure of spirit. Jesus preached no hatred, and performed many miracles including raising people from the dead. Jesus gave us many prophecies. There were over 300 prophecies about the coming Messiah, written up to 1000 years before Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Of these 300 prophecies, 109 of them - only Jesus of Nazareth could have fulfilled. Ironically with the number 109 we have another divine hint/warning message given about Islam. In the Muslim Qur'an there are exactly 109 mentions of War. Coincidence? A Sacrifice for us Was Necessary:Jesus died a sacrificial lamb for our sins on a cross in Jerusalem. He rose from the dead and ascended into Heaven in front of many people. All those who have faith in him and believe are reborn of God and are saved. Nobody can truly come to Him without the Holy Spirit. But the grace of the Holy Spirit and the Lord Jesus Christ is given to Christians, Jews, Muslims and Hindus alike. But they must truly ask for it. It does not come without Faith. Islam offers no way to salvation. A Muslim can never be sure their good deeds outweigh their bad deeds enough for eternal life. Jesus promises those who believe that He is the Son of God who took away our sins will live forever. Jesus was totally human and totally God (one with the Father) God is not flesh and blood. God is spirit. They are loving beings of radiant light. Try and picture how Jesus and the Father can be two, but one - by imagining two spotlights focused on the same spot - in this way they blend together. Read this true Near Death Experience here Try to grasp Jesus' nature as being both totally human and totally God. To help you with this consider these paradoxes by early church father Gregory of Nazianzus (329-390 A.D.)."He was baptized as a man -- but He remitted sins as God...He was tempted as man, but he conquered as God...He hungered -- but He fed thousands...He was wearied, but He is the rest of them that are weary and heavy-laden. He was heavy with sleep, but He walked lightly over the sea...He pays tribute, but it is out of a fish; yea He is the king of those who demanded it...He prays, but he hears prayer. He weeps, but He causes tears to cease. He asks where Lazarus was laid, for He was man; but He raises Lazarus, for He was God. He is sold, and very cheap, for it is only for thirty pieces of silver; but He redeems the world, and that at a great price, for the price was His blood. As a sheep he is led to the slaughter, but He is the shepherd of Israel, and now of the whole world also...He is bruised and wounded, but He heals every disease and every infirmity. He is lifted up and nailed to the tree, but by the tree of life He restores us. He dies, but he gives life, and by His death He destroys death. Following prophecy by Amos happened the day Christ died for our sins: Amos 8:9 "And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:" Matthew 27:45 At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock. Mark 15:33 At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock. Josephus (born in Jerusalem 37 A.D.) the First Century Jewish General, Traitor, and excellent historian wrote the following about Jesus in his Antiquities (18:63), while writing for the Romans: About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one who wrought surprising feats and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was the Messiah. When Pilate, upon hearing him accused by men of the highest standing among us, had condemned him to be crucified, those who had in the first place come to love him did not cease. On the third day he appeared to them restored to life. For the prophets of God had prophesied these and myriads of other marvellous things about him. And the tribe of the Christians, so called after him, has still up to now, not disappeared. This above passage is known as the Testimonium Flavianum. The "Testimonium" is found in every copy of Jesusphus in existence. In book 20, Josephus also wrote the following: Second, in Book 20 there is what could be called a passing reference to Jesus in a paragraph describing the murder of Jesus' brother, James, at the hands of Ananus, the High Priest. But the younger Ananus who, as we said, received the high priesthood, was of a bold disposition and exceptionally daring; he followed the party of the Sadducees, who are severe in judgment above all the Jews, as we have already shown. As therefore Ananus was of such a disposition, he thought he had now a good opportunity, as Festus was now dead, and Albinus was still on the road; so he assembled a council of judges, and brought before it the brother of Jesus the so-called Christ, whose name was James, together with some others, and having accused them as lawbreakers, he delivered them over to be stoned. Jesus' birth was foretold by the Prophet Micah, 800 years before His birth: Read In Farsi (Persian): here Who is Jesus? Why did He come?Read In Farsi (Persian): here RECOMMENDED DVD or VHS "Jesus" Historically accurate. See here Includes 8 languages - English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese. Other languages such as Arabic, Farsi, Turkish and Russian also available. Call: 1-800-432-1997 or email: JesusFilmStore@JESUSfilm.org Recommended Reading If you have any doubt that the Lord Jesus Himself is leading the way and is seeking out worthy believers in Muslim countries --you won't after reading this book of true miracles. This is a MUST READ if you are a Muslim who has ever wondered why Allah insists that you pray, not in your native language; or why your prayers with Allah always seem to be empty, pointless and one-way. Come out to freedom, and leave all these meaningless rituals behind. Stop misdirecting your sweet and worthy prayers to a deity who simply is not either alive, or there.MIRACLE OF MIRACLES is a young upper class Iranian girl's stirring true testimony about how Jesus Christ found her and her husband in Tehran, and how and why they had to escape Iran to avoid execution by radical Muslims. Their crime? They converted from Islam to Christianity. Rejected by her family who she loves, and an utter outcast in her homeland, Mina and her husband made a harrowing journey across the mountains to Turkey, then to Europe, and lastly to America. After many years, Jesus actually appeared to her father, an good-hearted elderly Muslim theologian in Iran. Order here Some other books by ex-Muslims are: "My Encounter with Christ", by Egyptian professor Nahad Mohammed Ali"Why I Became a Christian", by Sultan Mohammed"When I Got the Courage to Call God My Father", by Blkis Al-Sheik (a Pakistani lady)"Captive in Christ", by Masso'ud Ahmad Khan"Islam and Terrorism", by pen name Mark A. Gabriel, a former Islamic history professor in Cairo Online Film Clip - Obsession Click HERE to see this Film Clip about Muslim Hatred Recommended Online Reading: Ex-Muslims Speak outRecommended Reading: "Why they left Jihad; born again ex-terrorists": HEREIf you read and speak Arabic - we have some resources - at bottom Here Recommended Reading: Islam Review Recommended Reading: "Between Christ and Mohammed" Recommended Reading: Islam Expert Answers Challenges Also see where Muhammad was found in the "Bible Codes" here © Copyright 2004-2006 BibleProbe.com - You are free to copy and distributeCompiled & Written by: Steve Keohane, USN (Retired) Send Comments and suggested changes Here

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THE ERROR AND ORIGINS OF THEMUSLIM RELIGION -- ISLAM Based upon a text written by Dr. Robert Morey edited by MF Blume Where Did Allah Come From? Muslims worship a god by the name of Allah. They also give him ninety-nine other names. The question that naturally arises is who or what is this Allah? Where did the Muslims derive their ideas of Allah's nature and attributes? Historical Source of Islam Historians, linguists, and archeologists have dug into this question for over a century. Various archeological digs in Arabia and throughout the Middle East have uncovered the answer: Islam is a modern version of the ancient fertility religion of the moon god. Once this is grasped, the rise and history of Islam becomes clear. The Arab conquests were made possible because the central powers in the Middle East had exhausted themselves in wars against each other. They were not able to fight off wave after wave of Arab armies which subdued entire nations with merciless slaughter, rape and plunder. Conquering Armies The Arabs destroyed some of the wonders of the ancient world such as the world famous library in Alexandria, Egypt, They destroyed many ancient churches and synagogues. Anthropologists have recorded how the Arabs destroyed the cultural heritage of any nation which fell under their sword. Who were these Arabs? They obviously were not Christians because they destroyed churches and murdered priests wherever they went. Obviously, they were not Jews because they persecuted Jews without pity. This is seen today in their hatred of Israel and the many wars and acts of terrorism waged against Jews throughout the world. If the Arab hordes which swept over the ancient world were not Christians or Jews, then what were they? They were pagans who worshipped a pagan god called Allah and followed pagan rites which were practiced in Arabia long before the religion of Islam evolved. Islam Denies God These facts of history reveal that Islam does not worship the same God worshipped by Christians. Why? Christians worship one God and Muslims worship a different deity called Allah, who did not robe himself in flesh and come to earth to die for us. He has no son, begotton or otherwise. Since the religion found in the Bible teaches that God is The Creator, the savior and the comforter it does not take a Ph.D. to see that Islam did not come from the Bible. Thus it is not the religion of the biblical prophets, apostles or Jesus. Pagan Origins Similar to the origins of other false doctrines, Islam's origins have been traced back by scholars to the ancient fertility religion of the worship of the moon god which was always the dominant religion of Arabia. The moon god was worshipped by praying toward Mecca several times a day, making an annual pilgrimage to the Kabah which was a temple of the moon god, running around the Kabah seven times, caressing an idol of a black stone set in the wall of the Kabah, running between two hills, making animal sacrifices, gathering on Fridays for prayers, giving alms to the poor, etc.. These were pagan rites practiced by the Arabs long before Muhammad was born. Some Muslims may point to the so-called Christian feasts of Christmas and Easter being pagan in origins. I agree. They are pagan in origin! That is the reason I teach people to not indulge in Christmas and Easter as a form of worship to God, because the New Testament teaches that we are not to observe any holy days, or months or years (Gal. 4:10-11). Keeping Christmas and Easter as a non-religious time of gift-giving is okay. But we do not worship God with it. The Crescent Moon What religion today practices the pagan rites of the moon god? Islam! This explains why the crescent moon is the symbol of Islam. It is placed on top of mosques and minarets and displayed on hats, flags, rugs, amulets and even jewelry. Every time you see the Muslim symbol of a crescent moon, you are seeing the ancient symbol of the moon god. Denial Not a Refuge Does the average Muslim know that he is worshipping a moon god? No. Does he know why the crescent moon symbol sits on top of his mosque? No. Is he shocked and perhaps angered at these facts of history? Yes. But can mere denial or angry threats refute the fact that Islam is nothing more than a modern version of the ancient religion of the moon god Allah? No. The average Muslim has been kept in the dark by the Mullahs and Imams who would lose their power if the truth ever got out. Common Logical Fallacies Made By Muslims Christians must be prepared to answer the typical objections made against the Gospel. Most of the objections are based on simple logical fallacies. The following is a list of some of the most common fallacies used by Muslims. Note: The average Muslim does not know that his arguments are logically erroneous. He is sincere in his beliefs. Thus you must be patient and kind in sharing with him why his arguments are invalid. 1. The Fallacy of False Assumptions: In logic as well as in law, "historical precedent" means that the burden of proof rests on those who set forth new theories and not on those whose ideas have already been verified. The old tests the new. The already established authority judges any new claims to authority. Since Islam came along many centuries after Christianity, Islam has the burden of proof and not Christianity. The Bible tests and judges the Qur'an. When the Bible and The Qur'an contradict each other, the Bible must logically be given first place as the older authority. The Qur'an is in error until it proves itself. Some Muslims violate the principle of historical precedent by asserting that Islam does not have the burden of proof and that the Qur'an judges the Bible. 2. Arguing in a circle: If you have already assumed in your premise what you are going to state in your conclusion, then you have ended where you began and proven nothing. If you end where you began, you got nowhere. Examples: #1 Proving Allah by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by Allah. #2 Proving Muhammad by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by Muhammad. #3 Proving Islam by the Qur'an and then proving the Qur'an by Islam. 3. False Analogy: Comparing two things as if they are parallel when they are not really the same at all. Examples: #1 Many Muslims erroneously assume that Muslims and Christians share the same concepts of God, revelation, inspiration, textual preservation, the Bible, prophethood, biblical history, conversion, etc... #2 Because a false analogy is drawn between Islam and Christianity, some Muslims think that any argument which refutes the Qur'an will likewise refute the Bible; any argument which refutes Muhammad will also refute Jesus Christ, etc... #3 For example, many Muslims claim that Muhammad and all prophets were sinless. They even deny that Abraham was an idol worshipper. Thus when a Christian points out all the wicked things that Muhammad did (mass murder, child abuse, lying, etc.), the Muslims will say, "If you are right, then you must also reject your biblical prophets for doing wicked things as well." What he is really saying is, "If you reject my prophet, then you must reject your prophets as well. If Muhammad was a false prophet, then your prophets are false as well." The root problem is that the Muslim concept of prophethood is not the same as the Christian concept of prophethood. We teach that prophets sin like anyone else. Thus while Islam is refuted by the sins of Muhammad, Christianity is not jeopardized at all. The Muslim is guilty of setting up a "false analogy." Whenever a Muslim responds to a Christian attack on the Qur'an, Muhammad, or Allah by flipping the argument around and applying it to the Bible, Jesus or the Godhead as if Islam and Christianity either stand or fall together, he is guilty of the fallacy of false analogy. Islam can be false and Christianity be true at the same time. 4. The Fallacy of Irrelevance: When you introduce issues which have no logical bearing on the subject under discussion, you are using irrelevant arguments. Examples: #1 Some Muslims argue, "The Qur'an is the Word of God because the text of the Qur'an has been preserved perfectly." This argument is erroneous for two reasons: a. Factually, the text of the Qur'an has not been preserved perfectly. The text has additions, deletions, conflicting manuscripts, and variant readings like any other ancient writing. b. Logically, it is irrelevant whether the text of the Qur'an has been preserved because preservation does not logically imply inspiration. A book can be perfectly copied without implying its inspiration. #2 When Muslims attack the character and motives of anyone who criticizes Islam, they are using irrelevant arguments. The character of someone is no indication of whether he is telling you the truth. Good people can lie and evil people can tell the truth. Thus whenever a Muslim uses slurs such as "mean," "dishonest," "racist," "liar," "deceptive," etc., he is not only committing a logical fallacy but also revealing that he cannot intellectually defend his beliefs. #3 When confronted with the pagan origins of the Qur'an, some Muslims defend the Qur'an by answering, "So what! Didn't you Christians get Christmas from the pagans?" This argument is erroneous for several reasons. a. It is a false analogy to parallel the pagan origins of the rites commanded in the Qur'an with the present day holidays nowhere commanded in the Bible. What some modern day Christians do on Dec. 25th has no logical bearing on what the Qur'an commands Muslims to do (eg. the Pilgrimage, the Fast, etc.). b. It is irrelevant that some Christians choose to celebrate the birth of Christ. Since the Bible nowhere commands it, it is a matter of personal freedom. But Muslims are commanded in the Qur'an to believe and practice many things which came from the paganism of that day. c. The Muslim by using this argument is actually admitting that the Qur'an was not "sent down" but fabricated from pagan sources. This means he has become an unbeliever (Surah 25:4-6). #4 Some Muslims argue that the Qur'an is the Word of God because it contains some historically or scientifically accurate statements. This argument is irrelevant. Just because a book is correct on some historical or scientific point does not mean it is inspired. You cannot take the attributes of a part and apply it to the whole. A book can be a mixture of true and false statements. Thus it is a logical fallacy to argue that the entire Qur'an is true if it makes one true statement. When a Muslim argues that history or science "proves" the Qur'an, this actually means that he is acknowledging that history and science can likewise refute the Qur'an. If the Qur'an contains just one historical error or one scientific error, then the Qur'an is not the Word of God. Verification and falsification go hand in hand. #5 The present meaning of a word is irrelevant to what it meant in ancient times. The word "Allah" is a good example. When confronted by the historical evidence that the word was used by pagan Arabs in pre-Islamic times to refer to a high god who was married to the sun-goddess and had three daughters, some Muslims will quote dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. to prove (sic) that "Allah means God." They are thus using modern definitions to define what the word meant over a thousand years ago! What "Allah" means now has no bearing on what it meant before Muhammad. 5. The Fallacy of Equivocation: If we assume that everyone has the same definition of such words as God, Jesus, revelation, inspiration, prophet, miracle, etc., we are committing a very simple logical fallacy. #1 When a Muslim says, "Christians and Muslims worship the same God," he is committing the fallacy of equivocation. Christians and Muslims do not worship the same God. #2 When a Muslim says, "We believe in Jesus too," he is committing the fallacy of equivocation. The "Jesus" of the Qur'an is not the Jesus of the Bible. Islam preaches "another Jesus" (II Cor. 11:4). The Jesus of the Bible is the Son of God, God incarnate, who died on the cross for our sins. But the "Jesus" of the Qur'an is not the Son of God and he did not die on the cross for our sins. Thus it is erroneous for Muslims to tell Christians that they believe in Jesus, too. #3 When a Muslim assumes that Christians have the same concept of revelation as Muslims, he is guilty of the fallacy of equivocation. According to Islam, the Qur'an was written in heaven by Allah and has no earthly sources. When we prove that it comes from earthly sources, this threatens the inspiration of the Qur'an. On the other hand, the Bible does not claim that it dropped out of heaven one day. It openly quotes from earthly sources. It uses pre-existing sources without any difficulty whatsoever, Thus while the Qur'an is threatened by historical sources, the Bible is actually confirmed by them. #4 When a Muslim tells you that the word "Allah" has only one meaning: "the one, true, universal God," he is assuming a fallacy. The word "allah" has many different meanings. a. It can be used as a generic term like the English word "God." Thus it can be applied to any god or goddess regardless if a true or false god is in view. (ex. The "Allahs" of Hinduism.) b. The Nation of Islam uses it to refer to Wallace Dodd Ford, Elijah Muhammad, and Louis Farrakhan as "Allah" and teaches that all black people are "Allahs." c. It has been used by some Christians in Arabic speaking countries as a generic name God. d. It was used in pre-Islamic times by pagan Arabs to refer to the moon-god who was the father of al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat. e. It is used by Muslims to refer to their god. Islam and Christianity do not worship the same God. The Christian worships the Jesus Christwhile the Muslim worships Allah. 6. The Fallacy of Force: The Qur'an commands Muslims to wage war against non-Muslims and apostates (Surah 5:33; 9:5, 29). Some Muslims use a false analogy to answer this argument. They respond by saying, "Well, what about the Crusades? You Christians use violence just like Muslims." It is logically erroneous to set up a parallel between Muslims killing people in obedience to the Qur'an and Christians killing people in disobedience to the Bible. While the Qur'an commands Jihad, the New Testament forbids it.7. The Fallacy Of Confusing Questions of Fact with Questions of Relevance: Whether something is factually true is totally different from the issue of whether you feel it is relevant. The two issues must be kept separate. Examples: #1 When a Christian argues that some of the beliefs and rituals of the Qur'an came from pre-Islamic Arab paganism, the Muslim will deny it at first. But as more and more evidence is given, the Muslim will often do a flip-flop and begin arguing, "So what! Didn't you Christians get Christmas from the pagans?" The Muslim has now committed three fallacies: a. The "So what!" argument is dealing with the issue of relevance, not fact. You must stop the Muslim at that point and ask him, "Since you are now dealing with the issue of whether the pagan origins of the Qur'an are relevant, does this mean that you are now agreeing to the fact of the pagan origins of Islam?" b.. The Muslim has also committed the fallacy of equivocation, The Bible is not threatened by historical sources. It freely refers to them and even quotes them (Acts 17: 28). But the Qur'an denies that it has any earthly historical sources (Surah 25:4-6). c. He also committed the fallacy of false analogy. The Bible and the Qur'an are two totally different books. The inspiration of the Bible does not depend upon the fate of the Qur'an because what Muslims claim for the Qur'an is not what Christians claim for the Bible. 8. Phonic Fallacies: The phonetic sound of a word should not be used to twist its meaning. For example, a. Some Muslims try to prove that the word "Allah" is in the Greek New Testament because of the Greek word alla. But while the word is pronounced "alla," it only means "but" in Greek. It has nothing to do with the Arabic "Allah." b. Some Muslims have claimed that the word "Allah" is in the Bible because the Biblical word "Allelujah." They then mispronounce the word as "Allah-lujah" But "Allelujah" is not a compound Arabic word with "Allah" being the first part of the word. It is a Hebrew word with the name of God being "JAH" (or Yahweh) and the verb "alle" meaning "praise to." It means "praise to Yahweh." The Arabic word "Allah" is not in the word. c. The same error is found in the Muslim argument that the word "Baca" (Psa. 94:6) really means "Mecca." The valley of Baca is in northern Israel. d. Some Muslims have tried to go from "Amen" to "Ahmed" to "Mohammed!" Such nonsense is beyond belief. 9. "Red Herring" Arguments: When a Muslim is asked to defend the Qur'an, if he turns around and attacks the reliability of the Bible, the deity of Christ, the Crusades, etc., he is introducing irrelevant issues that have no logical bearing on the truthfulness of Islam. He is trying to divert attention from Islam to other issues. Furthermore, he is assuming that if he can refute the Bible, then the Qur'an wins by default. If he can refute the deity of Jesus Christ, then Allah wins by default. But this is logically erroneous. You cannot prove your position by refuting someone else's position. The Bible and the Qur'an could both be wrong. Muslims must prove their own book. 10. Straw Man Arguments: When you put a false argument into the mouth of your opponent and then proceed to knock it down, you have only created a "straw man" argument, Muslims sometimes either misunderstand or deliberately misquote the arguments Christians give them. Example: Some Muslims have built a "straw man" argument that claims that we teach, "The Qur'an teaches that Allah is the Moon-god and that Muslims knowingly believe in and worship the Moon-god and his daughters." They then knock down this "straw man" argument and claim victory. Of course, we never said such nonsense. What we have said is that while the Qur'an claims that Allah is God and Muslims think they are worshipping the one true God, in reality they are worshipping a false god preached by a false prophet according to a false book. Conclusion The average Muslim has been deceived by Muslim apologists who use such logical fallacies without regard to reason, fact or honesty. But there are many Muslims who want to be rational in their religion and thus have an open mind to rational discourse. Once they see that their arguments are based on logical fallacies, they will be open to the wonderful news that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who died for our sins on the cross.

Exposing the Lie of Islam December 27, 2001 Exposing the Lie of Islam In this day of religious pluralism where all "gods" are to be tolerated, we Christians are called to draw a line in the sand. We must stand upon the fact that Jesus Christ alone is God and apart from Him there is no other. This is the reason we are placing the enclosed brochure in your hands. If we love our neighbors lost in the lie of Islam, we must love them enough to tell them the truth. If we love our brothers and sisters who claim the Name of Christ, we must love them enough to tell them that Islam and Christianity cannot peacefully coexist. They are at war (Genesis 3:15). There is no common ground between the two any more than there is common ground between Christianity and abortion or Christianity and homosexuality. Yet, in our desire to get along with everybody and be at peace, we are accepting every moral depravity and religious heresy known to man without the slightest whimper. Listen to Robert Schuller's wholehearted support for "positive" Islam in his endorsement of Bill Baker's book, More in Common Than You Think (Baker is the founder and President of CAMP, Christians and Muslims for Peace): "The coming century will most surely witness either a coalition or a collision between Islam and Christianity. I have a dream, that positive believers from both religions will find each other, and once finding each other, and helping each other, can and will write a new history, a new legacy for the world: from collision to coalition. True believers in God must move our society and our world from compatibility to compatibility; from intolerance to tolerance; positive Christians and Muslims becoming partners in peace." The Muslim cleric of the mosque in Richardson, Texas, gave me this book when we brought the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the gates of his mosque. We came with a banner saying, "Jesus is the Standard," with the cross of Christ in front of the American flag. We also brought signs saying, "Jesus is the Way" and "Jesus is Alive." After about ten minutes, several Muslims came to ask us about our presence there. We gave them the brochure. They said they agreed with the first two tenants but felt the third was very intolerant. Then some of the younger ones tried to wrest the signs and banners from our hands. One American Muslim lady ripped the sign out of Kristene Odell's hands while screaming at her at the top of her voice. It reminded me of being at the abortion mill - same battle, just a different manifestation. For the most part, those lost in this damnable lie were very kind. They invited us for dinner in the mosque and we joined them (about 1,000 of them). We sat at a large table where, much to my surprise, I was reunited with two long- lost friends who had been on the streets with us in 1990 fighting the sin of abortion. As we talked, I realized that, though we stood together on the streets in 1990 for the lives of children, we were separated eternally by a great chasm of truth. They believe a lie, and they believe it wholeheartedly. We have gone to the mosque several times since and have added a couple more signs, "Islam is a Lie" and "Muhammad is Dead." If we love them, we must tell them the truth! Join us!

A Nation Judged by Dr. Ken Matto On September 11, 2001 we saw and many experienced a horror beyond description in that the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City were demolished by two acts of terrorism. The death toll at this time (9/18) points to about 5,000 dead in both New York and Washington D.C. at the Pentagon. These acts of terror are despicable and definitely acts of war. Since then there has been a resurgence of patriotism with copious Flag flying and almost every radio station, even the secular ones are playing God Bless America and America the Beautiful. I love both of these songs. The essence of this treatise is not to recount the horrors which happened but to focus on something I have not heard from any station yet. That is national introspection and repentance. God allowed these things to happen to us because we are a society out of control and steeped in sin and glad of it. Let me point out some places where we need to turn from: On Sunday Morning the churches are empty and the shores and leisure spots are filled and we sing God Bless America. We have murdered over 30 million babies through abortion and we sing God Bless America. Homosexuality is an accepted and encouraged way of life. It is paraded on almost every show on the major networks. Christians on jobs are forced to take sensitivity training to accept this and we sing God Bless America. Illegal drugs are available to everyone, even children in grammar schools and we sing God Bless America. Drunkenness is out of control in this country as more and more people partake in drinking and we sing God Bless America. Marriages are being destroyed and adultery and fornication is an accepted way of life and we sing God Bless America. This country has become lottery and gambling crazy resulting in many placing their faith in slot machines and casinos and we sing God Bless America. When someone breaks the law, instead of prosecuting them there are psychologists and organizations like the ACLU to get them off. We are a nation of laws with two loopholes for every law and we sing God Bless America. We see the churches becoming more and more apostate and accepting homosexual clergy openly and we sing God Bless America. We are a nation with an insatiable lust for pornography which comes to us via the Internet and we sing God Bless America. The television networks portray every anti-God or anti-Christian element they can to malign the Christian faith while exalting all the false religions and we sing God Bless America. When the White House was used as a place for orgies or illicit sex which received approbation by much of the American people and we sing God Bless America. When false religions are streaming into America and instead of the church warning the people about them they are holding hands and having interfaith services with them and we sing God Bless America. When a Muslim Cleric opens in prayer in the Senate or Congress instead of a true Christian invoking the True God for wisdom in running the country and we sing God Bless America. When God’s Word is being treated as profane in the once faithful seminaries and is being translated and re-translated until it becomes just another book and all the warnings have been subdued and we sing God Bless America. We remove the Ten Commandments from the walls of the schools and the halls of Justice because we fear people will obey them and we sing God Bless America. I have listed many things which prove that we want nothing to do with God in peace time, what makes us think that God will want us in war time? Flag waving and singing patriotic songs will not cut it with God as there must be a national repentance beginning with each individual who names the name of Christ. If we continue to neglect God and fluff Him off, then America’s woes have just begun. This article may sound unpatriotic but it is more patriotic than you think. When nations in the Bible thumbed their nose at God as many Americans have done, God has destroyed those nations and those nations which have repented in truth God has preserved. The Muslim nations serve a false god while this nation was a bastion of Christianity in which even the unbelievers benefited but we have become arrogant and have taken the protection of God for granted. On September 11, 2001 God showed us that our nation is still part of a sinful world and that briefly He removed His hand of restraint and it resulted in the deaths of about 5,000. Let us return unto the Lord for it was He who built America and not ourselves, for by ourselves we can do nothing. Go over the list of items I gave and ask, can a thrice Holy God really Bless America? Back

Will Islam Cause WWIII? By Dr. Robert A. Morey Introduction When everyone is saying "peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them (1 Thessalonians 5:3). With the collapse of the Soviet Empire and the demise of the cold war, the threat of Communism vanished in a twinkling of an eye. The tearing down of the Berlin Wall is one of the greatest moments in human history. Russia is now so impoverished by the arms race that it will take a long time for its economy to recover. Communism was a religion that was harsh and cruel. It murdered more people than any other ideology in the history of mankind. The atrocities committed in the name of Marx and Lenin can only be compared to Hitler and his Third Reich who fine-tuned mass murder into an art form. In the flush of victory, the West in general and Americans in particular assumed that peace had finally been established on earth. A new world order of peace, prosperity, and unity was just around the corner. We can safely dismantle our military and disarm our missiles of mass destruction. The threat to world peace is over. We can now relax our guard and rest in the confidence that World War III will not happen in our lifetime. An Old Enemy Thus the world is lulled to sleep while an old Enemy of truth, justice, peace, and democracy gathers its strength for an all out offensive against the civilian populations of the West. This old Enemy has attacked the West before. Its armies invaded Europe on several occasions and even reached Vienna, Austria. This evil force destroyed everything it touched and left only mangled corpses and burned cities behind it. Its blood thirst and genocide campaigns far exceed any atrocities committed by the Nazis and the Soviets. These enemies of all that is good and righteous can kill innocent women and children without mercy and shame. They have stated time and time again that their great goal is the subjugation of the entire world to the civil laws, totalitarian political forms, and cultural norms dictated by their religion. Instead of religion being the tool of the state, the state is the tool of religion. This requires the destruction of all other religions, especially Christianity and Judaism. And, throughout history, whenever they had the political means to suppress other religions, they did so with religious zeal. This ancient enemy of freedom is the religion of Islam. It imposed itself in and beyond the Arabian Desert through wars of violence and political intimidation. It views all that is not Islam as Satan. No Sense Whatsoever In this light, it makes no sense whatsoever for the West to be disarming while Islam is arming. While we are dismantling our missiles and nuclear warheads, Islamic nations are buying and building intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of showering nuclear death on any city in Europe or America. We stand in some ways like those few brave Americans and Europeans who just before World War II warned people of the Nazi threat to world peace. They took the rhetoric of Hitler at face value and saw the buildup of war and terrorism across the world. While others dismissed Hitler and his 'brown shirts' as buffoons, a few people sounded the alarm. Sad to say, their warnings were ignored. "Peace in our time" was Chamberlain's swan song and the world was lulled to sleep while the Third Reich armed itself for war. The Same Today We are in much the same situation today. The Muslim threat to the peace and security of America is as real as was the threat of Nazism and Communism. If God does not intervene, the day will come when a mushroom cloud will appear over a major American city signaling death and destruction unparalleled in U.S. history. The apostle Paul warned us that if the trumpet is not blown loud and clear, the people will not prepare for war (1 Corinthians 14:8). Ezekiel tells us that we are watchmen who have the responsibility to warn the city of an approaching army of death and destruction. If we fail to warn people of the coming war with Islam, their blood will be on our hands (Ezekiel 33:1-6). In order to convince people that Islam constitutes a clear and present danger to the peace of the world, we must first demonstrate that Islam has the will and the desire to destroy us and, second, that they now have the means to do so. I. The Muslims Have The Will And Desire To Destroy Us. The Qur'an commands its followers to launch jihads or holy wars of conquest to force conversions to Islam. Fight and slay the unbelievers wherever you find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war. (Surah IX:5) Fight those who do not believe in Allah or the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and his apostle, nor acknowledge the Religion of Truth (i.e. Islam), (even if they are people of the Book), until they pay the tax with willing submission and feel themselves subdued. (Surah IX:29) Seize them and slay them wherever you find them. (Surah IV:89,91) At the beginning, Muhammad's armies attacked defenseless caravans during times of truce and peace. He then sent out his armies to conquer and loot small villages. Cities were later put under the sword. Ultimately, entire nations fell to the sword of Islam. Entire populations were slaughtered and great cultural treasures were either looted or destroyed. (For the documentation: see the book The Islamic Invasion, Harvest House, Eugene, OR) Whereas Jesus told his disciples to put away their swords, Muhammad commanded his followers make war in his name. Recorded in the Hadith, the second most important duty in Islam according to Muhammad, is Jihad or Holy War. The blood lust of Islam is thus rooted in a perverted religious impulse to kill and mutilate in the name of Allah. This is what makes it so insidious and wicked. The killing of innocent men, women, and children in the name of Islam becomes a thing of praise and a badge of honor. The more you kill, the more Allah is honored. The greater the destruction, the greater the glory of Islam. Listen carefully to what the most influential leaders of Islam have said. "We are at war against infidels. Take this message with you, 'I ask all Islamic nations, all Muslims, all Islamic armies, and all heads of Islamic states to join the Holy War. There are many enemies to be killed or destroyed. Jihad must triumph...Muslims have no alternative... to an armed Holy War against profane governments... Holy War means the conquest of all non-Muslim territories... It will... be the duty of every able bodied adult male to volunteer for this war of conquest, the final aim of which is to put Koranic law in power from one end of the earth to the other.'" - Ayatollah Khomeini , "The U.S. is the devil on this planet." World Islamic Popular Command "Death to America, the Great Satan!" - Muslim mobs in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, etc. "Muslims must kill the enemies of Allah, in every way and everywhere in order to liberate themselves from the grandchildren of the pigs and apes who are educated at the table of the Zionists, the Communists, and the Imperialists." - Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman "The United States is a den of evil and fornication... I will show all Americans that they will not be happy if they do not follow Islam." - Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman "Any doubt about the need to struggle against the U.S. means being enslaved by the Great Satan, and losing the honor and the life the Islamic Revolution has brought to this country and the whole Islamic Ummah." - Ali Akbar Mohtashemi "It is a matter of time... In 10 years you will have quite a number of countries united under the banner of Islamic fundamentalism." - Hassan al-Turabi "There is fury, fury everywhere ... Islam is escalating and cannot be resisted. I pray that Allah may tear apart America just as the Soviet Union was torn apart ..." - Sheik al-Tamimi "[I] wanted to topple one [tower] into the other and kill thousands to send a message to American that they were at war." - Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the blowing up of the World Trade Center Lest you think that these statements are just a lot of wind and noise, come with me to the World Trade Center in New York City which was blown up by the disciples of Sheik Omar. Come with me to the crash sites of airplanes that were blown out of the air by Muslims. Visit the gravesites of American citizens killed by Muslim terrorists in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. In Washington DC, Muslims entered a home to kill everyone they found in the house. They took a nine-day-old baby boy and drowned him in the sink. They shot in the head his ten-year-old brother, his 23-year-old sister, his 25-year-old brother, and their mother. What can we say about the slaughter of thousands of innocent Christians in Egypt, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Indonesia, and Malaysia? World War III has already begun and most Americans do not know it. II. The Muslims have the means as well as the will to destroy us. Islamic fundamentalists plan on putting together an Islamic empire composed of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria, the former Muslim Soviet states such as Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and other Muslim nations in Asia. Their plan is on schedule and they are taking over country after country while the West sleeps securely with its naive dreams of endless peace and prosperity of a new world order called the Pax Americana. Listen to politicians and other leaders trying to wake up America. "The trial and subsequent conviction of the terrorists that bombed the World Trade Center and planned other terrorist acts should put to rest any doubt about the deadly threat to American citizens posed by radical extremists." - Henry Depippo, Federal Prosecutor of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman "Each day's headlines demonstrate the timeliness this important analysis of the emerging trans-national radical Islamic movement... and the growing danger that extremist Islamic elements may seek to exploit our present vulnerability to missile attack with devastating results." - Frank Gaffney, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security "The agenda of these people is to attack us for what we are... It's something very hard for Americans who live in a multi-cultured and secular society to understand."- L. Paul Bremer, former head of the counter terrorism office for the State Department "[Muslim fundamentalists] make no secret of their contempt for democratic political procedures." - Bernard Lewis, noted Middle East scholar "The public must always remain vigilant against acts of terrorism to ensure that terrorism does not become commonplace in this country as it has in many other countries." - William Sessions, former Director of the FBI "Today we have no protection from even a single ballistic missile." - Ambassador Henry F. Cooper "In short, the coming Islamic Empire will be a world power in every sense of the word, whose people will share a vibrant religion and a common Islamic culture. Like its Muslim predecessors, the Islamic Empire of the early 21st Century will also have an appetite for territorial expansion and military conquest. A modern, worldwide jihad against non-Muslim populations and societies complete with nuclear weapons promises to bring the highest casualty rates in the history of mankind. World War III, if it does come, will probably occur between the Islamic Bloc and the Western nations. It will be the deadliest war ever fought by humanity." - Anthony Dennis "Islamic fundamentalism, like communism... is bent on the expansion of its dominion to as many corners of the world as possible." Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel "It doesn't matter what they tell you - Islamic fundamentalism is a worldwide menace... Allah is rapidly equipping Khomeini's followers with a sword to carry out their master's wishes. He has offered Islam the fire in which the Koran says those who follow false faiths are destined to burn: nuclear weaponry. He has also provided the long-range missiles needed to use it. According to the late Imam's logic, there may be only one just and righteous thing to do: employ this technology to wipe out recalcitrant heathens like you and me." - Howard Bloom With the break up of the Soviet military complex, the Muslims have been able to buy intercontinental ballistic missiles that are capable of striking anywhere on the planet. They have nuclear bombs that can fit into a steamer trunk and it is feared that such a device may already be in this country. There is a real danger that we will one day face nuclear blackmail just as we faced Arab oil blackmail in the 1970s. III. What Can We Do? A. We need to take Proverbs 27:12 seriously. A wise man foresees evil and takes the necessary steps to deliver himself while fools will go naively on and are destroyed. B. Top priority must now be given to converting Muslims. The final answer to Islam is not bullets but Bibles, not missiles but missions. If they are converted, they will build up the world instead of tearing it down; they will love instead of hate; they will give instead of take. Islam is a spiritual deception and Satanic in its source and power. Only the power of the name and blood of Jesus can drive the demon of Islam out of the hearts and minds of Muslims. C. We must demand that the U.S. and the UN begin to take action against those nations who persecute Christians. If Egypt will allow its Christian citizens to be butchered by Muslim fanatics, then no more American foreign aid should go to that country. If Bosnia warranted American military intervention, then how much more should we invade Sudan to bring peace to that war ravaged land? If the U.S. wants to be the policeman of the world and invade Kuwait, Haiti, Bosnia, Somalia, and other places, then it is about time to take on the Muslims in Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan. Financial blockades and other political measures can stop their genocide against the Christians in their nations. D. We must inform our congressman that now is not the time to disarm our military. Our missiles must be reprogrammed to hit Baghdad and Kabul instead of Moscow and Kiev. Muslim nations must be warned that if they commit acts of terrorism in this country, our wrath can reach their own cities. If they start World War III, they will be destroyed. E. We must complete President Reagan's 'Star Wars' defense system against missile attacks made against this country. We are presently unprotected from an attack launched from Iraq, Iran, or some other Muslim nation. The U.S. Constitution requires the government to protect us from our enemies. Demand that it do so. F. Christians must begin to support financially those few soldiers of the cross who are brave enough to stand up to Islam and refute it with courage and boldness. If we do not defeat Islam now, it will defeat us later. Ask yourself this question: Do I want my children or grandchildren to live under the heel of Islamic terrorism? Conclusion In the light of all these things, it is time to launch a new Crusade against Islam. But this time, the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but spiritual. They are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. (2 Corinthians 10:3-5) The sword of the Spirit is more powerful than a steel blade because it cuts to the soul and brings life instead of death. (Hebrews 4:12) Islam can be defeated if we go forth in the power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:4). We must boldly preach the gospel to Muslims everywhere including those in our own community. We must love them enough to share Christ with them. Rise up, O men of God, Have done with lesser things; Give heart and soul and mind and strength To serve the King of Kings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Robert A. 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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 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 moral 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 women 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 here" (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 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. 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. Back

Mohammed's Greatest Miracle Was Sex By Ayesha Ahmed Apostle's greatest miracle was not the Quran. It was his capacity for lovemaking. Allah had given him libido of 30 men. Most infidels don't even consider the Quran to be a big deal. They say a village idiot can come up with such a book. They claim that many people have written much better books than Quran. But I ask them, can anyone match the apostle's lovemaking prowess? Can they at the age 60+ make love to 10 young women in a single night? Yes, the apostle could do it. That is an irrefutable proof of his prophethood, which cannot be duplicated. Bukhari,Volume 1, Book 5, Number 268 : “Prophet was given the strength (sexual) of thirty men”. Apostle could make love (continuously) to all his wives (9 to 11) in one night. Volume 1, Book 5, Number 268 : "The Prophet used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day and night and they were eleven in number. Prophet was given the strength of thirty (men)." Bukhari,Volume 7, Book 62, Number 6 : The Prophet used to go round (have sexual relations with) all his wives in one night Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 5, Number 270 : Aisha said, "I scented Allah's Apostle and he went round (had sexual intercourse with) all his wives." PROPHET SULAIMAN WAS GIVEN SIMILAR STRENGTH Such sexual capability and stamina is Allah's miracle, which is only given to prophets. Prophet Sulaiman used to have sex with 100 women in one night. Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 74i :\r\nAllah\'s Apostle said, "Once Solomon, son of David said, \'(By Allah) Tonight I will have sexual intercourse with one hundred (or ninety-nine) women each of whom will give birth to a knight who will fight in Allah\'s Cause. \r\nEVEN GIBRAEEL VISITED APOSTLE'S BEDROOM \r\nHis lovemaking was complimented by visits of archangel Gibraeel. Once apostle even introduced Gibraeel to Ayesha. Ordinary mortals cannot see angels, needless to say she was clueless and could not see him. \r\nBukhari, Volume 5, Book 57, Number 112: \r\nNarrated Abu Salama: \r\n\'Aisha said, "Once Allah\'s Apostle said (to me), \'O Aish (\'Aisha)! This is Gabriel greeting you.\' I said, \'Peace and Allah\'s Mercy and Blessings be on him, you see what I don\'t see\' " She was addressing Allah \'s Apostle. \r\nALL HIS OTHER WIVES WATCHED HIM MAKE LOVE \r\nApostle's love making was outstanding and was watched (and admired) by all his wives.... \r\nBukhari, Book 008, Number 3450: \r\nAnas (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah\'s Apostle (may peace be upon him) had nine wives. They (all the wives) used to gather every night in the house of one where he had to come (and stay that night). \r\nPEEPING TOMS ALSO WATCHED \r\nBukhari , Volume 9, Book 83, Number 38a: \r\nA man peeped into one of the dwelling places of the Prophet. \r\nMuslim, Book 025, Number 5369: \r\nAnas b. Malik reported that a person peeped in some of the holes (in the doors) of Allah\'s Messenger (may peace be upon him). \r\nBukhari, Volume 9, Book 83, Number 38: \r\nNarrated Sahl bin Sa\'d As-Sa\'idi: \r\nA man peeped through a hole in the door of Allah\'s Apostle\'s house, \r\nALLAH BLESSED HIM WITH SPECIAL PRIVILEDGES FOR SEX \r\nAllah not only gave him extraordinary capability for sexual activity but also gave him special privileges to use those capabilities. \r\n.Q33.50 : O Prophet! In addition to all your wives, slave girls and captured women, we have made lawful to you all your first cousins and any believing woman if she gave herself to you, and if you desire her. ",1] ); //-->: Allah's Apostle said, "Once Solomon, son of David said, '(By Allah) Tonight I will have sexual intercourse with one hundred (or ninety-nine) women each of whom will give birth to a knight who will fight in Allah's Cause. EVEN GIBRAEEL VISITED APOSTLE'S BEDROOM His lovemaking was complimented by visits of archangel Gibraeel. Once apostle even introduced Gibraeel to Ayesha. Ordinary mortals cannot see angels, needless to say she was clueless and could not see him. Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 57, Number 112 : Narrated Abu Salama: 'Aisha said, "Once Allah's Apostle said (to me), 'O Aish ('Aisha)! This is Gabriel greeting you.' I said, 'Peace and Allah's Mercy and Blessings be on him, you see what I don't see' " She was addressing Allah 's Apostle. ALL HIS OTHER WIVES WATCHED HIM MAKE LOVE Apostle's love making was outstanding and was watched (and admired) by all his wives.... Bukhari, Book 008, Number 3450 : Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) had nine wives. They (all the wives) used to gather every night in the house of one where he had to come (and stay that night). PEEPING TOMS ALSO WATCHED Bukhari , Volume 9, Book 83, Number 38a : A man peeped into one of the dwelling places of the Prophet. Muslim, Book 025, Number 5369 : Anas b. Malik reported that a person peeped in some of the holes (in the doors) of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 83, Number 38 : Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd As-Sa'idi: A man peeped through a hole in the door of Allah's Apostle's house, ALLAH BLESSED HIM WITH SPECIAL PRIVILEDGES FOR SEX Allah not only gave him extraordinary capability for sexual activity but also gave him special privileges to use those capabilities. .Q33.50 : O Prophet! In addition to all your wives, slave girls and captured women, we have made lawful to you all your first cousins and any believing woman if she gave herself to you, and if you desire her. \r\nALLAH BLESSED HIM WITH DIVINE INSPIRATIONS AFTER SEX \r\nAllah blessed his lovemaking with divine inspirations afterwards. \r\nTabari Vl7, page :7 Ayesha said “Inspiration came to him when he and I were in a single blanket”. \r\nBukhari Vol 5 Bk57 N 119 \r\nProphet said, By Allah, the Divine Inspiration never came to me while I was under the blanket of any woman except Aesha.” \r\nWOMEN OFFERED THEMSELVES TO HIM \r\nApostle got solicitated by hot women all the time (apparently by the publicity of his greatness in bed).. \r\nBukhari,Volume 7, Book 62, Number 24: \r\nA woman came to Allah\'s Apostle and said, "O Allah\'s Apostle! I have come to give you myself \r\nBukhari,Volume 7, Book 62, Number 48: \r\nNarrated Hisham\'s father: \r\nKhaula bint Hakim was one of those ladies who presented themselves to the Prophet. \'Aisha said, "Doesn\'t a lady feel ashamed for presenting herself to a man?" \r\nBukhari,Volume 7, Book 62, Number 53: \r\nNarrated Thabit Al-Banani: \r\n"A woman came to Allah\'s Apostle and presented herself to him, saying, \'O Allah\'s Apostle, have you any need for me ?\' "Thereupon Anas\'s daughter said, "What a shameless lady she was! Shame! Shame!" Anas said, "She was better than you; she had a liking for the Prophet \r\nBukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 54: \r\n“A woman presented herself to the Prophet.” \r\nBukhari,Volume 7, Book 62, Number 58: \r\nNarrated Sahl bin Sad: \r\nA woman came to Allah\'s Apostle and said, "O Allah\'s Apostle! I have come to you to present myself to you” \r\nHIGH LIBIDO CAUSED QUICK ARROUSALS \r\nApostle got aroused at sight of (attractive) women. \r\nMuslim, Book 008, Number 3240: \r\n“Jabir reported that Allah\'s Messenger (may peace be upon him) saw a woman, and so he came to his wife, Zainab, as she was tanning a leather and had sexual intercourse with her”. ",1] ); //--> ALLAH BLESSED HIM WITH DIVINE INSPIRATIONS AFTER SEX Allah blessed his lovemaking with divine inspirations afterwards. Tabari Vl7, page :7 Ayesha said “Inspiration came to him when he and I were in a single blanket”. Bukhari Vol 5 Bk57 N 119 Prophet said, By Allah, the Divine Inspiration never came to me while I was under the blanket of any woman except Aesha.” WOMEN OFFERED THEMSELVES TO HIM Apostle got solicitated by hot women all the time (apparently by the publicity of his greatness in bed).. Bukhari,Volume 7, Book 62, Number 24 : A woman came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have come to give you myself Bukhari,Volume 7, Book 62, Number 48 : Narrated Hisham's father: Khaula bint Hakim was one of those ladies who presented themselves to the Prophet. 'Aisha said, "Doesn't a lady feel ashamed for presenting herself to a man?" Bukhari,Volume 7, Book 62, Number 53 : Narrated Thabit Al-Banani: "A woman came to Allah's Apostle and presented herself to him, saying, 'O Allah's Apostle, have you any need for me ?' "Thereupon Anas's daughter said, "What a shameless lady she was! Shame! Shame!" Anas said, "She was better than you; she had a liking for the Prophet Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 54 : “A woman presented herself to the Prophet.” Bukhari,Volume 7, Book 62, Number 58 : Narrated Sahl bin Sad: A woman came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have come to you to present myself to you” HIGH LIBIDO CAUSED QUICK ARROUSALS Apostle got aroused at sight of (attractive) women. Muslim, Book 008, Number 3240 : “Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) saw a woman, and so he came to his wife, Zainab, as she was tanning a leather and had sexual intercourse with her”. \r\nAROUSED BY CLOSE RELATIVES \r\nOne day Apostle of Allah walked into his adopted son Zaid's house. Zaid was not there but he caught a glimpse of his voluptuous and beautiful wife Zainab (she was apostle's first cousin) in her birthday suit. \r\nTabari wrote: \r\n"One day Muhammad went out looking for Zaid. Now there was a covering of hair cloth over the doorway, but the wind had lifted the covering so that the doorway was uncovered. Zaynab was in her chamber, undressed, and admiration for her entered the heart of the Prophet". \r\nThe admiration aroused him instantly, which Zainab also noticed and mentioned it to her husband Zaid later. He rushed to his father's house and offered Zainab to him. Mohammed worried about possible bad press and refused to accept it. But Allah will not take no for an answer and insisted on their union. \r\nQ 33:37 We gave her (Zaid's wife) unto thee in marriage, so that (henceforth) there may be no sin for believers in respect of wives of their adopted sons”. \r\nAROUSED BY WIFE'S MAIDS \r\nOnce he entered his wife Hafsa's room for some reason. Hafsa was not there but he found her lovely young maid Maria instead. He grabbed her and jumped into the bed with her for a quickie. But the quickie was not quick enough and Hafsa walked in and started yelling. To quieten her down and to please her he promised never to touch her maid again. However Allah did not approve of this sacrifice and revealed the following ayas: \r\nQ66.1 SHAKIR: O Prophet! why do you forbid (yourself) that which Allah has made lawful for you (slave girl Maria); you seek to please your wife(Hafsa) \r\n66.2 Allah has sanctioned for you to break your promise (go sleep with Hafsa's maid) \r\nAROUSED BY LITTLE GIRLS \r\nApostle was helpless because of his 30 man libido and got excited even when he saw little girls.\r\nIbn Ishaq: Suhayli, 2.79: In the riwaya of Yunus Ibn Ishaq recorded that the apostle saw (Ummu'l-Fadl hen she was baby crawling before him and said, ‘If she grows up and I am still alive I will marry her.' (",1] ); //--> AROUSED BY CLOSE RELATIVES One day Apostle of Allah walked into his adopted son Zaid's house. Zaid was not there but he caught a glimpse of his voluptuous and beautiful wife Zainab (she was apostle's first cousin) in her birthday suit. Tabari wrote: "One day Muhammad went out looking for Zaid. Now there was a covering of hair cloth over the doorway, but the wind had lifted the covering so that the doorway was uncovered. Zaynab was in her chamber, undressed, and admiration for her entered the heart of the Prophet". The admiration aroused him instantly, which Zainab also noticed and mentioned it to her husband Zaid later. He rushed to his father's house and offered Zainab to him. Mohammed worried about possible bad press and refused to accept it. But Allah will not take no for an answer and insisted on their union. Q 33:37 We gave her (Zaid's wife) unto thee in marriage, so that (henceforth) there may be no sin for believers in respect of wives of their adopted sons”. AROUSED BY WIFE'S MAIDS Once he entered his wife Hafsa's room for some reason. Hafsa was not there but he found her lovely young maid Maria instead. He grabbed her and jumped into the bed with her for a quickie. But the quickie was not quick enough and Hafsa walked in and started yelling. To quieten her down and to please her he promised never to touch her maid again. However Allah did not approve of this sacrifice and revealed the following ayas: Q66.1 SHAKIR : O Prophet! why do you forbid (yourself) that which Allah has made lawful for you (slave girl Maria); you seek to please your wife(Hafsa) 66.2 Allah has sanctioned for you to break your promise (go sleep with Hafsa's maid) AROUSED BY LITTLE GIRLS Apostle was helpless because of his 30 man libido and got excited even when he saw little girls. Ibn Ishaq: Suhayli, 2.79: In the riwaya of Yunus Ibn Ishaq recorded that the apostle saw (Ummu'l-Fadl hen she was baby crawling before him and said, ‘If she grows up and I am still alive I will marry her.' ( \r\nMuhammad saw Um Habiba the daughter of Abbas while she was fatim (age of nursing) and he said, "If she grows up while I am still alive, I will marry her." (Musnad Ahmad, Number 25636) \r\nAROUSED BY DREAMS OF LITTLE GIRLS \r\nTwice he dreamt of a little girl, the 6 year old pretty daughter of his best friend Abu. She was wrapped in a silk cloth. He uncovered the silk cloth to see more of her. \r\nBukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 15: \r\nNarrated \'Aisha: \r\nAllah\'s Apostle said (to me), "You have been shown to me twice in (my) dreams. A man was carrying you in a silken cloth and said to me, \'This is your wife.\' I uncovered it; and behold, it was you. I said to myself, \'If this dream is from Allah, He will cause it to come true.\'" \r\nHe ended up marrying the 6 year old girl of his dreams. \r\nHIGH LIBIDO CAUSED REALISTIC DAY DREAMING \r\nApostle could think of having sex with his wives and it felt just like real thing.. \r\nBukhari, Volume 7, Book 71, Number 660: \r\nNarrated Aisha: \r\n“Allah\'s Apostle used to think that he had sexual relations with his wives while he actually had not”. \r\nDRY CLEANING \r\nHis day dreaming was so realistic that he even got wet spots on his garments . Ayesha drycleaned those spots. \r\nBukhari,Book 002, Number 0572: \r\nAyesha said “ In case I found that (semen) on the garment of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) dried up, I scraped it off with my nails”. \r\nAPOSTL'S LIBIDO HAD ITS LIMITS \r\nApostle was turned off instantly whenever he was suspected of shadiness. \r\nOne night Ayesha got a punch instead of getting sex because she got suspicious of his strange activities and followed him at night (without his knowledge) to a cemetery, where he stood in darkness waving his hands. \r\nMuslimi,Book 004, Number 2127: \r\nAyesha narrated. "He struck me on the chest which caused me pain.” \r\n",1] ); //-->ref.10, p. 311) Muhammad saw Um Habiba the daughter of Abbas while she was fatim (age of nursing) and he said, "If she grows up while I am still alive, I will marry her." (Musnad Ahmad, Number 25636) AROUSED BY DREAMS OF LITTLE GIRLS Twice he dreamt of a little girl, the 6 year old pretty daughter of his best friend Abu. She was wrapped in a silk cloth. He uncovered the silk cloth to see more of her. Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 15 : Narrated 'Aisha: Allah's Apostle said (to me), "You have been shown to me twice in (my) dreams. A man was carrying you in a silken cloth and said to me, 'This is your wife.' I uncovered it; and behold, it was you. I said to myself, 'If this dream is from Allah, He will cause it to come true.'" He ended up marrying the 6 year old girl of his dreams. HIGH LIBIDO CAUSED REALISTIC DAY DREAMING Apostle could think of having sex with his wives and it felt just like real thing.. Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 71, Number 660 : Narrated Aisha: “Allah's Apostle used to think that he had sexual relations with his wives while he actually had not”. DRY CLEANING His day dreaming was so realistic that he even got wet spots on his garments . Ayesha drycleaned those spots. Bukhari,Book 002, Number 0572 : Ayesha said “ In case I found that (semen) on the garment of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) dried up, I scraped it off with my nails”. APOSTL'S LIBIDO HAD ITS LIMITS Apostle was turned off instantly whenever he was suspected of shadiness. One night Ayesha got a punch instead of getting sex because she got suspicious of his strange activities and followed him at night (without his knowledge) to a cemetery, where he stood in darkness waving his hands. Muslimi,Book 004, Number 2127 : Ayesha narrated. "He struck me on the chest which caused me pain.” (the hadith is too long, one can read on usc.edu/msa) \r\nAL AL SHANBA GETS KICKED OUT OF BED When the apostle was in bed with his new young and pretty bride Al Shanba bint Amr bin Ghiffuriya, she told him that if he was a real prophet, his most beloved 2 year old son Ibrahim would not have died of sickness after he prayed day and night for him. Apostle kicked her out and divorced her without consummation of the marriage. (She was lucky to have been just kicked out. Allah demands death for doubting Mohammed) (Tabari, vol 9, page 136)

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Islamic Hoaxes By S.Prasadh There are several sneaky and absurd statements being made by Muslims these days. This article presents some of them and a brief analysis and justification. Here they go: “We love JESUS (pbhu). He was ALLAH's messenger and we all accept him as a rasool and nabi. EESA (Jesus in Arabic) is our nabi and rasool too”. Muslims offer SALAT (prayer in Arabic) 5 times a day. They take shahada (acceptance of Islam) by saying “Allah hu akbar la illaha ilallah muhammedan rasoolullah” and they repeat these lines or similar ones in their salat. Now the ambiguity here is, if Muslims really respected Jesus and accepted him as one of their prophets, then why don't Muslims say “Allah hu akbar la illaha ilallah, eesa rasoolullah “at least once in a day while offering salat? The above verse means Allah is the only GOD and Muhammad is Allah's messenger. Well why this exclusive preference being given to only Muhammad? Why not Jesus if he too was a messenger of Allah? A Muslim apologist can say “Islam was revealed via Muhammad and that's why we say so. That shows Islam originated only in the time of Muhammad and not before as Muslims claim.” This refutes their claim that Jesus was a Muslim and that even Adam was a Muslim. Muhammad founded Islam and before him Islam did not exist and so the previous prophets could not have been Muslims. “Quran has many scientific miracles. It must be from GOD” Lets us examine one of the alleged scientific verses: 086.006 YUSUFALI: He is created from a drop emitted- PICKTHAL: He is created from a gushing fluid SHAKIR: He is created of water pouring forth, 086.007 YUSUFALI: Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs: PICKTHAL: That issued from between the loins and ribs. SHAKIR: Coming from between the back and the ribs. According to Quran the male semen/sperm originates at a place between ribs and backbone. However, semen originate from TESTICLES (for more info refer to this site ). Are the testicles between backbone and ribs? In fact this was an ancient Greek belief and also Arab belief which was proven wrong later. A Muslim apologist gives a contradicting and funny answer to this question in this site : He first mentions that Quran is not a science book and it contains ancient Arab beliefs. But he contradicts his own statement by ending the article claiming that the Quran has correct science! This “scholar” forgot what he wrote before! In that article the writer has himself added (lower) in brackets which is not exactly in Quran. It never mentions the word lower. It's a barefaced lie and desperate attempt to save Islam's claims. Next>>

BIRTH OF JESUS Now as any educated person knows….keeping aside the BIBLE…the secular history available by all means say that JESUS was born at BETHLEHEM in a STABLE or CATTLE SHED. Hope you all agree with me. Now the QURAN says in the surah called MARYAM the following : 19:23 The pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She said : “would that I had died before this and had been forgotten and out of sight!” . Examine 19:23 . It confirms MARYAM was under a palm tree , then she gave birth to JESUS and then after the child came out she was surprised about what happened and exclaimed . My question is how come QURAN which came nearly 800 years after JESUS and 100-150 years after MUHAMMED make a claim about a past blindly that he was born under a palm tree? Every other history or book say JESUS was born in a stable or a cattle shed. Its quiet new that QURAN is making such a claim. When I ask this every muslim ask me what is the proof that JESUS was born in a cattle shed?!??!? If anyone can provide me the proof I shall be grateful. The muslims themselves do not have any concrete reason to justify this and every edition of the Bible or secular history says that Jesus was born under a cattle shed as reported in historical events and many people( irrespective of religion) have a myth that JESUS was born at JERUSALEM but was actually born in BETHLEHEM. Above all some muslims claim that someone had corrupted the bible. Okay where is the necessity to corrupt the Old testament or the new one about JESUS's place of birth???? Its very well known for generations JESUS was born under a cattle shed…but muslims not knowing where he was born claim that he was born in a cattle shed…but after one shows the QURAN about what it says they all of a sudden change their opinion to PALM TREE claiming the words to be that of GOD's!!!!! Really strange Now 19:28 calls Maryam as Oh sister of AARON or HARUN . Aaron is supposed to be the brother of MOSES. If that is not the Aaron to whom the QURAN is referring to , Then it is not given in the Arabic verse any reference to which aaron is that. It is just a twist-play that ISLAMIC translators have done saying that he is another pious man and not brother of Moses. By the way cant Maryam be called mother of IESA or Maryam itself? Why sister of Aaron? Any reasons guys. To the knowledge of the QURAN itself HARUN is brother of MOSES u can find it. THE FIRST MUSLIM The first muslim according to some muslim scholars like Dr.Zakir Naik , Nadir Ahmed is Adam and all other humans on this earth are born muslims. If they say so and if the QURAN says so…how come MUHAMMED the prophet (Sal-allahu-aleihi-wassallam) has revealed the following verses in QURAN ?? Raises eyebrows really : 2:132 The same did Abraham enjoin upon his sons, and also Jacob, (saying): O my sons! Lo! Allah hath chosen for you the (true) religion; therefore die not save as men who have surrendered (unto Him). 7:143 And Moses fell down senseless. And when he woke he said: Glory unto Thee! I turn unto Thee repentant, and I am the first of (true) believers. 39:12 And I [Muhammad] am commanded to be the first of those who are muslims (surrender unto Him). And now the previous verse says the religion of IBRAHIM….then IBRAHIM should have been a muslim!!! And some muslim scholars claim that everyone in this earth before muhammed were muslims and ADAM was the first muslim…funny isn't it eh??!!!! How come then the QURAN itself claims either Ibrahim / Moses(musa) / Muhammed to have been the prophet??? So wo was the first muslim??? Shows this is just a belief…and self-testimony and not a fact because a fact is very clear without any dispute or contradiction. MESSENGERS 2:253 Of those messengers, some of whom We have caused to excel others, and of whom there are some unto whom Allah spake, while some of them He exalted (above others) in degree ; and We gave Jesus, son of Mary, clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) and We supported him with the holy Spirit. And if Allah had so wiled it, those who followed after them would not have fought one with another after the clear proofs had come unto them. But they differed, some of them believing and some disbelieving. And if Allah had so willed it, they would not have fought one with another; but Allah doeth what He will. 2: 285 The messenger believeth in that which hath been revealed unto him from his Lord and (so do) believers. Each one believeth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers - We make no distinction between any of His messengers - and they say: We hear, and we obey. (Grant us) Thy forgiveness, our Lord. Unto Thee is the journeying. Well the highlighted lines show the uncertainity in QURAN about the equality among messengers. If 2:253 is correct then its justifiable to say Muhammedan Rasoolullah….. But if 2:285 is correct then I feel the recitation while praying should include all the prophets' names. But is doesn't. It says Muhammed is the RASOOL(Messenger of ALLAH to mankind and jinns) . How can it claim Muhammed is messenger….it makes no mention of other guys???? Good way to show muslims believe in JESUS ,ABRAHAM ,MOSES , etc. !!! How did Allah Create Man? 25:54 And He it is Who hath created man from water , and hath appointed for him kindred by blood and kindred by marriage; for thy Lord is ever Powerful. 24:45 Allah hath created every animal of water. Of them is (a kind) that goeth upon its belly and (a kind) that goeth upon two legs and (a kind) that goeth upon four. Allah createth what He will. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things. 96:1-2 Read : In the name of your Lord , Who has created(all that exists) , man from a piece of clot. 15:26 Verily We created man of potter's clay of black mud altered. 32:7 Who made all things good which He created, and He began the creation of man from clay; 38:71 When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire , 55:14 He created man of clay like the potter's 30:20 And of His signs is this: He created you of dust , and behold you human beings, ranging widely! 35:11 Allah created you from dust , then from a little fluid, then He made you pairs (the male and female). No female beareth or bringeth forth save with His knowledge. And no-one groweth old who groweth old, nor is aught lessened of his life, but it is recorded in a Book, Lo! that is easy for Allah. Look at the above listing of verses from the QURAN. Well the first two verses(25:54 and 24:45) indicate man is being created from water. Note water is not mixed with anything…u cant twist it that way…it is stated man is created from water…not anything obtained from water or it has not been said only water was available at that time!!! No way. The next verse(96:1-2) says he created all that exists( all that exists doesn't mean only humans even animals) from a piece of coagulated blood called clot.Now a clot doesnt grow into anything and that has been scientifically proved. But in above two he says he created man from water and animals from water. Now he says all that exists is created by a clot. Next ( 15:26 , 32:7 ,38:71 and 55:14) says man was created from potter's clay of black mud!!!! Now he has mixed water with mud is it??? What happened to just water and clot?? For a change? Atlast the last two verses( 30:20 and 35:11) says Allah created humans from dust and beholded ( considered them by) ranging widely. So essentially every human or being must be created from either of these. Not from all. So where does the embryological miracle of QURAN lie??? It lacks science…rather LOGIC itself.

Tina Good heavenly days, you sound so much like me when I was dating my Muslim boyfriend. We dated for over 3 years and I broke up with him before he was to leave back to his country. I almost married him and almost converted to Islam. I was SO confused when I came onto LAM. I wanted to marry him and I was a nominal/cultural Christian. I was Christian by name only, and I never read the Bible really and I only went to church occasionally when I was home at my parents. God's word did not take precedence in my life, so it allowed other influences to creep in. As I was dating my ex, Islam became very attractive to me. I started getting books like you and doing more research on it and read most of the Koran. It just looked attractive to me. People were praying five times a day, and Allah really seemed to come first for them. I really liked that. It seemed a far cry from any Christians I had experienced. And it basically seemed to be the same to me. Belief in one God. I would try to talk to my ex about Christianity and he always had some refute based on the Koran and said the Bible had been changed. It all made sense to me at that time and sounded good. I also became crazy about the cultural aspect as well, and learned the cooking. The ex and I talked about how it would be if we got married. He said the kids had to be Muslim or any we had would be bastards. I had planned on teaching the kids Christianity in secret. He also said no church wedding, no wedding dress, no dog, no working for me (which he later changed and said it was ok as long as it was work in the home) andI had to cover. I thought that all sounded ok because I could compromise. I would cover to fit into the culture. I wasn't really giving anything up was I?? Nothing important. He said I didn't have to convert to his religion after all. These were only surface things for the red flags that were there. He had already been abusive in the end of the first and the beginning of the second year of dating. I got slapped because I said something about Mohammed. Then abuse went on because of his temper. And it was hard questioning him at all and even talking about my religion. I basically gave up and just quit trying. I avoided all religious conversations. I went to the mosque to see what it was like and tried to convince myself and him that it would work. Towards the end of our relationship, I felt crazy. He knew my family and had visited them at my home. But they asked me never to get married. So I knew I did not have their support. Trying to figure out what I was going to do drove me nuts and I was happy one minute and sad the next. I needed to talk to someone to sort out my feelings from a nonbiased perspective. And I talked to a counselor at my health center at school. I got nothing from that. Finally, I was doing research on Muslim Christian relationships and I found LAM. Thank God for this! It was God giving me a sign and I am glad I heeded! Did you know that the Bible says that it is a sin to be unequally yoked? That means not married to an unbeliever. I did not know this. And I was upset at some LAM sisters for being so negative and trying to get me out of the relationship, but something really started to take hold in my heart. I was not even a strong Christian at this time and it affected me. I tried to rationalize every which way. I started reading more stories about the other ladies lives, how some were ok, some were really bad off, and some were just tolerating and getting by. Some women said their Muslim men had changed and told them one thing before marriage and then another after the marriage. They would be ok with they way they dressed, that they went to church, and being able to teach their kids Christianity, then all this would change after marriage. They argued over baptism/dedications and putting their kids in Christian schools or not. This all scared me. I envisioned myself in a happy marriage with none of these issues. I thought probably I could compromise the world. But did I want to??? And what guarantee did I have that he would not change?? Maybe he would not have, but I did not want to risk it. We had discussed that neither of us wanted to go through divorce, but he made it clear I would be doing most of the compromising. Also I had to figure out where I was with God in my life. I could not ignore the fact that basically I was disobeying God by marrying this man. He was not my spiritual equal. Women on LAM talked about how sad it was they could not share the Bible with their husbands and go to church with them, or share their spiritual experiences. God puts this verse there to protect us, so I ask you to think about this. I realize you are confused right now. I was too. But from experience, I tell you, put down the Korans and researches and ask yourself what place God has in your life and where you feel you are right now. Delve into the Biblical scriptures and ask God to teach you what he wants you to know. There is so much I could write. I could go on and on. Ladies here have described how Islam looks great from the outside, but then once they get into it deeper, and some of the teachings, it really could not be the true religion of God. Please ask any questions here and stick around and listen to these ladies. You are right, you would be demoting Jesus upon converting to Islam. He would no longer be divine, but just another Prophet. He would no longer be a personal savior to you. In Islam, you would have to work off your sins and try to gain points with good deeds to make up for what you have lost by doing a sin. God loves us and wants a relationship with us. He sent his son as a way to reach out to us, and know us and he wants us to know him too. God knew that we would never be perfect enough to get into Heaven without a ransom for our sins. He sent his son to do that, because God cannot be in any presence of any sin. And all of our good deeds are like filthy rags to God so we can't get into heaven alone because we are just human and imperfect. I hope this all makes sense. I am going to stop now, I don't want to overwhelm you, but I want you to know where I am now. I have a wonderful man to worship with because I let God put a man in my life instead of trying to control who I dated. We went to a wedding this weekend with a church service included and it was beautiful to be reminded that I am able to share this wonderful experience of worshipping God with him. And I read the scriptures and talk with other ladies and him about things of the Lord. I can't explain my joy! Loving a Muslim Home Page Table of Contents

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To all of you on here bitching about how offensive the cartoons are I have one thing to say to you...........too fucking bad.......You guys know what I find offensive?Muslims terrorists hijacking American planes and flying them into buldings.Muslims kidnapping reporters and civilians and killing them on videotape.Muslim governments supporting terrorists.I know that not every Muslim is a terrorist but the ones who aren't don't exactly condemn the ones who are. So they can go fuck themselves too.It seems like everywhere Muslims go there's a radical minority of them that have to cause trouble. Wether it's the hate speech being expressed in Britian, the civil unrest and disrespect for traditional culture in France or the terrorists attacks in Spain and America.I as a westerner am tolerant. You want to practice Islam and worship allah? Fine. Just do it peacefully without conducting terrorism or looking the other way when others conduct terrorism in the name of Islam.However if you want to fuck with the USA you better believe we're gonna fuck with you back. Another thing..........I am so fucking tired of hearing American liberals bitch and moan about Abu Gharib, Guantanamo, and torture. I say if some Al Queda douchebag has even the slightest bit of information that can save American lives we should make him sit in a cell in Gauntanamo while he watches American soldiers wipe thier asses with pages from the Qaran and we torture him until he gives up the information or we kill him trying.

Dutch Muslim wins right to refuse handshake Commission says woman was wrongly barred from school over religious rule Reuters Updated: 11:18 a.m. ET March 27, 2006 AMSTERDAM - A Dutch school was wrong to bar a Muslim woman from its classes for refusing to shake hands with men, the Commission for Equal Treatment found on Monday. The adult education center in the Dutch central town of Amersfoort rejected the woman’s application to study to become an education assistant, saying handshaking was part of daily education. The woman refused to shake hands with men because she said Islam forbids physical contact with men above the age of 12, the government-funded commission said in a statement. It concluded that handshaking at schools was not necessary as there were other ways of greeting men. “Every school has the duty to be free of discrimination and treat men and women equally. This duty extends to individual students who refuse physical contact on religious grounds,” it said. The opposition of some Muslims toward men and women shaking hands hit the headlines recently when an imam refused to shake hands with Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk at a public event. The Netherlands is home to 1 million Muslims who are mostly of Turkish or Moroccan descent and make up almost 6 percent of the population. Social and religious tensions have escalated in the country in recent years, exacerbated by the murder of director Theo van Gogh by a Dutch-Moroccan militant in 2004 after he made a film accusing Islam of condoning violence against women. © 2006 MSNBC.com URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12037044/

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Television evangelist Pat Robertson said Monday on his live news-and- talk program "The 700 Club" that Islam is not a religion of peace, and that radical Muslims are "satanic." Robertson's comments came after he watched a news story on his Christian Broadcasting Network about Muslim protests in Europe over the cartoon drawings of the Prophet Muhammad. He remarked that the outpouring of rage elicited by cartoons "just shows the kind of people we're dealing with. These people are crazed fanatics, and I want to say it now: I believe it's motivated by demonic power. It is satanic and it's time we recognize what we're dealing with." Robertson also said that "the goal of Islam, ladies and gentlemen, whether you like it or not, is world domination." In a statement later Monday, Robertson said he was referring specifically to terrorists who want to bomb innocent people as being motivated by Satan. In the news story, he noted, radical Muslims were shown screaming: "May Allah bomb you! May Osama Bin Laden bomb you!" Angell Watts, a Robertson spokeswoman, said in a telephone interview that the news segment also included comments from a moderate Muslim in the United Kingdom saying radicals don't represent most Muslims in that country. Robertson's Virginia Beach-based network did not include his remarks when it posted the program on its Web site, however. That decision was made out of concern Robertson's remarks could be misinterpreted if viewed out of context, Watts said. Monday's comments were similar to remarks he made on his program in when he said Islam "is not a peaceful religion that wants to coexist. They want to coexist until they can control, dominate and then, if need be, destroy." Robertson has come under intense criticism in recent months for comments suggesting that American agents should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip. Robertson recently told ABC's "Good Morning America" that he comments off the cuff after watching news segments. He later told the Christian magazine World that he's being more careful and reviewing news stories before going on the air. The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, called Robertson's new comments "grossly irresponsible." "At a time when inter-religious tensions around the world are at an all-time high, Robertson seems determined to throw gasoline on the fire," Lynn said in a statement. ___ On the Net: Christian Broadcasting Network: http://www.cbn.com

Disclaimer: The following are links to other sites. We may not necessarily agree with all their content. Answering-islam.org A Christian but a very comprehensive sites on the web. There is a wealth of material on Islam and Quran. Answering-islam.org.uk This is the mirror site of Answering Islam in UK. Secularizing Islam by Ibn Warraq One of the best sites for liberal views on Islam. (highly recommended) Prophet of Doom by Craig Winn jihadwatch.org by Robert Spencer Loving a Muslim This site must be read by woman dating a Muslim. Islamic Sharia Law kafirnation.com Muhammad's letter to the Julanda Brothers of Oman Muhammad and Idolatry The Historical Debate Treaties Muslim tradition on Heraclius' response to Muhammad's invitation About the death of Muhammad The Satanic Verses Muhammad's Suicide Attempts God's Last Messenger (?) Homa.org The Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation. About.com Critiques of Islamic religious theology - including the hajj, jihad, apostates, hell and other concepts. Documenting the Persecution of Christians in the Islamic World It links the persecution to Quran and teachings of Islam. danielpipes.org An authoritative commentator on Middle East Freethoughtmecca A satirical site on Islam. Satyameva Jayate Good articles about the Prophet, women, terrorism, hell and other Islamic concepts. The Islamic Monitor This site warns the west of Islamic expansionism and the threat that it represents for freedom of speech and Western values. The Internet Islamic History Sourcebook A wide-ranging collection of links pertaining to the Koran and Islamic history. The Treatment of Jews in Arab/Islamic Countries By Mitchell Bard Islamaniacs Covers subjects like Islamic history, terrorism, totalitarianism, taboos, women and science Denis Giron Giron is a freethinker and writes very well. His articles include science and Islam, Muhmmad's idea of hell, etc. Taslima Nasrin's page Another apostate carrying a death sentence for standing for women's rights in her homeland Bangladesh. Koran: Testimony of Antichrist a Christian site New Secularism in the Arab World by Ghassan F. Abdullah It is wrongly assumed that there are few secular minded people within the Islamic world. Abdullah's article mentions many people and writings who dared to challenge Islam. What is the Koran?" by Toby Lester Researchers with a variety of academic and theological interests are proposing controversial theories about the Koran and Islamic history, and are striving to reinterpret Islam for the modern world. This is, as one scholar puts it, a "sensitive business." Jihad and Civilization - Part 1 (The Battle of Badr) Anwar Shaikh, an ex-Muslim, discusses the true meaning of Jihad (Jehad). Shaikh cites the battle of Badr between Muhammad's followers, and an army of Arab warriors there to protect a commercial caravan. For related material, see Shaik's book Jehad By Anwar Shaikh Negationism and the Muslim Conquests" by Francois Gautier Gautier discusses negationism, which he defines as "the denial of historical crimes against humanity", in Muslim-Hindu conflict. The article classifies the Muslim invasion of India as a Holocaust inflicted on the Hindu "infidels". A Declaration of Women's Rights in Islamic Societies (1997) Jeremiah McAuliffe & Abdul Saleeb- ( Muslim convert v.s. Caholic Convert) The Debate Site Muslim/Christian debate Light of Life Investigate Islam from Christian point of view Islam: The Way, The Truth and The Light? Islamic studies in Christian Perspective The Tougher Answers Muhammadanism Islam Review The Pen vs. the Sword Islam Examined Thinker's World By Mughal The Peace Encyclopedia: A Jewish site on Islam www.mukto-mona.com A Bangladeshi site of freethinkers Dhimmi: The minorities in Islam Freedom Now World. An anti slavery site www.anti-cair-net.org Know Islam Nonie Darvtsh Middle-East-Info Advancing democracy, pluralism and mutual respect in the Middle East 10 Myths About Islam Reality With Bite faithfreedom.info nosharia.com A campaign to fight the adoption of Sharia in Canada malaysiatoday.blogspot.com crusaderwar.blogspot.com omdurman.org Defending Western Civilization protesting-islam.com ropma.net WesternResistance.com Atena Project - an Internet Information Bank on Islam fundamentalism with a special concern on Islam in European Union 6thcolumnagainstjihad.com islamkritik.blogspot.com in Sweden www.fomi.nu a Swedish Forum Against Islamization fjordman.blogspot.com Norwegian Blog with excellent articles about Islam from a Scandinavian perspective, in English TheBlackKettle.blogspot.com Canadian conservative veiw laotze.blogspot.com Blog by an American ex-pat in Southeast Asia there-is-only-one-islam.blogspot.com refuting-islam.tk In English for Indian readers. efsha.co.uk/indexen.htm English and Farsi alter-of-democracy.be www.islam-watch.org spelledsideways.com

Allah is the name of the only God in Islam. Allah is a pre-Islamic name coming from the compound Arabic word Al-ilah which means the God, which is derived from al (the) ilah (deity). It was also the name of the chief god among the numerous idols (360) in the Kaaba in Mecca. Today a Muslim is one who submits to the God Allah. Islam means submission to (Allah), but originally it meant that strength which characterized a desert warrior who, even when faced with impossible odds, would fight to the death for his tribe. (Dr. M. Baravmann, The Spiritual Background of Early Islam, E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1972) Many believe the word “Allah” was derived from the mid- eastern word “el” which in Ugaritic, Caananite and Hebrew can mean a true or false God. This is not the case, “The source of this (Allah) goes back to pre-Muslim times. Allah is not a common name meaning “God” (or a “god”), and the Muslim must use another word or form if he wishes to indicate any other than his own peculiar deity.” (Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics (ed. Hastings), I:326.) According to the Encyclopedia of Religion, Allah corresponded to the Babylonian god Baal, and Arabs knew of him long before Mohammed worshipped him as the supreme God. Before Islam the Arabs recognized many gods and goddesses, each tribe had their own deity. There were also nature deities. Allah was the god of the local Quarish tribe, which was Mohammed's tribe before he invented Islam to lead his people out of their polytheism. Allah was then known as the Moon God, who had 3 daughters who were viewed as intercessors for the people into Allah. Their names were Al-at, Al-uzza, and Al-Manat, which were three goddesses; the first two daughters of Allah had names which were feminine forms of Allah. Hubal was the chief God of the Kaaba among the other 360 deities. Hubal was the chief God of the Kaaba among the other 360 deities. Hubal was a statue likeness of a man whose body was made of red precious stones whose arms were made of gold. (Reference Islam George Braswell Jr.) “Historians like Vaqqidi have said Allah was actually the chief of the 360 gods being worshipped in Arabia at the time Mohammed rose to prominence. Ibn Al-Kalbi gave 27 names of pre-Islamic deities...Interestingly, not many Muslims want to accept that Allah was already being worshipped at the Ka'ba in Mecca by Arab pagans before Mohammed came. Some Muslims become angry when they are confronted with this fact. But history is not on their side. Pre-Islamic literature has proved this.” (G. J. O. Moshay, Who Is This Allah? (Dorchester House, Bucks, UK, 1994), pg. 138). History has shown Mecca and the holy stone al-Kaaba were holy sites for pre-Islamic pagan Arabs. The Kaaba in Mecca was formerly named Beit-Allah meaning House of Allah. The Koran tells us that Mohammed drove the other idols away; he made one God now the only god and he was its messenger. He kept the Kaaba as a holy, sacred place and confirmed that the black stone had the power to take away man's sins. He obligated every believer to make a pilgrimage to the stone at least once in his lifetime. (Sura 22:26-37) No Old Testament saint ever had a pilgrimage to the Kaaba and kissed its black stone. Mohammed used the name Allah which was the name of a specific idol without ever distinguishing it from the idol the Meccan’s were already worshipping. This was a modification of their former worship but never a complete break. He never did say for the people to stop their worship of the wrong Allah, for the right one. Al-Lat which is a T at the end of the name of Allah, was represented by a square stone whose major sanctuary was in the city of Taif. In the sanctuary was a black stone in the town of Qudayd between Mecca and Medina. She was the goddess of fate, a female counterpart of Allah. Al-uzza was the goddess of east Mecca. It has been said there were human sacrifices made to her and Islamic tradition tells of a story of Mohammed’s grandfather almost sacrificing his son the father of Mohammed to her. What prevented this was his seeking counsel from a fortune teller which told him to ransom his son with one hundred camels. Muslims look to this as the will of Allah to bring Mohammed into existence. (Reference Muhammad husain haykal, Hayat mohammed) “The name Allah, as the Qur'an itself is witness, was well known in pre-Islamic Arabia. Indeed, both it and its feminine form, Allat, are found not infrequently among the theophorous names in inscriptions from North Africa.” (Arthur Jeffrey, ed., Islam: Muhammad and His Religion (1958), p. 85.) The literal name of Mohammed's father in Arabic is Abd Allah. His uncle's name Obred Allah. These names show the devotion of Mohammed's families pagan roots, and also prove that Allah was part of a polytheistic system of worship before Allah was made the supreme and only god from the other God's. This should be proof to the pre- Islamic root of the name of Allah to the Muslim. Remember they were pagans who used this name. He kept his family name above all the other names. Mohammad had good intentions in removing the people from their polytheistic worship however he did not go far enough in his reform. Mecca was the place where the idol Allah was located, so the people would face in that direction when they prayed. Prior to Islam the people would pray 5 times a day facing Mecca (The Encyclopedia of Islam p.303) Prior to Islam's beginning each Arab tribe used Allah to refer to its own particular high god. This is why Hubal, the Moon god, was the central focus of prayer at the Kaabah and people prayed to Hubal and they used the name Allah. The crescent moon was the symbol of the moon God Allah (Hubal) and is still used as a symbol of Islam today (although they have changed the meaning to be from Mecca to the moon Islam will spread). Today there is hardly a Muslim that knows its ancient origin. History records it as an ancient pagan fertility symbol that is found throughout the Middle East. Mohammed smashed all the idols that led the people into idolatry but the black stone was kept which Muslims continue to kiss today. This was another practice that preceded Mohammad. Mohammed made Allah into a single being who, unlike the Bible's God, has no son. Because of this portrayal there is no fellowship or love among the godhead before God created man. Creation and man therefore become a necessity for God to express His attributes or characteristic's. This God has never revealed Himself to man but revealed only His will. This God is so removed from man that it is impossible to know him in a personal way, he relates to man only through his will and law. It is a religion of obedience no different than any other. To the Muslim God is strictly singular, all seeing, all hearing, almighty, He is the first and the last. But what differs is that he has no Son and he cannot be called Father who relates to His son in a unique way (Son and Father does not mean offspring in historic Christianity). Of the 99 names of God in Islam, not one is “Father” or has a personal connotation. The difference is not to be overlooked. The God of the Bible is personal and wants an ongoing friendship with each of us. Islam portrays God as one who expects us to do our religious duty or He angers. There are rules to be obeyed and one can only please him but not know him personally. No Muslim would ever consider being able to have a personal relationship with him, by talking to him, and loving him. Jesus instead taught Christians to pray “our Father in heaven” (Matthew 6:9). Throughout the Old Testament God was real to the prophets who had him personally speak to them and they to him. “Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another by profaning the covenant of the fathers?” (Mal 2:10) In Islam some state that if one memorizes the 99 names of Allah and repeats them he will get into paradise because they give the believer power, making them conscious of God. Neither the Koran nor the Hadith speak of these names in such a way. The Suras in the Koran begin with “In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful. Yet in practice Islam's god is portrayed as stern, harsh, having compassion on those who do right and deals severely with those who do not. To a Muslim the God of the Bible who is described as triune is offensive and pagan, reminding them of what Mohammed destroyed. They interpret this as 3 Gods and not a unified one. “ They are unbelievers who say God is a third of three. No God is there but one God.” While Muslims affirm Jesus' virgin conception, they deny he had any pre-existence that would imply He is God. To call a prophet God is the ultimate in blasphemy to them. “ Verily God will not forgive the union of other gods with himself.” This is a true statement, however if Jesus is who He said he is, the true God, then it is they who are in union with another than the true God. Muslims claim that the name Allah can be found in the Bible. This is no different than what the Jehovah's Witnesses do for the name Jehovah. Allah is not called Yahweh once in the Koran but neither is Yahweh called Allah in the Bible. So they can't be the same God. Neither is the word Elohim which is applied to Yahweh over 2,500 times in the Bible used in the Koran. Neither is he called I Am, which He said to Moses would be His name forever. The God of the Bible identifies himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Jacobs name is later changed to the name Israel, being the father of the 12 tribes of Israel. The God of the Bible calls Jerusalem the city of David and that the Messiah would descend from his lineage. Neither does the God of the Bible does not mention Mecca or Medina but instead Jerusalem 800 times. Yet Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Koran, which the Muslim claims as there own. The God in the Bible is called the God of the Jews, an impossibility with Allah. They are called his chosen people, but they are not Allah's chosen. Allah commands the Muslim to not take the Jews or Christians as friends, Sura.5:51 disdains the Jews. Mohammed said, “The last hour will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims kill them.” (Mishkat Al Masabih Sh.M. Ashraf pp.147, 721, 810-11, 1130). So how could Israel inherit the land or any of God's promises from Allah, if he is their God. Clearly he is not the same God of the Bible. Muslims trying to prove their position from the Bible point to the Old Testament with the word alleluyah, interpreting the first portion of the word alle as Allah. The word [H]alleluyah is not a compound Hebrew word. It is not two words but a singular word meaning praise to Yahweh. (alle- praise, lu-to, yah-Yaweh). The beginning of the word is Hallel meaning praise. This has nothing to do with an Allah, and the last syllable of the word is a reference to Yahweh the God of the Bible, this is hardly any evidence for their assertions. They are also confusing Aramaic with Arabic. This is not unusual, as Muslims will often take words and meanings set in another language and culture and adopt them for proof of their own book or religion. This word play only gets more ludicrous as they try to have Jesus saying the name of their God. When Jesus was on the cross they claim when he cried out Eli, Eli it was really is Allah, Allah. The New Testament was written in Greek, however it points us to him speaking the Aramaic language, not Arabic. Jesus was quoting Psalm 22:1 which read in full says, Eli, Eli Sabbathani “My God, My God why have you forsaken me.” What makes even less sense for this position is the fact that they don't believe that it was Jesus on the cross in the first place, but that another took His place. Some think it was Judas; so it was Judas crying out Allah, Allah? The first Arabic translation of the Bible came into existence about the 9th century. Nowhere is the name of Allah found in the Old or New Testament. When Islam became the dominant political force people were coerced to use the name Allah for God or suffer the consequences from the hands of militant Muslims. Because of Islam's dominance Allah became the common name of God. The translators of the Bible gave in to the religious pressures and substituted Allah for Yahweh in the Arabic Bibles, but this is not the name of the God of the Hebrews, nor of the creator who made heaven and earth because of its source in paganism. His nature and attributes have only a few basic similarities and many more differences.

THE SPIRIT OF ISLAMNew York, Madrid, Beslan by Silas INTRODUCTION The world is awakening to true Islam. Even Muslims are now questioning and admitting the dark aspects of their faith. The world tastes Islam’s fruit and spits it out. Throughout the world devout Muslim men and women dedicate their lives to fly planes into buildings, blow up trains, murder little children, and butcher humanity in various ways. Hardly a week goes by without yet another fresh atrocity committed by these devout Muslims. These men spend months, if not years, planning these attacks. They know full well that they would or could possibly die, not in committing suicide, but as brave Muslim soldiers giving their lives for Allah in jihad. Have you wondered, "What drives these Muslims to commit these horrible crimes?" This article is about the "spirit" of Islam, that spirit that motivates and drives these men. Somehow their consciences were seared and their hearts hardened to the point where they can purposefully target children and rend them. The world sees it and instinctively knows there is something dark within Islam. The only thing lacking is that many people are unable to differentiate between what they call, "Islamist", and real Islam. Real Islam is what Muhammad did and taught. The terrorists today, the "Islamists", are the real Muslims. They are putting into practice what Muhammad taught. They are building their lives upon Muhammad’s foundation. Fortunately, I’m now beginning to see, hear, and read, that more and more people understand that the Islam of the "Islamists" is indeed the real Islam. 1) THE SPIRIT OF ISLAM PAST THE BEGINNING: MUHAMMAD’S MEETING WITH THE SPIRIT If you’ve wondered how Muhammad got his start, then read the following article that describes his initial experience: www.answering-islam.org/Silas/suicide.htm. I’ll quote a few select passages from historic Islamic source materials to provide you a summary of his experience. "So I [Muhammad] read it, and he departed from me. And I awoke from my sleep, and it was though these words were written on my heart. (Tabari: Now none of God's creatures was more hateful to me than an (ecstatic) poet or a man possessed: I could not even look at them. I thought, Woe is me poet or possessed - Never shall Quraysh say this of me! I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself and gain rest. So I went forth to do so and then, when I was midway on the mountain, I heard a voice from heaven saying "O Muhammad! thou are the apostle of God and I am Gabriel." Quoted from Guillaume’s "The Life of Muhammad", [3], page 106, which is his rendition of Ibn Ishaq's "Sirat Rasulallah", the oldest available biography of Muhammad. Words in [ ] type brackets are mine. Words in ( ) brackets are the author's. But after a few days Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while and the Prophet became so sad as we have heard that he intended several times to throw himself from the tops of high mountains and every time he went up the top of a mountain in order to throw himself down, Gabriel would appear before him and say, "O Muhammad! You are indeed Allah's Apostle in truth" whereupon his heart would become quiet and he would calm down and would return home. And whenever the period of the coming of the inspiration used to become long, he would do as before, but when he used to reach the top of a mountain, Gabriel would appear before him and say to him what he had said before. Quoted from the Sahih (authentic) Hadith (traditions) of Bukhari, Vol. 9, number 111. The summary is that Muhammad was meditating in a cave when a spirit came upon him. It seized Muhammad, squeezed him, and commanded him to read or recite three times. Muhammad was confused and frightened not knowing how to respond. He was filled with fear and scared out of his wits! After this experience he left the cave and attempted suicide. He was going to kill himself! But this spirit, who then identified himself as the angel Gabriel, stopped him from carrying out his fateful deed. During the next three years or so Muhammad continued to live in deep depression and continued to attempt suicide. Each time, just before he could jump off a cliff to his death, the spirit appeared and spoke to him, telling him that he was the "apostle of God". This stopped Muhammad from jumping. Years later Muhammad began to believe what the spirit had been telling him: Muhammad was indeed the apostle of God. Now I understand that there are readers who do not believe in demons, demonic power, spiritual forces, or Satan. If that is your case, then at least consider and ask yourself, "What kind of mental experience did Muhammad have that caused him to be depressed and suicidal for about three years?" What force or motivation affected his mind in such a detrimental way? I’m not a psychiatrist, but I know that if you ask them about depressed and suicidal people they will tell you that something is wrong and that depressed and suicidal people have a mental disease and need treatment. Either way, something powerful affected Muhammad. Now stop and think for a moment about what could have transpired to have caused a man to live in such an anguished mental state. Who or what did Muhammad encounter in that cave? What dark force drove him into the depths of depression, to the mental abyss of suicide? We do have several clues! The first is Muhammad’s own words: "I thought, Woe is me poet or possessed". Muhammad initially believed that he was either insane (a poet), or had encountered a demon which possessed him. This was what he continued to believe for some time. The second clue is that we have a reference to judge his experience by: the Biblical prophets. Muhammad believed in the Biblical prophets and he used them as an example in his lifestyle and teachings. But none of the Biblical prophets ever became suicidal and depressed because of their experience with God. For more details check out the article mentioned above at the beginning of this section. The point is that people who encounter the real God do not react as Muhammad reacted. God’s presence brought strength and healing to these people not anguish, fear, and depression. The third clue is the fruit of Muhammad’s life. As Muhammad lived the trail of blood behind him grew ever wider. The fruit of his life was not one of peace and construction; rather it was one of violence and destruction. You can read about Muhammad’s dark side in many articles found in this index: http://www.answering-islam.org/Muhammad/index.html The fourth clue are the actions, or the fruit, of his closest followers. These men and women loved and obeyed Muhammad. Their deeds would represent what they knew he wanted them to do. And their hands are very bloody. Tens of thousands of people left Islam after Muhammad died. But the Muslim leaders forced these people to rejoin Islam, or die. Thousands were killed simply because they never wanted to be Muslims in the first place. They only became Muslims out of fear for their lives. They hoped to leave Islam after Muhammad died, but that was not to be. Finally, these very same Muslim leaders turned upon each other and within a generation, the Muslims were at each other’s throats. If you want more information about these internal Muslim conflicts and wars, read the following series of articles starting here: www.answering-islam.org/Silas/rf1_mhd_wealth.htm. Based upon those four evidences, I agree with Muhammad’s initial analysis, that he encountered a demon or Satan himself. I believe that his life was influenced by a demonic spirit. I believe that Satan reached deep within Muhammad’s mind and soul and secured a prize. Muhammad’s heart was darkened and he chose to believe in and obey that dark spirit. In the end, "the devil didn’t make him do it", instead Muhammad was responsible and he made that choice. Later, that choice bore terrible fruit. MUHAMMAD’S LIFE: THE SPIRIT OF ISLAM’S POWER As Muhammad gained power over those that rejected his claim as prophet he perpetrated crimes against them. He started out with robbery, which led to murder. Later he ordered assassinations of men and women. As he grew in power he attacked various Arab tribes killing the men and enslaving the women and children. Finally he attacked small towns. You can peruse the index given above for examples. The point is that as his power grew, his crimes against non-Muslim people grew in number and brutality. And in many cases they parallel what the Muslims today are doing! Do the beheadings of innocent men shock you? Muhammad had hundreds of men beheaded! To illustrate what I am talking about, I want to focus briefly on one of his crimes: Muhammad’s treatment of the Banu Qaynuqa Jews. You can find a detailed account of this, as "Incident #3," here: www.answering-islam.org/Silas/jihad.htm. The summary of this event is that Muhammad and the Jews fought a battle. Muhammad besieged the Jews and after a couple weeks they surrendered. Note in the quote below that one of Muhammad’s conditions of surrender (in blue bold), was that the Jews would be able to leave Medina with their wives and children. However, Muhammad lied and broke his word. This account is found in Ibn Sa’d’s "Kitab al Tabaqat al Kabir", volume 2, page 32: They shut themselves up in their fortress, so he (Prophet) strongly besieged them, till Allah cast fear in their hearts. They submitted to the orders of the Apostle of Allah, that their property would be for the Prophet while they would take their women and children with them. Then under his orders their hands were tied behind their backs. The Apostle of Allah appointed al-Mudhir Ibn Qadamah al-Slimi, of the Banu al-Silm, the tribe of Sa’d Ibn Khaythamah to tie their hands behind their backs. Abd Allah Ibn Ubayyi had a talk with the Apostle of Allah about them and entreated him (to release them). Thereupon he (Prophet) said: Leave them, may Allah curse them and curse him who is with them! He abandoned the idea of their killing and ordered them to be banished from Madinah. You see that when Muhammad ordered the Jews to be tied up it meant that he intended to massacre them. That is why the Pagan leader, Abd Allah Ibn Ubayy, confronted Muhammad immediately and demanded that he not murder them for they were his friends. Muhammad backed down from Ubayy and let the Jews leave. What does this event reveal to us about Muhammad’s character? Look at the deception and brutality in his heart, this so-called "prophet of Allah". He gave his word to let a defeated people leave, but then lied, tied up the hundreds of men, who had laid down their arms, and prepared to massacre them. Is this, "an example for humanity" that the Quran claims Muhammad to be? Only the higher morality and character of a Pagan saved those Jews’ lives. A final note on this is that a few years later Muhammad succeeded in massacring a different tribe of Jews, the Banu Qurayza. You can read about it here: http://www.answering-islam.org/Muhammad/Jews/BQurayza/index.html. THE EARLY MUSLIMS’ LIVES: THAT DARK FORCE AT WORK The early Muslims were devoted to Muhammad. They loved him and obeyed his commands; they fought and died for him. They partook of and received into their hearts that same spirit that drove Muhammad. Like prophet, like followers. I want to bring to light two instances that demonstrate the same dark power lived in the hearts and minds of these early Muslims. 1. The Murder of Ibn Sunayna From Guillaume, "The Life of Muhammad", page 369: "The apostle said, "Kill any Jew that falls into your power." Thereupon Muhayyisa b. Masud leapt upon Ibn Sunayna, a Jewish merchant with whom they had social and business relations, and killed him. Huwayyisa was not a Muslim at the time though he was the elder brother. When Muhayyisa killed him Huwayyisa began to beat him, saying, 'You enemy of God, did you kill him when much of the fat on your belly comes from his wealth?' Muhayyisa answered, 'Had the one who ordered me to kill him ordered me to kill you I would have cut your head off.'" 2. The Murder of Umm Qirfa From Guillaume, page 665: "... and Umm Qirfa Fatima was taken prisoner. She was a very old woman, wife of Malik. Her daughter and Abdullah Masada were also taken. Zayd ordered Qays to kill Umm Qirfa and he killed her cruelly (Tabari, by putting a rope to her two legs and to two camels and driving them until they rent her in two.) These early Muslims could murder people at the drop of a hat. People who had once been good friends to the Muslims, like Ibn Sunayna, were slaughtered simply because they refused to believe in Muhammad. And note how the Muslim told his brother that upon Muhammad’s command he would murder him too! And look at how the Muslims treated their prisoners. They ripped apart an 80 year old woman! Do their deeds remind you of what you see the Muslims doing today? They should. These early Muslims were motivated and driven by the same spirit that drove Muhammad. 2) THE SPIRIT OF ISLAM PRESENT Muhammad is Islam. Muslims are commanded to follow and obey Muhammad. His teachings, his life, and his actions are studied intensely. These Muslims adore Muhammad, they dream about him, they imitate him. In their imaginations they eat with him, fight alongside him, and endure with him. They feel his pain and weep when they remember his early sufferings. They speak of his life and say that they wish they could have been there to aid Muhammad, to fight and die for him. I know this firsthand. You can hear it in their voices. These Muslims today receive the same spirit that Muhammad received. The spiritual force that commanded Muhammad continues to live in these Muslims today. If Muhammad and the early Muslims could commit those types of crimes then Muslims today are certainly capable of committing similar crimes. And we are seeing this happen! Let me recap on a world wide scale: Muslims in Thailand murder Buddhists, Muslims in Kashmir murder Hindus, Muslims in the Philippines murder Christians, Muslims in Indonesia murder Christians, Sunni Muslims in Pakistan murder Christians and also Shia Muslims, and Muslims from Chechnya murder children in a region that is not involved with their conflict (North Ossetia). Muslims in Spain blow up trains of commuters, Muslims in Turkey murder various types of non-Muslims, or nominal Muslims, or atheists, Muslims in Iran murder Christians and Bahais, Muslims in Egypt murder Christians, and Muslims in Iraq murder Christians and other Muslims. Muslims in Sudan murder other Muslims, Christians, and Animists. I could go on but by now you should have caught my drift. We are seeing that the spirit of Islam present, is the same as the spirit of Islam past. It is dark and brutal. It will use any excuse to commit and justify a crime. Osama bin Laden has said that he has a religious ruling that allows him to murder civilians because they pay taxes which support the military. In his view Islam allows him to kill civilians because they are indirect combatants. That point can be argued but many Muslims agree with and support his view. CASE IN POINT 1) A few years ago, a young American-born male, Adam Pearlman, converted to Islam. He wrote up his conversion testimony here: www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/newmuslims/yahiye.html. Below is an interesting quote from this testimony: Having been around Muslims in my formative years, I knew well that they were not the bloodthirsty, barbaric terrorists that the news media and the televangelists paint them to be. Yahiye Adam Gadahn But in October 2004, he is now quoted as issuing terrorist threats here: www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2004/10/28/20041028_151613_abct.htm. Compare the quote below to his earlier quote above: The terrorist claims on tape the next attack will dwarf 9/11. "The streets will run with blood," and "America will mourn in silence" because they will be unable to count the number of the dead. Further claims: America has brought this on itself for electing George Bush who has made war on Islam by destroying the Taliban and making war on Al Qaeda. Adam Gadhan - aka Adam Pearlman, a California native Well, it looks like Adam has proved the televangelists right! He has become a bloodthirsty, barbaric terrorist! It only took the spirit of Islam, time, and the true teachings of Islam to sear this young man’s mind and heart. Today this man will murder your parents, give him and the spirit of Islam a couple more years, and he would probably murder his own parents. 3) THE SPIRIT OF ISLAM FUTURE What does the future hold for the relationship between that which is Islamic and that which is non-Islamic? The same thing that it held for them in the past. The spread of Islam was checked principally by countries that were able to fight back and defend themselves. That is what history tells you. Islam’s track record is one of war and conquest. Within 100 years after Muhammad’s death the Muslim crusaders carved out a huge empire that extended into southern France and Western China. Later, Muslim armies pushed throughout Eastern Europe and brutally subjected those peoples. They took those lands by force, killing and plundering those in their path. The European peoples had to fight to reclaim their lands and throw out the Muslim invaders. You better expect this same track record for the future! When the Muslims feel themselves capable they will be violent. When they feel weak they will seek peace and work towards getting strong. They put into practice two contrasting principles commanded by the Quran: When the Muslims are strong: Therefore do not falter or sue for peace when you have gained the upper hand. God is on your side and will not grudge you the reward of your labors. (47:35) When the Muslims are weak: But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace. (8:61) One of the difficulties in understanding Islam is that there are many rules for different occasions that can be applied. Hence, Muslims in the West will proclaim, "Islam is peace" while Muslims in the Mideast and Asia murder non-Muslims. It’s all the same Islam just different rules being applied for differing circumstances. Naive Westerners have always been easy to fool. CASE IN POINT In October 2004 a new video was released by Osama bin Laden. Details are found here: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bin_laden_tape&cid=540&ncid=716. Osama bin Laden changed his usual lofty, sharply militant rhetoric to address Americans in a more conciliatory tone - though one tinged with threat - in his new video, dropped off at the Pakistan offices of Al-Jazeera television days ahead of the U.S. presidential elections. He said the United States must stop threatening the security of Muslims if it wants to avoid "another Manhattan" and while he did not directly warn of new attacks, he warned: "There are still reasons to repeat what happened." "Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaida. Your security is in your own hands," bin Laden said, referring to President Bush and his Democratic opponent, John Kerry. "Any state that does not mess with our security has naturally guaranteed its own security." What I read in this is what the article’s writer perceived: Osama is holding out an implicit olive branch to his enemies. Why? I’ll let Adam Gadahn answer, www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2004/10/28/20041028_151613_abct.htm: Further claims: America has brought this on itself for electing George Bush who has made war on Islam by destroying the Taliban and making war on Al Qaeda. Look at it from the Muslim’s perspective: America and her allies have destroyed the Taliban and wounded Al Qaeda. Afghanistan is lost, the Muslims are being watched and moved against in Europe, and even moderate Muslim states are fighting and killing the Muslim fundamentalists. The terrorist’s effort has been wounded severely. Hence Osama is implicitly asking for a "truce". Only naive and foolish Americans, like Mark Levine, would go for it: www.answering-islam.org/Silas/levine_truce.htm. CONTEMPORARY TRACK RECORD: THE SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE Let’s take a look at today’s Islamic track record and see what it holds for the future. Start with Pakistan. Historically, Pakistan received a great deal of foreign aid in many forms. Some of this was nuclear technology. The Pakistani government promised that they were in no way developing nuclear weapons. But they lied. They used the foolishness and naivety of Canadian benevolence, the cold war mentality of America, and the careless callousness of various European countries and secured all the pieces of the nuclear puzzle. You can read about it here: cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/pdfs/9707paki.pdf, www.ccnr.org/myth_2.html. To make matters worse they began to give nuclear weapon technology to other countries. You can read about it here: www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040308fa_fact. Because they are motivated by the spirit of Islam, Pakistanis lied, developed, and then gave away nuclear weapon technology to other rogue states. Khan understands fully the power of the weapon and he wants his side to triumph. What do the Muslims intend to do with nuclear weapons? What do you think? Have a look at what one of Iran’s leaders has stated. He is not the only Muslim leader to say such things (http://216.26.163.62/2001/me_iran_12_17b.html). Iran would willingly engage Israel in a nuclear war because they feel they can withstand the damage. They are not concerned about their people, they are not concerned about their neighbors who will suffer the effects of nuclear fallout, they only want to destroy those they hate: those that can successfully withstand them. And make no mistake about it, after Israel, the Iranians would turn these weapons on someone else. These Iranian leaders are motivated by the same spirit that motivates the Pakistani scientists, government officials, et. al., this same spirit that drove Muhammad. I’m an American citizen now. What does the future hold for America and the Muslims? This is what I think will happen: www.abrahamic-faith.com/silas/Destroying%20America.html. There is a deep, dark, power that drives these Muslims. This power is more powerful than Muhammad. 4) THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF ISLAM With all due respect to Dickens, I’ve used his format to illustrate real Islam. I’ve shown briefly what Islam was in the past, what it is now in the present, and what it will be in the future. I am no prophet but the character and the teachings of Islam are well established and their next steps are easily deciphered. Hang tight! You are going to be reading about more Muslim atrocities. Let your imagination run wild. So, the question is: Who or what is this evil power, this vile spirit, that affected Muhammad so greatly that he attempted suicide many times? Who is this spirit that motivated Abu Bakr to massacre thousands who left Islam? Who is this spirit that drove those Muslims to fly planes into buildings, blow up trains of commuters, and murder those little children? The Bible tells us that there are spiritual powers at work that influence men’s minds. Take a look at Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world-forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Jesus commented on the spirit we are talking about: John 8:44: You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. I am saying that Satan was behind Muhammad’s experience. I say that Muhammad’s own words, found in his initial analysis, were correct. He got it right! He had an encounter with a demonic power indeed and during those years of mental anguish Satan slowly but surely warped Muhammad and during later times influenced his actions and teachings. Muhammad was able to ‘forgive’ many sins, but he could not accept those who rejected his claim as prophet. Why? Because if their denial were true, then it would mean that Muhammad was indeed influenced, or possessed by a demon. Then suicide would once again be his only option. Now I’m going to take this a step farther and have a deeper look. If you study the teachings of real Islam, you will learn that it has never condoned the deliberate murder of children. Yet Muslims have been murdering children for a long time. If you go back some ten years you will find Muslims in Algeria slitting the throats of Muslim children and throwing them down farm wells. You can look up photos of this in Time magazine. So it is no surprise that if devout Muslims are driven to murder Muslim children, they certainly will murder non-Muslim children. But these actions are clearly non-Islamic. Why then are these devout Muslims murdering children? Because the strong power that is behind Islam cares little for Muhammad’s man-made rules. Satan is a destroyer. He was a murderer and liar from the beginning and so he is now. He uses people to accomplish his work. He scoffs at their weak rules. Instead, he dominates their minds and hearts and bends them to do his will. This is what he did with Muhammad. That is why the trail of blood grew ever wider behind Muhammad. Over time, Muhammad’s new revelations became more brutal. The Quran’s chapter 9 is one of the last, and most violent, chapters in the Quran. In it Satan was able to command words of destruction. There Muhammad commands the Muslims to make war upon the unbelievers, Christians and Jews. All people were to come under Islam’s subjection or be killed. Have a look at the following articles to see just how violent authentic Islam really is! www.answering-islam.org/Silas/jihad.htmwww.answering-islam.org/Silas/terrorist.htmwww.answering-islam.org/Silas/kronemer.htm 5) CONCLUSION I have shown that the spirit that dealt with Muhammad caused him great suffering and that over time it bent his mind and heart to do its bidding. This same spirit continued to live in the lives of both contemporary and later Muslims. We see this same spirit at work today in the lives of devout Muslims. Satan’s power and strength is greater than Muhammad’s rules; Satan will have his way. Just as Satan used men to kill infants to prevent Moses’ and Jesus’ births so too Muslims today follow in those steps and kill children. You can see "Satan laughing with delight" as the Muslims throughout the world do his work. Satan is the real power behind Islam and he is having his way. Jesus came to undo the work of Satan, Muhammad was used by Satan to undo the work of Christ. We are engaged in both a physical and spiritual war. It is going to get worse. Satan has mustered his troops and captured the hearts and minds of many a Muslim. They are intelligent, motivated, and dedicated Muslims and they are willing to die on the spot if they can effectively harm their enemies. They are waiting simply for the right time to strike. There are no guarantees about who will win in the end. Throughout history armies have murdered millions and there is nothing special about the non-Islamic world today that causes God to protect them. The unleashing of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons in cities around the world is indeed on the table. You are dealing with men who are distorted, and their desire to kill and destroy their enemies, for Allah’s sake, is stronger than any other. One piece of good news is that more and more Muslims are realizing this about their faith and are leaving it: Here are some links to testimonies of ex-Muslims: http://www.apostatesofislam.com/main.htmhttp://www.answering-islam.org/Testimonies/index.htmlhttp://www.faithfreedom.org/testimonials.htmhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1591020689/103-8916321-6972647?v=glancehttp://www.aetheronline.com/mario/Heretic/leave_islam.htm The fruit is ripe and they too know it is bad. Some Muslims today are acknowledging Islam’s role in leading the world in terrorism. For example, here: msnbc.msn.com/id/5912071/. If you’re a Muslim I encourage you to review your faith, read your books for yourself, and see the dark and bloody history of Islam. Leave Islam; it’s path takes you into Satan’s jaws. Ask God to guide you, to truly guide you to the truth. 6) SEEKING THE TRUE GOD & PRAYER FOR SALVATION If you wish to learn more about the rational for following the Messiah, Jesus Christ, have a look at the article, "Does Goodness Live In You?", available here: www.answering-islam.org/Basics/newlife.html The decision to follow Christ will be difficult for some people who live in anti-Christian environments. That decision needs to be supported with prayer and study. I encourage each person to think about the reality of Christ in this world. If you are interested in starting an obedient relationship with God, examine and consider the prayer below. This prayer is written for anyone. This includes Muslims who are seeking the truth and who want to know God in a personal and truthful way. "Lord Jesus, I believe in You. I believe that You are the Son of God and the Lord. I believe that You died for my sins and were raised from the dead. I confess that I am a sinner and I ask You to come into my heart, cleanse me from my sins, and forgive me for my sins. I turn to follow and obey You – I put my faith in you. I now receive You as Messiah and Lord and totally commit my life to You." Amen. MARANATHA, COME LORD JESUS

The Muslim Uproar Over the Muhammad Cartoons There are two parts to this analysis of the situation, and both are essential to gaining an understanding of what is going on. A guest article asks a number of foundational questions and highlights some important aspects that are mostly neglected in the discussion of this affair. Documentation, background information and further commentary on the issue. The Christian Institute for the Analysis of Islam Is Islam Above Criticism? By Al-Maqdesi & Solomon Much is being stated regarding the boycott of Denmark because of a cartoon drawing allegedly depicting the prophet of Islam. The crisis began last September 2005 when Jyllands-Posten, a Danish Newspaper, published cartoon drawings one of which depicted Muhammad as a terrorist. Subsequently these very cartoons appeared in a Norwegian daily, too. Soon there were demonstrations of protest by Muslims in Denmark and number of Islamic countries against the publishing of the cartoons. However, last week there began a series of reactions in Arab and Islamic countries protesting against the publishing of Danish drawings. For example, on 30 January 2006, a number of armed Palestinian stormed the offices of the European Union in Gaza demanding an apology from Denmark and Norway. Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador from Denmark and Libya followed likewise. The Libyan foreign ministry issued a communiqué stating that Libya had decided to take economical measures against Copenhagen as protest for the failure of Danish authorities to take any measures against the Newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The Syrian foreign office issued a strong worded statement denouncing this prolonged offence against both Arab and Islamic communities. The statement added that Syria calls upon the Danish government to take the necessary steps to punish the culprits and to see that such offences are not repeated in the future. In Jordan the Danish ambassador was summoned by Abdallah Al-Khatib, Minister of foreign Affairs to express Jordan’s protest. While the Egyptian Parliament called upon its government to withdraw its ambassadors from Denmark and Norway, and the Hezbollah in Lebanon described the drawings as a grave offence to Islam. Along the same line significant number of Kuwaiti religious scholars called upon the members of the Kuwaiti parliament to see how to put an end to such offences against the feelings of Muslims. The Arab foreign ministers denounced the Danish government for its refusal to take any action against the newspaper, expressing their disappointment with the European Human Rights organizations that have in their view failed to take a firm pro-Islamic position in this case. On the other hand, hundreds of Kuwaitis demonstrated in front of the Danish consular offices demanding an apology from the Danish government to apologise to all the Muslims, calling to stop the insult to their Prophet and the Islamic religion as well as encouraging the people of Kuwait to boycott all Danish products. In Yemen the protestors demanded the boycott of both Norwegian and Danish products until such time they apologise for the publishing these offensive pictures of their prophet. While in United Emirates Muhammad Bin Nakhyara A’zahiri the Minister of Justice, Islamic affairs and endowments criticised the drawings depicting the prophet as an immoderation and excess of all acceptable intellectual norms and in no way it could be regarded as freedom of expression as stated by the Danish authorities. Almost everywhere in the Gulf businesses have withdrawn Danish products from their stores and major outlets in Saudi displayed notices stating ‘we do not sell Danish products.’ People all over the Arab World wrote messages encouraging each other to boycott Danish goods. Why such a severely escalated reaction by Arab and Islamic countries to some cartoon drawings? Despite the regret and apology expressed by the Newspaper. Logic must be challenged with logic, and reason must never be allowed to be silenced by the sword and violence of corporate punishment, a boycott of products of a country or a withdrawal of ambassadors and the burning of flags.. This kind of suppression of freedom of expression has no place in the free Western society. What is ridiculous yet disappointing, those zealots for Islam think that they would punish the West by imposing a policy of corporate humiliation and starvation in order to demand respect for Islam gagging all and every voice of opposition. Our question to those who are demanding the boycott of Danish and Western goods is – what if the West were to cut them off from supplying their products, aid, security and protection, both medical and technical expertise, deny educating their children, and cut off their protection security! Why this bias to what has happened in Denmark and the refusal to see or hear what the mass media in the Arab and Islamic world has and continues to publish and broadcast in offensive and insulting lingo and the undermining of the rights of Jews, Christians and their religious beliefs? Shouldn’t justice and injustice be the same for all? Do we understand by this reaction and peppery response of the Arabs and Muslims towards the cartoon artist that anything that might offend or vilify a certain religious group would be punitive! If the true reason behind the rage and the reaction of the Muslims is their concern for equal respect of all religions and its icons, then shouldn’t the Jews and the Christians be entitled for the same reasons to be enraged and file an international law suit against the Qur’an for its incitement against the Jews and the Christians, and their humiliation propagated by it? Could his majesty, the King of Saudi, clearly state to the Westerners generally and Danes particularly, both required to respect Islam, who is it that sura 1:7 is referring to "on whom Allah has bestowed his wrath and those who have gone astray". Aren’t they the Jews and the Christians?! Would the Muslims kindly inform the West and the Westerners who are required to respect Islam? Who is it that is being referred to in sura 7:176, "his similitude is that of a dog, if you attack him he lolls out his tongue or if you leave him alone he still lolls out his tongue that is the similitude of whose who reject our signs"? Isn’t this a corporate reference to the Jews? And then few verses further 7:179, states "many are the jinns and men we have made for Hell, they have hearts they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like Cattle nay more misguided for they are heedless." Again all Islamic expositors and their manuals say that it is the Jews that are being referred to here. Not only as dogs, cattle but now donkeys as per sura 62:5 "the similitude of those who were charged with the Mosaic Law but who subsequently failed in those (obligations) is that of a donkey which carries huge tomes. Evil is the similitude of people who falsify the sings of Allah. And Allah guides not people who do wrong." "As if they were affrighted asses", sura 74:50 "those who incurred the curse of Allah and His wrath those of whom some He transformed into apes and swine" sura 5:60, godless and iniquitous as per Sura 2:59, 5:25,47; unjust and transgressors, Sura 5:45; hypocrites, 63:8; apostates, 9:30, 4:155, 171; polytheists 9:28,30. And they are the ones who corrupted and tampered with the Scriptures, 2:75ff, 4:46, and 3:78; worshipped their leaders as gods, sura 9:31; spread corruption on earth, 5:33,64. How can respect of the other - meaning the non-Muslims - be achieved when the Qur’an depicts them with most humiliating terms? Is it out of respect that the Qur’an describes the non-Muslims as profane; sura 9:28 "O ye who believe, truly the pagans (non Muslims) are profane so let them not after this year of theirs approach the sacred Mosque." Thus Mecca remains exclusively an Islamic city, non-Muslims barred. The Qur’an declares the Christians have been declared as apostates for their belief in the divinity of Christ by the Qur’an. So, based on this, would it be appropriate for the USA to confiscate and censor all the Islamic books and arrest whosoever of the Muslims reiterates that? If the USA were to require Muslims to delete or abstain from publishing the verses of the Qur’an that declares Christians to be apostates, what would be the reaction of Muslims? How would they describe the USA? As stated above, the Qur’an declares the Jews to be monkeys and swine and that they worship Ezra … so would it be appropriate for the Jewish State to arrest Muslims with the charge of incitement of racial and religious hate and forbid them publishing and distributing Islamic books or the Qur’anic verses that despise the majority in the Jewish State? How can the Muslims demand from others to respect Islam and their beliefs and their religious icons while the Qur’an commands the humiliation and the killing of non-Muslims for simply not embracing Islam as their religion, Sura 9:29? The publishing of cartoon drawings has been regarded and taken as an affront to Islam, how would they describe the Qur’anic injunctions that incite Muslims towards hate and murdering the other, i.e. the non-Muslims? Can his royal Majesty, the king of Saudi Arabia, state to Westerners generally and to the Danes particularly of whom it is required to respect Islam that all Muslims are required and commanded by Allah in the Qur’an to hate all the Jews and the Christians of the World? "O ye who believe do not take the Jews and the Christians as your friends … 5:51 Who are these Jews and Christians that the Qur’an forbids the Muslims taking them as friends? Were they the Jews and the Christians of the time of the Prophet? Or are they the Jews and the Christians of every age and every generation past, present and the future? If the application of this injunction was limited only to the time of Muhammad; then does that mean it is no longer effective and applicable for our time and generation? But if it is effective now and today would that not mean it is to be seen as a direct incitement of hate towards the Jews and Christians? Could it be then that because of this verse as a basic and fundamental factor the result is a very poor relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims? Don’t the Muslims know the continued petitioning of Allah daily and especially on Fridays, a cursing that is pronounced from the pulpits of Mosques on the Jews and the Christians: O Allah may you make the apostates against each other and the polytheists against their likes and bring out the Unitarians from them safely, with their spoils, O Lord of Worlds, O Allah. May their women be widowed, may their children be orphaned, may their blood freeze in their veins, may their food be stuck in their inner testines. O Allah, destroy them make their miseries strong among them, O Allah grant us victory over them, O Allah send your punishment on them, bring division in the midst of their union, scattering them, disseminating their numbers. O Allah, grant us victory over them. O Allah may their snares be slaughtered and be scuttled within themselves. O Allah show us your power. O Mighty One and the Vanquisher, O Allah show us in them a dark day as in the day of A’ad and Thamud. O Allah, quake the earth under their feet, O Allah empower venomous creatures over them and send hail storms over them as you did over A’ad and Thamud and deliver them as captives in the hands of your believing slaves and humiliate the polytheists and, O Allah, lift up the banner of Islam … Why is it right and legal for Muslims to criticise, denounce, slander and vilify all other religions in any way they choose, particularly the Jews and Christians? However, if one were to respond by examining Islam critically the Muslims would consider that an abuse and vilification of Islam and would demand an apology, and even after the apology is given there will be no guarantee that the culprit would live. Can it really be that critique of others is a virtue, an allowed action, halal and even obligatory for the Muslims but a vice and forbidden or haram for a non-Muslim? Why don’t we look more closely into what led to these cartoon drawings...? Art, as we know, is a subjective perspective of what one perceives from one’s point of view: What the cartoonist saw was the butchering of innocent people according to the Shari’ah, torture and assassinations by human bombs, car bombs. Suicide missions whose victims were and continue to be innocent men, women and helpless children. Indiscriminate killing, no distinction between military and civilian, old or young, man or woman, including babies, chopped heads, burnt bodies, human flesh fragmented, screaming children, wailing women, and all this in the name of Islam and the victory for Muslims. We ask those who desire to punish the West by boycotting its products who is truly responsible for the marred image of Islam, not only in the West but worldwide? Aren’t they those who kill and maim in cold blood, aren’t they the followers of Islam? Who was responsible for the bombing of New York, Madrid, London, Riyadh and Cairo, … and the list can go on and on. One wonders, who is the real culprit who imparted this image of Islam? Is it the Danish cartoon artist or the Muslim Mujahedeen? After all this, do the Muslims still have the audacity to demand from others – the non-Muslims – to respect Muslims and Islam? What justification and right do they have to object and demonstrate and demand that this is not freedom but an offence and vilification of Islamic sanctities? 2 February 2006: This above article was submitted to Answering Islam, the responsibility for its content remains with The Christian Institute for the Analysis of Islam. In order to make this current events commentary available when it is most relevant, i.e. at a time when the discussion is raging all over the world, we decided to publish it immediately. This made it impossible to verify and document/reference every detail of the statements found in it, something we usually try to do. If the reader finds factual errors, please contact us so that we can correct them. Cartoons and Consequences The following list of links categorizes articles relevant to this discussion. Why would anyone be surprised? — essential background information Are Pictures of Muhammad Really Forbidden In Islam? (What do the Muslim sources actually say?) Islam and Poetry (Analyzing Muhammad's Love-Hate relationship with Poets) Muhammad's critics and their deaths (Why the West must protect freedom of speech) Islam and the Arts: Why Muslims Riot over Cartoons Muhammad's peaceful non-assassinations of mockers (short version), Muhammad's Dead Poets Society (long version) Insulting Muhammad Being Mocked: The Essence of Christ's Work, Not Muhammad's Similar recent events An alleged Desecration of a Qur'an resulted in Muslim riots in May 2005. America, Muslims and Torture (on the Muslim reaction to the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners) Victims of these riots whom hardly anyone is talking about Iraqi Churches Bombed (Link with Danish Cartoons?) Palestinian Christians To Be Scapegoats For Danish Cartoonists? Documentation and commentaries on the cartoon outrage Latest Discoveries that should not get lost in the multitude of links below Last October, during Ramadan, the cartoons were reprinted in an Egyptian newspaper and did not cause much of a response.Boycott Egypt has the details, and gives his interpretation of why the riots came about four months later. The Cartoon Hoax -- Muslim leaders spread forged cartoons to incite violent reactions Another forged cartoon? (investigation on the second of the three has begun) Some Light in the Darkness (even some Muslims are now recommending to publish the cartoons) A Manifesto Against Islamism and a critique why this Anti-Jihad Manifesto Misses the Point International Islamic Cartoon Contest (Asma bint Marwan Poetry Prize) Jihad Against Danish Newspaper Jyllands-Posten answers to questions and explains their motives in publishing those cartoons The Jyllands-Posten Cartoons Thou Shalt Not Draw Cartoons about the Muhammad Cartoons: Image Problem, then many more, and Muhammad's Pre-Danish Cartoon Career Why the Forbidden Cartoons Matter Will the West Surrender in "Cartoon Wars" Like Last Time? A Culture Worth Defending And Then There Are Those Choosing to Fold "The War is On" Hail the Danish People (by an ex-Muslim) Nothing Rotten in the State of Denmark Cartoon Case: EU and UN Call Denmark to Account, and the US State Department doesn't want to be left behind either...(Islam means submission, in this case, the submission of non-Muslims to the demands of Muslims) Is Europe United on Cartoons? Country by Country Report Card Timeline of the Events regarding the Muhammad Cartoons Large archive of articles on the Muhammad Cartoons and subsequent events Firestorm over Danish Muhammad cartoons continues Muhammad cartoons controversy (Wikipedia entry) Muslims Infantilizing the Prophet Mohammed Image Archive presents depictions of Muhammad throughout history,including illustrations of Muslim books and paintings done by Muslim artists.Warning: the page contains some highly offensive images towards the end. Free yourselves from false fears: Draw a Moh-Toon! Criticizing Islam on the Airwaves The Cowardly American Media Cartoon Jihad threatens to go ballistic Comic Outrage Outraged Muslims! Oh my! (A historical "review") The Cartoon Hoax Rent-A-Riot ABCs The Betrayal of Denmark (and of Us All) Understanding "Islamic rage" On the cafuffle regarding the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Curse of the Muslim moderates Courageous Arab-American Psychologist Wafa Sultan on Al-Jazeera TV: Video clip (with English subtitles) and Transcript --> As of 3 February 2006, Google lists already more than 200,000 articles on the web about this issue! The obvious irony is that without those protests merely a couple of thousand Danes would have seen the cartoons. Because of the Muslim uproar, millions of people all around the world are now discussing these cartoons as well as the intolerant attitude of Muslims. What is the real issue here? Talking about offending the feelings of Muslims seems to miss the point, however. The issue is something altogether different. Why did those protests only become a world wide uproar FOUR MONTHS after the publication of those cartoons, and after the newspaper had already apologized? The central issue in Islam is power, not feelings. Some Muslims realized that this matter could be a fantastic platform to force Western countries to submit to Islamic rules and to restrict freedom of speech in regard to free discussion of Islam. As recognized by some commentators (Fabricated cartoons worsened Danish controversy, second half of this article, The Lies of Danish Imams, and The Cartoon Hoax even reveals the source of one of the fake cartoons, cf. Lying in Islam), a delegation of Danish Muslims toured the world distributing a booklet with the allegedly offensive cartoons. However, they added several further fabricated cartoons which were much more offensive than the original ones. Why? In order to engineer an outcry that simply wasn't happening spontanously. "In other words, this was indeed a campaign, planned by important members of the Islamic world’s power structure, intended to force Denmark to comply with Sharia requirements. A new norm, that a western nation would conform to Sharia regardless of its free expression tradition, would be on the way to being established." (Source: Comic Outrage) It is questionable whether the issue ever was "offensiveness", but today the issue clearly is power. Will newspapers and broadcasting companies, organizations and even governments cave in to Islamic pressure and give up freedom of thought and freedom expression? Will Europe and America become an Islamic colony where citizens are no longer able to speak their mind without fear of Muslim reprisals? Freedom is what we have to stand up for. If we do not defend it, it will be gone. Besides a Muhammad Cartoons Blogburst, some bloggers have created their own collection of Muhammad cartoons to protest the Islamic attempts to restrict their freedoms, e.g. Thomas the Wraith. His cartoons have not impressed me too much, but he has some sharp observations in his blog entries, e.g. many Muslims are apparently dying to get offended! This whole uproar is staged. Muslims are constantly looking for occasions to get offended so that others will have to apologize to them, i.e. acknowledge that they have wronged Muslims/Islam (cf. these articles: 1, 2). Making others apologize to you, that is power. Still, the ultimate goal is not to get just one apology over this issue. Too many apologies have already been issued regarding this, but the protests only increase. In the words of Mullah Krekar of Norway: "It does not matter if the governments of Norway and Denmark apologize, the war is on." (Source) The goal seems to be to force the European countries to legislate against "insulting Islam", effectively forbidding to criticize the Qur'an, Muhammad, Islam and Muslims. That would be the ultimate victory. (The day after this was written, I find out that efforts are already under way: Islamic organisations want UN resolution against cartoons. Another author thinks aloud about the long term consequences, demands for such Islam protection laws in Britain, The Muslim Brotherhood's project for dominating the West.) 4 February: With the burning of embassies in various countries, things are getting out of control. Probably 95% of the Muslims now using violence have not even seen the cartoons. So, how were their feelings offended? By mere rumors? No, their leaders call on them to go on a rampage, and they follow the orders. Islam is showing its true colors. Paying some attention to detail, one can easily see how well-prepared those "spontaneous" protests really are. Again, the Muslim masses have not even seen the cartoons, but they are incited to hatred, are instrumentalized in a strategy for a certain purpose. It will be up to informed citizens to hold their governments responsible to not give in to the argument from violence. Shockingly, these are pictures from London, not from Gaza or Pakistan. Are we prepared to suffer? The coming days and weeks will show whether we have enjoyed our freedoms for such a long time that we do not know anymore that freedom has its price. Has our freedom made us so weak and soft that we rather give it up than fight for it? Will our governments and our people treasure freedom and stand up for the principles of a free society, or will they run scared, let the fear of suffering rule and put short term convenience and the appearance of peace above freedom and human rights? Various assorted links, quotes and comments: By publishing these cartoons, we are saying to the Muslim community in Denmark ‘we treat you as we treat everybody else’ -- Fleming Rose, Jyllands-Posten This is the misunderstanding of Mr. Rose. Muslims do not understand respect to be treated as everyone else. They are not "everybody". In nearly all Muslim countries there is no freedom to criticize and satirize the government. And it is absolutely impossible to question the religious authority of Islam. In stark contrast, in all western countries, America and Europe, the newspapers are full of carricatures of the governments. And also cartoons and critique of just about anything that is relevant in society, including religion. That is why we are free. But this is the point. Muslims demand that they are NOT to be treated as everyone, but to be given special honor. The Muslims believe they deserve special treatment because their faith is true, and more than that, supreme.. That is hard for the West to understand, especially when Christians who make similar truth claims do not usually demand the state to protect them and their faith. The Islamists demand no less than absolute supremacy for their religion--and not only in the Muslim world but wherever Muslims may happen to reside. That's why they see no hypocrisy in their demand for "respect" for Islam while the simple display of a cross or a Star of David in Saudi Arabia is illegal. Infidels simply don't have the same rights. (Source) It is the totalitarianism of Islam that seeks to enforce its rules not only in Muslim countries but upon all of the world. For example, an Internet Service Provider of Pakistan has put this announcement on its entry page: BrainNET condemn the publication of insulting sketches about our Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and other Prophets in Danish and in some European Newspapers. BrainNET will try to block all websites containing these insulting sketches. In protest BrainNET is blocking all internet communication between Denmark and BrainNET network. We demand a written public apology by the Editors of all related newspapers and the Prime Minister of Denmark and other European countries and we demand for European law makers to amend their constitution and impose minimum death penalty for such offenders in the future. (Source, accessed 5 March 2006; underline and bold emphasis mine; in Pakistan, insults to Muhammad carry the death penalty) This is what we need to first understand, and then resist, because agreeing to a banning of cartoons of Muhammad would only be the beginning. The demands will not stop until all of Islamic law is enforced everywhere. Giving in here would be a slippery slope, cf. Jest a Bit and Harvest Trouble, ‘Sensitivity’ can have brutal consequences, and Cartoons and Islamic Imperialism. In most Islamic countries, Christians are not allowed to be public about their faith. But even in the West, where Muslims are still a small minority, they seek to remove one Christian symbol from society after the other, e.g. Away with Crucifixes, Crosses, and Christmas (although the examples listed in this article were not too successful yet, count on it that they will persist and increase the pressure wherever they see an opportunity). Again, Islam is about power. Islamic pressure groups will not rest until Shariah is fully implemented everywhere. Giving in to their demands, even in what seem to be small matters, will only encourage them to demand more. This Muslim tactic must be resisted from the beginning. Maybe there is one good thing in this whole cartoon tragedy after all? The Islamists clearly overdid it this time and the tide may be turning, i.e. some of the changes that they had already managed to enforce upon Western societies may be rolled back, e.g. the decision that only halal foods were available for all school children in Copenhagen, Denmark. As an aside, some Muslims now make it a point to be deliberately offensive, see these comments (1, 2). --> Non-Muslims under Islamic RuleAnswering Islam Home Page

THE PUNISHMENT FOR APOSTASY FROM ISLAM by Silas ABSTRACT During Muhammad's lifetime, and the lifetimes of the next 4 "Rightly Guided Caliphs", a number of Muslims left the faith of Islam. The punishment for leaving Islam was death. Those that had left the faith were either killed outright, or were given a few days to turn back to Islam. If they persisted in leaving Islam they were put to death. This death sentence is in effect whether or not the apostasy occurred in an Islamic state or not. Text inside of [ ] type brackets are my comments. Text inside of ( ) type brackets are from the Hadith itself. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION One of the more controversial topics for Muslims in the West is the punishment for apostasy from Islam. Muslims living in the Mideast have no problem with the concept of putting apostates to death. But to Muslims living in the West it is an embarrassing Islamic edict. The West values freedom of thought and freedom of speech are two virtues that have never blossomed under Islam. Consequently when asked about the Islamic law for apostates Muslims in the West hide behind excuses such as "only a true Islamic state can execute apostates", or "punishment was carried out because those apostates were threats to the new Islamic state, and it is not needed anymore". What exactly was the law during Muhammad's and the Caliph's time? What were the requirements for a death sentence to be carried out? Was the sentence only for a short period of time? Was it only to be administered under a "true Islamic state", or did it apply to anyone who had left Islam? A close examination of the Quran, Hadith, and Sirat will show that indeed, the punishment for leaving Islam, either under an Islamic government, or not, was execution. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To begin with, the Quran does not come out and explicitly state that apostates should be murdered. However, there are a number of Quranic verses that pertain to apostasy, and they shed some light on the punishment for apostates. Starting with the Quran. Sura 9:73,74 - "Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil fire. They swear by God that they said nothing. Yet they uttered the word of unbelief and renounced Islam after embracing it. They sought to do what they could not attain. Yet they had no reason to be spiteful except perhaps because God and His apostle had enriched them through His bounty. If they repent, it will indeed be better for them, but if they give no heed, God will sternly punish them, both in this world and in the world to come. They shall have none on this earth to protect or help them." [Dawood] We see here that Allah urges Muhammad to "make war" on the people who have left Islam. It also states that "Allah will punish them in this world, and in the world to come". What exactly Muhammad was to do to the people in his "making war" on them is not explicitly stated, but it can be surmised that they will be physically punished, if not outright killed. Further, Allah Himself is also going to punish those who leave Islam. What is His punishment? Whatever it is, is will be unpleasant. Sura 47:23-28 - "If you renounced the faith, you would surely do evil in the land, and violate the ties of blood. Such are those on whom God has laid His curse, leaving them deaf and sightless.... Those who return to unbelief after God's guidance has been revealed to them are seduced by Satan and inspired by him.... Again, God is punishing people, in this world, but the totality of punishment isn't detailed... other than becoming "deaf and sightless". No doubt this is spiritual blindness, because millions have left Islam and have never become physically blind. Note also Muhammad’s fear and hatred of and toward those that have left Islam – he claims that they will “do evil in the land and violate the ties of blood.” Perhaps his mistake assumption is his justification for ordering the killing of apostates. Additionally one could review Sura 3:86-91 and Sura 16:106. These verses clearly state that apostates will be punished in hellfire. However, though it is implied, the punishment meted out while they live is unclear. Sura 4:137, similarly shows that God will not forgive the apostates, but no mention of a earthly punishment is made. Finally, brief mention is made of apostates in 3:72, 5:54, 9:107 but none of these shed any penetrating light on the subject. QURANIC VERSES SUMMARY A review of the Quran’s position on apostates: Muhammad is to “make war” on them Allah is going to punish them in this world and in the next Allah curses them They will be punished in hellfire The Dictionary of Quranic Terms and Concepts - page 16, (written by M. Mir - a Muslim writer), defines the actual Quranic information as: "APOSTASY Arabic "irtidad". Traditional Islamic law prescribes the penalty of death for a Muslim who commits apostasy. The punishment is not stated in the Quran, but is said to be based on certain Hadith. The advocates and the opponents of the said penalty have, in their attempt to find Quranic support for their views, appealed to certain Quranic verses, but the fact is that none of the arguments offered do full justice to the Quranic context......" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TEACHINGS OF THE HADITH ON APOSTASY It is from the Hadith that we draw our understanding and information on the punishment for the apostate. From the Hadith, we find no ambiguity on the subject. All quotes will be from Bukhari's Hadith, from the 9 volume English set, translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan. Bukhari, volume 9, #17 "Narrated Abdullah: Allah's Messenger said, "The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Messenger, cannot be shed except in three cases: in Qisas (equality in punishment) for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts from Islam (Apostate) and leaves the Muslims." Bukhari, volume 9, #37 "Narrated Abu Qilaba: Once Umar bin Abdul Aziz sat on his throne in the courtyard of his house so that the people might gather before him....He replied "By Allah, Allah's messenger never killed anyone except in one of the following three situations: 1) A person who killed somebody unjustly, was killed (in Qisas,) 2) a married person who committed illegal sexual intercourse and, 3) a man who fought against Allah and His messenger, and deserted Islam and became an apostate.... In Chapter 2, from "The Book of obliging the Reverters from Islam, page 42, (following Hadith #56) it reads: "The legal regulation concerning the male and the female who reverts from Islam (apostates). Ibn Umar Az-Zuhri and Ibrahim said, "A female apostate (who reverts from Islam), should be killed. And the obliging of the reverts from Islam to repent Allah said - .... Following this chapter, a number of Quranic verses are given, among them are some already mentioned. They are 3:86-89, 3:100, 4:137, 5:54, 16:106-110, 2:217. Bukhari, volume 9, #57 Narrated Ikrima, "Some atheists were brought to Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's messenger forbade it, saying, "Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire)." I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah's Messenger, "Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him." Bukhari, volume 9, #58 Narrated Abu Bruda, "Abu Musa said.....Behold there was a fettered man beside Abu Musa. Muadh asked, "Who is this (man)?" Abu Musa said, "He was a Jew and became a Muslim and hen reverted back to Judaism." Then Abu Musa requested Muadh to sit down but Muadh said, "I will not sit down till he has been killed. This is the judgment of Allah and his messenger," and repeated it thrice. Then Abu Musa ordered that the man be killed, and he was killed. Abu Musa added, "Then we discussed the night prayers ..... Bukhari, volume 9, #64 Narrated Ali, "Whenever I tell you a narration from Allah's messenger, by Allah, I would rather fall down from the sky, than ascribe a false statement to him, but if I tell you something between me and you, (not a Hadith), then it was indeed a trick (i.e., I may say things just to cheat my enemy). No doubt I heard Allah's messenger saying, ‘During the last days there will appear some young foolish people, who will say the best words, but their faith will not go beyond their throats (i.e. they will have no faith) and will go out from (leave) their religion as an arrow goes out of the game. So, wherever you find them, kill them, for whoever kills them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection.’" Bukhari, volume 9, #271 [This one is similar to #58] Narrated Abu Musa: A man embraced Islam and then reverted back to Judaism. Muadh Jabal came and saw the man with Abu Musa. Muadh asked, "What is wrong with this (man)?" Abu Musa replied, "He embraced Islam, and then reverted back to Judaism." Muadh said, "I will not sit down unless you kill him (as it is) the verdict of Allah and His messenger." Bukhari, Chapter 26, from the Book of Mutual Consultation, page 339, following Hadith # 461 "The Statement of Allah... 42:32, 3:159, ...The prophet said, "If someone changes his religion, then kill them....." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER REFERENCES FROM THE SIRAT RASULALLAH AND THE KITAB AL-TABAQAT AL-KABIR After Muhammad took Mecca, he ordered a number of people to be killed. Several of them were apostates. Here is the background. Muhammad ordered the execution of 10 people when he took Mecca. Here is the list of names found in Ibn Sa'd "Tabaqat". The quote is from the Tabaqat, Vol. 2, page 168. "The apostle of Allah entered through Adhakhir, [into Mecca], and prohibited fighting. He ordered six men and four women to be killed, they were (1) Ikrimah Ibn Abi Jahl, (2) Habbar Ibn al-Aswad, (3) Abd Allah Ibn Sa'd Ibn Abi Sarh, (4) Miqyas Ibn Sababah al-Laythi, (5) al-Huwayrith Ibn Nuqaydh, (6) Abd Abbah Ibn Hilal Ibn Khatal al-Adrami, (7) Hind Bint Utbah, (8) Sarah, the mawlat (enfranchised girl) of Amr Ibn Hashim, (9) Fartana and (10) Qaribah. THE SIRAT RASULALLAH GIVES SOME DETAILS BEHIND THE LIST OF NAMES The information below corresponds to # 3 on the list. "The apostle had instructed his commanders when they entered Mecca only to fight those who resisted them, except a small number who were to be killed even if they were found beneath the curtains of the Kaba. Among them was Abdullah Sa'd, brother of the B. Amir Luayy. The reason he ordered him to be killed was that he had been a Muslim and used to write down revelation; then he apostatized and returned to Quraysh [Mecca] and fled to Uthman Affan whose foster brother he was. The latter hid him until he brought him to the apostle after the situation in Mecca was tranquil, and asked that he might be granted immunity. They allege that the apostle remained silent for a long time till finally he [Muhammad] said yes [granting Abdullah immunity from the execution order]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS We find that although a severe physical punishment is mentioned in the Quran, we are not told what that punishment is. However, we find in Bukhari's Hadith, that the punishment is death. There is no ambiguity about this. Muhammad clearly taught that apostates are to be put to death. Further, we find in contrast to what many Muslim apologists assert, that these apostates are to be killed wherever they are as per Bukhari, vol. 9, #64. "So, wherever you find them, kill them, for whoever kills them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection." We see from this that Muslims are instructed to kill apostates. Further, those who commit the murder, will get a reward in heaven. Tying into this, we find from both Ibn Sa'd and Ibn Hisham, that those who had apostatized prior to the incorporation of an Islamic state in Mecca, were ordered to be executed. These people were Muslims living in Medina, and later left Islam. When Muhammad was able to order their deaths, he did so. These people would correspond to Muslims living in the West, who left Islam. Following the Sunnah, these Muslims are already under a death sentence. It would not be against Islamic law for Muslims to murder these ex-Muslims. If anything, they would have a reward waiting for them in heaven. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCUSSION I am reminded of Jesus words, "In fact a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God"... John 16:2. Indeed, many Muslims who have converted to Christianity have paid the price with their very lives. When I lived in a Muslim country, I spoke with a number of Muslims about the punishment for apostates. Several educated Muslims told me that there were Muslim death squads operating in Europe, and that they were trying to form similar death squads in the USA. One of their purposes was to murder those who left Islam. While Muslims in the West would be quick to deny that, or denounce that, Muslims living in the Mideast support it. When I asked my Muslim friends in the Mideast if they supported those death squads, they all said yes. This aspect of Islam portrays one of its most ugly sides - i.e. the murder of those who think for themselves. Look today at the Islamic world, we see it backwards, regressive, and primitive. The poor people who have grown up into Islam, who have had to adopt this dark system, are kept in bondage. It is no wonder that their countries continue to regress since freedom of thought, freedom of creativity, freedom of expression is stifled. We see the Muslim states falling further behind the rest of the world in areas like education, science, and the arts. The more Islamic a state becomes, the farther it regresses. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTION 1) What is to be made of a religion that forbids a man to think and choose for himself? In effect, Islam is a type of religious slavery. "Leave Islam, and you die". 2) How does this mental bondage affect society, and its ability to provide for its people? 3) Leaving Islam doesn't necessarily mean a person is now at war with his people. Isn't it possible for a person who is born a Muslim to serve his country, and do no harm to its people? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCLUSION Muhammad taught that apostates are to be murdered, wherever they are. This death sentence can be carried out wherever these Muslims are found, either in a Muslim country, or in a non-Muslim country. The Quran supports this notion, and both the Hadith and Sirat establish this portion of Islamic law.

By Ali Sina I am often asked, Why I left Islam?. As absurd as it may be, some Muslims cannot even allow themselves to think that leaving Islam is an option, or even possible. They rather think that those who leave Islam are paid Jewish agents than accept the fact that people have freedom to think and some may even think that Islam is not for them. The following are my reasons: Until few years ago I used to think that my faith in Islam was not based on blind imitation but rather was the result of years of investigation and research. The fact that I had read a lot of books on Islam, written by people whose thoughts I approved of and delving into philosophies that were within my comfort zone, emphasized my conviction that I had found the truth. All my biased research confirmed my faith. Just like other Muslims I used to believe that to learn about anything one has to go to the source. Now you may thing that the source of Islam is the Quran and the hadith. That might be so in theory. But in practice few Muslims read these books to understand them. Muslims get their their information about Islam by reading the books written by scholars of Islam. These are apologetic books that deceitfully try to portray Islam in the best lights, showing that Muhammad was a holy man and the Quran is a "scientific book". Therefore, I felt no need to look elsewhere in order to find the truth, as I was convinced that I have already found it. As Muslims say “Talabe ilm ba’d az wossule ma’loom mazmoom”. The search of knowledge after gaining it is unwise. Now I realize this was a mistake. What if we want to learn the truth about one of these dangerous cults? Is it enough to depend only on what the cult leader and his deluded followers say? Wouldn’t it be prudent to widen our research and find out what other people have to say about them? Going to the source makes sense only in scientific matters, because scientists are not “believers”. They do not say something because they have blind faith. Scientists make a critical analysis of the evidence. It is very much different from religious approach that is based entirely on faith and belief.I suppose it was my acquaintance with the western humanistic values that made me more sensitive and whetted my appetite for democracy, freethinking, human rights, equality, etc. It was then that when I reread the Quran I came across injunctions that were not on a par with my newfound humanistic values, I was distressed and felt uncomfortable to read teachings like these: Q.3:90But those who reject Faith after they accepted it, and then go on adding to their defiance of Faith,- never will their repentance be accepted; for they are those who have gone astray. Q.16: 106Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters Unbelief,- except under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith - but such as open their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a dreadful Penalty. One may think that the dreadful penalty mentioned here pertains to the next world. But Muhammad made sure that these people received their penalty in this world as well: 9.14Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame, help you (to victory) over them, heal the breasts of Believers, There are also Hadiths that clearly says " So, wherever you find them, kill them, for there will be a reward for their killers on the Day of Resurrection." Elsewhere we read: Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 260: Ali burnt some people and this news reached Ibn 'Abbas, who said, "Had I been in his place I would not have burnt them, as the Prophet said, 'Don't punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I would have killed them, for the Prophet said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.' " I found many tales of brutality of Muhammad like this story: Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 261: Eight men of the tribe of 'Ukil came to the Prophet and then they found the climate of Medina unsuitable for them. So, they said, "O Allah's Apostle! Provide us with some milk." Allah's Apostle said, "I recommend that you sh ould join the herd of camels." So they went and drank the urine and the milk of the camels (as a medicine) till they became healthy and fat. Then they killed the shepherd and drove away the camels, and they became unbelievers after they were Muslims. When the Prophet was informed by a shouter for help, he sent some men in their pursuit, and before the sun rose high, they were brought, and he had their hands and feet cut off. Then he ordered for nails, which were heated and passed over their eyes, and they were left in the Harra (i.e. rocky land in Medina). They asked for water, and nobody provided them with water till they died. And from Partial Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4339 Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) Said: The blood of a Muslim man who testifies that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle should not lawfully be shed except only for one of three reasons: a man who committed fornication after marriage, in which case he should be stoned; one who goes forth to fight with Allah and His Apostle, in which case he should be killed or crucified or exiled from the land; or one who commits murder for which he is killed. The more I read the more I questioned the sense of Justice of Muhammad. The following is very disturbing. I dare to say that any man who reads it and is not taken aback with disgust has a long way to go to become a human. Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4348 Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas:A blind man had a slave-mother who used to abuse the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and disparage him. He forbade her but she did not stop. He rebuked her but she did not give up her habit. One night she began to slander the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and abuse him. So he took a dagger, placed it on her belly, pressed it, and killed her. A child who came between her legs was smeared with the blood that was there. When the morning came, the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) was informed about it.He assembled the people and said: I adjure by Allah the man who has done this action and I adjure him by my right to him that he should stand up. Jumping over the necks of the people and trembling the man stood up.He sat before the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and said: Apostle of Allah! I am her master; she used to abuse you and disparage you. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not abandon her habit. I have two sons like pearls from her, and she was my companion. Last night she began to abuse and disparage you. So I took a dagger, put it on her belly and pressed it till I killed her.Thereupon the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Oh be witness, no retaliation is payable for her blood. I felt the above story was a manifest injustice. Muhammad condoned a man killing a pregnant mother and his own unborn child just because he said that she insulted the Prophet!(Arabs used to sleep with their maid slaves. Quran perpetuates this tradition Q.33: 52 Muhammad himself slept with Mariyah the maid slave of Hafsa his wife without marrying her.)Forgiving someone for killing another human being just because he said she insulted Muhammad is unacceptable. What if that man was lying to escape punishment? What does this story say about Muhammad’s sense of Justice? During the past 1400 years, how many husbands escaped punishment for killing their innocent wives by accusing them of blaspheming the prophet of God and this Hadith made them get away with it? Here is another one:Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4349 Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:A Jewess used to abuse the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and disparage him. A man strangled her till she died. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) declared that no recompense was payable for her blood. It was not easy to read these stories and not be moved. There is no reason to believe that all these stories were fabricated. Why should believers, who have tried to depict their prophet as a compassionate man fabricate so many stories that would make him look like a ruthless tyrant? I could no longer accept the brutal treatment of those who chose not to accept Islam. Faith is a personal matter. I could no more accept that the punishment of someone who criticizes any religion must be death. See how Muhammad dealt with the unbelievers: Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4359 Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:The verse "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Apostle, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite side or exile from the land...most merciful" was revealed about polytheists. If any of them repents before they are arrested, it does not prevent from inflicting on him the prescribed punishment, which he deserves.” How could a messenger of God maim and crucify people on the account that they resist accepting him? Could such a person really be a messenger of God? Wasn’t there a better man with more moral and ethical fortitude to bear this mighty responsibility?I could not accept the fact that Muhammad slaughtered 900 Jews in one day, after he captured them in a raid that he started. I read the following story and I shivered: Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4390 Narrated Atiyyah al-Qurazi:I was among the captives of Banu Qurayzah. They (the Companions) examined us, and those who had begun to grow hair (pubes) were killed, and those who had not were not killed. I was among those who had not grown hair Also, I found following story shocking: Sunan Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4396 Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:A thief was brought to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). He said: Kill him. The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah! Then he said: Cut off his hand. So his (right) hand was cut off. He was brought a second time and he said: Kill him. The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah! Then he said: Cut off his foot.So his (left) foot was cut off.He was brought a third time and he said: Kill him.The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah!So he said: Cut off his hand. (So his (left) hand was cut off.)He was brought a fourth time and he said: Kill him.The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah!So he said: Cut off his foot. So his (right) foot was cut off.He was brought a fifth time and he said: Kill him.So we took him away and killed him. We then dragged him and cast him into a well and threw stones over him. Seems that Muhammad passed judgment before hearing the case. Also by cutting a thief’s hand he is left with no other means to earn his bread except begging, which would be difficult since he is defamed as a thief and so hated by people. Therefore re-offending becomes his only means of livelihood.After living many years in the West and being received kindly by people of other religions or of no religion, who loved me and accepted me as their friend; who let me into their lives and their heart, I could no longer accept the following mandates of the Quran as the words of God: Q.58: 22You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, making friendship with those who oppose Allah and His Messenger… Q.3: 118-120O you who believe! Take not as (your) bitaanah (advisors, consultants, protectors, helpers, friends, etc.) those outside your religion (pagans, Jews, Christians, and hypocrites) since they will not fail to do their best to corrupt you. They desire to harm you severely. Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, but what their breasts conceal is far worse. Indeed We have made clear to you the aayaat (proofs, evidence, verses), if you understand. Lo! You are the ones who love them but they love you not, and you believe in all the Scriptures [i.e., you believe in the Tawraat and the Injeel, while they disbelieve in your Book (the Qur’an)]. And when they meet you, they say, ‘We believe.’ But when they are alone, they bite the tips of their fingers at you in rage. Say: ‘Perish in your rage. Certainly Allah knows what is in the breasts (all the secrets).’ If a good befalls you, it grieves them, but some evil overtakes you, they rejoice at it… And Q.5: 51O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as awliya’ (friends, protectors, helpers, etc.), they are but awliya’ to one another… I also found the above statement false. The evidence is in the Bosnia and Kosovo crisis; where Christian countries, waged war against another Christian country, to liberate Muslims. Many Jewish doctors volunteered to help the Kosovar refugees, despite the fact that during the WWII, the same Albanian Muslims took sides with Hitler and helped him in his holocaust against the Jews.It became obvious to me that Muslims are accepted by all the people of the world yet our prophet wants us to hate them, to disassociate ourselves from them, to force them into our way of life or kill them, subdue them and make them pay Jizya. How silly! How pathetic! How inhumane! No wonder there is so much inexplicable hate of the West and of the Jews among Muslims. It was Muhammad who inseminated the hate and the distrust of the non-believers among his followers. How can Muslims integrate with other nations while holding these hateful messages of the Quran as the words of God?There are many Muslims who immigrate to non-Muslim countries and are received with open arms. Many of them get into politics and become part of the ruling elite. We suffer no discrimination in the non-Islamic countries. But see how our holy prophet tells us to deal with non-Muslims where we are the majority: Q.9: 29Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. I also find the following verses completely against my conscience. I love all humanity and wish everyone to be happy in this world and forgiven in the next. But my holy prophet bade me not to seek forgiveness for the unbelievers even if they are my parents and beloved ones.(Interpretation of the meaning by Muhsin Khan): Q.9: 113It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allaah’s forgiveness for the mushrikeen, even though they be of kin, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the Fire (because they died in state of disbelief). Quran and hadith are full of outrageous verses like these that to me are clear proof that Muhammad was not a prophet, but a cult leader. To force people to denounce their own family is what cults do. He was an impostor who lied so loudly and so forcefully that the ignorant people of his time believed in him. Then the following generations echoed these lies passing them to the next. Philosophers and writers were born in this atmosphere of lies and elaborated on them, embellished them, and made them credible. But when you go to the core of the religion, when you read the Quran and study the hadith you see they are nothing but pure nonsense. Rumi was a great poet and a mystic, he tried to give Islam mystical significance that it lacked. But what Rumi said is Rumi's thinkimg. Quran is bereft of mystical meanings. Muhammad's concept of religion and god was extremely primitive. Why Rumi, Attar, Sohravardi or other mystics strive to attribute meanings to senseless verses of the Quran has to do with their upbringing as Muslim kids. On one hand, unlike the more rationalist thinkers such as Ar Razi, they could not denounce Islam altogether for it was ingrained in their subconscious mind. Nothing is more difficult to get rid of than religion. This is truly the most potent narcotic if it is administered to a person from childhood. Yet as intelligent people it was not possible for these great minds to accept the Quran for its face value. Therefore they tried to find esoteric meanings in meaningless verses of the Quran and it was they who gave birth to a new religion that had nothing to do with what was taught by Muhammad. Yet this religion was palatable to those with brains. Thus we have two Islams. One that makes strives to attribute mystical significance and otherworldly meanings to the inane teachings of the Quran, as is professed by Sufis, and the other that rejects any interpretation of these verses beyond their literal meanings, as is practiced by the majority of Muslims with their hub in Saudi Arabia among the Wahhabis. And of course there is a myriad of sects that go in between these two extremes, each interpreting the Quran according to their own whims and caprices, each calling others mortad or heretics and constantly making war among themselves to impose their own "right" version of the pure Islam on others. However, the real Islam is not what its philosophers and mystics have inferred but what is in the Quran and that is the Islam of the fundamentalist and the terrorist. The real Islam is the Islam that abuses women, that allows men to beat their wives, that imposes penalty tax on the religious minorities, that wants to dominate the world by subduing all the non-Muslims, that calls for Jihad and killing the non-believers until Islam becomes the only dominant religion of the World. My rejection of Islam is not based on the bad deeds of the Muslims but on the bad teachings of its holy book and on the bad deeds of its founder. Many cruelties and heinous acts of violence, perpetrated by Muslims throughout the centuries were inspired by the Quran and the Sunnah (the examples of the prophet). That is why I condemn ISLAM for the bad things that Muslims do. Any effort to humanize Islam is a waste of time. The obstacle to any reform is Quran. The enemy is Islam and that is the target of my attacks. I do that, despite knowing that I have become the magnet of the hatred of fanatical Muslims and my own life could be in danger. Yet I know that by eradicating Islam we can save the world from the dangers of a catastrophe that otherwise is looming over our heads and could cause more disaster than the 1st and 2nd World Wars combined. Eradication of Islam means restoring peace among humanity and civility, democracy and prosperity in the Muslim world.

A True Story on the Lives of Saudi Women By Khaled 2006/01/30 Many people had said that Islam respects women and values them. But, from my own experience, I have found this to be just a fat lie. As a native of Saudi Arabia , I have personally witnessed how despicably women are treated in our Islamic society. In this short article I shall narrate my experience of such oppressive and horrific treatment of our women, a-la Islamic style. Every word that I am going to write is absolutely true—nothing has been fabricated or exaggerated. No one coerced me to write this story, because, I am born a Saudi and I live, right here in Saudi Arabia . I have three sisters. They were highly motivated to be educated, and on their own effort, pursued modern education. But because of many absurd, outdated and unfair impediments imposed on women’s education in our society, they could not finish their chosen field of learning. Despite my sincere intention, I could simply do nothing to help them get proper education. My hands were tied; our society frowns upon women who are highly educated in modern way. One of my sisters finished Secondary School, and then she stopped studying, because she was keen on beauty training. But in a pure Islamic society like ours, it is not that easy for her to pursue her ambition to be a beauty therapist. My other two sisters wanted to be school teachers. So they continued with their studies and finished their Higher Secondary Level. I clearly remember when they were in the college, their ID cards were in their own names, but the photographs on the cards were that of my father! This meant my sisters had no physical existence—they existed in names only—on a piece of paper. Readers please do not be shocked at such an appalling treatment of our women—they are just like domestic animals--always owned by some one. They could not subsist on their own as human beings. The law in Saudi Arabia , vis-à-vis women, stipulates that no girl/woman in a college could insert her own photograph in her identity card; instead, only the photograph of her father, brother, husband or her mahram (guardian) must be attached. Anyway, after finishing their Teachers Training, these two sisters of mine had to wait for jobs which must be in the vicinity of their dwelling. They cannot go away from my father’s control. If they dared to do so, they will never get jobs. As a conscientious brother, I firmly believe that my sisters are wise and responsible—more than many men in my area, even more than I. I am certain that given the chance to live and manage their lives by themselves, they will succeed without any problems. In fact, they are capable of accomplishing far more difficult tasks than many of us could. But alas! This three educated, wise, responsible and ambitious girls are held prisoners at home by their illiterate father. He does not know anything about the world outside of home. He sees no need at all for any progress or development of civilization. And he has forced my sisters to live his periphery of life. This illiterate father banned them (my sisters) from getting married. It was because of his strict demand for non-smoking, strictly Islamic bridegrooms from the same tribe which he belongs to. It looks like such dim-witted demands might keep my sisters remain spinsters for the foreseeable future. In our society of strict Islamic adherence, all men who are smokers and/or who do not pray regularly in mosques are considered unfit for marriage. As a binding rule, a man who is considering to get married must produce at least two witnesses who would vouch that the prospective bridegroom regularly prays in a mosque. This condition is so important in Saudi society that failure to produce such witnesses might result in the break up of the proposed marriage. More importantly, a Saudi woman from one tribe must not marry a man from another tribe or from another nationality, even though the man is a Muslim. Forget about a Saudi woman marrying a non-Muslim—this is haram. In our tribe the girls outnumber the boys two or three times. This means that many of our girls will never get married, as marrying outside our tribe is absolutely unthinkable. In our society men prefer to marry girls less than twenty years old. They have a special penchant for girls who are around sixteen years or less. The conclusion from this absurd desire for very young girls is that the marriage prospect of our girls more than twenty years old is almost zero. Or, they might get married but to older men. Thus, because of these ridiculous Islamic rules, the lives of these grown-up girls mean nothing in our puritanical society. Let us now return to my father’s mentality and find the real reason why he does not want his daughters to be married to strangers (I mean, men from another tribe or another nationality). Saudi men strongly believe that women have no hopes, desires and aspiration of their own. Thus, when it comes to marriage, a Saudi woman’s opinion is irrelevant. She is totally dependent on her owner about her fate. Saudi men also consider it shameful to give someone’s daughter to be married to a stranger—outside one’s own tribal boundary. It is difficult for a Saudi man to accept that outsiders could look at the sacred ‘honour’ of their daughters. It is inconceivable for a Saudi father to envisage that a stranger could have sex with her daughter—even in marriage, and even when the bridegroom is a Muslim. So, this is the real reason why my father would not allow my sisters to marry ‘foreigners’. He is simply paranoid that ‘foreigners’ would have sexual intercourse with her daughters. For the reasons stated above, many Saudi fathers ask for double marriages—that is: give me your daughter and I will give you my daughter or sister…and so on. In this way, they feel comfortable, that is: we will protect his honour if he protects ours. This is how people in our society use women for their own benefit—when they need money, or when they need new wives. There are some Saudi women who earn wages, but the money they get goes to the pockets of their fathers or husbands. For the fear that their daughters’ salary might be appropriated by their husbands, many Saudi fathers do not want their daughters married. To me, this might be another reason why my father has literally put a ban on the marriage of my sisters. So, how my sisters live in this society? As Saudi women, my sisters go through extraordinary suffering. They have no right whatsoever to manage their lives by themselves. They are totally dependent on my father, on me and their other brothers. They cannot go anywhere alone, by themselves. Whenever anyone of them ventures outside, some men (brother or father) must accompany her as her protector and minder. They cannot even go out for such events like accident, hospital emergency, etc. Believe me, when they need to go to a hospital, they have to call my brother to take them there. He has to come from another city, 300km afar. Because they cannot drive (women in Saudi Arabia are banned from driving cars and are not allowed to go with non mahram) and my father cannot drive, my sisters have no choice but to undergo such unspeakable ordeal of agony. No matter how much urgent and emergency their case, they must wait for their mahram (in this case, their brother) to take them to hospital. There is no way out for them. Since my father does not know how to use an ATM, when any of my sisters wants to withdraw money from ATM, she must handover her card to a stranger (a man) to withdraw money for her. When my sisters want to do regular shopping, they must hand over the money to a stranger and he will charge whatever price he wishes. These are just a few examples of the plights Saudi women go through in their daily lives. Some times I do think to leave my job, just to stay with them. So, you might say: why not take them out of Saudi Arabia ? This is utterly impossible. In Saudi Arabia , to secure a passport, a woman must have the written permission from her mahram (father, brother or husband). Obtaining a passport is not enough for a Saudi woman to travel alone. Her father (in case she is unmarried) must sign special papers to permit her to go on a voyage on her own. Being illiterate my father will never allow his daughters to leave Saudi Arabia , I am absolutely certain of this. Sometime, I really wonder why such an unbearable torment has been imposed on our women. My sisters cannot do anything without the permission and assistance of my father or brother. They are at home, all the time, watching television. There is no sport for them to play, no work to attend to, no hope and nothing to live for. The reality is that they are incarcerated in the biggest prison in the world— Saudi Arabia , the land of the pure, unadulterated Islam. One might legitimately ask: why all these happen to Saudi women? Who is to be blamed for this loathsome ordeal perpetrated on our women? It is quite easy to blame the silly, inane Saudi laws, the wide-spread illiteracy prevalent among the Saudi people and the archaic traditions for the hopeless condition of our women. But think again. All these factors are firmly rooted in Islam. It is Islam which is clearly the culprit. It is the Islamic laws in Saudi Arabia which have rendered our women chattels of men, forced them into their servitude and have completely robbed their dignity, honour and respect they should deserve as women. To say the least, Islam has shaken and shamed the very basic foundation of womanhood. Islam provides complete authority to a father to control his daughter/s. He has full control to give her in marriage, to ban her from social life or even to kill her. You might be shocked to learn that a Saudi father can kill his daughter with complete impunity. Please know that even when he kills his daughter, government will not kill the father because she is his probity. According to Sharia, the government is not allowed to kill a father if he kills his daughter or son for any reason. In Islam, a daughter cannot marry without her father’s permission—it is haram. In nutshell, in Islam, a father is a holy man, a commander and a petulant dictator. Even when he is illiterate, obdurate, unjust and insensible, their children—especially the daughters, can do nothing against him. So, in my case what can I do? The straightforward answer to this question would be: nothing, I can do virtually next to nothing to change the situation. If I file a case against my father, the religious judge will ask him, ‘Why don’t you let your daughters get married?’ My father’s vague answer will be, “These girls are my responsibility (that is, under my safe custody), and Allah will punish me if I don’t choose good husbands for them.” As a proof of his sincere effort he might even produce evidence that all the men he had sought were smokers and also will bring witnesses that they were also non-praying (in mosque) Muslims. This will completely silence the Islamic judge. He will find no ground to chastise my father; instead, he might impose punishment on me for not respecting my father and his decisions. With such anguish and frustration in my heart, I am patiently waiting for the death of my father. Once he dies, the control of my sisters will automatically transfer to me. Their ownership will officially be in my name. I shall be their new possessor—just like cars, houses, goats, camels etc. Then I shall be completely free to do with them whatever I wish—Islam gives me all the authority. I could take them to Hell or to Heaven—wherever I desire. Readers: please do not feel sorry or pity for my sisters. Compared to many other Saudi women, they are quite lucky—they can visit shopping centres, once or twice a year. They can use make ups and they can even listen to music. The best freedom they have is that they can choose Television channels they like to watch. For many Saudi women, this is a great privilege, if you did not know.

By Ed Decker A while back I was speaking at a State University in Utah and made the statement that Mormonism was "the American Islam." I drew a comparison between the claims of Mohammed and Joseph Smith, the Koran and the Book of Mormon. During the Question and Answer time, I faced a number of very agitated Muslims. In fact, the Muslim interaction all but overshadowed the dialogue on Mormonism. The next day, I met with two Muslim leaders and began a series of contacts that forced me to take a deep look at its history, its tenets of belief and its comparisons to orthodox Christianity. Today, there are over 7,000,000 Muslims in the United States alone. That's more than all the Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and Christian Scientists combined. An extremely militant proselytizing program is under way in many major cities and in every State university I have visited. The Muslims are going to make the Mormon missionary effort look pale in comparison. As orthodox Christians, we are going to have to be ready to deal with what I believe may be the most aggressive attack on Christianity in its history. Let's take a look at the faith of Mohammed. When he was born in Mecca in 570 AD, the black Kaaba Stone was the religious center of all Arabia. In Mohammed's day, 365 idols were worshipped there, standing in the great courtyard. One of those deities was called Allah and was the god of the Quarish tribe, of which Mohammed was a member. When the Quarish tribe took control of Mecca, all the idols except Allah, the idol of their tribe, were destroyed. The Koran Tells us that Mohammed drove the other idols away; his god was now the only god and he was its messenger. But he kept the Kaaba as a holy, sacred place and confirmed that the black stone had the power to take away man's sins. He obligated every believer to make a pilgrimage to the stone at least once in his lifetime. (Sura 22:26-37) THE SIX BELIEFS OF ISLAM God: There is one true God, named Allah. Angels: They are the servants of God, through whom he reveals his will. The greatest angel is Gabriel who appeared to Mohammed. Everyone has two "recording angels": one to record their good deeds, the other to record their bad deeds. The Prophets: Allah has spoken through many prophets, but the final and greatest of these is Mohammed. Other prophets include Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus. The Holy Books: The Koran or Quran is the holiest book of Islam, believed to be Allah's final revelation to man and it supersedes all previous revelations, including the Bible. It contains Allah's word as passed on orally to Mohammed by Gabriel. It contains 114 chapters or Suras. Muslims also recognize the Law of Moses, the Psalms and the gospels but consider them to be badly corrupted. The Day of Judgment: A terrible day on which each person's good and bad deeds will be balanced to determine his fate. The Decree of God: Allah ordains the fate of all. Muslims are fatalistic. "If Allah, wills it", is the comment of a devout Muslim on almost every situation or decision he faces. THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM Affirmation: "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his messenger" which is recited constantly by devout Muslims. The Fast: Faithful Muslims fast from dawn to dusk every day during the ninth month of the Islamic calender, Ramadan, which is sacred. Almsgiving: A worthy Muslim must give 2.5% of his income to the poor. Prayer: Muslims are required to pray five times a day, kneeling and facing Mecca. The Pilgrimage: Muslims are expected to journey to Mecca at least once in their lifetime. IS ISLAM ANOTHER GOSPEL? Islam teaches that God is so far above man in every way that he is virtually unknowable. He will send individuals to Paradise or Hell as he chooses. Islam teaches that Jesus was a messenger of God, not the son of God. Muslims deny the He is Almighty God come in the flesh. (John 1:1-14, I John 4:1,2). They deny that He is divine. (Col 2:9) They deny that He died on the Cross for our sins (Most believe the Judas died in his place). They deny that He rose from the dead. (Matt 26: 28, John 19:20) They deny that He is the final, conclusive revelation of God. (Heb. 1: 1-2) IS ALLAH ANOTHER GOD? Is this stone idol the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Just because Mohammed said so doesn't make it so! Allah chose Hagar and her son, Ismael for his covenant. The God of the Bible chose Abraham's other son, Isaac, as heir to His covenant. (Gen 21: 12, 22:2-1 Allah is an impersonal being, impossible to approach or comprehend. The Bible's God befriends men like Abraham (Is. 41: and talks with them (Gen 18:23ff)! He loved us so much He sent His only begotten Son to die for us! (John 3:16) Allah is a god of fear and terrorism that commands destruction upon those who refuse to convert to Islam. The Bible's God delights to show His boundless mercy. His gospel is the "Good News" of peace and forgiveness. Allah requires total obedience to Islam and weighs the works of people. Allah and the Koran relegate Jesus to just the last prophet before Mohammed, below his authority. Jesus was not the Way, and could only point the way to Mohammed. The Bible's God can only be reached through Jesus Christ and trust in Him is the only way to Heaven. (John 14:6). Allah required the works of Mohammed to complete his words of judgment to man. The God Of The Bible sent His son who did the finished work of grace for man. (John 19:30) In the light of Allah's actual origin and his radical difference from the God of the Bible, we must conclude that Allah is not God. Nor is the name, Allah, a generic Mid-East name for God, as even many Christians think. Allah is the name of a false god who can not save anyone from anything. Rather, through his false prophet, Mohammed, he continues to lead hundreds of millions into eternal darkness.

God's love is for all races of people. (John 3:16) He loves the Jews but also loves the Palestinians, all people of Middle Eastern heritage, as well as all people of all races. Islam is a cult, and the Koran advocates the killing of Christians and Jews. God loves the sinner but hates the sin. My desire is to see the people who practice the Islamic religion, renounce it and become Christians so they will not have to burn in hell for being a part of Islam. If you are a Muslim, I want you to know that God does not hate you. He loves you very much. Jesus died for you on the Cross as much as He died for the Jewish people, or any other race. Islam deceives people into thinking it is a peaceful religion. Blowing up people, chopping off heads, and flying airplanes into buildings is not peaceful. Islam says they are doing the will of God, but they are not. They are doing the will of Satan, who was a murderer from the beginning. (St. John 8:44) Islam is a SATANIC religion and is a fanatical, murderous cult. Those who follow Islam are in deception. We want you to know that Christ awaits with open arms to forgive and accept you! Islam is determined to eliminate Jewish people as well as Christians from planet Earth, and this is a fact according to the writings of Mohammed, the founder of Islam. Islam is a cult founded by a pedophile. This article proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that Mohammed was a filthy child molester. How anyone can follow a religion that was founded by a man who molested children is beyond belief. If you are a Muslim, we hope after reading the following facts that you will abandon that ideology and make Jesus your Lord! After studying what Islam really is, I am even more determined to help people get out of this cult. The Koran is an evil, satanic book that encourages the afore mentioned things along with a Jihad or Holy War to where non-Muslims are wiped off the planet, and only those who convert to Islam are spared. The Nazis advocated the same thing. I don't think anyone would mind the burning of Hitler's book, "Mein Kampf," so I encourage everyone to burn every Koran you can find. I don't believe there is one Christian who would not hesitate to burn Anton LaVey's "Satanic Bible" or a book on witchcraft if they came across one to keep it from falling into the hands of someone who might be converted. We must burn every Koran we can find, or flush the pages down the toilet to keep it from influencing people into joining this satanic cult of the damned!..... Islam is a cult founded by an Arab from Mecca in Arabia, by the name of Mohammed, who lived from 570-632 A.D. He claimed that he had an encounter with the angel Gabriel who appeared to him giving him divine revelations from God. Mohammed told these revelations to others who wrote them down and they were compiled in a book called the Koran, also spelled Quran or Qur’an, which today is known as the Muslim bible. Islam is the second largest religion on earth, and is growing larger by the day as its cancerous hate is deceiving many people all throughout the nations on earth. Many oil rich Middle Easterners are spending millions of dollars to “evangelize” the various Nations for Islam. Islam is composed of Sunni (Fundamentalist) , Shi’ite (Extremist), Sufi’s (Mystic), and the radical Black Muslims in America. Although there seems to be different fractions, and they fight with each other, they are all united when it comes to fighting Christians and Jews. The majority of Muslims will not go against another Muslim when it comes to fighting Jews and Christians. There are over one billion Muslims in the world today and their power has influenced the world economy through OPEC, which enables them to play a major role in the social and economic stability or instability of governments throughout the world. The leaders of Islam have publicly advocated and promised the destruction of Israel and it’s ally the United States, and have put their plan into full force by the attack on America on 9/11 and the recent suicide bombings that have taken place in Israel. Through a united effort, the Muslim leaders have launched the Final Jihad, which means Holy War. It is their belief that they will destroy the USA and Israel, and have one world domination in which Islam is the only religion. Muslims believe that God gave the Promised Land to them and not to the Jews. According to the Koran and the Moslem tradition, the Jews are to be considered enemies of Islam forever and must be annihilated. Islam is seeking to achieve its goal of the Final Holy War (Jihad) through means of International terrorism as well as the rise of the Islamic religion. Muslims say that conversion may be achieved through persuasion or subjugation, but if people will not convert to Islam, then it is ok to kill the people who do not convert, who they describe in the Koran as “infidels”. Reference: (Ibid pg. 35) Islam teaches that Jihad, or Holy War is to be waged until the Day of Judgment, or until the world is under complete domination by the Islam. According to the Koran, if a non-Muslim will not repent and turn to Islam, then “Slay them wherever you find them” and “When you encounter the infidels, strike off their heads till ye have made a great slaughter against them.” The Koran also states, “O, true believers, take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends. They cannot be trusted. They are defiled, filth.” With the recent string of suicide bombings that Muslims leaders have unleashed upon Israel, along with 9/11, it is apparent to the world that the Muslims have no regard for human life as they have proven by slaughtering innocent civilians. Islam allows murder and violence, as here are some quotations from the Koran. "Make war on them until idolatry is no more and Allah's religion reigns supreme." (Koran 8:37) The Koran instructs not to make friendship with Jews and Christians (Koran 5:51) but to war against them: "When the Sacred Months are over, kill those who ascribe partners to God wheresoever ye find them; seize them, encompass them, and ambush them; then if they repent and observe prayer and pay the alms, let them go their way (Koran 4:5). "Fight against those who believe not in God nor in the Last Day, who... refuse allegiance to the True Faith from among those who have received the Book, until they humbly pay tribute out of hand." (Koran 9:29) "...kill the disbelievers wherever we find them" (Koran 2:191); "fight and slay the Pagans, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem" (Koran 9:5); "murder them and treat them harshly" (Koran 9:123). “Seize ye him, and bind ye him, And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire. Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits! This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High. And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent! So no friend hath he here this Day. Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds, Which none do eat but those in sin." (Koran 69:30-37) “Strike off the heads of the disbelievers"; and after making a "wide slaughter among them, carefully tie up the remaining captives" (Koran 47:4). “Instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers"; "smite above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them" (Koran 8:12; cp. 8:60). “O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern against them. Their abode is Hell - an evil refuge indeed" (Koran 9:73). “slay or crucify or cut the hands and feet of the unbelievers, that they be expelled from the land with disgrace..." (Koran 5:34). “for them (the unbelievers) garments of fire shall be cut and there shall be poured over their heads boiling water whereby whatever is in their bowels and skin shall be dissolved and they will be punished with hooked iron rods" (Koran 22:19-22) The Muslims try to justify their acts of terrorism by saying that God, who they refer to as Allah, is really the one doing the killing and using Muslims as tools to carry out death and destruction. "It is not us who slay them but Allah, in order that He might test the Believers by a gracious trial from Himself." (Koran 8:17; cp. Surah Al-Baqarah 2:190) Allah "will punish them by our hands..." (Koran 9:14). The Muslims claim that Jihad is mandatory. “Unless we go forth, (for Jihad) He will punish us with a grievous penalty, and put others in our place" (Koran 9:38-39). “Believers, when you encounter the armies of the infidels do not turn your backs to them in flight. If anyone on that day turns his back to them, except it be for tactical reasons, or to join another band he shall incur the wrath of Allah and Hell shall be his home: an evil fate." (Koran 8:12-17) It is acceptable to break treaties and obligations with pagans and make war on them whenever strong enough to do so (Koran 9:3). In other words, it is ok to lie to an infidel, according to Islam. That means it is a so-called religion, based on lies. The above teachings are straight out of the pits of hell, as what Jesus spoke is in direct contradiction to what the Koran, who claims Jesus as a prophet, advocates. Jesus plainly states in St. John 16:2-3 “They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.” This means that the Muslims do not even listen to the ones they claim are prophets so how can Islam have any credibility? The Koran describes Jesus as a prophet sent from God. Muslims say that Jesus was sinless, and as “the Messiah”, as “illustrious in this world and the next”, as “the word of Allah”, and as “the spirit of God”. (E.g. Sura 3:45) The question to put forth to Muslims is, “Can a prophet of God lie?” Of course they will answer “No”. Then you should next ask them, “Since you say Jesus is a prophet of God, and therefore as a prophet, He can not lie, then why don’t you believe Him when He said that he is the Son of God?” Luke 22:70-71 70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied, "You are right in saying I am." 71 Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips." ISLAM DENIES THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST! Mohammed taught there is only one Divine Being in God. He denied the Deity of Jesus, saying He was just a man - a great prophet, but not the Divine Son of God. (Koran, 4:160-171 - pp60,61; 6:90-100 - pp77,78; 9:130; 19:135 - p168) Muslims say God had no son. They say in order for God to have had a son, He would have had to defile himself by having sex. Yet, the Koran says Jesus was born of a virgin! Islam and Christianity agree that Jesus miraculously was born of a virgin. (Koran 19:16-26; Isaiah 7:14) Hello? If Jesus was born to a virgin, then how did Immaculate Conception occur if not from God? The Muslims have no answer for this. They know that to deny Jesus was born of the virgin birth is to deny even what is written in their own Koran.

WARNING: WORLD WAR THREE IS UNDERWAY and it's much more sinister than you could have imagined. When did it start? Fourteen centuries ago. Who started it? An insane pedophile named Mohammed who, along with his gang of terrorists, formed the savagely oppressive, dehumanizing religion of Islam. Through centuries of fanatical conquests (Jihads) and terrorism (when Jihads failed), Islam has metastasized into a modern day world cancer. As we speak, the civilized world is beginning to collapse under it and has no idea how to react. How does one stop a grotesque cult which will settle for nothing less than TOTAL world domination? So while the U.S. looks under every rock for Osama bin Laden, the bloody borders of Islam are closing in on all sides... for in fact EVERY American Muslim has the potential to become a bin Laden or an abettor of a bin Laden! Even a Jew-basher/Israeli-basher like Pat Buchanan has it correct when he wrote... "In population, Islam is exploding, the West dying. Islamic warriors are willing to suffer defeat and death, the West recoils at casualties. They are full of grievance; we, full of guilt. Where Islam prevails, it asserts a right to impose its dogma, while the West preaches equality. Islam is assertive, the West apologetic – about its crusaders, conquerors and empires. Don't count Islam out. It is the fastest growing faith in Europe and has surpassed Catholicism worldwide. And as Christianity expires in the West and the churches empty out, the mosques are going up." WorldnetDaily-12/7/01 An impending disaster lies ahead. Unfortunately the U.S. military cannot help for it was always preparing for the wrong war. Soviet or Chinese communism was never driven by such fanaticism. Besides, the Russians stayed in Russian and the Chinese in China. By contrast, the Soldiers of Islam are spreading into all societies... first as simple shop owners and cab drivers, then students, then student activists, then violent agitators and finally assassins and bombers. Look for a mosque to appear soon in YOUR neighborhood.

Islam is today being portrayed as a peaceful and tolerant religion. History proves otherwise! Though there were certainly periods of relative tranquility and tolerance, minorities and non-Muslims have always been prosecuted under Islam. In fact, Islamic ideology is based upon an intense hatred of the non-Muslim. For Muslims, there exist two kinds of non-Muslim enemies... kafir (non-believers in Islam) and ahl al-kitab (People of the Book). Kafir, such as Buddhists and Hindus, must either convert to Islam or face execution. People of the Book include Jews and Christians. These people need only submit to Muslim authority to avoid forced conversion or death. Although they may keep their original faith, their status becomes dhimmi (a "protected," yet inferior non-Muslim status). So instead of outright forced conversion or slaughter, the Christians and Jews would be allowed to remain somewhat unmolested as long as they acknowledged the superiority of the Muslim. However, as 100,000 dead Lebanese Christians and Israel's beleaguered Jewish population have discovered over the years, these guarantees have proved worthless! Unfortunately, most people aren’t aware of Islam's murderous philosophy or they find it too monstrous to believe. However, a brief review of recent history and current events should make you doubters out there re-think your position. Two articles in the L.A. Times wrote about Muslims in Indonesia forcing Christians of all denominations to convert to Islam or get their throats slit. Thousands upon thousands of Christians were first converted and, according to rigid Islamic religious dictate, forced to undergo sexual mutilation of their foreskin or clitoris (with kitchen knives and razor blades) to make them conform to Muslim standards. Then they were are enslaved to their local Muslim chieftain. This was not some aberration of Islam but rather business as usual for all but the so-called "moderate" factions. This is Islam's sad legacy of murder, terror, lies and brainwashing to advance their cause of global conversion and subjugation... their so-called "personal struggle"... THEIR "Jihad!".Until a nation has embraced Islam, it is legally considered a battlefield (Dar-ul-Harb). Once it has converted to Islam (or all its citizens have been slaughtered or driven out), it then becomes a Land of Peace (Dar-us-Salaam). For those who think that the threat of Islam is only a phenomenon of the Middle East, think again! Although the Jewish State of Israel has been fighting a brave and fierce battle against Islam for over 50 years, there are many other "hot spots" in the world. For example, the former supreme Taliban's hard line leader in Afghanistan, Mullah Mohammed Omar, issued an edict that Buddhist statues insulted Islam. Apparently no one clued in Mullah Mohammed Omar that Islam is an insult to humanity! In any event, within days of his edict, all Buddhist statues, including a giant 5th century Buddha at Bamiyan carved out of sandstone , were destroyed as the "civilized" world could only stand by and watch it happen.

Muslims fly commercial airliners into buildings in New York City. No Muslim outrage. Muslim officials block the exit where school girls are trying to escape a burning building because their faces were exposed. No Muslim outrage. Muslims cut off the heads of three teenaged girls on their way to school in Indonesia. A Christian school. No Muslim outrage. Muslims murder teachers trying to teach Muslim children in Iraq. No Muslim outrage. Muslims murder over 80 tourists with car bombs outside cafes and hotels in Egypt. No Muslim outrage. A Muslim attacks a missionary children's school in India. He kills six children. No Muslim outrage. Muslims slaughter hundreds of children and teachers in Beslan, Russia. Muslims shoot children in the back. No Muslim outrage. Let's go way back. Muslims kidnap and kill athletes at the Munich Summer Olympics. No Muslim outrage. Muslims fire rocket-propelled grenades into schools full of children in Israel. No Muslim outrage. Muslims murder more than 50 commuters in attacks on London subways and busses. Over 700 injured. No Muslim outrage. Muslims massacre dozens of innocents at a Passover Seder. No Muslim outrage. Muslims murder innocent vacationers in Bali. No Muslim outrage. Muslim newspapers publish anti-Semitic cartoons. No Muslim outrage Muslims are involved, on one side or the other, in almost every one of the 125+ shooting wars around the world. No Muslim outrage. Muslims beat the charred bodies of Western civilians with their shoes, then hang them from a bridge. No Muslim outrage. Two gay Iranian teenagers -- one 18, the other believed to be 16 or 17, were executed this week for the "crime" of homosexuality. No Muslim outrage. Newspapers in Denmark and Norway publish cartoons depicting Mohammed. Muslims are outraged. Dead children, Dead tourists, Dead teachers, Dead doctors and nurses, Death, destruction and mayhem around the world at the hand of Muslims! No Muslim outrage ... But publish a cartoon depicting Mohammed with a bomb in his turban and all hell breaks loose. Come on, is this really about cartoons? They're rampaging and burning flags. They're looking for Europeans to kidnap. They're threatening innkeepers and generally raising holy Muslim hell not because of any outrage over a cartoon. They're outraged because it is part of the Islamic jihads culture to be outraged. You don't really need a reason. You just need an excuse. Wandering around, destroying property, murdering children, firing guns into the air and feigning outrage over the slightest perceived insult is to a jihads what tailgating is to a Steeler's fan. I know and understand that these bloodthirsty murderers do not represent the majority of the world's Muslims. When, though, do they become outraged? When do they take to the streets to express their outrage at the radicals who are making their religion the object of worldwide hatred and ridicule? Islamic writer Salaman Rushdie wrote of these silent Muslims in a New York Times article three years ago. "As their ancient, deeply civilized culture of love, art and philosophical reflection is hijacked by paranoiacs, racists, liars, male supremacists, tyrants, fanatics and violence junkies, why are they not screaming?" Indeed. Why not? Many Western countries have given them homes, jobs and a much better standard of life than from whence they all originated and yet they seem quite happy to let these Islamic extremist mobs run riot, and over a silly cartoon. I reckon this is organised by the al quaeda mobs who deface the civilised world, like dirty dogs of war! On the news a solicitor of the hooked Hamza was saying he was expressing his right of freedom of speech. SORRY!!!! WHAT A BLOODY HYPOCRITE!!! It's OK to express freedom of speech about his hatred for all our welfare and culture, our entire way of life, our democracy, our patriotism and so on....yet the same religious group and indeed this woman probably, condemned our freedom or right to publish a few cartoons depicting a religious prophet as a terrorist. Double standards or what. Civil Liberties are a privilege and should not be a right. If immigrants want to live here, and that is totally fine, they should research our culture, our freedom of speech, our open media, our way of life and frankly adapt to it. If they have a feeling they will not like it or if they find our media, our women bosses or anything else difficult to accept, they should think twice before settling. I would love to visit Egypt or Saudi Arabia. I would respect their mosques. I would refrain from drinking alcohol in public places. I would observe their need for Friday prayer, I would research and understand their religion, their culture, I would be prepared to eat specially prepared meat. I would do this because I would be visiting their country. I would show them respect. I would not though, because of the fact I would not be adapt to this lifestyle permanently, want to live there. I would find their prejudices offensive. I would find their media restrictive and religiously biased. I would not though, because a mass riot, stamp my feet and shout out hatred messages just because I didn't like it. People have choices and I for one think it's high time that this Government stopped encouraging people to come here just so the immigrants can make money out of us and then abuse us in the way they do. I am not for a minute saying all immigrants do this and many do a great job in maintaining our economy, in working hard and supporting the British way of life. Their are some wonderfully talented people out there: Ragesh Merchandani, Rageh Omah, and Michelle Hussein, to name just three. I don't want to NOT see these people. They are as British as the rest of us. They entertain and inform us. They have worked hard from decent families. I want to stop seeing the ridiculous outbursts that are occurring at the moment. The Danish cartoonists having to go into hiding is disgusting. Of course the Danes, the French and anyone else were right to print the cartoons. Not to do so would have been a civil injustice on OUR way of life. Why we didn't publish them in this country is because of PC. Insincere tolerance. That's what most of us have.....and I am a tolerant person. I am speaking honestly and comprehensively. Anyone who says they have no prejudices over this current behaviour is, I'm afraid telling porkies. (Ooops, can't mention porkies. Refers to pigs. Pigs offend Muslims). Sorry......(not).

Many Christians accept the Muslim claim that we both worship the same God. They claim that they call him Allah, while we call him God. It is not unusual to hear Christian leaders make such statements. Bible societies have even gone so far as to use the name Allah in the Bibles they produce for Arab Christians. The problem with this is two-fold. First, history and archeology show clearly that Allah was worshipped as a pagan moon god long before Mohammed came on the scene. Robert Morey, author of The Islamic Invasion, explains: "Islam's origins have been traced back by scholars to the ancient fertility religion of the worship of the moon god which was always the dominant religion of Arabia. The moon god was worshipped by praying toward Mecca several times a day, making an annual pilgrimage to the Kabah which was a temple of the moon god, running around the Kabah seven times, caressing an idol of a black stone set in the wall of the Kabah, running between two hills, making animal sacrifices, gathering on Fridays for prayers, giving alms to the poor, etc. These were pagan rites practiced by the Arabs long before Muhammad was born." "What religion today practices the pagan rites of the moon god? Islam! This explains why the crescent moon is the symbol of Islam. It is placed on top of mosques and minarets and displayed on hats, flags, rugs, amulets and even jewelry. Every time you see the Muslim symbol of a crescent moon, you are seeing the ancient symbol of the moon god." Second, if you read the Qur'an's description of Allah, and read the Bible's description of God, it becomes obvious you are reading about two different persons. Allah orders his followers to kill those who deny Islam, while God instructs us to love our enemies. Allah had no son while God sent His Son to die for sinful men. Allah is "unknowable" while God seeks a personal relationship with His creation, man. The spirit behind Islam is an entirely different spirit... a spirit that denies the deity of Jesus Christ. Any Christian who accepts the notion that Allah is God creates an impossible situation. Since the Qur'an contains our only revelation about Allah, they will be forced to look there as their authority. The Qur'an specifically denies the deity of Christ! All Christian witness ends right there. 22Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist—he denies the Father and the Son. 23No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 1 John 2:20-22 Islam (ĭsläm', ĭs'läm) , [Arab.,=submission to God], world religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad. Founded in the 7th cent., Islam is the youngest of the three monotheistic world religions (with Judaism and Christianity). An adherent to Islam is a Muslim [Arab.,=one who submits]. Believers Worldwide There are more than 1 billion Muslims worldwide, fewer than one fifth of whom are Arab. Islam is the principal religion of much of Asia, including Indonesia (which has the world's largest Muslim population), Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, the Arabian Peninsula states, and Turkey. India also has one of the world's largest Muslim populations, although Islam is not the principal religion there. In Africa, Islam is the principal religion in Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, and Sudan, with sizable populations also in Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania (where the island of Zanzibar is predominantly Muslim), and Nigeria. In Europe, Albania is predominantly Muslim, and, historically, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Macedonia, and Georgia have had Muslim populations. Elsewhere in Europe, significant immigrant communities of Muslims from N Africa, Turkey, and Asia exist in France, Germany, Great Britain, and other nations. In the Americas the Islamic population has substantially increased in recent years, both from conversions and the immigration of adherents from other parts of the world. In the United States, the number of Muslims has been variably estimated at 2–6 million; 20% of the population of Suriname is Muslim. Islamic Beliefs At the core of Islam is the Qur'an, believed to be the final revelation by a transcendent Allah [Arab.,=the God] to Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam; since the Divine Word was revealed in Arabic, this language is used in Islamic religious practice worldwide. Muslims believe in final reward and punishment, and the unity of the umma, the “nation” of Islam. Muslims submit to Allah through arkan ad-din, the five basic requirements or “pillars”: shahadah, the affirmation that “there is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God”; salah, the five daily ritual prayers (see liturgy, Islamic); zakat, the giving of alms, also known as a religious tax; Sawm, the dawn-to-sunset fast during the lunar month of Ramadan; and hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. The importance of the hajj can hardly be overestimated: this great annual pilgrimage unites Islam and its believers from around the world. The ethos of Islam is in its attitude toward Allah: to His will Muslims submit; Him they praise and glorify; and in Him alone they hope. However, in popular or folk forms of Islam, Muslims ask intercession of the saints, prophets, and angels, while preserving the distinction between Creator and creature. Islam views the Message of Muhammad as the continuation and the fulfillment of a lineage of Prophecy that includes figures from the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, notably Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus. Islamic law reserves a communal entity status for the ahl al-kitab, People of the Book, i.e., those with revealed religions, including Jews and Christians. Islam also recognizes a number of extra-biblical prophets, such as Hud, Salih, Shuayb, and others of more obscure origin. The chief angels are Gabriel and Michael; devils are the evil jinn. Other Islamic obligations include the duty to “commend good and reprimand evil,” injunctions against usury and gambling, and prohibitions of alcohol and pork. Meat is permitted if the animal was ritually slaughtered; it is then called halal. Jihad, the exertion of efforts for the cause of God, is a duty satisfied at the communal and the individual level. At the individual level, it denotes the personal struggle to be righteous and follow the path ordained by God. Communally, it involves both encouraging what is good and correcting what is not and waging war against enemies of Islam. In Islam, religion and social membership are inseparable: the ruler of the community (caliph; see caliphate) has both a religious and a political status. The unitary nature of Islam, as a system governing relations between a person and God, and a person and society, has contributed to the appeal and success of Islam. The evolution of Islamic mysticism into organizational structures in the form of Sufi orders was, from the 13th cent. onwards, one of the driving forces in the spread of Islam (see Sufism; fakir). Sufi orders were instrumental in expanding the realm of Islam to trans-Saharan Africa, stabilizing its commercial and cultural links with the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and to SE Asia. Holidays and Honorifics The original feasts of Islam are id al-fitr, corresponding to the breaking of the fast of Ramadan, and id al-adha, coinciding with the pilgrimage to Mecca. Shiite Islam also celebrates id al-ghadir, the anniversary of Muhammad's declaration of Ali as his successor. Other Islamic holidays include al-mawlid al-nabawwi, Muhammad's birthday, and al-isra wa-l-miraj, the anniversary of his miraculous journey to Jerusalem and ascension to Heaven. Among the Islamic religious honorifics are shaykh, a generic term refering to a religious scholar or a mystic master; qadi, a religious judge (handling particular cases); mufti, a religious authority who issues general legal opinions; and mullah, a synonym of shaykh used in the Persian-speaking world. Interpretation of the Qur'an The revealed word of Islam, the Qur'an, in a formal Arabic which became more archaic with time, required explication. A complement to the Qur'an is the Sunna, the spoken and acted example of the Prophet, collected as hadith. The Sunna is almost as important to Islam as the Qur'an, for in it lie the elaborations of Qur'anic teaching essential to the firm establishment of a world religion. There are serious disagreements in the hadith, and interpretations of the Qur'an and the Sunna have varied so much as to be contradictory. These situations are resolved by reference to one of the most important of the sayings attributed to the Prophet, “My community will never agree in an error.” This leeway also allowed Islam to expand by incorporating social, tribal, and ethnic traditions. For example, with the exception of inheritance and witness laws, Islamic rights and obligations apply equally to men and women. The actual situation of women is more a function of particular social traditions predating Islam than of theoretical positions. For more information on Islamic law, see sharia; for discussions of the major branches of Islamic theology, see Shiite, Sunni. Bibliography See F. Rahman, Islam (1966); M. Jameelah, Islam and Modernism (1968); P. K. Hitti, History of the Arabs (10th ed. 1970); P. M. Holt, ed., Cambridge History of Islam (2 vol., 1970); M. G. S. Hodgson, The Venture of Islam (3 vol., 1974); C. Glassé, Concise Encyclopedia of Islam (1991); J. L. Esposito, Islam (rev. ed. 1992) and The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (2003); A. Schimmel, Islam (1992); D. Waines, An Introduction to Islam (1995); J. I. Smith, Islam in America (1999).