2006-09-02 12:47:59 · 22 answers · asked by chyna 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Muhammad--believed to be the final prophet after Abraham, Moses, the biblical prophets, and Jesus--began a one-god religion, Islam, in opposition to the polytheistic Arab culture. Islam spread rapidly and is, today, the predominant religion of all Arab countries and parts of Africa.
Salvation is dependent on man, not God, and because of that, the Koran, God's Word revealed to Muhammad, is highly memorized and revered as it is the means by which a person learns what God requires of him. God (Allah) lends His guidance and offers salvation to those who deserve it. This is why so many Muslims are willing to prove their devotion and loyalty even unto death, because that will assure their salvation.
There are five pillars of Islam. These five pillars are the Muslims acts of worship to Allah.
1. A Muslim must recite the basic creed, "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His prophet."
2. He must recite prayers praising Allah five times a day while facing Mecca where, it is believed, Allah revealed the Koran to Muhammad.
3. He must give money to the poor.
4. He must fast for one month every year.
5. He must make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in his lifetime.
There are many reasons why the Islam faith is contrary to the Bible. The most important reasons are that Muslims do not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, sent to free the world from the bondage and the penalty of sin. They do not believe that salvation is a free gift to all who believe. Instead of revering the words of Jesus, they hold to the words of Muhammad, whom was never prophesied about or spoken of in the Bible.
It all comes down to this: John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." And, Ephesians 2:8-9 says, "For it is by grace you have been saved through faith-and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast.
2006-09-02 12:53:01 · answer #1 · answered by David 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Muslims are those who walk the true path of God/Allah as prescribed by Islam and written in the Qu'ran. Mohamed was the last prophet of God and through him God delivered the Qu'ran which is the last of three books (the Torah, The Gospels and the Qu'ran) which act as the instruction manuals for walking the true path of God. The Gospels were stolen by the Romans and have been re-written by the Roman Empire and contain only about 10% of the original message as delivered through the prophet Jesus. The Qu'ran is completely in agrees with the Jewish Torah and provides the rules to follow to reach salvation at the end of time.
Muslims also believe that Jesus is the one "pure" prophet and was the second man born without a father (Adam was the first) and is the only human to live a completely pure life. Jesus did not die and is waiting with God to return during the Golden Age to co-manage the earth with the Mahdi, he will live another forty years on earth and when he dies the end of time is here and the judgment happens. All men will be judged by their actions during their life and those whose good outweighs their bad will be invited to heaven...the rest will burn as it is said in the Torah.
If you truly want to know the truth pray for forgiveness and guidance and read the Qu'ran which is available on-line (I bought mine at Walmart for $8). You may also want to read the Torah which is the front part of the Bible.
As far as the Bible and the Christian concept of Jesus goes...why would God change the rules in the middle of the game and send "his only begotten son to die for your sins"? The answer is he didn't...just professing your faith in Jesus does not absolve you of your sins you must make a conscious effort every minute of every day to walk the true path. To do this you should pray five times a day (every three hours or so) for forgiveness of your sins committed since the last prayer and guidance to not sin till the next prayer.
2006-09-02 13:26:22 · answer #2 · answered by Perry L 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Muslims are the ones commanded by the moon-god Allah to convert all non-Muslims to Islam and if the non-Muslims or unbelievers as they are called refuse, to chop their heads off and cut the tip of their fingers.
It is better for you to buy a book that explains the incredible aggressive nature of Islam.
2006-09-02 12:58:13 · answer #3 · answered by markos m 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Muslims believe some guy who called himself a prophet of God that made up a book called the Quran.
2006-09-02 12:53:55 · answer #4 · answered by parepidemos_00 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some Muslims are regular people like you and me, but others are terrorists who would kill anyone who isn't a Muslim. The Quran says to kill all non-Muslims. The religion is false because Muhammed created it and he created an idol God called Allah.
2006-09-02 12:51:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You know what muslims believe. Than why ask. Ask what you believe.
2006-09-02 13:06:03 · answer #6 · answered by Khairitz 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
muslim worship Allah, have 5 major duties, pray 5 times a day, and consider jews and christians as people of the book
2006-09-02 13:02:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Muslims pratice the islam faith. They beleive in the five pillars of faith, I forgot what they r its like the christains 10 commandments. They believe in allah. They're taught to kill their enemies. They think the holy bible is worthless. Their bible is called the Quaran (I forget how to spell it) I don't much about it, u should look it up on the computer.
2006-09-02 12:53:06 · answer #8 · answered by native_american_chick 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Muslims are from the Islamic faith. They're really kind, loving, and caring people. They're just getting a bad name because of the extremist in their religion. ~
2006-09-02 12:51:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
simply:they are ppl who beleive and testify that noone worthy of being worshipped but ALLAH and MUHAMMED(PBUH) is ALLAH`s messanger
they love god and his prophet(PBUH) morethan theirselves .
some of them are good ppl who follow their religion correctly and some of them are bad ppl who donot know anything about their religion and i think that we must not call them muslims.
A lot of ppl hate muslim ,may be coz they hate islam,they met a bad muslim who made a bad picture of islam in their minds,they cannot accept the islam coz of devil or coz they beleive the media and that it is saying about muslims.to know more about islam ,visit!
http://www.sultan.org/
2006-09-02 13:56:20 · answer #10 · answered by lady 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋