this allah character anyways??? I did my research on line & found out that this allah dude was not just another name for God, & is nothing more than the old Egyptian moon god alilah. Any one have any info on this contrary to what I read? I was always curious about why a supossed all powerful god needed people to fight & kill in it's name. Some say it's only mythology & others say this allah is just another demon, if ya beleive in such entities. From what I've read it sounds like this allah entity needs to be hung up on the wall & beleivers in it get on with their lives. Wow, this is what all the turmoil in the middle east is all about? Pathetic for sure!
2007-09-08 19:59:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, Islam chose to follow a dead man rather than a living God.
2007-09-08 20:03:43 · answer #1 · answered by djmantx 7 · 11⤊ 4⤋
Yup you ever wonder why there is so much emphasis on the Moon in Islam? It determines when they start fasting and they got to pray when theres an eclipse of the moon. How odd eh? You've gotta ask where it comes from. Muslims will tell you that the world 'allah' means God in arabic, and yes that true today but that wasnt always the case. Allah in ancient arabia was one of the 300+ Gods the pagans worshipped; he was the sepreme moon diety. But for political reasons Muhammad slowly worked towards monotheism. Mainly to make his religion more appealing to the Jews and Christians of that time. Eventually, he declared polytheism evil and passed off all the other Gods they worshipped as the alternate 99 names of Allah. Ar-Rahman for example, was one of the Gods worshipped by the arabs and many of the traditions like kissing the black stone, running up and down the hill, and throwing stones at the Kabaa were all pagan practices way before the time of Muhammad. He just adopted these things into his religion and you cant argue with the history. This is where the crescent moons on muslim mosques originate from.
2007-09-09 03:17:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mohammad changed the name of his moon god Baal (alilah)
to Allah because he could not sell his vision of religion to the locals. They knew of Baal and reviled it. It was nothing more than a stone statue that supposedly was kept in an alcove of his stone wall.
As you study Islam you will discover it to be a mixture of Judaism and Christianity concocted around 600ad, conveniently leaving out many passages of scripture that would be contradictory. There is no guarantee of salvation. Passage to heaven must be earned through works.
Yes, sad to say, this is what all the turmoil is about. This is not a new war, but a continuation of attempted expansion that dates back to pre-Ottoman times.
The fact that Jesus and Mohammad used some of the same words in their speech does not mean that one supports the other.
2007-09-09 03:19:52 · answer #3 · answered by sympleesymple 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is indeed sad that so many have allowed Satan to decieve them into following him through the so-called religion of peace.
To answer your question, I don't know why or how it happened. I have studied the koran, though, and what a sad piece of work it is.
Be well.
2007-09-09 03:09:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Well, Jesus called God "ALLAH" so your moon god theory is false.
type down the word "God" in this Aramaic dictionary to find out what Jesus used to call God:
http://www.peshitta.org/lexicon/
More evidence :
http://www.learnassyrian.com/aramaic/church/church.html
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2007-09-09 03:03:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
Why do you think the muslim as stupid as that?
2007-09-09 03:14:30 · answer #6 · answered by ST 12 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
agreed
2007-09-09 03:03:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
[ Before reading my answer just look at the answer following mine by "longview " ]
No matter how ignorant you are, it is our duty to share the qualities of Islam with you.
If you really wish to know about Islam, you must study history and Islam side by side.
What Islam says and how history confirms it.
What caused expension of Islam ?
" The phenomenal success of Islam was primarily due to its revolutionary significance and its ability to lead the masses out of the hopeless situation created by the decay of antique civilisations not only of Greece and Rome but of Persia and China and of India."--[The Historic Role of Islam, by M.N.Roy,Foreword,Vora & Co.8 Round Building, Bombay-2]
Vem'bery says, " Islam is still the most democratic religion in the world, a religion favouring both liberty and equality. If there ever was a constitutional government it was that of the first Caliphs. "--Vem'bery, La Turquie d'aujard'hui et d'vant Quarante Aus.pg-58 ]
1. [][][][] ISLAM IS NOT A NEW RELIGION [][][][]
" Say : We believe in God and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham and Ismael and Issac and Jacob and the tribes and in that which was given to MOSES and JESUS and in that which was given to all prophets from their Lord. WE MAKE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN ANY OF THEM and to Him do we submit." ---The Quran.
"...Thus Islam appeared, not as a new religion, but as revival of pure Abrahamic monotheism, purified as one of the accretions of Judaism and Christianity and superseding them as the final revelation."--[Vem'bery, La Turquie d'aujard'hui et d'vant Quarante Aus. pg-44]
2. [][][][] BROTHERHOOD in ISLAM [][][][]
" We have not sent thee , O Mohammad, but [as] a mercy unto all creatures."-- The Quran,[xxi, p-326]
" And my mercy encompasseth all things." The quran,[ 7:156]
" O you men, surely we have created you of a male and a female and made you tribes and families that ye may know each other."--The Quran,[ 49:13 ]
" Who is the most favoured of Allah ? He from whom greatest good comes to his creatures."--The Quran
" All his creatures are Allah's family for thier subsistance is from him, therefore the most beloved of Allah is the person who does greatest good to Allah's creatures."--The Quran
These teachings were truely followed by the Muslims as History indicates........
"....when Jerusalem capitulated to Khalif Omer, the inhabitants of the vanquished city were left in possesion of thier worldly goods, and allowed the freedom of worship. A special quarter of the city was allotted for the residence of Christian population with thier Patriarch and his clergy."--[Rise and Fall of Roman Empire- GIBBON]
"We have never heard about any attempt to compel Non-Muslim parties to adopt Islam or about any organized persecution aiming at exterminating Christianity. If the Caliphs had chosen one of these plans, they would have wiped out Christianity as easily as what happened to Islam during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella in Spain; by the same method which Louis XIV followed to make Protestantism a creed whose followers were to be sentenced to death; or with the same ease of keeping the Jews away from Britain for a period of three hundred fifty years."(Thomas Arnold in 'The Call to Islam.')
3 .[][][][] JUSTICE in ISLAM [][][][]
" Make peace among them with justice and act equitably, surely Allah loves those who act equitably."--The Quran [49:9]
This is also backed by History.........
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The critical Gibbon coclusively proves that, "...to his Christian subjects, Mohammad readily granted security of thier persons, the freedom of thier trade, the property of thier goods and the toleration of thier worship. This profitable principle of toleration was observed with more or less strictness, not only by all the immediate successors of the Prophet, but over the whole period of Arabic ascendency."--[Rise and Fall of Roman Empire- GIBBON]
4. [][][][] TOLERANCE in ISLAM [][][][]
"And if anyone of the idolaters seeketh thy protection (O Muhammad), then protect him so that he may hear the word of God, and afterward convey him to his place of safety. "(The Qur’an 9:6)
Now what History says..............
" He himself [the prophet] gave letters of security and protection to the Jews and Christians in Arabia and never used any violence to them upon the account of religion."--[ An Account of The Rise And Progress of Mahometanism with the life of Mahomet- by HENRY STUBBE, M.A. of Christ Church- Oxford, From a manuscript copied by Charles Hornby of Pipe office in 1705, London,Luzac & Co. 1911, pg- 142-143]
5. [][][][] Respect for other religions [][][][]
" Say : We believe in God and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham and Ismael and Issac and Jacob and the tribes and in that which was given to MOSES and JESUS and in that which was given to all prophets from their Lord. WE MAKE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN ANY OF THEM and to Him do we submit." ---The Quran
6.[][][][] Islam is the most practical religion [][][][]
"Fight in the cause of God those WHO FIGHT YOU, but do not transgress limits; for God loveth not transgressors. (The Noble Quran, 2:190)"
"But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in God: for He is One that heareth and knoweth (all things). (The Noble Quran, 8:61)"
"And if anyone of the idolaters seeketh thy protection (O Muhammad), then protect him so that he may hear the word of God, and afterward convey him to his place of safety. "(The Qur’an 9:6)
"[2:190-192] And fight in the cause of Allah with those WHO FIGHT WITH YOU, and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits. And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from where they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque (in Makkah) UNTILL THEY FIGHT WITH YOU in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the reward of the unbelievers. But if they desist, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no hostility EXCEPT AGAINST THE OPPRESSORS."
These instructions exactly correspond with the International law. And every nation and every person or set of people has the right to self defence and to defend his/their property.-----as per law of the land.
2007-09-09 03:07:20 · answer #8 · answered by ♪¢αpη' ε∂ïß♪ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋