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TOP TEN MYTHS ABOUT ISLAM 2
By: Captshittu Date: August 23, 2017, 11:12 am
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[tt]THE TOP TEN MYTHS ABOUT ISLAM (PART 2 OF 2): MORE MYTHS
BUSTED[/tt]
Description: A continuation of part one, in which we examine
myths four to ten.
4. Islam does not tolerate other faiths and beliefs.
Historically Islam has always respected and upheld the principle
of freedom of religion. The Quran and other principle texts
including the traditions of Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and
blessings of God be upon him, preach tolerance towards other
religions and non-believers. Non-Muslims living under Muslim
rule are allowed to practice their religion and even have their
own courts.
5. Islam only began 1400 years ago.
The root of the word Islam (sa-la-ma) is the same root that is
shared with the Arabic word meaning peace and security - salam.
In essence, Islam means, submission to the will of God and
encompasses the peace and security that comes from living life
according to God’s will. Thus throughout history anyone who
practised monotheism by submitting to the will of God is
considered a Muslim. Human beings have been practicing Islam
since the creation of Adam. Throughout the ages God sent
prophets and messengers to guide and teach their own people.
The main message of all the prophets had always been that there
is only One True God and He alone is to be worshipped. These
prophets start with Adam and include Noah, Abraham, Moses,
David, Solomon, John the Baptist, and Jesus, peace be upon them
all. God says in the Holy Quran:
"We did not send before you (O Muhammad) any messenger but We
revealed to him: ‘none has the right to be worshipped except I,
therefore worship Me.’" (Quran 21:25)
However, the true message of these prophets was either lost or
got corrupted over time. Even the most recent books, the Torah
and the Gospel were adulterated and hence they lost their
credibility to guide the people to the right path. Therefore
600 years after Jesus, God revived the lost message of previous
prophets by sending the Prophet Muhammad with His final
revelation, the Holy Quran, to all of mankind. God Almighty
says in the Quran:
"We have not sent you (O Muhammad) but to all mankind as a giver
of good news and as a warner, but most people do not know."
(Quran 34:28)
"Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam (Submission), it will
never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of
the losers." (Quran 3:85)
6. Muslims do not believe in Jesus.
Muslims love all of the prophets; to reject one is to reject the
creed of Islam. In other words, Muslims believe in, love, and
respect Jesus, who is known in Arabic as Eesa. The difference
is that Muslims understand his role according to the Quran, and
the traditions and sayings of Prophet Muhammad. They do not
believe that Jesus is God, nor the son of God and they do not
believe in the concept of Trinity.
Three chapters of the Quran feature the life of Jesus, his
mother Mary and their family, and each one reveals details of
Jesus’ life that are not found in the Bible. Muslims believe he
was born a miraculous birth without a father to virgin Mary and
never claimed to be the son of God or said that he should be
worshipped. Muslims also believe that Jesus will return to
earth in the last days.
7. Prophet Muhammad wrote the Quran.
This claim was made for the first time by Prophet Muhammad’s
opponents. They were desperate to protect their interests that
were being over shadowed by Islam and were trying to spread
doubt about the Quran’s divine authorship.
The Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad, by the angel
Gabriel, over a period of 23 years. God Himself addresses the
assertion in the Quran itself.
"And when Our clear verses are recited to them, the disbelievers
say of the truth (this Quran), when it reaches them: ‘This is
plain magic!’ Or they say: ‘He (Muhammad) has fabricated
it.’..." (Quran 46:7–8)
In addition to this Prophet Muhammad was an unlettered man, that
is he was unable to read or write. God also mentioned this in
the Quran.
"Neither did you O Muhammad read any book before it (this Quran)
nor did you write any book…" (Quran 29: 48)
The Quran is filled with astonishing facts, so in order to prove
that Prophet Muhammad did not write the Quran we ask how a
seventh-century CE could man could know things that have only
recently been accepted as scientific truths. How could he have
known how rain clouds and hailstones form, or that the universe
is expanding? How was he able to describe in great detail the
different stages of an embryo’s development without modern
inventions such as the ultrasound machine?
8. The crescent moon is a symbol of Islam.
The Muslim community lead by Prophet Muhammad did not have a
symbol.* Caravans and armies used flags for identification
purposes but it was a solid colour usually black or green.
*Muslims do not have a symbol representing Islam the way the
cross represents Christianity or the Star of David represents
Judaism.
The Crescent moon symbol has historically been associated with
the Turks and before Islam it was a feature on their coins. The
crescent moon and star became affiliated with the Muslim world
when the Turks conquered Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1453 CE.
They chose to take the city’s existing flag and symbol and make
it the symbol of the Ottoman Empire. Since that time the
crescent has been adopted by many predominantly Muslim countries
and wrongly become known as symbol of the Islamic faith.
9. Muslims worship a moon god.
Deluded people sometimes refer to Allah as a modern
interpretation of an ancient moon god. This is categorically
untrue. Allah is one of the Names of God and is referred to by
this name by all Arabic speaking people including significant
numbers of Christians and Jews. Allah is in no way associated
with moon worship or moon gods.
There is scant information about the religion of the Arabs
before Prophet Abraham but there is little doubt that the Arabs
wrongly worshipped idols, heavenly bodies, trees, and stones.
The most popular were deities known as Manat, al-Lat, and
al-Uzza, however there is no evidence linking them with moon
gods or the moon.
10. Jihad means Holy war.
The Arabic word for war is not jihad. The use of the words
‘holy war’ by uniformed people might have its basis in the
Christian use of the term during the Holy Crusades. The term
Jihad is the Arabic word that means to struggle, or to strive.
It is often described as being of several levels. Firstly, an
internal struggle against one’s self in an effort to become
closer to God. Secondly it is a struggle to build a Muslim
community based on social justice and human rights. Thirdly it
is a military or armed struggle.
The armed struggle can be defensive or offensive. The defensive
jihad is fought when Muslim lands are invaded and the lives of
people, their wealth and honour are threatened. So the Muslims
fight back the invading enemy in self defence. In the
offensive jihad those people are fought who oppose the
establishment of Islamic rule and from Islam reaching the
people. Islam is a mercy for all of mankind and came to bring
people out from the worship of stones and humans to the worship
of One True God, from the oppression and injustices of culture,
people and nations to the equality and justice of Islam. Once
Islam has been made accessible to people, there is no compulsion
in accepting it – it is up to the people.
GLORY BE TO GOD
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