World Religions
Basic Facts About islam Past, Present, and Future
Sep/22/09 08:11
Updated September 22, 2009 (first published May 16, 2007) (Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org; for instructions about subscribing and unsubscribing or changing addresses, see the information paragraph at the end of the article) -
The Muslim religion* was founded in the 7th century by Muhammad (c. 570-632) He was raised by an uncle and grew up as a shepherd and camel driver. After marrying a wealthy widow named Kadijah, the first of his many wives, he spent time in contemplation and prayer, and during one session lasting six months the angel Gabriel allegedly appeared to him and urged him to “proclaim.” [* Muslim means “one who surrenders himself to God” and Islam means surrender.]
According to Islam, over a period of 23 years Gabriel dictated revelations to Muhammad, and these became the Qur’an (Koran), Islam’s holy book. It consists of 114 suras, or chapters, arranged by length, from the shortest to the longest. Muslims believe that the Koran is the final revelation of God, superseding the Bible. The Koran is filled with contradictions to the Bible. It says, for example, that Abraham offered Ishmael rather than Isaac, that Noah had a fourth son who died in the flood (Surah 11:42-43), that Mary the mother of Jesus was the sister of Moses and gave birth to Jesus under a palm tree (Surah 19:28 and 19:21-27). There are also all sorts of fanciful things in the Koran, such as a battle between Solomon’s army of Jinn (spirit beings), men, birds, and ants; a battle between vultures and elephants; Jews who were transformed into apes for breaking the Sabbath; and God telling Moses to kill a cow and hit a dead man with it so he can revive, identify his killer, and die again. In extra-Koranic writings Muhammad said that upon awakening one must blow his nose three times to rid himself of the Devil, who spends the night in a man’s nostrils (Sahih Bukhari IV, 516; Muslim I, 462), that yawning is from Satan (Bukhari IV, 509), that if a Muslim falls asleep praying Satan urinates in his ears (Bukhari II:245), and people who pray with their eyes lifted toward heaven might have their eyes snatched away (Muslim I, 863). Continue reading this article……
The Muslim religion* was founded in the 7th century by Muhammad (c. 570-632) He was raised by an uncle and grew up as a shepherd and camel driver. After marrying a wealthy widow named Kadijah, the first of his many wives, he spent time in contemplation and prayer, and during one session lasting six months the angel Gabriel allegedly appeared to him and urged him to “proclaim.” [* Muslim means “one who surrenders himself to God” and Islam means surrender.]
According to Islam, over a period of 23 years Gabriel dictated revelations to Muhammad, and these became the Qur’an (Koran), Islam’s holy book. It consists of 114 suras, or chapters, arranged by length, from the shortest to the longest. Muslims believe that the Koran is the final revelation of God, superseding the Bible. The Koran is filled with contradictions to the Bible. It says, for example, that Abraham offered Ishmael rather than Isaac, that Noah had a fourth son who died in the flood (Surah 11:42-43), that Mary the mother of Jesus was the sister of Moses and gave birth to Jesus under a palm tree (Surah 19:28 and 19:21-27). There are also all sorts of fanciful things in the Koran, such as a battle between Solomon’s army of Jinn (spirit beings), men, birds, and ants; a battle between vultures and elephants; Jews who were transformed into apes for breaking the Sabbath; and God telling Moses to kill a cow and hit a dead man with it so he can revive, identify his killer, and die again. In extra-Koranic writings Muhammad said that upon awakening one must blow his nose three times to rid himself of the Devil, who spends the night in a man’s nostrils (Sahih Bukhari IV, 516; Muslim I, 462), that yawning is from Satan (Bukhari IV, 509), that if a Muslim falls asleep praying Satan urinates in his ears (Bukhari II:245), and people who pray with their eyes lifted toward heaven might have their eyes snatched away (Muslim I, 863). Continue reading this article……
Helpful Book on Islam
Jan/31/08 20:56
HELPFUL BOOK ON ISLAM
January 31, 2008 (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org; for instructions about subscribing and unsubscribing or changing addresses, see the information paragraph at the end of the article)-
Peril of Islam: Telling the Truth is by Gene Gurganus, who was a missionary to a Muslim nation for 17 years and has been in the ministry for 53 years. The book, which was published in 2004, is available from Truth Publishers, P.O. Box 1525, Taylors, SC 29687, http://www.truthpublisher.com/index.php?main_page=index.
Christians need to understand the Islamic religion and aspirations more today than ever before. This would be a good book to read privately as well as with the family, to use in home schooling, and even to use as a Sunday School course.
Gurganus exposes the error of those who claim that Islam is a religion of peace. He explains that the goal of Islam, from the days of Mohammed, has been to “impose the Islamic faith and rule (sharia) in all the world.”
According to Islam, the world is divided into the world of Dar al-Harb (the world of war, non-Islamic people) and the Dar al-Islam (the world of peace, the Muslim world). Therefore, peace, by Islamic definition, is Islamic control over any part of the world, and full peace would not be achieved until Islam rules the whole world. “The presumption is that the duty of jihad will continue, interrupted only by truces, until all the world either adopts the Muslim faith or subjects to the Muslim rule” (pp. 59, 60).
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January 31, 2008 (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org; for instructions about subscribing and unsubscribing or changing addresses, see the information paragraph at the end of the article)-
Peril of Islam: Telling the Truth is by Gene Gurganus, who was a missionary to a Muslim nation for 17 years and has been in the ministry for 53 years. The book, which was published in 2004, is available from Truth Publishers, P.O. Box 1525, Taylors, SC 29687, http://www.truthpublisher.com/index.php?main_page=index.
Christians need to understand the Islamic religion and aspirations more today than ever before. This would be a good book to read privately as well as with the family, to use in home schooling, and even to use as a Sunday School course.
Gurganus exposes the error of those who claim that Islam is a religion of peace. He explains that the goal of Islam, from the days of Mohammed, has been to “impose the Islamic faith and rule (sharia) in all the world.”
According to Islam, the world is divided into the world of Dar al-Harb (the world of war, non-Islamic people) and the Dar al-Islam (the world of peace, the Muslim world). Therefore, peace, by Islamic definition, is Islamic control over any part of the world, and full peace would not be achieved until Islam rules the whole world. “The presumption is that the duty of jihad will continue, interrupted only by truces, until all the world either adopts the Muslim faith or subjects to the Muslim rule” (pp. 59, 60).
Continue reading this article……
