what is the truth about ISLAM?

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Answer 1

While we ought to greatly respect many aspects of Islam (believing in one God, a strong code of shared morality etc), I am very uncomfortable with those who have, with good intentions no doubt, tried to suggest that Islam is practically equivalent to Christianity, and that it is a very peaceful religion; certainly in the sense that Christianity understands "peace", at least. (Here, however, it is important to emphasize an important distinction between the religion of Islam and individual Muslims who may well reject what may be termed the more ancient expression of their faith.) There are some fundamental, irreconcilable differences and problems between Christianity and Islam, as the Church has pointed out since it became aware of this new religion of Muhammad (the 600's A.D.)

Islam was the first direct, major religious contradiction of and attack on Christian revelation and belief. Islam has also been considered a Christian heresy because many of Muhammed’s beliefs appear to have been garnered from heretical Christian communities living in his area during his lifetime. God went to tremendous effort and trouble to reveal Himself to mankind through His Son. He became man, taught, healed, laughed, loved, suffered and died for us. He wanted us to know Him personally, "I and the Father are one" (Jn 10:30) and "He who has seen me has seen the Father" (Jn 14:9). He did not just dictate another book, albeit a miraculous, perfect one, again. No, that wouldn't do. He became one of us, and handed on the faith to other humans and told them to do likewise, calling us to genuinely become His children: "Through faith, you are all children of God in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:26)

On the other hand, this new purported revelation from Muhammad reverted mankind's relationship with God back thousands of years, arguably even more. Muhammad gave us another book, no Holy Spirit, and insisted we are not sons and daughters of the Father, but merely bondservants or slaves. "Islam" literally means "submission" or "slavery". It insists on pushing us away from God, holding Him at a distance, a distance He once lovingly bridged with outstretched arms. It is revealing that of all the Muslim names for God, none is "Father" or "Love".

There are also many direct and intentional contradictions of Christianity within the Koran (the Muslim holy book). For instance, Muslims do not believe that Christ was resurrected after His crucifixion. They believe he merely fainted and was revived later on. They do not believe that Christ was God. In fact, they consider Christians blaspheming idolaters for holding this belief. Muslims also do not believe in eternal punishment in hell. They believe that hell is a place of temporary punishment and purification. The Koran also teaches that it is not only acceptable, but necessary to forcefully convert non-believers, and to kill them if they absolutely refuse to convert (with the exception of Christians and Jews, who may opt to live an inferior life as “dhimmis”, paying mandatory extra taxes and foregoing the same rights as Muslims). They do not believe that Christ is the savior, the One Who opened the gates of heaven. These are a few of the major theological differences, many of which came about because Muhammad apparently learned about Christianity from heretics who lived in the region.

However, the most troubling aspect of stricter, more ancient expressions of Islam may be its view of peace..."salaam" and war..."jihad". In regard to the belief now common in the secular press, i.e. that Islam is a very peaceful religion, and only extremists who are twisting Islam resort to violence, one may wonder exactly what history books or version of the Koran they have read. Because by this view, Muhammad himself, the very founding prophet of Islam, was a violent extremist. It seems clear that histories of Islam readily acknowledge that Muhammad himself led raids on many villages and towns (some of which were Christian or Jewish) and slaughtered or forcefully converted the inhabitants. He helped to plan dozens more for other Muslims before he died. History suggest that he was more peaceful early on, when he didn't have sufficient numbers to force his will upon resistant populations. If you pick up a Koran (not one with a modernist, toned-down translation, but a traditional translation that makes a serious attempt to be faithful to the original), especially read the chapter entitled "Repentance". The call for violence against non-believers is blatant and undeniable (and in this chapter, Christians and Jews are clearly lumped in together with pagans). Some revisionists (perhaps well-meaning) have tried to tell the non-Muslim public that "jihad" is has only ever been about the interior struggle for holiness. One wishes it were true, but it appears that "jihad" is and has always been much more than that.

Here are a few of the more troubling verses from the Koran:

"It is not for any Prophet to have prisoners until he make wide slaughter in the land." (The Spoils, 67-68)

"I shall cast into the unbeliever's hearts terror; so cut their heads off, and cut off every finger of them." (the Spoils, 12)

"then, when the sacred months are drawn away, slay idolaters wherever you find them." (Repentance, 5)

Contrast the above with the approach of Jesus in the New Testament:

"You have heard it said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Heavenly Father." (Matthew 5:43-45)

"They crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left. Then Jesus said, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do.'" (Luke 23:33-34)

"As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.' Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice, 'Lord do not hold this sin against them.'" (Acts 7:59-60)

It is particularly disconcerting when the so-called “politically correct” among us, especially the feminists, praise Islam. If they find Christian society unfair to them, they ought to look a bit more closely at Islam:

Islam: "Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient...As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them, forsake them in beds apart and beat them." (Women, 34)

Christianity: "As the Church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the Church and handed himself over for her to sanctify her; so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies." (Ephesians 5:25-29).

As opposed to Islam, we must also remember that Catholicism celebrates a woman as the highest created creature, the Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, the Blessed Virgin Mary. I suggest reading Islam Revealed by Dr. Anis Shorrosh, The Life and Times of Muhammad by Sir John Glubb and Answering Islam by Geisler and Saleeb if you want to learn more. There are several more recent books out as well.

Now, people may point out that Christians have at times resorted to violence wrongly, including the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition. But the comparison is not completely apt. First, Christ Himself never advocated forced conversion and slaughter of unbelievers. Muhammad not only advocated it, but personally cooperated in it. Second, in the case of the Crusades we should be careful not to buy all of the anti-Catholic propaganda being sold. Do you know why Christians fought the Crusades? Because Muslims first forcefully took over Christian lands and persecuted the Christians living there, and controlled Christian holy sites. It is true that some Crusaders did some despicable things in a spiteful, vengeful way. But the Church herself never condoned, let alone ordered, these excesses. And as for the Inquisition, if it was as bad as some anti-Catholics claim, it is odd that there are records of people requesting transfers of their cases to the Inquisition from the secular Spanish courts. No doubt, some horrid things occurred, but it is more accurately understood as the unfortunate result of the weaknesses and sin of individuals, not the official teaching of the Church.

Additionally, the Inquisition never asserted authority at all over non-Christians, unless they were pretending to be Christians. The Inquisition was aimed at eliminating heresy within the Church, not at the conversion of non-Christians. Conversely, Islam has taught and practiced slaughter and forced conversion of non-Muslims from the beginning. It is not the case of an isolated historical event or period here or there. Even now, we have Muslim "mullahs" and "imams" (highest level religious authorities) who emphatically agree that suicide bombers are martyrs for the faith of Islam; entitled to 72 virgins and all; basing it all on the Q'ran and the traditions related to it. After 9-11, supposedly “moderate” Muslim countries filled their streets shouting with joy when the twin towers fell in New York city. Again, while this is not at all to suggest that all Muslims felt this way, there has been a disturbing lack of significant protest, forthright rejection and real action from the world-wide Muslim community to this atrocity and other more current ones. Considering the violent beginnings and spread of Islam, one may hard pressed to discount the current violence as an "aberration" or perversion of Islam. A reasonable argument may be made of just the opposite, it would seem that those Muslims who support religious freedom and tolerance today are at odds with their own prophet, holy book and history. We all ought to pray that Muslims one day reject the violent essence and genesis of their faith and make it truly peaceful. Even more, we ought to pray for the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima, that they come to accept Christ, Who is true peace.

It may also be worthwhile to discuss the nature of Mohammad's revelation (Koran). As even Muslims seem to generally acknowledge, Muhammad himself believed that these "revelations" were coming from the Devil in the beginning. It was only after being persuaded by his wife, Khadija, that he came to finally believe God was speaking to him through the Archangel Gabriel. Christians and Jews would be hard-pressed to think of anyone who wrote Old Testament or New Testament scripture who couldn't tell whether it was God or the devil talking to him.

Furthermore, have you ever heard of the "Satanic Verses"? Do you remember Salman Rushdie? He wrote a book by that title and some Muslim leaders issued a fatwa against him, calling for his execution, promising paradise (replete with 72 virgins) to anyone who managed to kill him. Just what are these "Satanic Verses" to which Rushdie referred? In essence, the story goes like this: Muhammad supposedly took dictation from Gabriel in regard to allowing certain pagan gods of some local peoples to be honored as "working with" Allah (the Muslim name for the one God), as lesser gods of a sort. These local people resisted Muhammad because their gods were not being recognized within Islam. According to Muhammad, Gabriel subsequently revealed that God was totally "okay" with this, and these local gods could be honored, etc. A bit "convenient", you say?

Well, some time later (interestingly, after the local leaders who supported these "gods" agreed to accept Islam as a result, and convinced the others to as well) Muhammad received a "new" revelation that totally contradicted the first revelation. These pagan "gods" were not acceptable, now. And the reason for this turn around? Essentially, "the devil made him do it.” Purportedly, he claimed that the first revelation about this was from Satan, and that he had been tricked. And thus, they are now commonly called "The Satanic Verses" in this day. An old saying may come to mind for some: “fool me once, shame on you....fool me twice”......you know the rest.

As a last note, while this is in no way to advocate numerology, it is interesting to note that Muhammed died almost precisely 6 centuries after the death and resurrection of Christ. The number six denotes imperfection or sin in the Scriptures. This understanding of the number "6" is best known in the book of Revelation, wherein the antichrist (the man of deepest imperfection) is identified by the number "666". The number seven is related to completeness and goodness, as in the "7" days of creation. Is the timing of this supposed prophet who contradicts and mocks of the Gospel of Christ a mere coincidence? Perhaps.

Answer 2

"The Truth" about Islam is like the truth about Christianity. It is always being sought after; and an everlasting question, but that's what organized religion is all about. Seeking the truth (or that particular religion's concept of it).

I would suggest getting the Holy books of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam to study. It's very fascinating. And thank God we live in a country where you can do that.

Perhaps you have a local college nearby that offers comparison religious studies; many do. Just take a few courses. One can never get too much quality education.

Answer 3

Islam is a branch of extended attempts to civilize from the penalties and the rough morals of the old testament. Jesus did it, Muhammed did it and various other religious leaders did it as they branched away from the original old testament ways.

As Jesus became a prominent figure in the Bible teaching non violence and exhibiting apostleship and healing at times, he advocated more love of sinners, but he spiritually eternally denounced child abusers and earthly denounced religious leaders and money changers.

Each leader after him seems to concentrate on how they can get life to work in their particular situations for the survival of their group.

Muhammed allowed killing because of his groups attempts to survive conquer or be conquered. Mormon leaders allowed polygamy because they needed to procreate like it was done in the old testament to take care of the land at that time.

The advocating of killing today with the weapons we have today is very dangerous, because we are not talking just a couple of stones or swords, we are talking weapons of mass destruction in many cases. Islamic principles of killing to defend it's faith are too dangerous for today.

But make no mistake, prayers like Psalm 139 that the Jews and Christians use advocate the slaying of the wicked too, by God, but it is a horrible wish! So is Islam any better or worse than these others?

I am a Forgive Affirmed Spirit. It is the only religion that I know of that does not advocate killing anywhere, and replaces those thoughts with continued attempts to heal your enemies through forgiveness(active listenning, empathy, sympathy) and then affirmation(welcoming your previous enemy into a more heavenly spiritually non violent, existence).

Healing be unto you.

Answer 4

The truth is that it is d way. The choice is yours to accept this since whatever our stand on this, it does not change the fact.

Answer 5

Is-Lamb = Left Law, of Law Law = NOT Grace Us
Pst: Neither is the Right Law of Law Law Grace Us.

It's 2007 AD--->only goes one way, unto the end of law:

The grace(only) of our Lord Jesus->Christ with you-->all. Amen.