Title: ISLAM: From God or Man?
1ISLAMFrom God or Man?
2There are Different Kinds of Muslims
- The secular Muslim
- - They believe in the nice parts of Islam,
- but reject the call to jihad
- - They take on the cultural trappings
- - The majority of Muslims in both the West
and the East fall into this category - The traditional Muslim
- - They study and practice Islam
- - But they have a stumbling block with the
concept of jihad - gt Some consider jihad to be a spiritual
battle - The fundamentalist Muslim
- - These are the ones practicing terrorism
- But which category Muslims truly fall into is
hard to say because they are allowed to lie
3- Islam is a religious package containing a
theology, and ideology, a civil law and political
worldview that demands complete control of the
lives of its adherents.
4 the holy books of Islam
- The Quran (Koran)
- Islamic Bible
- - collection of revelations
supposedly given by Allah to
Muhammad (through the angel Gabriel)
and preserved as the Islamic
scripture. - - Absolute,
infallible, and eternal to - Muslims
- Note It is significant that the revelations
did not all come at the same time
5The QURAN
- A book which we have revealed to you (Muhammad)
so that you may lead the people from out of the
darkness into the light by their Lord's leave to
the path of the All-Mighty, the Praiseworthy."
(141)
6The QURAN Muslim View
- The qur'an is the holy scripture of Muslims.
- The Angel Gabriel dictated this revelation from
Allah to Allahs last messenger, prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him) about 1400 years ago. - The qur'an is a guide to a way of life
- and it is recited as a form of worship to the
originator, the All-Mighty Allah.
7The QURAN Muslim View
- It has been preserved word-for-word since it was
revealed to the last and final messenger. - Many people memorized it when it was revealed,
and millions of people today also have the qur'an
memorized. - The qur'an mentions how Allah, out of his mercy,
sent many messengers in the past as warners and
conveyors of the message that there is only one
God and to do righteous deeds in order to please
him.
8The QURAN Muslim View
- The qur'an mentions specific stories of prophets
such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael,
Jacob, Joseph, Jonah, Job, Aaron, Moses, Jesus,
and Mohammad. - The qur'an confirms that Allah revealed a
scripture called - Torah to Moses,
- Psalms to David,
- and Gospel to Jesus.
- They all preached Islam, which literally means
submission to God. - This is the theme of the qur'an and the theme of
the lives of Muslims.
9The QURAN Muslim View
- Its predecessors
- Torah, Psalms, and Gospels
- have all been superseded.
- The Qur'an of today is the same as the Qur'an
revealed to Muhammad.
10The QURAN Muslim View
(316) People of the Book (i.e. Jews
Christians), now there has come to you Our
Messenger (Muhammad), making clear to you many
things you have been concealing of the Book, and
effacing many things. O believers (Muslims),
take not Jews and Christians as friends they are
friends of each other. Who so of you makes them
his friends is one of them. (356) O believers,
take not as your friends those of them, who were
given the Book before you (362)
11Quran
- Called the book of heaven, supposedly
dictated to Muhammad by angel Gabriel.
12- Divided into 114 chapters called suras,
- arranged from longest to shortest
- a little shorter than the NT.
13- The Quran refers to the Torah,
- the Psalms,
- and Gospel (only the sayings of Jesus red
letters) - as Scripture.
- but retells some biblical stories inaccurately.
14- The Quran mentions Jesus many times,
- but declares that Jesus is only a prophet
- and that he was not crucified.
1560 of the verses in the Qu'ran talk about Jihad
EXAMPLE Muhammad told to make war on
unbelievers Surah 973 O Prophet!
Strive hard against the Unbelievers and thee
Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their
abode is Hell, - an evil refuge indeed. EXAMPLE
Slay aggressors Surah 2190-191 Fight in the
cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not
trangress limits for Allah loveth not
transgressors. And slay them wherever ye catch
them.
16- Muslims believe that the quran is a divine book.
It is styled The Holy Quran. It consists of
114 sections called Suras, each of which is
divided into verses. - Each Sura (except 9) begins with In the name of
God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. - It is alleged that the Quran was revealed to
Mohammed verbatim by the angel Gabriel over a
period of 23 years (but compiled after his
death). One passage asserts Praise be to God,
Who hath sent to His Servant Mohammed The Book
the Quran, and hath allowed Therein no
Crookedness (181). - Islam insists the Quran was a complete when
delivered to Mohammed. - The Yemen papers show that claim to be completely
false. - What are the Yemen papers?
17- Are Allah's decrees changed or not?
- "Rejected were the messengers before thee with
patience and constancy they bore their rejection
and their wrongs, until Our aid did reach them
there is none that can alter the words (and
decrees) of Allah. Already hast thou received
some account of those messengers," (634). - "The word of thy Lord doth find its fulfillment
in truth and in justice None can change His
words for He is the one who heareth and knoweth
all, (6115). - None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause
to be forgotten, but We substitute something
better or similar Knowest thou not that Allah
Hath power over all things?" (2106). - When We substitute one revelation for another,-
and Allah knows best what He reveals (in
stages),- they say, "Thou art but a forger" but
most of them understand not," (16101).
18- In 1972 workers in Yemen were restoring the
ancient Great Mosque at Sanaa. - According to early sources, the Prophet
Muhammad commanded the construction of this
mosque, including its location and dimensions,
sometime around 630. The mosque remains one of
the first architectural projects in Islam. - The workers uncovered a hidden loft. Inside the
loft was a mound of parchments of Arabic texts
that were melded together by centuries of
exposure to the elements. On-site examination
suggested that the parchments were fragments of
early manuscripts of the Koran. The Yemeni
Antiquities Authority permitted no one to study
the entire collection. - As scholars were allowed to view and study
portions of the collection, it was determined
that a significant percentage of the parchments
dated back to the 7th and 8th centuries- Islams
first two centuries. They would have been the
earliest known pieces of the Koran known to man.
They were fragments, in other words, of perhaps
the oldest Korans in existence. - But the new-found parchments contained
aberrations that differ from Islamic dogma! Such
aberrations are troublingly at odds with the
orthodox Muslim belief that the Koran as it has
reached us today is the perfect, timeless, and
unchanging Word of God.
19- The first person to spend a significant amount of
time examining the Yemeni fragments was Gerd
Puin, a specialist in Arabic calligraphy and
Koranic paleography based at Saarland University,
in Saarbrücken, Germany. - Puin recognized the antiquity of some of the
parchment fragments. Enticing, too, were the
sheets of the scripture written in the rare and
early Hijazi Arabic script pieces of the
earliest Korans known to exist, they were also
palimpsests -- versions very clearly written over
even earlier, washed-off versions. What the
Yemeni Korans seemed to suggest, Puin began to
feel, was an evolving text rather than complete
text revealed in its entirety to Muhammad in the
seventh century A.D. - More than 15,000 sheets of the Yemeni Korans have
painstakingly been flattened, cleaned, treated,
sorted, and assembled they now sit in Yemen's
House of Manuscripts, awaiting detailed
examination. That is something the Yemeni
authorities have seemed reluctant to allow,
however. - "They want to keep this thing low-profile", Puin
explains. "They don't want attention drawn to the
fact that there are Germans and others working on
the Korans. They don't want it made public that
there is work being done at all, since the Muslim
position is that everything that needs to be said
about the Koran's history was said a thousand
years ago."
20In a January 1999 Atlantic Monthly article, Gerd
Puin is quoted as saying that The Quran claims
for itself that it is mubeen, or clear, but if
you look at it, you will notice that every fifth
sentence or so simply doesnt make sense. Many
Muslims will tell you otherwise, of course, but
the fact is that a fifth of the Quranic text is
just incomprehensible. This is what has caused
the traditional anxiety regarding translation. If
the Quran is not comprehensible, if it cant
even be understood in Arabic, then its not
translatable into any language. That is why
Muslims are afraid. Since the Quran claims
repeatedly to be clear but is notthere is an
obvious and serious contradiction. Something else
must be going on.
21- Muslims believe the inspiration of the quran but
there is no profound literary style. It is
characterized by numerous grammatical
aberrations. it is exceedingly incoherent and is
without any logical order of thought either as a
whole or in its parts. - The chapters of the qur'an are not arranged in
importance, continuity, sacredness, biography,
chronology, significance or sequence of any sort,
but are arranged simply by length - the longest
chapter, followed by the next longest chapter and
the last chapter with just 6 lines. Verses are
disorderly arranged and jumbled up in unrelated
subjects/topics. - The so-called prophecies are merely vague
political speculations that do not even begin to
rival biblical prophecy either in precision or
in chronological proximity to the events they
supposedly depict (cf. 302-4).
22- Scientific accuracy can hardly be claimed when
the Quran suggests that the human fetus results
from sperm that changes into a clot of
congealed blood, which then becomes bones, later
to be covered with flesh (2314). - The quran is morally flawed in numerous
respects. For example, those who oppose Mohammed
should be subjected to execution i.e.,
decapitation, or crucifixion, or the cutting off
of hand and feet from opposite sides . . .
(536). Women are treated shamefully in the
Muslim religion. If a woman is guilty of
ill-conduct, she may be admonished, deprived of
sex, or beaten in moderation (434).
23- CONTRADICTIONS
- What was man created from blood, clay, dust, or
nothing? - "Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed
blood," (962). - "We created man from sounding clay, from mud
moulded into shape, (1526). - "The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that
of Adam He created him from dust, then said to
him "Be". And he was," (359). - "But does not man call to mind that We created
him before out of nothing?" (1967, Yusuf Ali).
Also, 5235). - "He has created man from a sperm-drop and behold
this same (man) becomes an open disputer! (164).
24- Contradictions
- Is there or is there not coercion in religion
according to the Qur'an? - "Let there be no compulsion in religion Truth
stands out clear from Error whoever rejects evil
and believes in Allah hath grasped the most
trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And
Allah heareth and knoweth all things," (2256). - "And an announcement from Allah and His
Messenger, to the people (assembled) on the day
of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and His
Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the
Pagans. If then, ye repent, it were best for you
but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot
frustrate Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty
to those who reject Faith," (93). - "But when the forbidden months are past, then
fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them,
and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait
for them in every stratagem (of war) but if they
repent, and establish regular prayers and
practice regular charity, then open the way for
them for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful,"
(95). - Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last
Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been
forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor
acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they
are) of the People of the Book, until they pay
the Jizya with willing submission, and feel
themselves subdued," (929).
25- The qur'an
- Muslim activists in the West have been using the
tactic of claiming that they worship the same god
as Christians in order to gain legitimacy and
acceptance. They have been using the name "God"
in place of "Allah" in many translations of the
Qur'an. - Muslims DO NOT pray to the same God (Yahweh/
Jehovah of Holy Scripture) of Christians and
Jews! Yahweh is transliterated from the Hebrew. - Before Muhammad the Arabs had 365 gods - one for
each day of the year. Muhammad picked Allah (the
Arab moon god). - They claim the founder of Islam is a prophet
named Muhammad... - Muhammad was a pedophile, marrying a 6 year old
and consummating the marriage when she was 9
years old (He was 54). The proof is
overwhelming. - Muhammad performed no miracles, spoke no
prophecies, and died like all mortal men.
26- The qur'an
- Muslims have searched exhaustively through the
Old and New Testaments for proof that these two
books indeed contain prophecies of the coming of
Muhammad. - The Qur'an seems to suggest that these prophecies
would be found without much difficulty, but when
Muslims have applied themselves to finding these
alleged predictions, they have been unpleasantly
surprised to discover that in these two books it
is Jesus who is the subject of the many
prophecies in them and not Muhammad. - The birth of Jesus, his ministry, parables,
miracles, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension,
second coming, deity, glory and honour are the
concerns of the prophetic, and so extensively do
these prophecies herald his advent as the
ultimate climax of God's revealed truth and love
towards men. - One cannot help but be struck by the fact that
the Bible makes no allowance for a "prophet" to
follow him.
27- Islam claims the Prophet Muhammad was foretold in
the Torah and Bible - The coming of Prophet Muhammad had been foretold
in the Torah. God had said to Moses "I will
raise them up a Prophet from among their
brethren, like unto thee, and I will put My words
in his mouth and he shall speak to them all that
I shall command him" Deuteronomy 1818 - This was fulfilled in John 145, "We have found
him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets,
did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
- Not Muhammad! It was Jesus of Nazareth!
28- EXTENSIVE PROOF THAT MUHAMMAD IS A FRAUD CAN BE
FOUND IF SOMEONE WANTS TO LOOK!!!
29- Can Muslims Lie?
- Absolutely!
- Like most religions, Islam in general, forbids
lying. The Quran says, "Truly Allah guides not
one who transgresses and lies." Surah 4028. - Most Muslims are familiar with the principles of
Islam that will justify lying in situations where
they sense the need to do so. - In the Hadith, Mohammed was also quoted as
saying, "Be honest because honesty leads to
goodness, and goodness leads to Paradise. Beware
of falsehood because it leads to immorality, and
immorality leads to Hell. - But within Islam there are certain provisions
under which lying is not simply tolerated, but
actually encouraged.
30- Can Muslims Lie?
- Muslims are permitted to lie
- to save their lives,
- to reconcile a husband and wife,
- to persuade a woman into a bedroom and
- to facilitate one on his journey.
- Muslims are even permitted to disavow Islam and
Mohammed if it is not a genuine heart-felt
rejection. - Muslims will tell you that concealment of a truth
is not an abandonment of that truth if it
benefits Islam.
31- Can Muslims Lie?
- The principle of Al-Takeyya
- The Arabic word, "Takeyya", means "to prevent,"
or guard against. - The principle of Al Takeyya conveys the
understanding that Muslims are permitted to lie
as a preventive measure against anticipated harm
to one's self or fellow Muslims. - This principle gives Muslims the liberty to lie
under circumstances that they perceive as life
threatening. They can even deny the faith, if
they do not mean it in their hearts. - The Islamic Doctrine of Takeyya, which is defined
as The principle of concealment of ones
religious beliefs in order to avoid persecution
or imminent harm, is one more reason for
Christians to be concerned about Islam.
32- Can Muslims Lie?
- "Let not the believers Take for friends or
helpers Unbelievers rather than believers if any
do that, in nothing will there be help from
Allah except by way of precaution (prevention),
that ye may Guard yourselves from them (prevent
them from harming you.) But Allah cautions you
(To remember) Himself for the final goal is to
Allah." Surah 3 28 - According to this verse a Muslim can pretend to
befriend infidels (in violation of the teachings
of Islam) and display adherence with their
unbelief to prevent them from harming him. - Under the concept of Takeyya and short of killing
another human being, if under the threat of
force, it is legitimate for Muslims to act
contrary to their faith. The following actions
are acceptable - Drink wine, abandon prayers, and skip fasting
during Ramadan. - Renounce belief in Allah.
- Kneel in homage to a deity other than Allah.
- Utter insincere oaths.
33- Can Muslims Lie? The implications of the
principle of Al-Takeyya - Unfortunately, when dealing with Muslims, one
must keep in mind that Muslims can communicate
something with apparent sincerity, when in
reality they may have just the opposite agenda in
their hearts. Bluntly stated, Islam permits
Muslims to lie anytime that they perceive that
their own well-being, or that of Islam, is
threatened. - The principle of sanctioning lying for the cause
of Islam bears grave implications in matters
relating to the spread of the religion of Islam
in the West. Muslim activists employ deceptive
tactics in their attempts to polish Islam's image
and make it more attractive to prospective
converts. They carefully try to avoid, obscure,
and omit mentioning any of the negative Islamic
texts and teachings.
34- Can Muslims Lie? The implications of the
principle of Al-Takeyya - An example of Islamic deception is that Muslim
activists always quote the passages of the Quran
from the early part of Mohammed's ministry while
living in Mecca. - These texts are peaceful and exemplify tolerance
towards those that are not followers of Islam. - All the while, they are fully aware that most of
these passages were abrogated (cancelled and
replaced) by passages that came after he migrated
to Medina. - The replacement verses reflect prejudice,
intolerance, and endorse violence upon
unbelievers.
35Can Muslims Lie? " Allah will not call you to
account for what is futile in your oaths, but He
will call you to account for your deliberate
oaths for expiation, feed ten indigent persons,
on a scale of the average for the food of your
families or clothe them or give a slave his
freedom. If that is beyond your means, fast for
three days. That is the expiation for the oaths
ye have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth
Allah make clear to you His signs, that ye may be
grateful." Surah 589 "Allah will not call you
to account for thoughtlessness (vain) in your
oaths, but for the intention in your hearts and
He is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing." Surah
2225 "Any one who, after accepting faith in
Allah, utters Unbelief, except under compulsion,
his heart remaining firm in Faith - but such as
open their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath
from Allah, and theirs will be a dreadful
Penalty." Surah 16 106
36Can Muslims Lie? The noted Islamic
commentator, Al-Tabary explained Surah 16106 as
a verse that had been revealed to Mohammed after
he learned that Ammar Ibn Yasser was forced to
deny his faith in Mohammed when kidnapped by the
Banu Moghera tribe. Mohammed consoled Ammar by
telling him, "If they turned, you turn."
(Meaning if they again capture you, you are
allowed to deny me again.) These and similar
passages from the Quran clearly reveal that
Muslims' unintentional lies are forgivable and
that even their intentional lies can be absolved
by performing extra duties. It is also clear that
if forced to do so, Muslims can lie while under
oath and can even falsely deny faith in Allah, as
long as they maintain the profession of faith in
their hearts.
37But What About
- We hear on TV about the Quran speaking positively
about something then we hear that the Quran
condemns that same thing! - The Quran is filled with contradictions!
- Christians are complimented!
- - Christians are condemned!
38Contradictions in the Quran
- Sura 590
- 90. O ye who believe! Intoxicants and
gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination
by) arrows, are an abomination,- of Satan's
handwork eschew such (abomination), that ye may
prosper. - 91. Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity
and hatred between you, with intoxicants and
gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of
Allah, and from prayer will ye not then
abstain? - So alcohol is forbidden!
- Sura 4715
- (Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the
righteous are promised in it are rivers of water
incorruptible rivers of milk of which the taste
never changes rivers of wine, a joy to those who
drink.
39Contradictions in the Quran
- Scientific accuracy can hardly be claimed when
the Quran suggests that the human fetus results
from sperm that changes into a clot of
congealed blood, which then becomes bones, later
to be covered with flesh (2314). - The quran is morally flawed in numerous
respects. For example, those who oppose Mohammed
should be subjected to execution i.e.,
decapitation, or crucifixion, or the cutting off
of hand and feet from opposite sides . . .
(536). Women are treated shamefully in the
Muslim religion. If a woman is guilty of
ill-conduct, she may be admonished, deprived of
sex, or beaten in moderation (434).
40Contradictions in the Quran
- What was man created from blood, clay, dust, or
nothing? - "Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed
blood," (962). - "We created man from sounding clay, from mud
moulded into shape, (1526). - "The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that
of Adam He created him from dust, then said to
him "Be". And he was," (359). - "But does not man call to mind that We created
him before out of nothing?" (1967, Yusuf Ali).
Also, 5235). - "He has created man from a sperm-drop and behold
this same (man) becomes an open disputer! (164).
41Contradictions in the Quran
- Is there or is there not coercion in religion
according to the Qur'an? - "Let there be no compulsion in religion Truth
stands out clear from Error whoever rejects evil
and believes in Allah hath grasped the most
trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And
Allah heareth and knoweth all things," (2256). - "And an announcement from Allah and His
Messenger, to the people (assembled) on the day
of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and His
Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the
Pagans. If then, ye repent, it were best for you
but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot
frustrate Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty
to those who reject Faith," (93). - "But when the forbidden months are past, then
fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them,
and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait
for them in every stratagem (of war) but if they
repent, and establish regular prayers and
practice regular charity, then open the way for
them for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful,"
(95). - Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last
Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been
forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor
acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they
are) of the People of the Book, until they pay
the Jizya with willing submission, and feel
themselves subdued," (929).
42Contradictions in the Quran
- So, what do Muslims and scholars of Islam say
about these contradictions? - How can Allah contradict himself so much!
- Remember the Yemen papers?
- the new-found parchments contained aberrations
that differ from Islamic dogma! Such aberrations
are troublingly at odds with the orthodox Muslim
belief that the Koran as it has reached us today
is the perfect, timeless, and unchanging Word of
God. - versions very clearly written over even earlier,
washed-off versions. What the Yemeni Korans
seemed to suggest, Puin began to feel, was an
evolving text rather than complete text revealed
in its entirety to Muhammad in the seventh
century A.D. - Islamic scholars use a principle called naskh
to determine which verse to follow when there is
a contradiction. (or Islamic exegesis) -
43naskh
- Naskh, an Arabic word meaning "abrogation (The
abolition or repeal of a law, institution, custom
etc.), is a technical term for a major genre of
Islamic exegesis dealing with the problem of
seemingly contradictory verses in the Quran. It
is a term used in Islamic legal exegesis for
seemingly contradictory material within or
between the twin bases of Islamic holy law the
Quran and the Prophetic Sunna. - To solve a contradiction, newer revelations
override (naskh) previous revelations. - Naskh is based on the fact that the Quran was
revealed at different times over a period of 22
years. Muhammad received most of Quran after
he left Mecca and that portion is much more
forceful! - Opinion as to naskh's technical meaning
oscillates between replacement (ibdal) and
nullification (ibtal). - Some commentators hold that as many as 540 verses
have been abrogated.
44naskh
- Three modes of naskh were proposed by the
classical exegetes - naskh al-hukm duna al-tilawa abrogation of the
ruling but not the wording, or supersession. A
regulation- embodied within either a Qur'anic
verse or a hadith report- is replaced but its
wording remains- in the former case, as text
within the mushaf. - naskh al-hukm wa-'l-tilawa abrogation of both
ruling and wording, or suppression/erasure.
Applicable only to the Qur'an. A ruling is voided
and its text omitted from the mushaf. Evidence
that the verse ever existed is preserved only
within tradition. - naskh al-tilawa duna al-hukm abrogation of the
wording but not the ruling. Again, applicable
only to the Qur'an. The text of a
still-functional ruling is omitted from the
mushaf. Proof of the verse's existence is
preserved within tradition (i.e through a hadith
report) as well as in the Fiqh.
45mushaf
- The literal meaning of mushaf is collection of
pages. Its technical meaning is, therefore, the
compiled, written pages of the Quran. In other
words, the term Quran refers to the specific
revelation that was read to Prophet Muhammad
whereas the term mushaf denotes the written
form of that revelation. - In other words, the Quran is not contradictory,
the pages are just updated.
46Example of naskh
- Sura 262 Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and
those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the
Christians and the Sabians., shall have their
reward with their Lord on them shall be no fear,
nor shall they grieve.
- Sura 95 fight and slay the Pagans (Jews and
Christians) wherever ye find them, an seize them,
beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every
stratagem (of war) but if they repent, and
establish regular prayers and practice regular
charity, then open the way for them for Allah is
Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
Cancelled!
47 48 the holy books of Islam
- The Quran
- The hadith
- - a set of books that are a record of the
things Muhammad said and did - - Note The hadith is a point of division
in the Muslim world - The Sunni Muslims accept it all
- The Shiite Muslims accept most
- (they reject those recorded by Muhammads second
wife) - Note The hadith is significant because it
establishes principles of activity that can be
(are) practiced today
49Islamic Law
- The Sharia
- - All aspects of a Muslim's life are governed
by Sharia. Sharia law comes from a combination of
sources including the Qur'an (the Muslim holy
book), the Hadith (sayings and conduct of the
prophet Muhammad) and fatwas (the rulings of
Islamic scholars).
50Islamic Law
- Muslims have a powerful P.R. and lobbying firm
at work. It is called C.A.I.R. - Let there be no doubt that the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a terrorist
supporting front organization that is partially
funded by terrorists, and that C.A.I.R. wishes
nothing more than the implementation of Sharia
Law in America.
51- Sharia Law
- Ravi Zacharias states in his book, Beyond
Opinion Living the Faith We Defend, Muslim
scholars state that Islam is an encompassing
systema sociopolitical system, a socio-religious
system as well as socioeconomic system that
governs every aspect of the lives of its
adherents, their relationship among themselves
and with those who are non-Muslims. The vehicle
that controls the lives of adherents to Islam is
called Sharia law. - In an article by Lisa Gardiner titled American
Muslim Leader Urges Faithful to Spread Word,
Omar Ahmad, founder of Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said, Islam
isnt in America to be equal to any other faith,
but to become dominant. The Quran should be the
highest authority in America.
52- Sharia Law
- Ibrahim Hopper, Communications Director of CAIR
said, I wouldnt want to create the impression
that I wouldnt like the government of the United
States to be Islamic sometime in the future. - Sharia (Islamic) Law is rooted in the Quran, the
highest authority of Islam, and claims to have
been revealed directly to Muhammad by the angel
Gabriel during the last twenty-three years of the
prophets life. - The Sunna or Hadiths are accounts of the sayings
and acts of Muhammad. Sharia law was put together
from those sources after the death of Muhammad.
In Saudi Arabia and other countries dominated by
Islam, Sharia is the law of the land for all
things secular as well as religious, controlling
the lives of individuals from personal hygiene to
the court systems.
53- As one studies the qur'an, you must first ask
yourself how anyone can take seriously a document
that easily contradicts itself 1/5 of the time. - Consider the following words of Ibn Umar
al-Khattab, a 7th companion of Mohammed, and the
2nd Muslim Caliph Let no one say that he has
acquired the entire Koran, for how does he know
that it is all? Much of the Koran has been lost
thus let him say, I have acquired of it what is
available. - Remember that quote Much of the Koran has been
lost.