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True or False?. Islam is a peaceful and tolerant religion. Muslims worship the same god Christians and Jews do. Allah is just a different name for YHWH. The Bible and the Qur'an are very similar. True or False?. Islamic extremists have “hijacked” the religion of Muhammad.
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True or False? • Islam is a peaceful and tolerant religion. • Muslims worship the same god Christians and Jews do. • Allah is just a different name for YHWH. • The Bible and the Qur'an are very similar.
True or False? • Islamic extremists have “hijacked” the religion of Muhammad. • Terrorists have perverted the teachings of Islam to serve their own interests. • “Good Muslims” are peace-loving and tolerant.
True or False? • The leaders of Muslim countries are as dedicated to peace as the leaders of Western countries. • The root cause of the terrorist actions against the West is the Crusades.
Who Was Muhammad? • ALL that we know about Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Abd al-Muttalib comes from Islamic texts. • Born 570 AD Died 632 AD • Founder of the doctrine of Islam • He claimed to be the last messenger and prophet of Allah • He claimed that Allah was the god of Abraham
Allah, the god of Abraham? • "I swear by the stars and by the signs of the Zodiac..." Qu'ran 85:1 • "I have created jinn [demons] and men only to worship Me. I do not want anything from them." Qur'an 51:56
Who was Muhammad? • Muslims believe that he was not the creator of a new religion, but the restorer of the original, uncorrupted monotheistic faith of Adam, Abraham and others. • He claimed to be the last and the greatest in a series of prophets.
Muhammad was: • An orphan who was abandoned by his mother • The leader of 75 raids and/or military campaigns • A man who personally ordered and witnessed the beheading of over 800 Jews in Medina
Muhammad was: • A pedophile. • A thief and pirate. • A murderer.
Muhammad was: • A rapist. • Illiterate. • Thin-skinned.
Muhammad The Prophet • Predicted the “end of the world” (Day of Doom) • Claimed to perform miracles (Controlling the weather) • “No miracle is a miracle”
What is Islam? • Arabic word for “submission” • Based upon pagan practices of the Quraysh • Muhammad is the sole representative of Islam • Islamic Canon consists of: • Qur'an • Sunnah (Hadith)
Islamic Canon • Qur'an • Actual words of Allah • Sunnah / Hadith • Deeds and sayings of Muhammad • “Second only to the Qur'an” • Editors • Ishaq (circa 750AD) • Tabari (circa 900AD) • Bukhari (circa 780AD) • Muslim (circa 875AD)
Qur'an is revealed to Muhammad • Archangel “Gabriel” • Muhammad claims to be demon possessed • Considers suicide • Tribe thinks he is mentally ill or demon possessed
Qur'an is revealed to Muhammad • It was an Archangel • It was not Gabriel • It was not Michael
Qur'an on Qur'an • Written before creation of earth • Exists in heaven on “eternal tablets” • Lacks context and chronology • Contains verses inspired by Satan • Perfect and free from any error • Literally the words of Allah
Qur'an • Largely incomprehensible • 1,000+ internal contradictions • Disagrees with all other historical documents • Disagrees with itself • Abrogates itself • Perfect and free from any error
Qur'an vs. Archeology • “We took the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea... because they had patience and constancy, and We leveled to the ground the great Works and fine Buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected” • Qur'an 7:137-138
Qur'an vs. Archeology • Muhammad’s “Night Journey” • Qur’an 17:1-60 • To the “great mosque” in Jerusalem • 621 AD (1 AH)
One more thing... The Qur'an demands that non-believers be killed
Hadith • Made up of oral reports of Muhammad and his followers • Ishaq is earliest and most accurate source, even though it was redacted by Muslim editors in 830 A.D. • Only account of Muhammad and the formation of Islam that was written within 200 years of the actual events • Muslims do not dispute the contents of ahadith
Jihad, coming soon to your neighborhood • Jihad is holy fighting in Allah's cause • Qur'an 2:216 • Jihad is commanded by the Qur'an • Qur'an 4:77-78 • Jihad is the highest calling of a Muslim • Bukhari V4B52N44
Jihad, coming soon to your neighborhood • Muslims who do not support and/or wage Jihad are hypocrites • Qur'an 4:77-78 • “Good Muslims” are mujadeen • Qur'an 9:112 • Peaceful Muslims (“Bad Muslims”) are dammed to Hell and eternal torture by Allah • Qur'an 4:97
Command for Jihad • Universal • Open ended • “Fight them until all opposition ends and all submit to Allah” • Qur'an 8:39 • "Muslims, fight in Allah's Cause. Stand firm and you will prosper. Help the Prophet, obey him, give him your allegiance, and your religion will be victorious." • Ishaq:325
Qur'an:2:216 • "Jihad (holy fighting in Allah's Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims), though you dislike it. But it is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and like a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knows, and you know not." • [Another translation reads:] "Warfare is ordained for you."
Global Caliphate? • If someone says that Islam is not trying to establish a global Caliphate they: • Haven't read Qur'an • Are Lying • (Choose one)
Bukhari:V4B52N44 • "A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, ‘Instruct me as to such a deed as equals Jihad in reward.' He replied, ‘I do not find such a deed.'"
Qur'an 9:111 • "Allah has purchased the believers, their lives and their goods. For them (in return) is the Garden (of Paradise). They fight in Allah's Cause, and they slay and are slain; they kill and are killed."
Noble Qur'an 2:190 • Footnote: “Jihad is holy fighting in Allah's Cause with full force of numbers and weaponry. It is given the utmost importance in Islam and is one of its pillars. By Jihad Islam is established, Allah's Word is made superior (which means only Allah has the right to be worshiped), and Islam is propagated.”
Noble Qur'an:2:190 • Footnote: “By abandoning Jihad Islam is destroyed and Muslims fall into an inferior position; their honor is lost, their lands are stolen, their rule and authority vanish. Jihad is an obligatory duty in Islam on every Muslim. He who tries to escape from this duty, or does not fulfill this duty, dies as a hypocrite."
Qur'an:9:5 • "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war."
Abrogation (Naskh) Arabic:ماننسخ من اية او ننسها نات بخير <منها او مثلها الم تعلمان الله على كل شئ قدير Transliteration: Ma nansakh min ayatin aw nunsiha na/ti bikhayrin minha aw mithliha alam taaalam anna Allaha aala kulli shay-in qadeerun Shakir: Whatever communications We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than it or like it. Do you not know that Allah has power over all things?
Bukhari:V4B52N268 • "Allah's Apostle said, ‘War is deceit.'"
Qur'an:9:29 • "Fight those who do not believe until they all surrender, paying the protective tax in submission."
Ishaq:325 • "Muslims, fight in Allah's Cause. Stand firm and you will prosper. Help the Prophet, obey him, give him your allegiance, and your religion will be victorious."
Qur'an 8:12 • “Your Lord inspired the angels [fellow demons] with the message: 'I am with you. Go and give firmness to the Believers. I will terrorize the unbelievers. Therefore smite them on their necks and every joint and incapacitate them. Strike off their heads and cut off each of their fingers and toes.”
Allah, the god of Abraham? • Qur'an 78:37 "None shall have power to argue with the Lord, none can converse with Him or address Him."
Allah, the god of Abraham? • Qur'an 3:102 "You who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared." • Qur'an 68:44 "Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message and call Our pronouncements a lie. Systematically by degrees, step by step, We shall punish them in ways they can not even imagine."
Allah, the god of Abraham? • Qur'an 33:26 "Allah made the Jews leave their homes by terrorizing them so that you killed some and made many captive. And He made you inherit their lands, their homes, and their wealth."
