Islam..........? What's your thought?

Question

Spare some thoughts on this most misunderstood religion.

Those of who have answered this question in a negative sense have NO firggin idea about Islam. If you only knew what you're so wrongly critisizing, you would only wish you have never said what you think. Islam is a *Beautiful* religion! If you only knew...

p.s. Rolando Mactavish V: if you knew the true meaning of Islam you would never have want to say of what you said, and wish that you had put your thought up your rectum.. (AKA. you flipp'in ***.)

Answer 1

It's a religion just as many other religions. it has many extremist just like some other religions. since middle eastern population is very young they do stuff on impulse which gets them in trouble. As a religion its peaceful, islamic people believe in Jesus as a phrophet of God. Mohammed was the last phrophet how ever Jesus will come back and unite christains and muslims together.

Answer 2

I can assure you not everyone has a low understanding of Islam as some people who have responded to your question. I meet many non Muslims who have a lot of respect for Islam. There is a book called '100 Most Influential People in History' by Michael H. Hart and guess who was no.1? Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

The list of the 100 people http://www.dlmark.net/hundred.htm

Answer 3

If it is misunderstood that is because of the radicals that the peaceful and moderate muslims have permitted to expose it to be a violent and radical religion. For myself, I believe there are good and bad people of every faith. People of good will and nature are suppose to chastise their own, as a family would do.

I believe the particular sect of Muslims who use Islam has done a lot of harm to the faith. You yourself acknowledge Islam is misunderstood. Here are some of my thoughts.

FACT: IT CAME INTO EXISTENCE CENTURIES AFTER THE BIBLE AND TORA. People who believe in it seem to think a counterfeit comes before the original. Islamic believers cannot validate the claim that the Bible is the counterfeit because the Bible's existence preceded the Qur'aan.

FACT: THE QUR'AAN TESTIFIES ABOUT ONE TRUE GOD (ALLAH) AND HIS PROPHETS. These truths were in the Bible and Torah long before the Qur'aan. This fact reveals that the Qur'aan is not the first writtings about God and his prophets and suggests that the Qur'aan is not authentic but a forgery.

FACT: IT WAS WRITTEN BY THE ASSOCIATES OF MUHAMMAD (pbuh). Muhammad could not read nor write. Therefore, Muhammad could not verify the validity of the holy book.

FACT: THE QUR'AAN's EXISTENCE WAS AFTER THE TECHNOLOGY OF WRITTING WAS INVENTED. Believer's of the Qur'aan and Islam think the errors in the Bible prove it is not the Word of Allah. Nothing is further from the truth. The technology of writing didn't exist in the time when stories of salvation history were unfolding. So, naturally there are errors since the oral tradition existed before the invention of writing.

The Bible is not 100% accurate but, there are some things to take into consideration before declaring the Bible an invalid source to believe in. You ask a lot of good questions.

There are some problems with the Bible and errors. Please remember, the Old Testament was passed down by oral tradition before the technology of writing was available. Compared to the Quran which existed long after the technology for writing was invented. So, yes there are errors.

Secondly, there are different ways to interpret based upon the "literary forms" of writers. Depending whether it is in a historical context, prophetic, poetry, or some other type of literary form. I believe Jesus Christ IS THE WORD of God. The Bible is written by people inspired by God.

If you took a Bible course and discovered what SCRIPTURAL TYPOLOGY is you would be amazed. If you knew what SALVATION HISTORY was in the Bible you would understand. If you recognized DIVINE AUTHORITY you would know that there has to be someone in authority to reveal the "secret" truths God has given. If you research all those phrases you will begin a journey of discovery that will last a life time.

We have a saying in Catholicism: the New Testament is hidden in the Old and the Old is revealed in the New. There are many mysteries contained in the Bible that I have been amazed at discovering for the past 20 years and there is a whole lot more. St. Jerome said: Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. The whole Bible is about our SALVATION: Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ fulfilled over 300 prophesies in the Old Testament about the Messiah you can discover 50 of them in cd's IT IS WRITTEN.

WHEN YOU HAVE BEGUN TO DISCOVER THESE THINGS YOU WILL KNOW IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY MAN. Jesus (a historical figure along with others in the Bible that are not fictitional characters) by fulfilling just 50 prophesies makes the odds of doing that 10X135 power! An astronomical figure that could not have been achieved by human means.

The thing that might shock you and others is that SATAN used scripture to tempt Jesus. So, too Satan will use scripture to trip us up from following the true faith. This is why there has to be DIVINE AUTHORITY that passes from the Old Testament to APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION in the New Testament. This is why someone cannot Authoritatively pick up a Bible and correctly interpret it nor can there be millions of interpretors to HOLY SCRIPTURE. There can only be one!

Answer 4

Islam is a peaceful and loving religions .Though the rules are may be strict but logically it is good for us all, some disagree because they love doing the hanky panky things and love doing things that will damage themselves.
Islam is a religion with hypocrites,barbarian,racist and prejudice as its enemies

Stupid people seems to gives stupid reasons for hating islam .Only fools can't see the logic in islam.

Answer 5

A religion of love, that came to all human kind through the prophet Muhammad ( sws ).

A religion that teaches you the respect of the others, makes all Muslims brothers and sister regardless of their wealth, colour, origin, or past behaviour.

A religion that showed me that the gates to God are always opened, and that I'm welcomed whenever I go there, where I can get love and peace over my wildest aspiration.

Answer 6

my thought is that it is the most misunderstood. lol. im guilty of getting freaked out by a muslim looking guy on a plane. its hard to remember that only a few people are taking it to such dangerous extremes.

Answer 7

Gives me the creeps. Those that worship in the religion wants me dead (as I am an American).

But the joke is on them. They can kill me physically but not spiritually. I turned my heart over to Christ 13 years ago. They can take me out of this world - but not Heaven.

Answer 8

Have you read this book ?
What is your opinion, from the list below, provided by Spencer in his book?

The Truth About Muhammad
by Robert Spencer

Meet the real Muhammad:


Muhammad's bizarre reaction to his first "revelation": "I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself"

The heretical Christian who convinced Muhammad he was a prophet – and may have taught him his erroneous views of Christianity

Islamic borrowings from Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism – and Muhammad's enraged replies to charges that he borrowed material rather than received actual divine revelations

The "revelation" that allowed Muhammad to marry his beautiful daughter-in-law

The strange incident in Muhammad's life that makes it virtually impossible to prove rape in Islamic countries today

The real "Satanic Verses" incident (not the Salman Rushdie version): how Muhammad's attempt to win over his opponents ended with his saying he had been inspired not by God, but by Satan

How the Qur'an's teaching on warfare against unbelievers developed – with constant war to establish the hegemony of Islamic law as the last stage

The first year of the Muslim calendar: not when Muhammad was born or became a prophet, but when he became a warlord

How Muhammad used the graphic lure of Islamic Paradise to urge his warriors to fight furiously to extend his rule

"Kill every Jew who comes into your power": why Muhammad became so angry with both Jews and Christians – with disastrous consequences that are still playing out in the world today

The momentous command by Muhammad that led to good being identified with anything that benefited the Muslims, and evil with anything that harmed them --without reference to any larger moral standard

Muhammad's child bride – and the terrible consequences his marriage to a nine-year-old still has in the Islamic world

"This is the caravan of the Quraysh possessing wealth. It is likely that Allah may give it to you as booty": how Muhammad gave divine sanction to the Muslims' bloody raids

"War is deceit": the permission Muhammad gave his followers to lie in order to gain an advantage over their enemies

How Muhammad broke the principal treaty he entered into, again setting a pattern for Muslim states thereafter

Muhammad's commands to his followers to wage perpetual war against non-Muslims, including Jews and Christians

Muhammad on women's rights: women "are prisoners with you having no control of their persons"

"If justice is not to be found with me then where will you find it?" Why Muhammad still stands for Muslims as the supreme model for human behavior

"I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula, and will not leave any but Muslims" – and other statements by Muhammad that contemporary jihadists take very seriously

Islamic tolerance? The onerous tax burden and other discriminatory regulations mandated for non-Muslims under Islamic law

How Muhammad ordered the killing of apostates from Islam

The massacre of a Jewish tribe by Muhammad that was invoked by modern-day jihadists at the beginning of Israel's July 2006 operations against Hizballah in Lebanon

"Embrace Islam, and your lives and property will be safe": Muhammad's threatening letters to the rulers of the lands around Arabia

Muhammad's frequent avowals that the Muslims would overcome the empires bordering on Arabia and one day stand as masters of the world

"I have been made victorious with terror" – and other statements of Muhammad on his deathbed

Six steps that American leaders can and must take in order to protect our nation from Islamic jihad terrorism

Answer 9

I think that it seems a very scary religion.. dictatorship rules.. no freedom of movement dress or speech.. am I right?

Answer 10

Understood, my rectum. They are instigators of hate and violence around the globe