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Saudi Scholar: Protests In Support Of Gaza Are Chaos And Corruption
» Islam & The West - Opinions Of A Kashmiri NomadSheikh Saalih al-Fawzaan is the chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Council in Saudi Arabia and in addition to his official role he his also one of the Kingdom's leading Islamic scholars. The...
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Hatred Of Islam Blinds Blogger So Much, Thinks Hindu Is A Muslim
» Islam & The West - Opinions Of A Kashmiri NomadOver on the "Doctor Bulldog and Ronin" weblog they pride themselves on accurate news, history, & analysis of events leading to WWIII. Keeping this in mind I was surprised to read the following...
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Why Jesus wasnt the son of God!
» The Times Of KashmirQuestion
Is my understanding correct?
I understand that Muslims do believe in the books of the old testament + the 1st 5 books of the new testament. I understand, also, that Muslims do not believe Jesus is the actual Son of God.
If I am not correct with my understanding of Islam belief, please do correct me.
If my understanding is correct, please help me understand how can a Muslim say that Jesus is not the Son of God when, for example,
in Matthew 3:17 it says: And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." This was said by God after Jesus was baptized.
This is only 1 example of many that states direcly in our bible that Jesus is Son of God.
Please help me understand what is understood in Islam, and why. I really need to understand.
With sincere gratitude,
Searching
Answer
There are now more than 60 versions of the Bible(Different versions not translations The different versions of the Bible are not merely different translations, but are actually versions i.e. they add and remove things from other versions)
These revisions serve as concrete proofs that all the Biblical books are not at all divinely inspired. This is because it is beyond man's ability to correct the work of his Creator, who alone is Almighty and perfect
The Bible is a collection of writings by many different authors. The Qur'an is a dictation. The speaker in the Qur'an - in the first person - is God talking directly to man. In the Bible you have many men writing about God and you have in some places the word of God speaking to men and still in other places you have some men simply writing about history.
The previous scriptures were meant for a limited period (and a specific people) that ended with the revelation of what abrogated them and exposed what had taken place in them of distortion and change. That is why they were not protected from corruption
Muslims believe in the books of the previous prophets including the "Torah" which was sent to Moses, the "Zaboor" (Psalms) which were given to David, the "Injeel" (Gospel) which was given to Jesus, and the Qur'an which was given to Muhammad However, Muslims are told that the previous scriptures were tampered with by mankind and the Bible should only be accepted in as far as it is confirmed by the Qur'an. It is to be treated with respect, however any statements which clearly oppose those of the Qur'an are to be rejected as the work of mankind.
God is One. There is no Trinity. Jesus is a prophet of God, and like all his fellow prophets, he is a human being. We love him, and believe in him, and affirm all of his miracles, bestowed upon him as a favour from his Lord. He called for the worship of God alone and for righteousness - as every prophet of God has done. However, his pure monotheistic message was gradually changed by 'Christians' into a polytheistic one, by transforming Jesus(the servant of God, into a mythological God-incarnate figure to be worshipped alongside God All-Mighty.
Jesus was in a mother's womb. He needed nutrition; he was born and grew up to be a man.A man who needs to eat, walk, sleep, rest, etc.. cannot have Divine Attributes because he is in need and God is Self-Sufficient
The term "Son of God" was used metaphorically speaking to those who were godly and pious men. It was never meant to be used literally as the case with Christianity toward Jesus
The Muslim perspective is this: God does not beget sons or daughters as begetting is an animal act reserved for the lower animal functions of sex. Metaphorically, we can all be described as the sons of God as God has created us and He provides for us, but physically He does not beget.
We should first answer this question What is the true word of God about Jesus ? u can find that only in Qur'an the final revelation the only authentic revealed book in the world that has been kept without change
Muslims believe that Jesus was born immaculately, and through the same power which had brought Eve to life and Adam into being without a father or a mother
Truly the likeness of Jesus, in God's sight, is as Adam's likeness; He created him of dust, then said He unto him, "Be", and he was. (Qur'an 3:59).
And when God said. 'O Jesus son of Mary,did you say unto men, "Take me and my mother as gods, apart from God?" He Said, 'To You be Glory! It is not mine to say what I have no right to. If I indeed said it, You knew it, knowing what is within my soul, and I do not know what is within Your soul; You know the things unseen. I only said to them what You did command me: "Serve God, my Lord and your Lord." And I was a witness over them, while I remained among them; but when You did take me to Yourself the Watcher over them; You are the witness of everything. (Quran 5:116,117)
Jesus' giving life to the dead, healing the blind and the lepers All accepted. They were performed through the will of God
Trinity, the divinity of Jesus, the divine son ship of Jesus, and the doctrines of Original Sin and Atonement. All of these were made by men. Jesus prophesied that people would worship him uselessly and believe in doctrines made by men: "But in vain they do worship me teaching for doctrines the commandments of men" (Matthew 15:9).
'Sue' Watson - Former pastor, missionary, professor. Master's degree in Divinity who has Embraced Islam said ; It is interesting to note that there were bishops during the first three hundred years of the Church that were teaching as the Muslim believes that Jesus (pbuh) was a prophet and teacher!! It was only after the conversion of Emperor Constantine that he was the one to call and introduce the doctrine of the Trinity. He a convert to Christianity who knew nothing of this religion introduced a paganistic concept that goes back to Babylonian times
If you really examine the Christian teaching on human sin with an open mind, you will see that they say that God sacrificed His only son to atone for the sins of mankind, and that this son was a god. If it was true that he was a god who was beaten, insulted and crucified, and died, then this doctrine contains elements of blasphemy because it accuses God of weakness and helplessness.
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Review: Genuine Islamic Websites
» The Times Of KashmirMy last post describes some Un-Islamic Sites which are better to be avoided. In this post I review some very good Islamic Sites. I got the list from -http://myfriends.000webhost.com/index.php-
Some links in there dont work anymore but well I saved you the hardwork and came up with these..
>http://www.harunyahya.com/
My personal favourite.. Everyone has heard of Harun Yahya..There are full books available, audio books as well.. You can download all the books of Harun Yahya from here.. Most of them are free.. Whereas you have to buy the others.. Go and bookmark it now!
>http://www.irf.net/
IRF stands for Islamic Reseach Foundation. And this site is associated with Zakir Naik.. There are special sections for Ladies and Chilren as well.. However the best thing is its FAQs.. Answers to the most interesting queries.. This one is to polish you skills and is practically suitable..
>http://www.islamonline.net/
Perhaps the best known site.. Islam Online is a huge portal for everything.. The best thing about it is that since it has many visitors, there are comparably many options for you.. People ask questions and the questions are superbly answered. Besides they have a huge archive of articles and questions which are enough to fine tune your mind.. Errr- You still here!
>http://www.soqte.org/
Ahmm Ahmm.. Soqte or School Of Orthoepy and Theology! Our own Kashmiri representative..It is not a well designed site, however, has enough for you.. Established at Zaina Kadal, this institution has been a major factor for awareness among Muslims in Kashmir since it foundation in 1995.. Its a Darasgah of the Valley equipped with modern communication tools for the effective teaching of Qur'an and Hadith..
>http://www.islamicity.com/
I like it for its Qur'an memorizer thing.. Its a comprehensive web portal featuring everything you need.. Besides the articles are written in simple English and easy enough for anyone to understand..
>http://www.islamasoft.co.uk/
Well most of us want to download Islamic Software one say or the other... Or even for that matter Hadith like Sahih Bukhari.. Well go no further and head to Islamasoft!
>http://www.yusufislam.com/
Cat Stevens or Yousuf Islam!! A must see site for all its candy and useful stuff.. Lots of cool things to be done there.. Come on it deserves you one visit..
>http://www.bilalphilips.com/
The official site of Dr. Bilal Philips.. It is a good site considering the amount of ahrdwork put into it.. We can download Islamic Videos, Audios and other publications as well.. However it does have a good FAQ section though not as elaborative as other sites have...
>http://www.muhaddith.org/
It has 26 books available at the time of writing this.. It is not too big neither comprehensive and the big fonts dont help either..
>http://www.sultan.org/
A big collections of links guaranteed to correct your confusions and misinterpretations.. It has lots and lots of quality articles available.. Well, Go there right now.. The site doesnt have eye candy and redirects you to other Islamic sites..
>http://www.al-sunnah.com/
Last but not the least.. Al-Sunnah.. Responsible for many conversions.. Available in many languages as well.. Has lots of categorised articles, downloads, and books..
So this was the crux regarding the most popular Islamic Sites.. For a list on Un-Islamic Sites Please check the archive..
~With good intentions
QM
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Goat Fuckers, Westerners And Algerian Sheep
» Islam & The West - Opinions Of A Kashmiri Nomad
The term" goat-fucker" is used in western societies as a slur to denote Muslims. It grew with prominence after its use by now murdered Dutch film director Theo Van Gogh:
"As a newspaper columnist, he was known for being provocative and politically incorrect. He caused resentment in the Moroccan community by consistently referring to them as "geitenneukers" (goatfuckers), which he justified by reference to alleged remarks on the permissibility of bestiality in a book on Islamic law by the Ayatollah Khomeini (although the term is a common derogatory word in Holland for people of Moroccan descent)." (Source: World IQ)
The following is a further example of how the term is used to refer to Muslims. In this example we see posters to a website discuss a response to seeing some Muslims burning an American flag:
"Saw the goat fuckers degrading our flag??
Fuck em, I'll lead the way by showing you how..
I've been having this built up rage from those cock suckers who thought it "cute" to stomp and degrade the flag that all our fore fathers fought and died for.....
...Why not feed the Koran, page by page, to the pigs?
The pig shit containing pieces of Koran could then be collected and shipped to the mosque in Mecca." (Source: FuckFrance.com)
Another example of western references to copulation, goats and Muslims comes from this website where the author explains to readers how to convert to Islam:
"HOW TO BECOME A SHITSKIN MUSLEM - this is how: fuck goats, molestchildren, wear a beekeepers outfit all the time, never shower or bath,beat your wives, learn terrorist activities at a maddrassa, wipe your
ass with stones, sell the donkey you fucked to a nearby village, marry anine year-old , send your child off to an indoctrination camp, practicethighing with little kids, ............ Practice all those and you toocould become a prophet !!" (Source: Omgili)
After reading such comments the uninitiated in matters such as these will be left to the conclusion that all Muslims do really copulate with animals in general, goats in particular and that some how this activity is in fact solely the preserve of Muslims.
Keeping this in mind you can imagine my shock when I came across the following news report from Algeria. Where 2 British employees of a gas company were caught copulating with sheep destined for sacrifice during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha:
"In an unprecedented act of its kind, two British workers from the French oil company "Schlumberger" were sacked following sexual zoophelia on two sheep intended to be sacrificed for the "Eid Al Adhha" – a ritual followed by Muslims in which they slay a sheep to celebrate Abraham’s devotion to god.
This unprecedented act that shocked the people of Hassi Messaoud (southern part of Algeria) took place on the eve of "Eid" celebrations, when the two drunken workers abused two sheep in a warehouse nearby the company’s restaurant.
The two animals were supposed to be sacrificed for 30 foreign workers including Algerians working for other foreign oil companies. Both zoophilous have been surprised dong their heinous act by the restaurant’s workers and some watchmen and immediately denounced them to their mangers." (Source: Echorouk)
Surely a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Using the western logic of labelling a particular Muslim by the actions of another Muslim I will have to regard on the evidence of this news report that all westerners are bestial monsters trying to copulate with the first sheep they can get their hands. Would I be unfair in making such a conclusion ? I will let you decide.
Image source: Sheep
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French Group Accused Of Trying To Kidnap 103 Muslim Children From Africa
» Islam & The West - Opinions Of A Kashmiri NomadUpdated: French aid workers found guilty and ordered to serve 8 years prison with hard labour.
For many the days when Europeans used pop down to Africa to "pick up" a couple of the natives and take them to a better life in Europe or the New World are long over. However the case of a group of French aid workers standing trial in Chad on charges of child trafficking brings up the spectre of that by gone age once again:
"Six French nationals accused of trying to kidnap 103 children have gone on trial in the Chad capital, N'Djamena.
The staff from the Zoe's Ark charity held hands as they arrived at court. They say the children were orphans from Darfur who were being taken to France....
...The six, who have gone on hunger strike, could face 20-year hard labour terms if found guilty.
The French government has appealed for leniency.
The court will try to establish whether the children were the beneficiaries of a humanitarian project that went wrong, or the victims of child-trafficking.....
...The BBC's John James in N'Djamena says the leader of the six, Eric Breteau, looked gaunt but composed in court.
"I dispute the charges I am accused of. I intend to respond point by point," he told the packed courtroom.
"Nobody ever expressed even the tiniest doubt about the Sudanese origins of the children present at our bases," Mr Breteau told the court, apparently in response to accusations that the children were not really from Darfur.
He said the operation had been kept secret from local authorities in Chad "in order not to put the mission in danger ... and so as not to alert the suspicions of the Sudanese secret service," Mr Breteau said, quoted by the AFP news agency.
"Before the operation was launched... all the French authorities were informed in writing of our action," he added.
The governments of France and Chad have denied any knowledge of the operation....
...The six were stopped by officials as they went to catch a flight from Chad to France in late October with the children.
Most of the children have been found to have at least one living parent or guardian.
The judge will want to know why, when none of the children was injured, they were bandaged and caked in fake blood ahead of their flight....
....an unnamed Chad government official told Reuters news agency: "Have you ever seen an African sent back home after committing a crime as serious as the one [allegedly] committed by the members of Zoe's Ark?"
Three Chadians and one Sudanese refugee are also on trial for conspiracy.
In all, 17 Europeans were arrested in the eastern Chadian town of Abeche on 25 October but 11 others - three French journalists, seven Spanish flight crew and a Belgian pilot - have since been repatriated." (Source: BBC News)
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Christmas -Tis The Season To Be Pagan
» Islam & The West - Opinions Of A Kashmiri Nomad
Today is the 22nd of December which means that there remains between us and Christmas just 3 more days.
The Christmas period for me has lost a great deal of mystique over the years. As a child I still remember heartily singing Christmas carols in choir at school. Even to this day I still remember the words of carols such as "we three kings of Orient are, hark the herald Angel sing, silent night, away in a manger and the twelve days of Christmas". I also recall my parents putting up a Christmas tree in our lounge, having turkey for Christmas lunch and being given presents to open on the auspicious occasion.
As I have grown older and researched some of the religious themes that I was taught and picked up as a child I realised that not all things were as they seemed. Due to the fact that we are in the Christmas period I thought that in this post we would have a closer look at this festival that has become so synonymously associated with Christianity but whose origins are a lot older.
It is an established historical fact that no one and I mean no one knows for certain when Jesus Christ was born so why was December 25th chosen as his birthday by Christians? The answer appears to be that the 25th of December was a celebrated date amongst pagans throughout Europe and the near east well before Christ:
"No one knows what day Jesus Christ was born on. From the biblical description, most historians believe that his birth probably occurred in September, approximately six months after Passover. One thing they agree on is that it is very unlikely that Jesus was born in December, since the bible records shepherds tending their sheep in the fields on that night. This is quite unlikely to have happened during a cold Judean winter....
...In ancient Babylon, the feast of the Son of Isis (Goddess of Nature) was celebrated on December 25. Raucous partying, gluttonous eating and drinking, and gift-giving were traditions of this feast.
In Rome, the Winter Solstice was celebrated many years before the birth of Christ. The Romans called their winter holiday Saturnalia, honoring Saturn, the God of Agriculture. In January, they observed the Kalends of January, which represented the triumph of life over death. This whole season was called Dies Natalis Invicti Solis, the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun. The festival season was marked by much merrymaking. It is in ancient Rome that the tradition of the Mummers was born. The Mummers were groups of costumed singers and dancers who traveled from house to house entertaining their neighbors. From this, the Christmas tradition of caroling was born.
In northern Europe, many other traditions that we now consider part of Christian worship were begun long before the participants had ever heard of Christ. The pagans of northern Europe celebrated the their own winter solstice, known as Yule. Yule was symbolic of the pagan Sun God, Mithras, being born, and was observed on the shortest day of the year. As the Sun God grew and matured, the days became longer and warmer. It was customary to light a candle to encourage Mithras, and the sun, to reappear next year.
Huge Yule logs were burned in honor of the sun. The word Yule itself means “wheel,” the wheel being a pagan symbol for the sun. Mistletoe was considered a sacred plant, and the custom of kissing under the mistletoe began as a fertility ritual. Hollyberries were thought to be a food of the gods.
The tree is the one symbol that unites almost all the northern European winter solstices. Live evergreen trees were often brought into homes during the harsh winters as a reminder to inhabitants that soon their crops would grow again. Evergreen boughs were sometimes carried as totems of good luck and were often present at weddings, representing fertility. The Druids used the tree as a religious symbol, holding their sacred ceremonies while surrounding and worshipping huge trees.
In 350, Pope Julius I declared that Christ’s birth would be celebrated on December 25. There is little doubt that he was trying to make it as painless as possible for pagan Romans (who remained a majority at that time) to convert to Christianity. The new religion went down a bit easier, knowing that their feasts would not be taken away from them.
Christmas (Christ-Mass) as we know it today, most historians agree, began in Germany, though Catholics and Lutherans still disagree about which church celebrated it first. The earliest record of an evergreen being decorated in a Christian celebration was in 1521 in the Alsace region of Germany. A prominent Lutheran minister of the day cried blasphemy: "Better that they should look to the true tree of life, Christ." (Source: Essortment)
By the 1600's Christmas having started life off as a pagan festival had become so base as a opportunity for debauchery and gluttony that puritanical Christians banned Christmas for 18 years in England:
"..Britain was in the throes of its bloody civil war - the six-year struggle for power between King Charles I and Parliament that pitted Royalist against Roundhead in bitter internecine battles.
In 1644, two years into the fighting, the Puritan faction in Parliament made its fundamentalist religious presence felt by drawing up the first of several laws banning Christmas.
They objected to the binge-drinking and the debauchery that accompanied the traditional revelries of Christmas week. One of them noted that "more mischief is committed at that time than in all the year besides" - a sentiment with which many might agree today.
He went on: "What eating and drinking, what feasting, and all to the great dishonour of God and the impoverishment of the realm."
But the Puritans did not just object to over-indulgence. They didn't like the name either. "Christ's Mass" had a ring of Roman Catholicism about it, which was anathema for Protestants. So the season was changed to "Christ tide" and any celebration confined to one day - of fasting!
Wassailing (lively and noisy festivities involving the drinking of plentiful amounts of alcohol) and wenching were out. So too was decking the halls with boughs of holly, a heathen practice.
And the ban was no idle gesture. For the "sin" of celebrating Christ's birth on December 25 in the traditional manner, a man or woman could be fined or put in the stocks. No one was allowed to take a holiday. Government officers, sheriffs and justices of the peace forced markets and shops to open and business to carry on as usual.
Anyone holding or attending a special Christmas church service faced penalties. In London, soldiers patrolled the streets and seized any food they suspected of being stored for illicit festive purposes.
And when the war was over, with King Charles beheaded and Oliver Cromwell triumphant, the injunction continued. For 18 barren years Britain was officially a country without Christmas." (Source: Daily Mail)
I wonder what the Puritans would have to say if they say what has become of Christmas in the 21st century western world ?
The pagan nature of Christmas is undeniable so this Christmas while you are tucking into your stuffed turkey and imbibing your 43rd bottle of wine just try to remember are you doing it for Christ or for Mithras.
Islam and the west videos has a presentation from a Canadian Muslim Abduallah Hakim Quick looking at the pagan origins of Christmas:
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A Message For Eid Al-Adha
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