Islam 101

[tatakalz]

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I can't claim to know much about Islam. (thnks to sis HopeForJANA for givin' me those booklets)...

let me try my poor intellects;

Muhammad was a normal and pious man, born around 570 C.E., married to an older woman, living his life when the angel Gabriel came to him and ordered him to recite. The Qur'an is the result of this recitation from illiterate Muhammad. The Qur'an is the living word of God, similar to how Christ is the living word to the Christian God. Muslims worship only God, Islam means "submission to God," and Muhammad was a prophet, just as Abraham, Jesus, and all the Old Testament prophets were.

Out of the Qur'an comes the Five Pillars.
They are 1) Confessing faith in one God, 2) Prayer five times a day, 3) Alms-giving, 4) Fasting at Ramadan, and 5) hajj, which is a pilgrimage to Mecca, a historically relevant city to the Muslim faith.

Sunnis follow Muhammad's example. Shiites follow Muhammad's example but also, long ago, chose to follow the example of Muhammad's descendants, like Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law.

Jihad means "struggle." It is not holy war, but it can be. It puts a name to the inner struggle each Muslim goes through to submit to God rather than follow their own ego.

Muslims believe that humans were created with fitra--a good framework everyone is born with, but that many people forget and get distracted from the true path. This negates the need for a Savior, unlike Christianity, which is a religion based on the saving blood of Christ. All one needs to do to be saved in the Islam faith is to follow the Five Pillars.

,...to be continued:....

Thank you sis....really great help, im amazed...

[undergroundcash]

naa ko lain pangutana, ngano man pwd man ang laki naay daghan asawa? Pwd pud ba mga asawa daghan ug bana?

[tatakalz]

Oh ok...

i have the answer but...its unfair for us coz people dont believe in our Quraan like we do..

sis im not pointing any religion on my given verse.......im just being fair....pls dont get me wrong...

[HopeForJANA]

naa ko lain pangutana, ngano man pwd man ang laki naay daghan asawa? Pwd pud ba mga asawa daghan ug bana?

bro.natubag naman na sya sa second look about Islam by bro.malic..

browse browse lang gamay bro..

[HopeForJANA]

I can't claim to know much about Islam. (thnks to sis HopeForJANA for givin' me those booklets)...

let me try my poor intellects;

Muhammad was a normal and pious man, born around 570 C.E., married to an older woman, living his life when the angel Gabriel came to him and ordered him to recite. The Qur'an is the result of this recitation from illiterate Muhammad. The Qur'an is the living word of God, similar to how Christ is the living word to the Christian God. Muslims worship only God, Islam means "submission to God," and Muhammad was a prophet, just as Abraham, Jesus, and all the Old Testament prophets were.

Out of the Qur'an comes the Five Pillars.
They are 1) Confessing faith in one God, 2) Prayer five times a day, 3) Alms-giving, 4) Fasting at Ramadan, and 5) hajj, which is a pilgrimage to Mecca, a historically relevant city to the Muslim faith.

Sunnis follow Muhammad's example. Shiites follow Muhammad's example but also, long ago, chose to follow the example of Muhammad's descendants, like Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law.

Jihad means "struggle." It is not holy war, but it can be. It puts a name to the inner struggle each Muslim goes through to submit to God rather than follow their own ego.

Muslims believe that humans were created with fitra--a good framework everyone is born with, but that many people forget and get distracted from the true path. This negates the need for a Savior, unlike Christianity, which is a religion based on the saving blood of Christ. All one needs to do to be saved in the Islam faith is to follow the Five Pillars.

,...to be continued:....

Thank you sis....really great help, im amazed...

MashaAllah....

[HopeForJANA]

mag pray sa ko..4th prayer of the day

keep on learning @tatakalz

peace...

[tatakalz]

^take ur time sis.......

[undergroundcash]

pwd ba maka minyo ang usa ka Christiano sa usa ka Muslim nga dili kinahanglan mo convert to Muslim?

[tatakalz]

....continuation......

Treatment of Women (both Christians and Muslims)

We look at Muslim women covered head to toe, living under strict rules and say the religion and culture is oppressing them. Muslims look at Christian women wearing next to nothing on TV and billboards, putting all their worth in their bodies, and say Christianity are objectifying and oppressing their women. Both sides argue that their women are better off.

These differences will always bother the modern, democratic Christians as well as the traditional, Islamic Religion. It overlaps into all the question both religions ask: do we move forward with our ideas and technology, or do we try to go back to the way things were in the Bible or in Muhammad's time? No text or living example can tell us what to do about stem cell research. The ambiguity in both Christian and Islam doctrine create unanswerable questions and unnegotiable relations between nations.

But we look at the stories of Muslim men killing their sisters because they were raped, or seen with a man who wasn't part of the family, and we cannot condone it due to cultural difference. How can two civilizations agree to disagree when innocent people die? It is difficult to know when to intervene with another nation.

Yet, many Muslim women feel hopeful that they will attain more freedoms as time goes by. Only a hundred years ago in the US, women weren't allowed to vote. How can we rush other cultures to catch up to us?

[kebot]

Bro I just read an article:
Saudi family sues genie, alleges harassment - CNN.com

Genies not only appear in pre-Islamic fiction such as "Arabian Nights," but are also mentioned in the Quran.

"Genies are mentioned in the Quran" can you clarify this to me... you can pm me... you can also posts if you are comfortable...

Thanks