Just Clearing up 1 or 2 misconceptions
Hello Child of God
All praise is due to God (or as we say in Arabic "Al-hamdolillah") We are thankful you are keen to learn more about Islam. As muslims we wish more non-muslims like yourselves showed an interest so we could clear up the many misconceptions of this great faith that are being spoon-fed by todays mass media and effectively is being used as a form of mind control (i thinkso anyway) to show the people the negativity.
I'm not sure if you have ever watched one of Yusuf Estes' talks on how he came to being a muslim but he says the biggest misconception he had before embracing Islam was that "we as muslims dont even believe in God, that we worship a black box in the desert and we kiss the ground 5 times a day", lol.
The point I would like to clear up is that NO muslim can call himself a muslim if he or she does not believe in the Torah (or Taurat/Old Testament) the Injeel (original Bible sent for for the Jewish Tribe) AND in Jesus Christ (peace be upon him)(Son of the Virgin Mary). If any so called muslim tells you otherwise then they have very little or no knowledge of Islam. The Torah AND the Injeel were the revelations of God sent for his prophets and for their people for that particular period in history. Therefore we believe Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them) were prophets and that Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) was crucificted NOT crucified as he was raised up by God to return to earth again one day for the people before Doomsday. When this will occur only God knows. God states in the Qur'an that "every soul will taste death ONCE and then you will be returned to us" which is one of many proofs we believe he was not left on the cross but it was made to appear that way by a replacement. But the final prophet from the time of Adam would be Muhammed (peace be upon them) who would not be sent for just his community but for the whole of mankind.
God states to kill one human being is as though you have killed the whole of humanity and to save one human being is as though you have saved the whole of humanity. After all we are brothers and sisters in humanity AND there is only ONE human race. Secularism is a man made thing which has dispersed all over the earth as people have moved to all regions of the world over the million or so years man has been on the earth. I hope this has helped, my intention was to merely close the gap on similarities between the 2 great faiths but I hope I have not offended you or anyone, if so i do apologise as that was not my intention. To my brothers and sisters, if I have made a mistake please do not hesitate to correct me and i apologise as I am still learning myself.
Yes there are many muslims that have forgotten the Qur'an and Hadith (sayings of our prophet -pbuh) and they now carry out acts they think God would be pleased with them, these are the minority of black sheep within our family as every community has one. Unfortunately the media has picked up on these black sheep whether it be a hundred of them or a thousand so the west (including many muslims in the west themselves) believe this represents the majority but do not forget there are over 1 billion muslims worldwide who strive to carry out their way of life and practice their religion in peace.
To conclude it is evident that the difference between Christianity and Islam is no greater than the length of a piece of string in the palm of my hand. In fact because of the extreme similarites and the followings of the Injeel (Original Bible) many muslims consider themselves to be more Christian than the Christians themselves especially as we are all worshipping the same one True God, the Creator of the universe.
Once again Child of God thank you for your interest.
Hello Child of God
All praise is due to God (or as we say in Arabic "Al-hamdolillah") We are thankful you are keen to learn more about Islam. As muslims we wish more non-muslims like yourselves showed an interest so we could clear up the many misconceptions of this great faith that are being spoon-fed by todays mass media and effectively is being used as a form of mind control (i thinkso anyway) to show the people the negativity.
I'm not sure if you have ever watched one of Yusuf Estes' talks on how he came to being a muslim but he says the biggest misconception he had before embracing Islam was that "we as muslims dont even believe in God, that we worship a black box in the desert and we kiss the ground 5 times a day", lol.
The point I would like to clear up is that NO muslim can call himself a muslim if he or she does not believe in the Torah (or Taurat/Old Testament) the Injeel (original Bible sent for for the Jewish Tribe) AND in Jesus Christ (peace be upon him)(Son of the Virgin Mary). If any so called muslim tells you otherwise then they have very little or no knowledge of Islam. The Torah AND the Injeel were the revelations of God sent for his prophets and for their people for that particular period in history. Therefore we believe Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them) were prophets and that Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) was crucificted NOT crucified as he was raised up by God to return to earth again one day for the people before Doomsday. When this will occur only God knows. God states in the Qur'an that "every soul will taste death ONCE and then you will be returned to us" which is one of many proofs we believe he was not left on the cross but it was made to appear that way by a replacement. But the final prophet from the time of Adam would be Muhammed (peace be upon them) who would not be sent for just his community but for the whole of mankind.
God states to kill one human being is as though you have killed the whole of humanity and to save one human being is as though you have saved the whole of humanity. After all we are brothers and sisters in humanity AND there is only ONE human race. Secularism is a man made thing which has dispersed all over the earth as people have moved to all regions of the world over the million or so years man has been on the earth. I hope this has helped, my intention was to merely close the gap on similarities between the 2 great faiths but I hope I have not offended you or anyone, if so i do apologise as that was not my intention. To my brothers and sisters, if I have made a mistake please do not hesitate to correct me and i apologise as I am still learning myself.
Yes there are many muslims that have forgotten the Qur'an and Hadith (sayings of our prophet -pbuh) and they now carry out acts they think God would be pleased with them, these are the minority of black sheep within our family as every community has one. Unfortunately the media has picked up on these black sheep whether it be a hundred of them or a thousand so the west (including many muslims in the west themselves) believe this represents the majority but do not forget there are over 1 billion muslims worldwide who strive to carry out their way of life and practice their religion in peace.
To conclude it is evident that the difference between Christianity and Islam is no greater than the length of a piece of string in the palm of my hand. In fact because of the extreme similarites and the followings of the Injeel (Original Bible) many muslims consider themselves to be more Christian than the Christians themselves especially as we are all worshipping the same one True God, the Creator of the universe.
Once again Child of God thank you for your interest.
