The biggest threat to Islam is without a doubt the teachings of the true "Prophet of Peace" Jesus Christ. Islamic leaders go to extraordinary means to hide the Gospel of Jesus from Muslims. The fact that Muslims do not read and study the New Testament/the Gospel of Jesus is yet another contradiction in Islam. Question the "dark side" - the Islamic Fear of Christianity. Just as satan wails at a crucifix at an exorcism - the Islamic cult member normally wails at the sight of the Christian Bible. A false prophet can always be recognized, because he attacks the true prophet. A false Bible can be recognized, because it contradicts the true Bible. Islam goes one step further. First Islam tries to gain acceptance by attesting to the truth and validity of both the Christian and Jewish holy books. But, it then clearly steps out of the light, exposing itself to its diabolical agenda, by contradicting and falsifying the facts and teachings in both these books. Also, question the "dark side" of a Religion such as Islam that requires you to pray only in a language you do not understand (Arabic). This is what the warning means that Jesus left us with, when he said; "insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."
See a graphic example of the Christian idea of Jesus as our mediator and one with the Father (same light and substance) in this true Near Death Experience here
Islam claims that Allah is the same God who was revealed in the Bible. . . . then if the Bible and the Qu'ran have differing views of God, then Islam's claim is false. Don't forget that Mohammed claimed in Sura 5:46 that Allah confirmed the Torah (Tauret) and Christian Gospel (Injil). So, if the Torah and Gospel are correct, all the errors in the Qur'an shown below make the Qur'an false. Islam says that Jesus did not die. So, again --Islam has proven to be false; because Muhammad claimed the Gospel is true, and all 4 Gospels (Injil) testify that Jesus died and rose from the dead.
Even after Allah confirmed the Torah and Gospel, Islamic Mullahs and Imams have tried to sell the lie that the Christian Gospels and Jewish Torah have been corrupted. This a complete lie! This lie is perpetuated by Islam, because of all the historic, scientific, and simple mathematical errors in the Koran/Qur'an as you'll see below... The Qur'an just doesn't add up.
"They" could not have changed it after Mohammed, since there are around 5,300 manuscripts of the whole or part of the Greek text of the New Testament (Injil) pre-dating Mohammed still in existence. Worldwide, there are 24,800 copies of these original manuscripts. These include the Codex Vaticanus (325-350 AD) located in the Vatican library and the Codex Siniaticus (350 AD) located in the British Museum. There are also 80,000 quotations in the works of early Christian writers which are so extensive that the New Testament could virtually be reconstructed from them without the actual New Testament documents. Then there is the obvious fact that the Christian Gospels were so widely distributed both before and after Mohammed, that any attempt to change (add/subtract) something in the Christian Gospels would have resulted in immediate discovery.
As to the Tauret (Torah), Jewish scribes painstakingly copied it via a system of checking, double checking and adding each letter on each line. Any attempt to change something in the Torah would have resulted in immediate discovery. And copies of the Torah from around the world agree exactly.
This same quality of transmission cannot be said of the Islamic Qur'an. The Islamic Qur'an was written down from 3rd and 4th hand accounts; and from a few thoughts written on scrap papers --and compiled 200-300 yrs after Mohammed died in 632 A.D. See corrupted Qur'an here Considering the absence of external and internal evidence that should effectively verify the revelatory character of the Qur'an, we find it very hard, if not impossible, to accept the Qur'an as a Message sent by God. This is particularly so, because the Qur'an contradicts earlier revelation, the evidence for the origin of which is given in Qur'an 5:46/47 and 43:63 below.
As you can see from these verses below in the Qur'an (Koran), the Gospel of Jesus (Injeel) is the divine Word of Allah, and Mohammed commanded the reading of the Holy Injil (Gospel of Jesus) as part of Islam.
As a Good Muslim - Have you read the Gospel of Jesus?
The Gospel of Jesus: Guidance and Light
Sura 5:46 Subsequent to them, we sent Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming the previous scripture, the Torah. We gave him the Gospel, containing guidance and light, and confirming the previous scriptures, the Torah, and augmenting its guidance and light, and to enlighten the righteous.
Sura 43:63 When Jesus went with the proofs, he said, "I bring to you wisdom, and to clarify some of the matters in which you dispute. You shall reverence GOD and obey me.
Sura 5.68 Say, "O people of the scripture, you have no basis until you uphold the Torah, and the Gospel, and what is sent down to you herein from your Lord." For sure, these revelations from your Lord will cause many of them to plunge deeper into transgression and disbelief. Therefore, do not feel sorry for the disbelieving people.
The Great Muslim dilemma
The Christian Bible Says Jesus is God, and one with the Father
Muslims have no choice but to believe in the Christian Bible and the Apostles who wrote it. The Qur'an forbids anyone, on pain of shameful punishment, from making distinctions between the authority of the apostles and prophets of God, or from choosing between God's words. No one is permitted to believe in part and reject a part. Those who presume to do so, it says, are infidels in reality (Sura 4:150-52; 2:89; 2:139; 42:15; 29:46-47). See Christian Bible references to who Jesus really is: here
Who is he talking about?
This Sura below shows how Mohammed had a complete misunderstanding of the Christian Gospel, and what the Trinity is. Apparently, Mohammed is referring to Christians. But his error here is that both Christians and Jews believe there is only One God. Mohammed also mistakenly thought the Trinity was the Father, Son and Mother (Mary).
Sura 5:73-75, "They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three..."
Again, below Mohammed attests to the Torah's authority. So, for Muslims to claim the Bible was corrupted is an argument already lost....
Blessed be the God of Abraham (Ibrahim), whose words are perfect in truth and incorruptible! (Sura 6:115; 10:65; 6:34).
In Sura 5:48 we are told that Mohammed is given the Qur'an as a confirmation of the bible; that is - it is meant to prove the bible's authenticity....
In Sura 46:12 we are told.... "Yet before it there was the Book of Moses which was an authority, and a mercy. This (the Qur'an) is the Book confirming it in the Arabic tongue....."
Mohammed deferred to the Torah for Guidance Himself
asked to produce the Torah and read from it, Âl 'Imran 3:93.
* a group of Jews went to Mohammed and ask him to pronounce judgment on an adulterous couple. Mohammed asked for the Torah to be brought before him, and the couple was subsequently stoned, in accordance with the penalty laid down in the Torah. (see Sahih Bukhari Book 38, no. 4434)
* This incident indicates that Mohammed deferred to the Torah for judgment. In the whole incident, there is no indication whatsoever that the Torah is not trustworthy, Also see: fate of those who do not live by Torah, al-Jum`ah 62:5 ; referred to settle dispute on food, Âl 'Imran 3:93-94 ; retribution in, al-Ma'idah 5:45
Torah/Taurat: This word occurs 18 times in the Qur'an. It refers to the 39 books that make up the Jewish & Christian Old Testament. Jesus Himself said "every iota" (or every bit) of this Torah/Taurat is true.
Read this Gospel of Jesus online in Arabic: John in MS Word; John in PDF; Matthew in PDF; Mark in PDF; Luke in PDF. See and hear the entire Bible in Arabic here. Read in other languages here.
Hear the first 6 Chapters of the Gospel of John in Arabic here (file name: john1_6a.mp3 / 22.1 mb file)
Today may be the time to free yourself from that tyrannical yoke of living in a false religion which came about to glue together a group of robbers, murderers and opportunists.
Your first step towards eternal salvation is no harder than to invite the only begotten Son of God into your heart as your Lord, Savior, and the one who has already paid for your sins.
ISLAM, LIKE SATAN - WANTS ONLY SLAVES....
Most Muslims do not realize that Islam allows no freedom. This alone should make them realize that it is Satan behind Islam, and not an eternal God. Satan wishes only to enslave Muslims to help him enslave the entire world. He does this by turning them away from the truth -- that salvation is yours already, if you only have faith in God's Son, Jesus. Islam is a religion based on intimidation and fear. The word "Islam" does not mean "peace." It means "submission." A Muslim is not allowed to leave Islam or else risk his or her life. At birth, a person is branded either Muslim or non-Muslim depending on one's descent.
Among other things, the religion of Islam is a brain-washing religion, and that is why so many Muslims turn into crazy mindless zombies. The Muslims are required to pray 5 times a day in Arabic to a God who is not there, from the moment they embrace Islam; and when they do so they touch their head to the floor. That is one reason they get so brain-washed, this repetitive prayer. You can often spot fanatical Muslims by the marks on their foreheads resulting from this repetitive touching their head to the floor, where they may wack their head if they really get into it. As an example, take a look at the below image (and all others released) of Osama's Al Qaida second in command, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, who always gives an anti-U.S. rant; Dr. Ayman has this tell-tale bruise on his forehead from too much head-wacking.
How to spot the truly fanatical Muslim
Notice top of Ayman al-Zawahiri's forehead
Another example of this mindless zombie behavior you see in Muslims is the Shiite Muslim "holiday" of Ashoura, commemorating the death of Muhammad's grandson Husayn. Some Shiite Muslims stab themselves in the head on this "holiday", making a cut on their heads and beating the wound so it keeps bleeding. And the "bleeders" then walk around in groups yelling. And the cruelest and worst practice of Muslims is their practice of genital cutting (aka: FGC, Female Genital Cutting), genital mutilation, of young girls in Muslim countries. It has been estimated that approximately 2 million infants, young girls, and women are subjected to this painful and needless practice each year worldwide. FGC is typically done without anesthesia or antibiotics.
Ashoura holiday head cutting with knives
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A symptom of enslavement:
Islamic law encourages Muslims to proselytize. Islam, however, clearly forbids others to proselytize to Muslims. This is because hearing the truth as revealed in the Christian Bible would weaken this false path to God.
About Mohammed himself:
Mohammed was born in Mecca in the year 570 A.D. Mohammed's father was Abdallah, of the family of Hashim, who died soon after his son's birth. He was orphaned early in his life after his mother died and was raised by his uncle Abu-Talib beginning at age 6.
At the age of nine the boy Mohammed mounted a camel and went on a merchandising expedition into Syria. While away from Arabia he saw the sacred places of the Jews. He stood on the spot where the King of Salem came out and did obeisance to Abraham. He was shown the place where his great mother, the bondwoman Hagar, went forth leading Ishmael by the hand. He saw Damascus, city of the desert, and Sinai, the mountain of the law. Then he returned to Mecca full of visions and dreams. His teen years were as a shepherd and an attendant of caravans. At the age of 20 Mohammed was hired by a wealthy woman named Khadija (or Khadeejah) to manage her late husband's caravan business. Soon later, when Mohammed was 25 he married Khadija; six children were born to them, but only one survived to adulthood; his beloved daughter Fatima. While in the caravan business Mohammed happened to make many journeys to Syria and Palestine. During this time Mohammed became acquainted with both Jews and Christians. Later, the monk-like Mohammed would cause things to be written in the Koran about both Jewish and Christian history, which shows that Mohammed did not possess an intellect befitting a historian. It has also been thought that Mohammed could not read or write. These Qur'an (Koran) entries you will see below are marred with gross errors and inattention to detail.
People used to ask Mohammed's favorite wife Aisha how the Prophet lived at home. "Like an ordinary man," she answered. "He would sweep the house, stitch his own clothes, mend his own sandals; water the camels, milk the goats, help the servants at their work, and eat his meals with them; and he would go to fetch a thing we needed from the market."
Greatest False Teachings in the Qur'an:
The New Testament repeatedly declares that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that He was crucified and resurrected to both pay for our sins and to make possible our salvation, but the Qur'an expressly denies all these things. The Qur'an says Jesus was not crucified. (Sura 4:157-158). The Qur'an teaches that those who believe in the Blessed Trinity are dung.
If you accept Islam, you forever reject Jesus. It is a decision that will effect where you spend eternity.
The New Testament was written by people who walked with Jesus. Mohammed only heard about Jesus (called Isa in the Qur'an) six centuries later, and even what he heard he seems to have gotten confused.
Jesus was not merely a Prophet
Christians need to remember, Jesus Christ warned us that if you deny Him, He will deny you before the Father. Muslims falsely believe they have "this base" covered because they show reverence to Jesus as a "great Prophet" only.
You "deny" Jesus when you do not follow His teachings, such as He is the only way to the Father and salvation. You deny Jesus when you do not make Him the center of your life. Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah foretold thousands of years before His arrival (see here) by numerous Prophets of God. Jesus led a sinless life. And only Jesus, the Son of the Father is the awaited Christ and mediator between you and the Father.
NEWS: Miracles in Iran
Jesus miraculously appeared to an elderly Muslim Theologian, and tells the man, you are mistaken;
"I Am Not Allah". Read this testimony here. And, an Angel appears to a Muslim man on a bus in Iran, who was just let out of prison. Read about this here
Islamic Satanic Lies
Islam is built on subtle lies which have been concocted by evil men in order to maintain cohesion and discipline within their robber band. Islam is the only religion that says that Jesus did not die on the cross. Islam denies this historical fact about Jesus which therefore negates the salvation given us by the Son of God's painful death and miraculous resurrection from the dead. Even the Jewish Sanhedrin (High Religious Court) in Jerusalem admits Jesus died there. In addition to the writers of the 4-Gospels, the Jewish Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a) from the Tannaitic Period recorded: "On the eve of Passover Yeshu was hanged".... This means on a wooden cross.
The Miracle Surrounding the Death of Jesus
Also, A pagan historian by the name of Thallus, who lived shortly after the resurrection of Christ (about A.D. 52) wrote concerning a miraculous darkness that covered the earth at the Passover of A.D. 32 and attempted to explain it as an eclipse of the sun.
Islam claims to be a religion of "the book" which would have one believe it is a continuance of that book God revealed to his Jewish Prophets. If it were, it would not deny what is in that "book". If it were, it would know the name of the true God is not Allah, but Yahweh....
To be saved - you only have to know One name and it is NOT Allah. The name of Allah is found nowhere in "the book". As you will see below, "Allah" was an old pagan tribal "moon god" in the Mecca area.
Muslims are wrongly taught about the Trinity. The Trinity has nothing to do with how many gods there are. It only has to do with God's nature and the three persons that make up the one God. Christians know there is only one God, but this God has 3 persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit). This is a mystery. "Can a dog understand the nature of man?" Likewise, we only have proofs of God's nature.
Muslims have to get over the lie that God cannot begot. He surely did. He did it in "the book". Look to Genesis where God says;
Genesis 1:26 (4000 Before Christ / 4570 yrs before Mohammed):
"And God said, Let us make man in our image...."
Proverbs 30:4 (700 Before Christ / 1270 yrs before Mohammed): "Who hath ascended up into heaven or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the Earth? What is His name, and what is His son's name, if thou canst tell?"
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16
Muslims generally mistakenly conceive of this term "begotten" as meaning a literal, physical, sexual act between God and Mary. The Christian Church never taught that. Islamic mullahs and imams are those who teach that lie. "Begotten" here does not concern physical birth.
Note: Begotten means "come from" without necessarily being created. Before the beginning of time, Jesus, who is also called the Word of God and the Logos, came from God the Father. Logos means the divine Word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus). God is Spirit and loving light! Exactly how Jesus and the Father are one is a mystery. Try and picture two spot lights focused on the same spot. These lights merge as one.
Example of the Father & Son as One:
For a graphic example of what Christians mean when they say that Jesus is one with the Father, read this true Near Death Experience (NDE) here - - showing the light of the Father and of Jesus is one and the same.
Words of Jesus Himself:
1 John 2: 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Matthew
7:15
"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravaging wolves.
15:9
They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of men."
15:14
Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
24:24
False messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
Christians were told in the Bible to be on-guard and that the Antichrist will not only just be a man who appears shortly before the Lord Jesus, but also a movement which denies that Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God. Islam is adamant in its denial of the deity of Jesus. It is easy to overlook, but followers of Islam place their eternal salvation entirely on the whimsical sayings of only one single man - Mohammed.
Christianity and Judaism is heavily corroborated by many different prophets and apostles of God. Additionally, Christianity and Judaism abound with many many miracles witnessed by throngs of people. Physical evidence such as 5,300 original manuscripts confirming the New Testament (Injil) are still here to read.
The fact of the matter is not one individual or document can corroborate Mohammed's testimony.
As prophecies go, Mohammed simply made none! He made only 1 very vague utterance (guess) that wishfully might be considered a prophecy. This was when he said that in a few years the Romans would win a battle. No time or place was even given. As to any signs that Mohammed was divinely inspired, Mohammed admitted twice he could do no miracles.
The so-called "Prophet" of Islam lived an extremely sinful life of raping, plundering and murdering for profit. His entire purpose for the Qur'an (Koran) was simply to increase his personal self esteem, attain superior status, and for maintaining discipline and cohesion within his robber band.
Symptomatic of the state of Mohammed's soul during his lifetime is the strikingly similar behavior regarding the cross that demons have demonstrated over and over. Mohammed had a diabolical aversion to the form of the cross. According to Al Waqidi, Mohammed would break everything brought into the house with a shape of the cross on it. Additionally, Ahmad ibn Hanbal (A.D. 855) said that Mohammed would foam at the mouth during prayer. Christians should immediately remember the Apostle Mark's telling of Jesus casting a demon out of a boy who was possessed. This demon-possessed boy also showed this symptom of "foaming at the mouth".
More than eight hundred million human beings confess Islam, the religion Mohammed founded. There is no more militant movement on earth equal to Islam. No religion teaches hatred more than Islam. Jesus said; "many false prophets will rise up and deceive man." Islam has managed to turn billions of people away from the true Word of God, and not merely by its distraction of the truth. But also by its outright denial of the truth.
There is never any hatred preached against Muslims or anyone when Christians and Jews Worship God. This is not true in Islam. Is it?
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); Qur'an 9:3
Surah's 8:39; 9:5,29: 47:4 in the Muslim Qur'an are 'divine' commandment to persecute Jews and Christians, to defeat them in battle and then to consign them either to slavery or to death.
Jesus Never Spoke of Another true Prophet to Follow Him
Islam vainly tries to gain legitimacy over other, older religions, by creating a scene in which the former prophets agree to Mohammad's mastery.
Muslims often deliberately claim that Jesus spoke of Mohammed as that prophet who would follow him, or that Mohammed was the Comforter Jesus promised would come. Both of these are more Islamic lies. Jesus did warn us that false prophets (Mohammed) with false Gospels (Qur'an) would follow Him, and try to deceive many. The Comforter Jesus spoke of was the Holy Spirit who filled the Apostles while they gathered together on Pentecost. While gathered together they all began speaking in foreign tongues. The Comforter/Holy Spirit also imparted the ways of God on the Apostles that day. The Comforter was NOT Mohammed. There is no mention of any Allah, Mohammed, or any prophet to follow Jesus in any Christian or Jewish Holy Books.
We at Bible Probe believe Mohammed is one of those false prophets who would deceive many (billions of souls) that Jesus warned us about.
Islam is a Non-Prophet System, literally....
This following passage from the Qur'an shows that Mohammed was one of the imposter's Jesus warned about. In the passage below, Mohammed attempts to make himself equal to the sinless Jesus who showed his divinity by many miracles. Mohammed himself admitted he could do no miracles. In fact nowhere in the Qur'an does Mohammed perform even one miracle. So for Muslims to claim he performed miracles when the Qur'an itself states he did not is simply lies.
Sura 17:90-93 of the Qur'an tells about how, when Mohammed was challenged to perform a miracle and prove he was from the true god, he could not perform any and here he actually says himself:
"Am I anything except a human messenger?".
In Sura 13:7, we find that Mohammed did not perform any miracles. The people are saying that even one sign would be enough to convince them, just one miracle performed by Mohammed - and yet he still does none....
Mohammed even disqualified himself as a true Prophet of God.
Sura 29:27 states clearly that, as far as Allah and the Qur'an are concerned, the only true prophets are those related to Isaac or Jacob; yet Mohammed, according to Muslim tradition, is related to Ishmael and not Isaac or Jacob.
A Prophet must Prophesize:
In the bible there are literally hundreds of prophecies, all made in Gods name. There are over 300 foretelling the coming of Jesus --in detail. Yet in the Qur'an there is but one prophecy and this is in Sura 30:1-4.
In this gem of a Sura we are told that the Roman empire has been defeated but that, "in a land close by" the Romans will be victorious again "in a few years".
Think about this for a minute! The "prophet" Mohammed gave no signs, performed not one miracle and made but one, vague, prophecy that sometime in the next few years the 7th century Romans who were still somewhat strong militarily would have a victory. Earth shaking stuff, huh?
One big Islamic lie is that Jesus foretold of Mohammed's coming. This is another attempt by Islam to gain some sort of credibility. Jesus foretold the coming of the "Comforter", which is the Holy Spirit. Jesus did not say the following:
`Jesus, the son of Mary, said, O children of Israel, verily I am the Apostle of God sent unto you confirming the law which was given before me, and bringing good tidings of an Apostle who shall come after me, whose name shall be Ahmed.'
Note the word Ahmed, of which the name Mohammed is compounded.
100% Accuracy is Expected from the True God
The Koran is without a doubt filled with many serious scientific, historical and theological errors. The Islamic Koran (Qur'an), unlike the Judeo-Christian Bible is written in a style that is deliberately misleading. The only joy Muslims find in reading of the Qur'an is that of its poetry and that they believe that it came from God. Nothing in it will save you from your sins.
The Koran is written in an esoteric, mysterious and vague style. It is also written in a incorrect, arbitrary and haphazard order, as if the uninspired human - Mohammed died before putting it together correctly. The only book I know of that exceeds the Koran in deliberate tediousness, false claims, and incoherence is the Book of Mormon.
The Qur'an is one man's ticket from mediocracy:
Once begun, the Qur'an took on a "life" of its own, because Mohammed saw how it magnified himself to a powerful position in front of his band of murderous robber followers. It is also one uneducated man's (Mohammed) feeble attempt to piece together Christian and Jewish theology. Throwing about pieces of his limited knowledge of what he learned about the Christian and Jewish religions provided Mohammed a way to elevate himself further in front of his listeners. Ample evidence suggests that before Mohammed began raping, murdering and pillaging for profit, he was viewed as a lunatic, especially by Jews, Christians and Hindus.
Mohammed's early attempts to unite with Christians and Jews were not successful
Because Mohammed thought the "People of the Book" (Jews & Christians) also claimed allegiance to this God, Mohammed's early recitations about Christianity and Judaism in the Qur'an were irenic (Tending to promote peace; conciliatory):
"O believers, be you God's helpers, as Jesus, Mary's son, said to the Apostles. 'Who will be my helpers unto God?' The Apostles said, 'We will be helpers of God' " (Sura 61:14).
When Mohammed started preaching his new religion in Mecca he was conciliatory and appeasing to Christians. He told them: "We believe in What has been sent down to us and sent down to you, our God is the same as your God." Sura 29:46. Compare this with what happened later, in Medina, after Mohammed gained strength and Christians refused to follow Mohammed's Allah. Allah then tells him to "Fight those who believe not in God nor the last day...Nor acknowledge the religion of truth (Islam), (even if they are) of the people of the Book, until they pay Jizya (tribute tax) with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued". Sura 9:29
Christians and Jews in Mohammed's time treated Mohammed as a False Prophet:
Later, as Christians and Jews treated this self proclaimed prophet with sustain, Mohammed's recitations regarding the "People of the Book" (both Jews and Christians) became more belligerent:
"God fight them, what liars they are" (Sura 9:30); and "O believers, take not Jews and Christians as friends; they are friends of each other. Whoso of you makes them his friends is one of them. God guides not the people of the evildoers" (Sura 5:56).
Are the following words what one might expect to hear from an all-knowing, benevolent deity? Or, are they the words one might expect from an Arab terrorist who needs to discipline his marauding troops today - and even in the 7th century (Mohammed)?
Sura 5.38 "And (as for) the man who steals and the woman who steals, cut off their hands as a punishment for what they have earned, an exemplary punishment from Allah; and Allah is Mighty, Wise."
The true Word of God needs to be infallible!
The Jewish and Christian Bible has been scrutinized and acknowledged to be without error by leading evangelical scholars over the centuries - as one would expect an inspired book from God to be.
The Koran was written 500 years after the Christian Bible was completed. If it too is truly an inspired book from God, it too should measure up to be as infallible as the Jewish and Christian Bible. If you expect the Koran to be as internally consistent and as factually correct as the Jewish and Christian Bible is - you are wrong. A few examples follow:
The Islamic Qur'an was edited
Today the Islamic Qur'an (Koran) is made up of 114 chapters called Suras and then sub-divided into verses. In the days of Mohammed's wife A'isha, one chapter of the Koran (the Sura) had about 200 versus. Shortly after her death, this Sura had only 73 versus. Muslims say that 127 versus of the original text were lost and never found. Also, After the sudden death of Mohammed, Zaid-ibn-Thabith was ordered to compile and write down the Qur'an (Mishkat'ul Masabih). It is attested that at least three revelations were left out. One of these, according to Mohammed's wife, A'isha, with whom he resided at this death, was kept under their bed at the time of Mohammed's death, but was eaten by a domestic animal (related by ibn-Mayah in "Kitabu'l Sunan" with Sahih Muslim, page 740).
Another tradition states (Sahih Muslim, page 912, Mishkat II, page 534 and others):
"Umar said: 'Verily Allah sent Mohammed with truth and revealed the Book to him. Out of the verses, the Almighty Allah revealed. there was the verse of stoning to death. The Messenger of Allah stoned to death (Sahih Muslim, page 920) and after him we also stoned to death: And in the BOOK OF GOD stoning to death is a truth against one, who commits adultery. The verse was thus: 'The old man and the old woman, if they have committed adultery, they stoned them both assuredly.' "
This passage too, is not in the Qur'an. See other corruptions of the Qur'an here.
"There is a tradition from 'A'isha, the prophet's wife, that a certain chapter which now consists of 73 verses once contained no less than 200; and that when Uthman compiled the Qur'an, the missing verses could not be found. One of them was called the verse of Stoning, and is said to have contained the order to stone a man or woman who had committed adultery....This verse is said to have been part of the original Qur'an. Many early authorities say so, and what is very significant is that the first Caliphs punished adulterers by stoning; this is still the penalty prescribed in Muslim law-books, whereas the Qur'an (24:2) prescribed a hundred stripes." ("Islam" by A. Guillaume, p. 191). In fact, if you have the stomach to watch, click here to see a video of Muslims actually stoning 4 people to death.
Many hadith, including Sahih Bukhari give proof that Stoning was ordered and practiced by Muhammed, for example:
Volume 2, Book 23, Number 413:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar :
The Jew brought to the Prophet a man and a woman from amongst them who have committed (adultery) illegal sexual intercourse. He ordered both of them to be stoned (to death), near the place of offering the funeral prayers beside the mosque."
Ayatollah Khomeini gives us a clear insight into what awaits countries who fall to Islam's satanic grasp:
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini explains what happens when these murderous mullah's take over:
According to Khomeini: "Killing is a form of mercy because it rectifies the person. Sometimes a person cannot be reformed unless he is cut up and burned. You must kill, burn and lock up those in opposition."
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Photo: this poor frightened woman is buried up to her waist in preparation for her stoning to death.
Here is a real example of what the Muslim head "stoner" says to begin the ghastly "festivities:
"We have all gathered here to implement divine punishments. Oh, Almighty, we plead with you to give victory to Islam and Muslims."
Here is what Jesus said:
According to the Gospel of John, the Jewish Priests (Pharisees), in an attempt to discredit Jesus, brought a woman charged with adultery before him. The Pharisees reminded Jesus that adultery was punishable by stoning under Law of Moses and challenged Jesus to judge the woman so that they might then accuse him of disobeying the law. Jesus thought for a moment and then replied, “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her.” The people crowded around him were so touched by their own consciences that they departed. When Jesus found himself alone with the woman, he asked her who were her accusers. She replied, “No man, lord.” Jesus then said, “Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.”
This shows how Mohammed made it up as he went along:
"The canonical traditionists report that Sura 4:95 was dictated by the prophet to his amanuensis Zayd (Zaid) thus: 'Those believers who sit at home are not equal to those who fight in the way of God with their goods and their persons.' A blind man was present and heard the words. He immediately interjected that were he as other men he would certainly fight; whereupon Mohammed interposed the words 'except those who suffer from a grave impediment' which stand in the text today." ("Islam" by A. Guillaume, p.191).
Before an authorized version of the Qur'an (Koran) was established under the Caliph Uthman there were four rival editions in use. These have long since disappeared, but we are told that they differed from the authorized version, some containing more and some less than the latter.
When men who had learned one version came into conflict with those who possessed a rival version it was feared that scriptural exegesis (i.e. critical explanation or analysis) would pursue the course it had taken among Jews and Christians who at that time accused one another of corrupting and falsifying the sacred text. Uthman then entrusted a commission, in which Zayd took a prominent place, with the task of preparing a text which everyone must accept. Only the men of Kufa refused the new edition, and their version was certainly extant as late as A.D. 1000. Uthman's edition to this day remains the authoritative word of their God to Muslims. The Uthman collection tradition poses a difficult question: which Qur'an tradition is the more authentic, 1. the Hijazi tradition represented in the universally acknowledged text; 2. the Kufan tradition claiming descent from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud; 3. the Basran stemming from Abu Musa; or 4. the Syrian from Ubayy ibn Ka'b one of the scribes of Mohammed (or from Miqdad/? Mu'ad)?
Differing readings of the Qur'an were known to Mohammed and he lacked the pedantry to object. More fickleness -- more making it up as he went along.
"Ubayy entered the mosque and, hearing a man recite, asked him who had instructed him. The man replied that he had been taught by the Prophet. Ubayy went in search of the Prophet. When the man recited. Mohammed said, 'That is correct.' Ubayy protested, 'But you taught me to recite so-and-so,' The Prophet said that Ubayy was right too. 'Right? right?' burst out Ubayy in perplexity. The Prophet struck him on the chest and prayed, 'O God! cause doubt to depart.' Ubayy broke into a sweat as his heart filled with terror. Mohammed disclosed that two angels had come to him. One said, 'Recite the Qur'an in one form.' The other advised Mohammed to ask for more than this. That was repeated several times until finally the first angel said. 'Very well. Recite it in seven forms.' The Prophet said, 'Each of the forms is grace-giving, protecting, so long as you don't terminate a punishment verse with an expression of mercy, or vice-versa - as you might for example say, Let's go; or, let's be off.' " (Tafsir of Tabari.).
"A man complained to the Prophet, Abdullah taught me to recite a Sura of the Qur'an. Zaid taught me the same Sura and so too did Ubayy. The readings of all three differ. Whose reading ought I to adopt?' Mohammed remained silent. Ali who was at his side replied, 'Every man should recite as he was taught. Each of the readings is acceptable, valid.' " (Tafsir of Tabari).
"Umar said, I heard Hisam b. Hukaim reciting Surat al Furqan and listened to his recital. On observing that he was reading many forms which the Prophet had not taught me, I all but rushed upon him as he prayed. But I waited patiently as he continued, and, collaring him when he had finished, I asked him, 'Who taught you to recite this Sura?' He claimed that the Prophet had taught him. I said, 'By God! you're lying!' I dragged him to the Prophet telling him that I had heard Hisam recite many forms he had not taught me. The Prophet said, 'Let him go. Recite, Hisam.' He recited the reading I had already heard from him. The Prophet said, 'That is how it was revealed.' He then said, 'Recite, Umar', and I recited what he had taught me. He said, 'That's right. That is how it was revealed. This Qur'an was revealed in seven forms, so recite what is easiest.' "(Tafsir of Tabari). (See also Mishkat vol.III pp. 702-705). Also, Al Baizawi (in his commentary on Suras 3:100, 6:91, 19:35, 28:48, 33:6, 34:18, 38:22, etc.) suggests variations extant in his time. (Mizanu'l Haqq, page 261).
Scientific blunders in the Qur'an (Koran):
Islamic scholars in Egypt and Saudi Arabia agree with Mohammed, that lightning and thunder are two angels. Mohammed, the prophet of Muslims, claims that the thunder and the lightning are two of God’s angels—exactly like Gabriel! Baydawi comments on verse 13 of the chapter of the Thunder in the Qur'an:
"Ibn Abbas asked the apostle of God about the thunder. He told him, ‘It is an angel who is in charge of the cloud, who (carries) with him swindles of fire by which he drives the clouds."’
The Qur'an teaches that the world is flat. This doctrine is believed by Islamic scholars even today. The Jewish/Christian Bible revealed that the earth is round in Isaiah 40:22 and via Job (26:7). Speaking of God in Isaiah 40:22, the Jewish/Christian Bible says; "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth". Job 26:7 says, "He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing".
In many places, the Qur'an alludes to the fact that the earth is flat and its mountains are like poles which create a balance so that the Earth does not tilt. See Qur'an, 19:6, 79:30, 18:7, and 21:30
The Qur'an teaches that the sun sets into a Muddy Spring on earth. According to Sura 18:86, the sun literally sets into a muddy spring here on Earth and Sura 18:90 mentions a specific place on Earth where the sun rises. Many Muslims try and say about this absurdity "oh this is poetic". Nice try, it cannot be dismissed as figurative language or poetic, because it is given as part of an historical narrative.
The Qur’an says that one of the righteous men of God’s servants saw the sun set in a certain place of the earth—in particular a well full of water and mud. There, this man found some people. Let us read what is recorded in the Qur’an (chapter "the Cave", Sura 18 verse 86). "When he reached the setting place of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring and found a people thereabout. We said: ‘O Dhul-Qarneyn! Either punish or show them kindness".
Zamakhshari remarks in his book, "the Kash-shaf",
"Abu Dharr (one of Mohammed’s close companions) was with Mohammed during the sunset. Mohammed asked him: ‘Do you know, O Abu Dharr where this sets?’ He answered: ‘God and His apostle know better.’ Mohammed said: ‘It sets in a spring of slimy water"’ (3rd Edition, Volume 2 p. 743,1987).
In his book, "The Lights of Revelation" (p. 399), the Baydawi indicates, "The sun sets in a slimy spring; that is, a well which contains mud.
Why were stars created? In Sura 67:5 we read that the stars were created to be thrown at demons.
The real "Book" is factual...The Bible is an anvil on which many hammers have been broken. However, its enemies never tire of attempting to make some impression on it.
The Jewish-Christian Bible is a journal-like record of creation, including of the earths initial conditions. It is obvious that only the Bible is both supernaturally accurate and inspired. The Bible correctly describes creation from the standpoint of astrophysics and geophysics. It also summarizes the sequence of changes through which the Earth came to be inhabited by fallen angels, living things (dinosaurs and the like), and ultimately by humans. The Bibles' order and its description of creation perfectly matches established records of nature. God's direction to Joshua and Israel to wipe out tribes already present in Israel was due to God's great love for humanity. Fallen angels had mixed with women and created a perverted race, many of whom were giants. God simply desired that this mixed half human/half fallen angel gene pool be weeded out from the human genes.
God walks in many dimensions:
Hebrews 11:3 speaks of a transcendent creation (from beyond our known dimension) when it states that the universe that we humans can measure and detect was made from that which we cannot measure or detect. At least 12 verses in the Bible makes a claim that the universe is being "stretched out", or expanding - which one would expect were there a "Big Bang" creation. Job 9:8, Isaiah 44:24 and 45:12 repeatedly say that it is God alone who is responsible for this cosmic "stretching". The Bible also holds the formula for "Pi", and more. See here.
If the Qur'an is a true miracle of God - why is it so muddled with historical, scientific and other errors, including simple math? Wouldn't we expect an all-knowing Allah to be better student of history, science and math? If there is but one error in the Qur'an, how can it be inspired by God?
Mohammed had obviously heard some Bible stories, but he seems to have got them confused and mixed up when it came out in his prophetic utterances. It is quite apparent that the Qu'ran is simply the product of hearsay and imperfect editing from a plurality of traditions then known to Mohammed.
The stories in the Qur'an relating to events described in the Bible contradict the Bible in many points, on historical, not so much doctrinal details. It is quite apparent that Mohammed took much of what he taught from the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Psalms. Mohammed shows no knowledge of their prophetic or historical writings, however. The formula "There is no God but the One" is an often recurring refrain in Samaritan liturgies. The similarity of the Muslim proclamation "There is no God but Allah" is very interesting. Also of note the opening chapter of the Qu'ran is known as the Fatiha (meaning opening, or gate). The Samaritan's also have a prayer which is also considered a succinct confession of faith that begins with the words: "Amadti kamekha al fatah rahmekha". This means "I stand before thee at the gate of thy mercy". The Samaritan word for the opening or gate is "fatah".
Historical errors in the Qur'an:
The Historical, Scientific, simple mathematics and theological contradictions in the Qur'an are too numerous to list. Remember, since Mohammed already proclaimed the Jewish Torah/ Christian Old Testament (Taurat) as correct in Qur'an 5:46/47 and 43:63, then the following gross errors that differ with the Torah are inexcusable. These errors their selves scream out the Qur'an itself is entirely false.
We have noted newer English translations of the Qur'an popping up on the internet which are deceitfully attempting to cover up many of the errors cited below. Double check with your older Qur'ans--you'll see. The world is aware that the Qur'an is made up of 114 chapters (suras), made up of 30 parts, 6,616 verses (ayas), 77,943 words, and 338,606 letters. So consider this as you try and fine tune it to rid it of errors.
In Sura 5:48 we are told that Mohammed is given the Qur'an as a confirmation of the bible; that is - it is meant to prove the bible's authenticity.... In Sura 46:12 we are told.... "Yet before it there was the Book of Moses which was an authority, and a mercy. This (the Qur'an) is the Book confirming it in the Arabic tongue....."
Yet the errors in the Qur'an are utterly careless, foolish and devoid of any touch of divinity, as you will see.
In the Torah/Old Testament, which the Qur'an claims above to support - God gives us another condition a true prophet must meet. A true prophet must prophesy in the name of the one true God. He must use Gods unique name. Gods unique name in the bible is YHWH (pronounced Yaweh) and is mentioned 6,823 times in the bible. Mohammed never used Gods real name, suggesting he never knew it.
Here are just a few notable errors in the Qur'an:
In Sura 2:241 Mohammed confuses the persons of Saul and Gideon.
In Sura 2:55-60 the Israelites were said to be "a scanty band" vastly inferior to the Egyptians. But in Exodus 1:7-10 the Egyptian king said to his people that the Israelites had become "more and mightier than we".
The Koran confused the sister of Moses by implication (Miriam) with Mary, the mother of Jesus 3 times. These two women actually lived about 1500 years apart. The entire Chapter 19 is devoted to Mary (Maryam) the mother of Jesus in the Qur'an. Sura 19:28, "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!" Sura 66.12 calls Mary 'daughter of lmran. lmran is the Arabic form of the Hebrew Amram mentioned in Numbers 26.59 as the father of "Aaron, Moses and Miriam." The title "sister of Aaron" is given to Miriam in Exodus 15.20. Sura 3.35, The wife of Amram said, "My Lord, I have dedicated (the baby) in my belly to You, totally, so accept from me. You are Hearer, Omniscient."
Jesus was born about 1,500 years after Moses, but in Sura 7:157 Allah speaks to Moses about what is written in the Injil (the Gospel of Jesus).
How many angels were talking to Mary? When the Qur'an speaks about the annunciation of the birth of Jesus to the virgin Mary, Sura 3:42,45 speaks about (several) angels while it is only one in Sura 19:17-21. The Christian Bible clearly indicated one angel; "In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth," Luke 1:26
Jesus taught people even in his "old age". (Sura 5:110). Actually Jesus ascended into Heaven while in His early 30's.
Do you remember the evil Persian Haman who conspired to kill all the Jews during the time of Esther in the Babylonian captivity (about 500 BC). In the Koran, Mohammed incorrectly taught that this wicked man Haman was the prime minister of the Egyptian Pharaoh in Moses' time (1450 BC). See Suras 27:4-6, 28:38, 29:39, 40:23-24,and 36-37. Throughout the Quran--Nimrod and Abraham, Haman and Moses, Mary and Aaron, the tower of Babel (2500 BC) and Pharaoh were all pictured as living and working together. Moses and the flood are also incorrectly found together. Mohammed thought these all happened at the same time. Suras 9:68, 21:51-71; 29:16,17; 37:97,98 say Abraham was delivered from Nimrod’s fire. Nimrod lived soon after Noah and long before Abraham.
What about Noah's son? According to Sura 21:76, Noah and his family is saved from the flood, and Sura 37:77 confirms that his seed survived. But Sura 11:42-43 reports that Noah's son drowns.
Sura 7:136, 7:59 say Noah's flood took place in Moses' day. Did anyone tell Moses that?
Sura 14:37, says Abraham lived in the valley of Mecca. The Bible says he lived in Hebron, Israel. (Genesis 13:18, 23:2, 35:27)
Earth created first. (Sura 2:29). Heavens created first. (Sura 70:27-30).
Sura 9:30 mistakenly claims that the Jews believed that Ezra was the Son of God, the Messiah, just as Christians claim for Jesus. Jews have never believed this.
Suras 21:51-71; 37:97,98, says that Abraham was thrown into a fire [by Nimrod]. Nimrod and Abraham did not live at the same time. Mohammed was always mixing people together in the Qur'an who did not live at the same time. The Bible tells us Nimrod lived many centuries before Abraham.
Sura 6:74, says Abraham (called millata-Ibrahim in the Qur'an) father's name was Azar. The Bible says it was Terah (Genesis 11:27).
Sura 12:21ff, says the man who bought Joseph was named Aziz. The Bible says it was Potiphar.
Sura 37:100-112, says Abraham went to sacrifice Ishmael. The Bible says it was Isaac.
Sura 5:72, The Quran falsely teaches that Christians believe that Messiah's name is Allah.
Sura 5:73-75,116, 4:171, Mohammed mistakenly thought the Christian Trinity was 3 gods: the Father, the Mother (Mary), and the Son (Jesus). This is based on Mohammed's own misunderstanding seen in Sura 5:119. Also, in the last of all Suras we read: O Jesus, Son of Mary, hast thou said unto mankind 'Take me and my mother as two Gods beside God? ' He shall say: 'Glory be unto Thee! it is not for me to say that which I know to be not the truth.' There is no way for Muslims today to escape the fact that the Koran indeed contains this major theological blunder.
Sura 28:8-9, says is was Pharaoh's wife who adopted Moses. The Bible says it was Pharaoh's daughter in Exodus 2:10.
Paradise has one garden. (Sura 39:73, 41:30, 57:21, 79:41). Paradise has many gardens. (Sura 18:31, 22:23, 35:33, 78:32).
Even the name for Jesus in the Qur'an is incorrect. The name for Jesus in the Qur'an is given as "Issa." Issa is the Arabic equivalent of Esau, the name for the twin brother of Jacob. The correct Arabic name for Jesus would be Yeshua or Yeshuwa.
Pharaoh drowned. (Sura 17:103, 28:40, 43:55). Pharaoh did not drown. (Sura 10:92).
Sura 9:10, incorrectly says Zacharias could not speak for only three days.
Sura 20:87, 95, says the Jews made the golden calf in the wilderness at the suggestion of Samaritans. There were no Samaritans at that time. Samaritans came along in 722 BC, over 700 years later.
Here are two "beauties":
Sura 18:85,86, says that Alexander the Great (Zul-qarinain) followed the setting sun and found that it went down into the waters of a muddy spring. Sura 18:89-98 says Alexander the Great was a Muslim and worshipped Allah and lived to an old age. Actually, Alexander the Great died very young and was by no means a Muslim. The Greek, Alexander the Great lived from 356 - 323 B.C. (Before Jesus). He was 33 years old when he died. Mohammed and Islam did not come along till 610 A.D. (after Jesus), when Mohammed began preaching Allah and his new religion in Mecca. This was over 900 years after Alexander the Great died. Yusuf Ali and the Concise Dictionary of Islam confirm that Zul-qarinain in the Quran is Alexander the Great.
The Qur'an also incorrectly says Abrah's army was defeated by birds dropping stones on them. History says Abrah's army withdrew after smallpox broke out. It says; the Kabah was build by Adam and rebuilt by Abraham. It was built by pagans to worship a black rock that fell out of the sky. Abraham never lived in Mecca.
To get a clearer idea of the Christian Concept of the Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) read this real Near Death Experience Testimony here and here. It shows that Jesus' light is one and the same as the Father's. And that only Jesus is our mediator with the Father. All (Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindu, etc) have sinned. So all require a mediator.
Other notable errors in the Qur'an:
More flip flops than John Kerry: The origin of calamity? Is the evil in our life from Satan [Sura 38:41], Ourselves [Sura 4:79], or Allah [Sura 4:78]? Can slander of chaste women be forgiven? Yes [Sura 24:5], No [Sura 24:23].
Abrogation? "The words of the Lord are perfect in truth and justice; there is NONE who can change His words." [Sura 6:115] Also see 6:34 and 10:64. But then Allah (Mohammed?) sees the need to exchange some of them for "better ones" [Sura 2:106, 16:101]. And it is not for ignorant people to question Allah because of such practices! Let us Reason. How can a divine revelation be improved upon? If divine, would it not have been perfect from the start?
Consider the change of amount of days creation took, first from 6 days (Suras 7:54, 10:3, 11:7, and 25:59) and then it gets changed to 8 days (Suras 41:9-12). Is someone not playing with a full deck?
Allah can have a son. (Sura 39:4). Allah can't have a son. (Sura 6:101).
In Sura 39:42, the human Mary was told she would have an "immaculate conception," or be impregnated by Allah. Yet, Sura 6:100-101 denies that Allah could have a son or daughter through mortals.
Face Mecca while praying. (Sura 2:115, 144). Face Jerusalem while praying. (Sura 2:115, 144).
Is Jesus a Prophet or not? Will Jesus burn in hell? In Sura 4:158 Jesus is raised to Allah, and in Sura 3:45 Jesus is stationed near Allah. Jesus is worshiped by billions of Christians. Yet Sura 21:98 says, that all that are worshiped by men besides Allah will burn in Hell together with those who worship them.
Did Jesus Die or Not? Sura 3:144 is quite adamant that all messengers died before Mohammed. But then Sura 4:158 claims that Jesus was raised to God (alive?).
In Sura 4:157 we read that Jesus certainly did not die, yet in Sura 19:33 we read that not only did he die, but he arose again! 19:33 reads about Jesus: "And peace be upon me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I get resurrected."
In Sura 51:57 we are told that Jinn were created to worship Allah; yet in Sura 7:176 we find that the Jinn's were created for Hell.
What is the punishment for adultery? Flogging with a 100 stripes (men and women) [Sura 24:2], "confine them to houses until death do claim them (lifelong house arrest - for the women) [Sura 4:15]. For men: "If they repent and amend, leave them alone" [Sura 4:16]. Sura 24:2 contradicts both the procedure for women and men in Sura 4. And why is the punishment for women and men equal in Sura 24 but different in Sura 4?
In Surah 19:67, it states that man was created out of nothing. In 15:26, man is created from clay. Since clay is something, we have a contradiction since "nothing" excludes the possibility of "clay."
Didn't Allah have a Basic Education?
It just doesn't add up: Sura 4:11-12 and 4:176 state the Qur'anic inheritance law. When a man dies, and is leaving behind three daughters, his two parents and his wife, they will receive the respective shares of 2/3 for the 3 daughters together, 1/3 for the parents together [both according to verse 4:11] and 1/8 for the wife [4:12] which adds up to more than the available estate. A second example: A man leaves only his mother, his wife and two sisters, then they receive 1/3 [mother, 4:11], 1/4 [wife, 4:12] and 2/3 [the two sisters, 4:176], which again adds up to 15/12 of the available property.
In Suras 6:14, 6:164 and 39:12 we are told that Mohammed (born 570 years after Jesus) was the first to bow down to Allah; making him the first Muslim. But wait, yet in these passages weren't we already told in that Abraham, his sons and Jacob were former Muslims (Sura 2:132), and that all the earlier prophets (Sura 28:52-53), and Jesus' disciples (Sura 3:52) were also Muslims?.
Does Allah's day equal to 1,000 human years (Sura 22:47, 32:5) or 50,000 human years (Sura 70:4)?
Heaven and Earth created? Sura 2:29 says first earth and then heaven was created. But wait, Suras 79:27-30 indicate, first heaven was created, and after that earth?.
To Intercede or Not To Intercede? The Qur'an makes contradictory statements about whether on the Day of Judgment intercession will be possible. No: in Suras: 2:122-123, 254; 6:51; 82:18-19; etc. Yes: in Suras: 20:109; 34:23; 43:86; 53:26; etc. Each position can be further supported by ahadith.
Does Allah forgive shirk? Shirk can encompass any object that a person may hold in regard higher than Allah. It is the most severe of sins and will not be forgiven. But the author of the Qur'an seems unable to decide if Allah will ever forgive it or not. No in Suras 4:48, 116, and Yes in Suras 4:153, 25:68-71. Another contradiction: According to Sura 6:76-78 Abraham committed this sin of polytheism as he takes moon, sun, stars to be his Lord. Yet Muslims believe that all prophets are without any sin!
In Sura 96:1-2 we read that God made man from a blood clot. But in Sura 21:30 it says man was made from water. And Sura 15:26 says man was made from clay.
According to Sura 10:90-92, Pharaoh repented "in the sight of death" and was saved. But Sura 4:18 says that such a thing can't happen.
Will Christians enter Paradise or go to Hell? Suras 2:62 and 5:69 say "Yes" to Paradise. Sura 5:72 (3 verses later) and Sura 3:85 say "No" to Paradise.
In Sura 2:234 widows are to keep themselves apart for 4 months and 10 days after their husband's death. In Sura 2:240 it is one year.
YES: Believers, Jews, Sabaeans and Christians - whoever believes in God and the Last Day and does what is right - shall have nothing to fear or regret. Sura 5:69
NO: Unbelievers are those that say: "God is the Messiah, the son of Mary." For the Messiah himself said: "Children of Israel, serve God, my Lord and your Lord." He that worships other gods besides God, God will deny him Paradise, and the fire shall be his home. None shall help the evil-doers. Sura 5:72
Wine: Good or bad? Strong drink and ... are only an infamy of Satan's handiwork. [Sura 5:90, also Sura 2:219]. Yet on the other hand in Paradise are rivers of wine [Sura 47:15, also Suras 83:22,25]. How does Satan's handiwork get into Paradise? Heaven is a place of sex and wine. (Sura 2:25, 4:57, 11:23, 47:15).
Contrast these blunders in the Qur'an (Koran) showing this book is not inspired by God with this example of something really divinely inspired and accurate from the Jewish/Christian Bible:
Millions of Europeans died of leprosy for hundreds of years. Some physicians thought the cause was eating hot food or the meat of diseased hogs. Others blamed malign conjunction of the planets. Approximately 60 million people died from the BLACK DEATH in the 14th century.
God divinely revealed in the Jewish Old Testament thousands of years earlier that the solution to leprosy and the black plague was separating those infected and proper hygiene, such as burying things that come in contact with infected individuals :
"Once the condition of leprosy has been established, the patient was to be segregated and excluded from the community..."
For centuries in Europe, multitudes perished because of improper hygiene, sanitation and sloppy hospitals. In many villages, human excrement and waste was dumped into the streets, bringing deadly epidemics of typhoid, cholera and dysentery.
The solution to the problem, the burying of wastes, and separating people, had been given by God 3500 years before (in Deuteronomy 23:12-13)
Muslims deny that Jesus died on the Cross
Muslims even deny that Jesus died on the cross; something that was faithfully reported in 4 Gospels. Consider the significance of the fact that no Jew or Roman alive at the time ever openly denied the Scriptural record of Jesus Christ's life, death, ministry or resurrection.
Certainly, with the Christian "cult" growing so rapidly throughout the regions and even into nearby countries in those early days, anyone having evidence to contradict the Scriptural account would certainly have likely been compelled to present it publicly. Additionally, in the Jewish Babylonian Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a) from the Tannaitic Period it is recorded: "On the eve of Passover Yeshu was hanged"....
Muslims DO NOT pray to the same God (Yahweh) as Christians and Jews! Yahweh is transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
Before Mohammed the arabs had 365 gods - one for each day of the year. Mohammed picked Allah (the arab moon god).
WHO IS ALLAH?
Allah has pagan beginnings
The Black Meteor inside the Kaba
The stone has been attacked many times and is now composed of several pieces and fragments, bound together by a silver ligature.
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When Mohammed was born in Mecca, each Arab tribe in Mecca had their own deity. There was a large black meteor found in the desert which many Arabs believed was sent to them by astral deities. This rock was placed in the southeast corner of the cube-shaped structure in Mecca. The arabs knew this rock as the Ka'ba, which means stone. During this time before Islam this stone was part of the shrine to worship of a chief male god (among over 350 other gods) who was known as Hubal. The black meteor stone was said to symbolize a nature god known as al-Hajar al-Aswad. Hubal was an oracular deity whose statue -- in human form and made of red carneol -- stood in the Ka'ba until Mohammed destroyed it.
There is evidence that black stones were commonly worshipped in the Arab world. In 190 A.D. Clement of Alexandria mentioned that "the Arabs worship stone". He was alluding to the black stone of Dusares at Petra. In the 2nd century, Maximus Tyrius wrote; "The Arabians pay homage to I know not what god, which they represent by a quadrangular stone". Maximus was speaking of the Kaaba (Ka'ba) that contains the Black Stone.
The Qurash (aka: Quraish) tribe which Mohammed belonged to was in charge of idol worship at the Ka'ba Shrine. The chief god of Mohammed's tribe was one of the three sister goddesses called al-Uzza, the youngest of the three daughters of the pre-Islamic Allah and the patron goddess of Mecca. Her name means "the mighty one". The other two were named "al-Lat and "al-Manat". It was only by chance that a fortune teller counseled Mohammed's grandfather against sacrificing Mohammed's father to this al-Uzza pagan diety. The head of these pagan, animalistic deities was "Al-llah". It is believed that "al-llah" in Mohammed's time before Islam referred to a vague moon god and that Mohammed believed that al-Uzza was a daughter of this "al-llah".
The Qurash tribe's Allah corresponded to the god Bel, which is another name of the Assyrio-Babylonian gods En-lil and Marduk. It has the same meaning as Baal. The Arabic today translates the word Allah as "God". Mohammed's father's name was "Abd-Allah" (or slave of Allah). When Mohammed says there is only one god - Allah - now you have an idea what his background/ thinking was.
Muslim activists in the West have been using the tactic of claiming that they worship the same god as the 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.
Of note: in 1988, Salman Rushdie's novel "Satanic Verses" contained the above as the basis for that book. This book led Ayatollah Khomeni to offer a $3 million bounty on the India born Muslim Salman Rushdie.
In short, this Allah is not the God of the Jews or the Christians. Allah is in fact a Meccan Moon god idol. To confess that Allah is the same God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses is to deny Jehovah God, who is revealed in the Lord Jesus the Christ!
The standard of judgment for the God of the Qur'an is that our good deeds (to Muslims only) must outweigh our bad deeds (Suras 7:8-9; 21:47); but the standard of the God of the Bible is nothing less than complete perfection as measured by the holy character of God (Matthew 5:48; Romans 3:23).
Islam says the God of the Qur'an provided a messenger, Mohammed, who warned of Allah's impending judgment (Suras 2:119; 5:19; 7:184, 188; 15:89-90) and who declared that "No bearer of a burden can bear the burden of another" (Suras 17:15; 35:18, Ali); but the God of the Bible provided a sinless Savior, Jesus, who took our sins upon himself and bore God's wrath in our stead (Matthew 20:28; 26:28; Luke 22:37; John 3:16; 10:9-11; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10).
Interesting enough. Jesus and Mary were among the many images—in addition to the goddesses of fertility and power—worshiped at the Ka'bah during Mohammed's day. Early stories of Mohammed relate how when he entered Mecca in triumph he ordered the destruction of all idols and images. But, when he came upon a picture of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus inside the Ka'bah he reverently covered this icon with his cloak. He ordered all other images to be destroyed, and that the image of the Madonna and Child was to be looked upon as sacred.
More Islamic Editing of their Qur'an:
In the Koran, Sura 53:19 says 'Have you considered al Lat and al-Uzza and Manat the third other?' This passage was originally followed by the words 'Verily they are the exalted maidens and their intercession is to be hoped for'. The polytheistic Pagans of Mecca were delighted when Mohammed / Mohammed delivered this passage because it was a chant recited by the Qurash tribe as they circled the Ka'aba while worshipping these three principle goddess of pre-Islamic Mecca. This compromise also caused some companions to doubt Mohammed and leave his fold.
The earliest authority on the life of Mohammed (Ibn Hisham) claimed that these words were uttered by Mohammed at the "instigation of Satan" and are considered to the be Satanic Verses (not to be confused with Salman Rushdies' book).
When Mohammed realized that his attempt to appease the pagan Meccans was causing his followers to leave, he quickly made a slight alteration and a major omission to this passage by dropping the sentence about the exalted maidens. To make matters worse, Gabriel allegedly came to Mohammed and denied that he had revealed the word to him. ('Sirat'ul Rasool' as revised by Ibn Hisham, (vs. 239), and Tabari pp. 1 192). Mohammed retained the named of the goddesses, and added that it was unfair that God should have daughters while humans had sons (See Sura 53:19-23).
In fact, God does have a Son (begotten/not made).
Proverbs 30:4 (written 700 B.C./1323 yrs before Mohammed): "Who hath ascended up into heaven or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the Earth? What is His name, and what is His son's name, if thou canst tell?" Read here to find out.
Goodness & truth prevails
Islam would have Christians and Jews believe that this pagan Allah who insists on world domination and death to non-believers -- and who is the same god who offers Muslim terrorist martyrs hedonistic sex with virgins in heaven - is the same Christian and Jewish "holy God of the Book". Christians and Jews think that this is blasphemy.
Slavery is not a hallmark of the true God
Most individual Muslims may respect and honor women, but Islam doesn't!
This satanically-inspired Islamic religion has also managed to enslave women, which the true God would never be part of. If the husband wants to have sex with his wife he can, even by force - which in the west, and in Christian and Jewish tradition, is considered cruelty and rape. Under Egyptian law, Muslims are not allowed to change their religious identities to any other faith, although Christians are free to convert officially to Islam.
The Koran (Qu'ran) is the biggest enemy of civilization, liberty and truth that the world has ever known. Inherent in the Qur'an are polygamy, divorce, slavery, elevation of jihad as a sure way to heaven, hatred of non-believers, and even lying if it is gainful.
Nothing in the Qur'an calls for a woman to wear a veil. But cruel Muslim mullahs, imams and ayatollah's insist a woman must wear a veil as a way to remove the female sex from its just position and influence in the world--itself a form of slavery. You may think this to be a small issue. You wouldn't if you were a woman and had to bundle up in 100 degree weather every day, just because of extreme male chauvinism.
A graphic example of fanatical oppressive Muslim dress codes occurred in March 2002 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. A fire occurred in a school there in which 15 young girls were killed in a fire. During the fire in the school the girls had shed their oppressively hot all-concealing outer garments. Actually preferring the death of these young girls to the transgression of Islamic Law, Saudi Arabian Religious Police (the muttawa) actually battled against police and firemen who where trying to open the doors to free them.
The real Truth is that Jesus is waiting to take your burden, to save you, and give you eternal life!
"Come to me all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy and My burden is light" (Injil - Matthew 11:28-30).
Apostasy is punishable by death in Islam (from the Hadith):
Mohammed said, "Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him." Vol. 9:57
A Muslim must not be killed if he kills a non-Muslim.
Mohammed said, " No Muslim should be killed for killing a Kafir" (infidel). Vol. 9:50
Behind the Sun
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This very well produced dramatic film follows the story of Samir Majan, a young man born and raised a Muslim in the Middle East who attended college in America. After receiving a degree from a university in Chicago, he begins his trip back home to see his family. But something has drastically changed in the young man’s life since coming to the States. As his welcoming committee awaits his arrival, the young man’s fear and concern is overwhelming. Samir knows trouble and persecution lie ahead because he has done the unthinkable. Samir has become....a Christian.
Knowing how hard it would be for some to break away from life long bonds to different customs/traditions/religions; but yet so important to gain eternal life --- this is what Jesus meant when He said the following:
Matthew 10:35
For I came to turn A man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 10:37 The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
Allah perverts people?
The picture of Allah as revealed by the Qur'an is quite different to the one of God revealed in both the Old and New Testaments.
The Qur'an teaches that Allah is not only utterly transcendent but also the author of evil. "God is the best of devisers", "my guile is sure" are quotes from the Qur'an concerning Allah! Mohammed said, " My sincere counsel will not profit you, if God desires to pervert you; He is your lord ...." (Arberry, Interpreted pgs 200, 193, 243 quoted in 'The Facts on Islam" by John Ankerberg and John Weldon).. The Qur'an frequently refers to "the man whom Allah deliberately misleads".
Would a true and righteous God do this?
According to the Qur'an (Koran):
Mohammed adopted Zaid because Mohammed had no sons. Zaid married a stunningly beautiful woman named Zainab. Once when Mohammed was visiting Zaid's home he accidentally saw Zaibab in scanty attire. Mohammed was overcome with lust. In the Koran we are told that it was Allah who caused Mohammed's heart to desire Zainab. And that it was Allah's Will for Zaid to divorce his wife so that Mohammed could marry her. This Allah therefore desires lust and coveting a "neighbor's" wife.
Or, was it more of Mohammed's scheming, and making up the rules to get his own way with this beautiful woman? We note elsewhere where Mohammed laid with a 9 year old girl (Ayisha), and also a beautiful 17 year old Jewish girl (Safiyah) - one day after Mohammed had her family massacred.
In the Jewish-Christian Bible Jewish Kings were chastised, disciplined and ostracized by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob for this sort of coveting behavior that the Islamic Allah applauds. This behavior issue is another reason that Allah is not the One and true God. Wouldn't one expect the true Lord to insist on good Christian behavior?
Echoes of Eden (The Lying):
Would a True Prophet of God condom and actually permit lying, to further his own goals?
Mohammed treated truth and deception according his own style of situational ethics. For example:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle said, "Who is willing to kill Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?" Thereupon Mohammed bin Maslama got up saying, "O Allah's Apostle! Would you like that I kill him?"
The Prophet said, "Yes," Mohammed bin Maslama said, "Then allow me to say a (false) thing (i.e. to deceive Kab). " The Prophet said, "You may say it." ... (Sahih al-Bukhari 5.369, cf. the article on Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf for further details)
Muslim Doctrine of Taqiyya (or lying is ok): In the west very few people understand a very important doctrine of Islam called Taqiyya (Taqeya, Taqiya). Until we understand this in the west, we will never be able to deal with the Muslim world properly. Taqiyya roughly translates as lying for the faith. A Muslim may tell any lie when they are threatened. In short, a Muslim can lie as a holy duty to deceive and gain an advantage over the unbeliever. The non-prophet Mohammed sanctioned this when he said; “he who keeps secrets shall soon attain his objectives.” Can we imagine Jesus, Moses or Buddha saying “Hey lying is good!”? Is it any wonder that freemasons think the same way Mohammed does?
Beware - Allah has not one attribute of love for Muslims:
Muslim's and any others considering Islam should take care to note that the Allah they are praying to, has not one attribute of love. This should be a another sign to you that who you bow down to in Islam is really not whom the imams, mullahs and ayatollah's say he is. Look through the Qur'an - there is no attribute of unconditional love accorded Allah to his Muslims--but once (in Sura 20:390 Allah does unconditionally says he loves one man - the Hebrew Moses.
The Qur'an does have words such as Allah is compassionate. But to whom? Certainly Allah was always compassionate to Mohammed, who stood behind all of Mohammed's escapades. In fact, Allah often changed his mind/teachings to suit Mohammed's schedule of plunder, murder and political intrigue. Allah was not compassionate to all those (arab poets, women with babies, Jews, Christians and other dissenters) Mohammed ordered to be ruthlessly murdered - simply because they stood up to him and his band of killers.
This should be a yet another warning. When you hear hatred preached in your mosques realize who you really follow.
Mohammed's "carrot" to ensure his world domination via Jihad:
Will all Muslims go to Hell? According to Sura 19:71 every Muslim will go to Hell (for at least some time), while another passage states that those who die in Jihad will go to Paradise immediately.
A symptom of evil (bait and switch). Except for Allah saying he loved the Jew/Hebrew Moses (in Sura 20:39) there is not one mention of Allah unconditionally loving man in the Qur'an (Koran); or providing a route to salvation. Can you be sure your time in Hell will not be an eternity? If you do not do Allah's bidding by doing terrorist acts -- what future awaits you as a Muslim?
The true Living God already provided a simple plan to salvation; and it is the true path of Peace. Muslims often say they honor Jesus as a great prophet. If they truly honored Jesus Muslims would believe what He (Jesus) said; "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16
The loving God made the Key to Life after Death simple:
In the Christian Bible, in John 4:8 and 16 we read; "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, and have everlasting life."
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life." -John 5:24
Also, Jesus said this to those who follow Him: "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." John 14:2.
The God of the Jewish and Christian Bible is revealed as a faithful Father, the God of love, truth and justice. Jehovah, the God of the Christian-Jewish Bible is "too pure to look upon sin" and is "not willing that any should perish, but desires that all men come to a knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4).
The true Christian-Jewish God "has no pleasure in the death of a sinner" and according to the Bible even sent Jesus, His Son into the world to pay the price of our sins so that we could be forgiven, despite the just penalty of death that sinners such as you and I deserve.
Your eternal Salvation depends on your seeing this:
In the Koran there is listed 99 attributes of Allah. Except for Allah saying he loved the Jew/Hebrew Moses (in 20:39) there is not one mention of Allah unconditionally loving man in the Qur'an (Koran).
Remember, it is quite clear in the Qur'an that Mohammed and his Allah thought Moses lived at the time on Noah and that Jesus' mother Mary was Moses' and Aaron's sister.
Weigh all this evidence carefully - because your entire salvation and where you spend eternity depends on you getting this right. You will find that Allah is a false god. Allah is the same old tribal pagan god of pre-islamic arabs. Mohammed simply elevated Allah to a deity position to motivate his troops for plunder, raping, and murdering. It provided Mohammed the "authority" he needed for him to live his own "good life"; just as it continues to provide a "good life" for the despotic arab kings, imams, mullahs and other teachers of Islam today. Knowing Mohammed's historic life style are you willing to bet eternal life on this one source alone (Mohammed)? The Qur'an is not from numerous corroborated sources like the Jewish and Christian bibles. It comes from one source alone; nazil revelation to Mohammed only. There is not a single outside witnesses who can corroborate Mohammed's testimony; nor are any miracles or even prophesies (about him) provided to substantiate his claims.
Is Allah someone you would rationally want any dealings with?
Let us reason. If a man had the character of Allah, as described in the Qur'an, no one in their right mind would want to do business with him! For Allah is apparently a god who misleads, perverts people, changes his mind and encourages polygamy, concubinage, wife-beating, slavery and "holy" war on the enemies of Islam. The more serious people are about following Allah and the Qur'an, the more social wreckage they will create both in the home and in the international arena.
Women are property in Islam
In Mohammed's time, women's roles were notably inferior to men's. One of the most difficult verses reads: "Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God's guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them" (Sura 4:34). The Arabic word "beat" or "scourge" does not mean tap lightly; it is the same word used to beat a violent criminal or a camel. Mohammed himself once deliberately struck ‘Aisha "on the chest which caused me pain", according to Sahih Muslim vol.2:2127
In matters of inheritance, women are to receive half of what men receive (Sura 4:11). Men are the "managers" of women (Sura 4:35) and can "come unto [their] tillage as they wish" (sexually) (Sura 2:223); can divorce their wives by stating "I divorce you" three times (2:229-230); and may take more than one wife (4:29).
Woman are Deficient in Mind and body in Islam (taken from the Islamic Hadith):
The intellectual and religious deficiencies of women are stated in the following Hadith found in Sahih al-Bukhari which is considered by Muslim scholars to be "The most authentic book after the Book of Allah (ie. the Qur'an)":[13]
"Allah's Apostle once said to a group of women : 'I have not seen any one more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious, sensible man could be led astray by some of you.' The women asked: 'O Allah's Apostle, what is deficient in our intelligence and religion?' He said: 'Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?' They replied in the affirmative. He said: 'This is the deficiency of your intelligence'
... 'Isn't it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?' The women replied in the affirmative. He said: 'This is the deficiency in your religion.'"[14]
The authenticity of the above Hadith is undisputed. It is reported by the two most reliable collections of Hadith; Bukhari and Muslim. The agreement of Bukhari and Muslim on its authenticity makes it (mutafaqun 'alayhi) 'agreed upon', which is the highest degree of authenticity. The above Hadith has been accepted and used by eminent scholars, such as Ghazali, Ibn al-'Arabi, Razi, Suyouti, Qortobi, Nawawi, and Ibn Kathir, in their writings. The above Hadith does not describe women only in early Islam, but it is a description for all times, so long as 'women can neither pray nor fast during their menses' and so long as 'the evidence of two women is equal to the witness of one man.' This reasoning is not a temporary one, but is rooted in and derived from the Qur'an for all time until the day of resurrection.
The majority of people in hell are women.
Mohammed said, "I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers are women. " Vol. 1:28, 301; Vol. 2:161; Vol. 7:124
Islam allows polygamy: A man may marry up to four wives at one time. "Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four... " Sura 4:3
Women are second class (Qur'an 2:228):
"And it is for the women to act as they (the husbands) act by them, in all fairness; but the men are a step above them."[7]
Women are Toys (for men) in Islam
"Omar [one of the Khalifs] was once talking when his wife interjected, so he said to her: 'You are a toy, if you are needed we will call you."[21]
And 'Amru Bin al-'Aas, also a Khalif, said: "Women are toys, so choose."[22]
This was not just 'Amru Bin al-'Aas and 'Omar's opinions.
Mohammed himself said: "The woman is a toy, whoever takes her let him care for her (or do not lose her)."[23]
In Saudi Arabia women are so second class that they can't even sit in the front seat of a car with their husband; even if they were the only two people in the car. Women can't eat in most public eating places. If they do, it's in a back door room.
This treatment of women is what Islam wants to give to the entire world.
Contrast the above with Christianity's teaching about women: The Apostle Paul knew better then anybody in antiquity that male and female were equal in Christ Jesus. It was he, after all, who said, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:28). Paul saw nothing inferior about women's dignity.
Recommended movies on this subject of women treated as slaves and property in Islam: "Not without my daughter" starring Sally Fields, which is based on a true life story of an American woman who married a Muslim man.
Not Without My Daughter
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Other similar movies are: "Princess, Dreams of Trespass, and The Stoning of Soraya M?"
Mohammed's Military History
The below history of Mohammed is based on Islamic sources such as:
Qur'an / Koran itself Bokhari (A.D. 870)
Ibn Ishaq (A.D. 768) Abu Dawud (sunnah)(A.D. 832?)
Al Waqidi (Wakidi) (A.D. 822) Tirmidhi (A.D. 892)
Ibn Hisham (A.D. 828) Tabari (A.D. 929)
Ibn Sa'd (A.D. 845) Zamakhshari (A.D.1144)
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (A.D. 855) Baidawi (A.D. 1292)
Amr ibn Sharhabil (Caliph 717-20 AD) Ibn Kathir (A.D. 1301-1372)
Ibn Hajar - "Isabah", or "Dictionary of Persons who knew Mohammed"
Also, Alfred Guillaume best known/respected Western Scholar on Islam
Also, "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades"
The life of Mohammed, known as the Sira, is popularly accepted to be fully documented historically, that everything he did and said was accurately recorded. According to one hagiographer, although Mohammed "could not read or write himself, he was constantly served by a group of 45 scribes who wrote down his sayings, instructions and activities. We thus know his life down to the minutest details.”
622 A.D. in the Christian calendar is the year 1 in the Muslim Calendar
Mohammed received the initial Qur'an in a Cave:
Mohammed claimed the angel Gabriel transmitted the entire Koran to him from Allah while he was living in the Hira Cave. At first Mohammed feared he had been overtaken by a "Jinn", a troubling spirit (see picture below). But Mohammed's wife Khadijah encouraged him that his visions were indeed from God and that he had been chosen as his special messenger. Amr ibn Sharhabil says Mohammed mentioned to his wife Khadijah that he feared he was possessed by demons and wondered whether others might consider him possessed by jinn (Pfander 1910:345). He says Mohammed said; “ When I went into seclusion I heard a voice. By Allah I feared that something wrong was going to happen.” Also revealing is the report by Al Waqidi that Mohammed had such an aversion to the form of the cross that he would break everything brought into the house with a shape of the cross on it (Nehls 1990:61).
When Mohammed began to preach his new religion in 610 A.D. the leaders of Mecca were strongly opposed. In 622 A.D. Mohammed was approached by the elders from a town located some 250 miles north of Mecca who asked Mohammed to be their ruler. Mohammed accepted on the conditions that they would also accept him as a prophet and that he could bring his followers. The exodus to this town, later known as Medina is known by Muslims as the "hijra". The Meccans attacked the Medinans several times, but the Medinans always managed to drive them off. In 627 A.D. the Meccans were defeated by Mohammed's forces, and the Muslims returned to Mecca and cleansed the "kaba" of all its idols. Mohammed continued to rule Medina, where he died in 632 A.D.
Muslims should be reminded of Mohammed's own humanity, fickleness and unworthiness. Mohammed was extremely close to Jews in the beginning of his campaigns of rape, plunder, and murder. In those days, Mohammed realized he could only capture Mecca and Medina with Jewish help.
Mohammed & Allah Fickle?
Hoping to garner Jewish support for those military campaigns, Mohammed had yet another vision that his Allah wanted Muslims to do their praying facing the then Christian city of Jerusalem. Mohammed stopped this practice when he realized there was no hope that the Jews would join Islam. Henceforth Mohammed and his Allah stopped the practice of facing Jerusalem and ordered all prayers to henceforth be said while facing in the direction of Mecca.
In Sura 2:100 the Qur'an teaches, "And for whatever verse We abrogate or cast into oblivion, We bring a better or the like of it; knowest thou not that God is powerful over everything?" But didn't Allah say in Sura 10:65, "There is no changing in the Words of Allah," after this abrogation clause?
Apparently then, the Qur'an teaches that some verses that Allah has brought down have been abrogated - that is, they are no longer binding or applicable. Apparently, Allah changed his mind about some of the verses he gave through his prophet. In this Allah is different to the God of the Bible, "with whom there is no shadow of turning" (James 1:17), who is "the Lord, who changeth not" (Malachi 3:6), whose Word "endureth forever".
The Islamic Doctrine of Abrogation - is a Contradiction in the extreme. It basically says -on one hand Allah is firm and unchanging in what he says - but on the other hand if it helps Mohammed's cause or Mohammed's life style, Allah will change his words to suit Mohammed. This is a doctrine which is spurned by many Muslims who believe it reflects most unfavorably on the supposed textual perfection of the Qur'an.
The biggest contradiction in the Qur'an (Koran) is that it says the Qur'an can be contradicted at any time. God can change his mind, and change verses in the Qur'an, with or without telling Muslims. This principle is called the "Doctrine of Abrogation."
The doctrine arose from a practical dilemma. Mohammed wanted to marry his daughter in law, but he had already "revealed" the suras that prohibit Muslims from marrying their daughters in law. Mohammed's solution was the doctrine of abrogation - the idea that Allah, through Mohammed, can change his mind about anything at anytime and Muslims have to shut up and obey:
Furthermore, this Muslim doctrine of abrogation extends so far as to dismiss all previous revelation, given in the Jewish-Christian Bibles. Thus Muslims see no problem in that the Qur'an has re-written biblical history with stories and historical accounts that contradict the Bible. To deal with the contradiction between the Bible and the Qur'an, Muslims throughout history have claimed that the Jews and Christians have corrupted their Bible so that the original Bible no longer exists. No matter what evidence for the truth and reliability of the Bible and Torah is provided, Muslims refuse to face the possibility of the truth of the present Bible as we know it.
There is no changing the words of God;
that is the mighty triumph.
-- Sura 10:64
And recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord,
there is none who can alter His words;
and you shall not find any refuge besides Him.
-- Sura 18:27
Compare the above with these:
And for whatever verse we abrogate and cast into oblivion
We bring a better or the like of it;
knowest thou not that God is powerful over everything?
-- Sura 2:106
When Mohammed was accused by his opponents of giving contradictory statements in the Qur’an, as a result, he is said to have received the following revelation that Allah replaced some of the text of the Qur’an with a later text:
And when We exchange a verse in place of another verse --
and God knows very well what He is sending down --
they say, 'Thou art a mere forger!'
Nay, but the most of them have no knowledge.
-- Sura 16:101
Now consider this gem, where Allah or Mohammed claims the "people of the book" (Christians & Jews) have a book of divine revelation. Yet, most of the Qu'ran contradicts the Christian/Jewish Bibles. Especially, Islam contradicts the revelation in the Gospels that Jesus is the only begotten Son of the Father, and the only way to salvation.
"O People of the book! Ye have no ground to stand upon unless ye stand fast by the Torah, the Gospel, and all the revelation that has come to you from your Lord." (Sura 5: 68).
The historical Mohammed was in fact an ambitious terrorist, criminal and murderer - whose entire life was based on victimizing innocents and indulging in mindless violence, carnage and massacre. He was a man who destroyed peace wherever he went; and in its place brought terror, rapings, unmerciful butcheries, carnage and death - all the while invoking God's holy name to sanction his evil deeds.
The glue to keep his terrorist band together was his ordering of alms and prayers, and the receipt of timely "revelations" that always seemed to condom and to suit this non-prophet's activities at the time. Islam itself was welded together by Mohammed, using his limited knowledge of both Christianity, Judaism, Samaritan and ancient Persian Zoroastrism. He even included certain Christian heresies in his doctrine. His hearsay knowledge of Christianity and Judaism resulted in Mohammed's failure to get many historical facts correct. Some of these were discussed above.
From Bukhari vol. 7, #65:
"Narrated Aisha that the prophet wrote the marriage contract with her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old. Hisham said: "I have been informed that Aisha remained with the prophet for nine years (i.e. till his death).""
From the Hadith of Sahih Muslim, Vol 2, #3309
Aisha reported: Allah’s Messenger married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house at the age of nine….
From Abu Dawud, Vol. 2, #2116:
"Aisha said, "The Apostle of Allah married me when I was seven years old." (The narrator Sulaiman said: "Or six years."). "He had intercourse with me when I was 9 years old."
From Tabari, volume 9, page 131
"Then the men and women got up and left. The Messenger of God consummated his marriage with me in my house when I was nine years old. Neither a camel nor a sheep was slaughtered on behalf of me".
In this day and age we would even consider Mohammed a pedophile. Mohammed's sexual appetite was legendary. Even "Sahih Al-Bukhari" says Mohammed slept with his 11 wives in one night.
Mohammed's first wife - Khadija, died a few years before he fled to Medina. Later, he was encouraged to take another wife. At the age of 49 he was betrothed to Aisha, age six. Aisha was his closest friend's, Abu Bakr's, daughter. We can rightfully imagine 6 year old Aisha picking up her toys and moving to Mohammed's house, where he demurely waited until she was nine to have sexual intercourse with her.
In the first year of Mohammed's residence at Yathrib (now Medina) the "Prophet" who never prophesized, celebrated his marriage to Ayisha. Ayisha was then only a young girl (jariyah) of 9-years old per Al-Bukhari, Abu Dawud and Tabari Aisha was 9 when they Mohammed sexually consummated his marriage with her. Mohammed 52.
Lying with a 9 year old girl in this century or in the 7th century is abominable. It was abominable then in Arabian society also. Particularly distasteful about Mohammed, is that after Mohammed deflowered this young 9 year old girl, he also taught that his followers were to follow his "sunnah" or lifestyle.
Ayatollah Khomeini told the Muslim faithful that marrying a girl before she begins menstration was a "divine blessing." He then told Muslim fathers: "Do your best to ensure that your daughters do not see their first blood in your house."
The following is the story of Safiyah Bint Huyeiy Ibn Akhtab, the Jewish woman who was captured when Mohammed’s troops attacked Kheibar and brought her to the Prophet as part of his share of the booty. This story, is reported in the Book of Tabaqat Safiyah was seventeen and very beautiful when Muslims killed her father, husband and many of her relatives. In the same day the Prophet of Allah wanted to sleep with her. Here is the exact text of the story:
She was groomed and made-up for the Prophet by Umm Sulaim, the mother of Anas ibn Malik. They spent the night there. Abu Ayyub al-Ansari guarded the tent of the Prophet the whole night. When, in the early dawn, the Prophet saw Abu Ayyub strolling up and down, he asked him what he meant by this sentry-go; he replied: "I was afraid for you with this young lady. You had killed her father, her husband and many of her relatives, and till recently she was an unbeliever. I was really afraid for you on her account". The Prophet prayed for Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (Ibn Hisham, p. 766) Safiyah had requested the Prophet to wait till he had gone a stage away from Khaibar. "Why?" asked the Prophet. "I was afraid for you on account of the Jews who still happened to be near at Khaibar!"
The reason Safiyah rejected the sexual advances of the 57-year-old Mohammed should be obvious to any objective person. I believe most women prefer to mourn than jump into bed with the killer of their father, husband and many relatives on the same day of their death. But the fact that the prophet of Allah could not contain his sexual urges for one day to let this young girl grieve, says a lot of his thinking and moral character.
“The next day a Walima (we dding-feast) was arranged on behalf of the Prophet…
Note that the historian is saying that the wedding took place one day after the prophet got private with Safiyah and made his moves to have sex with her. This presented no problem for the Mohammed as he had his Allah reveal a verse personally agreeable to himself saying it is okay to sleep with women captured in war without marrying them even if they are married.
“And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess…” (Qur'an 4:24 )
In the history below I simply am citing well know facts about the Koran, the Hadiths, the pre-Islamic history of Mecca, and what is claimed by the Muslims themselves to be known concerning the life and activities of Mohammed.
Terrorist beginnings
When Mohammed first started screaming from the rooftops that he alone had the divine word of God, the people of Mecca ignored him. However, when he started insulting and defaming the religion of the peace loving Meccans, they couldn't take it anymore and tried persuading him to stop. Mohammed the coward was too scared of the growing hostility against him and instead of calling upon his Allah to strike down the Meccans, he crept out of the city one night and fled for his life.
Ever since that incident, Mohammed was determined to take revenge on the Meccans. He escaped to Medina, which had a sizeable Jewish population, and started plotting his revenge with a small gang of criminals. This was the beginning of Mohammed's trail of violence, hatred and bloodshed that would soon destroy the once flourishing culture of Arabia.
The story of Mohammed and Islam has been documented in detail by his Islamic biographers (see above). The documentation includes surprise raids by Mohammed and his Muslims on trade caravans and tribal settlements while Mohammed commanded. The use of plunder was thus obtained for recruiting an ever growing army of greedy desperados, and assassinations of opponents. They practiced blackmail, expulsion and massacre. Some of these so called “peaceful” campaigns documented were the massacre of the Jews of Medina, attack and enslavement of the Jews of Khayber, rape of women and children, sale of these victims after rape, trickery, treachery and bribery employed to their fullest extent to grow the numbers of his new Islamic religion which ironically was supposed to mean 'Peace'! Mohammed organized no less than 86 expeditions of rape, plunder and murder; 26 of which he led himself.
The motives of the converts to Islam was never in any doubt. As David S. Margoliouth states in his book "Mohammed and the Rise of Islam":
Islam became a good living, making its soldiers rich:
'Of any moralizing or demoralizing effect that Mohammed's teaching had upon his followers we cannot say with precision. When he was at the head of the Robber community, it is probable that the demoralizing influence began to be felt; it was then that men who had never broken an oath learnt that they might evade their obligations, and that men to whom the blood of their clan had been as their own, began to shed it with impunity in the 'cause of god'. And that lying and treachery in the cause of Islam received divine approval. It was then too that Muslims became distinguished by the obscenity of their language. It was then too, that the coveting of goods and wives possessed by Non-Muslims was avowed without discouragement from the Prophet....'
Mohammed justified his crimes with divine revelation:
The details of all his criminal onslaughts in the form of battles and assassinations are chronicled in this article in a chronological manner. One should note that every time the 'Apostle of Peace' committed one of his criminal onslaughts, he always justified the crimes by quickly claiming a 'divine revelation' which conveniently removed the blame from his bloodied hands. These convenient Suras are detailed immediately below the description of the incident.
1) Massacre of unarmed merchants during sacred month
Date: Late January(Rejeb), 623 A.D.
Place: Nakhla
Victims: 4 Merchants from Quraysh tribe of Mecca, the Tribe to which Mohammed himself belonged
Four UNARMED merchants were traveling to Mecca to sell their goods consisting of raisins, honey and animal skins. It was the holy month of Rejeb which was considered sacred for trade in Arabia. It was a point of honor that any form of warfare or violence was strictly forbidden in this month. Mohammed's gang attacked the helpless men from behind and stabbed two of them to death. They plundered all the goods as booty and Mohammed got one fifths of the share.
This shows the utter lack of morals or scruples on Mohammed's part. The Prophet of Islam did not possess a shred of pity or kindness, or the slightest sense of justice. He cold-bloodedly murdered two innocent people who had never done him any harm and did not even know him! All this was done in a month that the Prophet himself declared was a sacred month in which no warfare should take place. Mohammed was obviously motivated by nothing but hatred and greed.
Conveniently divine revelations came down from Allah that absolved him of all the guilt.
Koran (Qur'an) 2:216
'Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that you hate a thing which is good for you and it may happen that you love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, you knew not.'
Here Mohammed is completely removing all blame from himself, for having started the fighting. The most insidious and devilish implication of this verse is that Allah is completely justifying Mohammed's murder of the innocent Meccans. Over and above this Mohammed is conveniently implying that warfare is hateful to him, but he participated in it because it was ordained by Allah! What sacrifices the 'Apostle of Peace' had to make!
Koran (Qur'an) 2:217
'They question you (O Mohammed) with regard to warfare in the sacred month. Say: Warfare therein is a great transgression but to turn men from the way of Allah and to disbelieve in Him and the inviolable place of worship and to expel its people thence is a greater transgression, for persecution is worse than killing'
Here Allah is clearly saying that to kill or create warfare in the sacred month of Rejeb is a very grave offence, but to justify his own violation of Allah's rules, Mohammed comes up with the idea that since the people killed were unbelievers, it was perfectly okay! The reason given for the horrific murder of the innocent Meccans, is the fact that they did not believe in Mohammed's version of God. How much more tolerant and kind could the 'Great Prophet' be!
2) Slaughter of Meccans who came to defend their caravans
Date: March (Ramadan) 17, 623 A.D
Place: The well of Badr
Victims: 70 merchants from Quraysh Tribe of Mecca, The Quraysh army which came to defend them
The merchandise being carried by this caravan was worth more than 50,000 Gold Dinars. Mohammed ganged up all the criminals of Medina and set out to raid the caravan with 300 men. The Meccans got word of the raid and sent out an army to protect the caravan. Throughout the entire battle Mohammad cowered in a hut which his men made for him. There he cried and prayed with feverish anxiety. At one point he came out of the hut and threw pebbles in the enemy's direction, screaming 'Let evil look on your faces!' and 'By him who holds my soul in his hands, anyone who fights for me today will go to paradise!' The Muslims killed over two hundred and took seventy prisoners. All seventy of the prisoners were ransomed, and any prisoner who did not fetch a ransom had his head chopped off.
"People of the Pit" are all Mohammad's latest victims:
Mohammed was gratified at the sight of his murdered victims. After the battle, he sent his followers to look for the corpse of Abu Jahal, one of the Meccans who had criticized him openly. When his corpse was found they cut off the head and threw it down at Mohammed's feet. The 'Apostle of peace' cried out in delirious joy, 'Rejoice! Here lies the head of the enemy of Allah! Praise Allah, for there is no other but he! It is more acceptable to me than the choicest camel in all Arabia' The Prophet then ordered a great pit to be dug for the bodies of the innocents to be dumped. The Muslims then proceeded to hack the corpses limbs into pieces. As the bloodied mass of bodies was being thrown into the pit, a feverishly excited Mohammed screamed, ' O People of the Pit, have you found that what Allah threatened is true now? For I have found that what my Lord promised was true! Rejoice All Muslims!'. One of the prisoners taken was the defiant Al Nadr Ibn al Harith, who had earlier taken Mohammed's challenge of telling better stories than him. Mohammed ordered Ali to strike off Nadr's head in his presence, so he could watch and exult in the pleasure of beheading the man who had insulted him. Another prisoner Uqba ibn Abi Muait (aka: Ocba) was decapitated in front of the Prophet. Before being killed the prisoner cried out pitifully 'O Prophet, who will look after my children if I should die?' The 'Great Prophet of the Religion of Peace' coldly spat out 'Hellfire', as the blade came down and spattered his clothes with Uqba's blood. Mohammed continued by saying; "Wretch that thou wast! "And persecutor! unbeliever in God, in his Prophet, and in his Book! I give thanks unto the Lord that hath slain thee, and comforted mine eyes thereby."
This time Mohammed needed a revelation that would not only absolve him of all the guilt for murdering so many innocent people, but also give him the 'divine' right to get a huge share of the plundered booty. Quite a few revelations magically appeared after the battle of Badr. There was a great booty after this battle; which became a bone of contention between Mohammed and his band of thieves. Like always, when it favored Mohammed--he soon received a revelation from Allah shown in the eight Chapter of the Qur'an, titled Al-Anfal, "The Spoils of War", or "Booty", warning Muslims not to consider booty won at Badr to belong to anyone except Mohammed. Ultimately Mohammed distributed this booty and kept a fifth for himself.
"They ask thee concerning things taken as spoils of war. Say: (Such) spoils are at the disposal of Allah and the Messenger (Mohammed): so fear Allah, and keep straight the relations between yourselves. Obey Allah and his Messenger, if ye do believe." Qur'an 8:1
This successive battle and its great booty, after years of failure and military loses (including the Battle of **Uhud in 625 AD, where the Muslims and Mohammed were routed) launched Mohammed as a force to be reckoned with. When men saw the great booty that could be gained by following Mohammed they began arriving in droves. Certain "rules of war" (doctrines of Islam) were developed by Mohammed after this Battle also; such as:
Bloody vengeance against one's enemies belongs not solely to the Lord, but also to those to those who submit to him on earth. From this we get the real meaning of Islam: "Submission"
Those who reject Islam are "the vilest of creatures" and thus deserve no mercy. Qur'an 98:6
"Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers, smite at their necks;" Qur'an 47:4
**Battle of Uhud: Mohammed himself wore two coats of mail, brandished a sword and had a tooth knocked out. Mohammed and his band were soundly defeated.
Koran (Qur'an) 8:65
'O Prophet exhort the believers to fight. If there be of you 20 steadfast, they will overcome 200 and if there be of you a 100, they shall overcome a 1000, because the disbelievers are a folk without intelligence'.
and also this Sura 8:68 conveniently sanctioned these assassinations: "It has not been for any prophet to take captives until he has slaughtered in the land."
This Sura clearly exposes Islam to be a religion that not only encourages violence but actually makes it a sacred duty for Muslims to kill anyone who does not believe in the Muslim version of religion. Not only is the 'All forgiving Allah' exhorting his followers to kill anyone who is not Muslim, but he is also saying that all non-Muslims are so stupid that they will be unable to defend themselves and therefore deserve death!
From now on Mohammed proceeded to rid himself of opposition dangerous to him. "Even secret conversations were reported to the Prophet, and on such information he countenanced proceedings that were sometimes both cruel and unscrupulous." Mohammed next moved against the female poetess Asma bint Marwan, who had never concealed her dislike Islam, and had composed couplets on the follow of trusting a stranger who fought his own people.
Murder, rape, plunder and destruction are all perfectly fine with Allah - if done in the name of Islam
Koran (Qur'an) 8:67-68
'It is not for any Prophet to have captives until he hath made slaughter in the land. You desire the lure of this world and Allah desires for you the hereafter and Allah is Mighty, Wise.. Now enjoy what you have won as lawful and good and keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is forgiving, merciful.'
This verse is in reference to the prisoners that Mohammed held for ransom after the battle. Allah the 'Merciful' is saying that they should all have been killed! In addition, Allah is conveniently commenting that whatever loot Mohammed has plundered is 'lawful and good' because it was done in service to Allah. So murder, rape, plunder and destruction are all perfectly fine with Allah as long as they are done in the name of Islam! Mohammed is also insidiously making himself seem very kind for having spared the lives of the prisoners, when in fact he only let them live so he could get more money from the Ransom for them. In today's world this is called 'Terrorism' of the worst kind.
3) Assassination of poets who criticized Mohammed's murderous ways
Date: Late March-April, 623 A.D
Place: Medina (aka: Medinah)
Victims: Two of the most famous poets of Medina, who had the courage to criticize the murderous actions of Mohammed and his gang....
After the battle of Badr, the people of Medina were horrified that they had given refuge to such a blatant criminal and his followers in their city. Many began protesting the presence of such violent and murderous people in their city. In a free society like Pre-Islamic Arabia, the poets acted as society's conscience and were free to criticize, satirize and examine the actions of people. The two most famous poets of this kind were Abu 'Afak; an extremely old and respected poet and Asma bint Marwan; a young mother with the gift of superb verse.
Mohammed was enraged at their criticism. When he heard the verses composed by Asma Bint Marwan he was infuriated and screamed aloud, 'Will no one rid me of this daughter of Marwan!' That very night a gang of Muslims set out to do the dirty deed. They broke into the poets' house. She was lying in in her bedroom suckling her newborn child, while her other small children slept nearby. The Muslims tore the newborn infant off her breast and hacked it to pieces before her very eyes. They then made her watch the murder of all four of her children, before raping and then stabbing her repeatedly to death. After the murder when the Muslims went to inform the Prophet, he said 'You have done a service to Allah and his Messenger, her life was not worth even two goats.
A month later the distinguished and highly respected Abu Afak, who was over a hundred years old and renowned for his sense of fairness, was killed brutally in the same manner as he slept. Once again the "Prophet" had commented that morning 'Who will avenge me on this scoundrel!'
This shows us exactly how much the tolerant and peace loving Prophet respected life. Muslims claim that Mohammed was extremely gentle and loved children. Indeed the horrifying way he had Asma Bint Marwan's five infants slaughtered certainly attests to this 'loving' side of the "Prophet".
4) The Siege of the Banu Qaynuqa
Date: April, 623 A.D
Place: Medinah
Victims: The Jewish Tribe of Banu Qaynuqa
In order to get full control of Medinah, Mohammed needed to get rid of all his opponents. The strongest of these opponents was Abdallah Ibn Ubayy, a powerful chief who was allied with the Jewish Tribe of Banu Qaynuqa. This tribe was also the weakest, because they were made up of craftsmen, in particular goldsmiths. By attacking them, Mohammed knew he could plunder a huge amount of wealth and weaken Ibn Ubayy. Mohammed needed an excuse to attack them so he made a girl married to one of his followers, pretend that she had been teased by the Jews. The Muslims blockaded the fort of the Banu Qaynuqa for fifteen days until the starving Jews surrendered. Immediately, the Prophet was ready to kill them all, but Ibn Ubayy seized hold of Mohammed and protested. Mohammed's face became black with rage as he shouted 'Let go of me', but Ibn Ubayy was adamant and shouted back 'No, by God, I will not let you go until you deal kindly with my allies. 400 men without armor and 300 with, who have always supported me against enemies. And you want to slay them all in one morning! By God, If I were in your place I would fear a reversal of fortune'.
At this threat, the cowardly Mohammed turned pale, as he realized that all the people of Medinah were against him. He hit Ibn Ubayy on the face and ordered that the Jews be kicked out of their own homes. All their property was seized and looted, many of the prettiest women were taken as prisoners to become sex-slaves. Mohammed kept one-fifths of the enormous booty for himself. This is the way he repaid the kindness of the Jews of Medina, who had given him shelter and a refuge, when Mohammed had run away from Mecca in fear.
The revelations in the Eighth Sura of the Koran were clearly in reference to the Banu Qaynuqa and anyone who opposed the Muslims.
Koran (Qur'an) 8:55-57
'Lo, the worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the ungrateful who will not believe.'
'Those of them with whom you made a treaty and then at every opportunity they break their treaty and they keep not duty to Allah, If you come on them in the war, deal with them so as to strike fear in those who are behind them, so that they may
remember.'
Here Mohammed's acts of planned terrorism against the Jewish Tribe is justified by Allah, because according to the 'Merciful' Allah, Non-Muslims are the worst of BEASTS! So it is perfectly all right to murder, rape, torture and pillage the non-believers! Not only that but Allah is advising Mohammed and the Muslims that when anyone protests against the injustices committed by Muslims, the Muslims should make sure and deal with them with such violence, that it will strike fear among anyone who may think of supporting dissent. This proves that the Koran is nothing but a political manual for controlling people with terror. Not even the fascist armies of Hitler engineered such devilish ideas.
The above are just a few of the incidents that demonstrate the intolerant and merciless nature of the inhuman acts committed by Mohammed and the Muslims.
It was Mohammed that started the fighting by attacking the Meccan caravans during a time that attacks were traditional forgone between enemies in that area.
When Muslims state that 'there is no God but Allah' and 'Mohammed is the final Prophet', they are insulting every other religion.
The spread of Islam
Islam works in much the same way as satanically-inspired communism, which is by subversive means. Islam has spread worldwide since its inception mostly by the sword and intimidation. Islamic Laws are very clear - Jews and Christians have no rights whatsoever to independent existence. They can live under Islamic rule provided they keep to the rules that Islam promulgates for them.
As Islam was introduced to the native Indonesians, the people found the religion was very adaptable to their animism and pagan beliefs. Islam did not really change the beliefs but absorbed it instead, since it did not bring something that was dramatically different than indigenous pagan beliefs.
For example, the beliefs in jinns (spirits and ghosts) and all the superstitious practices such as charms, amulets, susuk, mantras (using arabic language - no one really knows whether it is a koranic verse or not), witch doctors or shamans (dukun), and many others which are still widely practiced by the Indonesian Muslims.
On the other hand, Christianity would try to eradicate these practices, and because of this, the people were more receptive to Islam, except in some parts of Indonesia.
Then, after Islam gained stronger influence, the maulanas did use military forces to attack the Hindu and the Buddhist kingdoms in their objective to Islamize the regions, just like they did anywhere else in the world.
The LIE!
Have all those countless billions of souls who have followed the Qur'an been deceived by a demon pretending to be God?
Did a Jinn Give the Illiterate Mohammed ideas in the Qur'an?
Muslims call this a "Jin". Muslim web sites say this was reportedly seen near the Cave where Mohammed is believed to have received the Qur'an's first 5 verses. Reportedly, this was only revealed after the film was processed. But we know where it really came from. See here
Quote from the Qur'an: [72.1] Say: It has been revealed to me that a party of the jinn listened, and they said: Surely we have heard a wonderful Qur'an,
This is picture above is said to have been taken near the Hira Cave, Medinah, Saudia Arabia during Haj. Of note, according to Muslims, this is the same cave where the Qur'an (5 verses of the Sura Al-Alaque were revealed to him) began to be revealed to Mohammed. The Cave is situated on mount Al-Noor on way to Mina near Makkah and its peak is visible from a great distance. Islamic sources give this credibility here. This Islamic site says; "unbelievable miracle". This Christian-Jewish site says, "Unholy miracle".
What was in the Cave with Mohammed?
Mohammed himself was convinced that the "revelations" he received in this Hira Cave were evil, and from a demon (Jinn). Mohammed's constant fits, foaming at the mouth and other manifestations certainly fit in with that idea. This is how demon possessed people are known to behave today, as they did in both the times of Jesus and Mohammed. The Hebrew prophets, and Jesus Christ never behaved like this. But all over the world where demons are listened to, you will find this kind of behavior.
Like Adam & Eve, the Serpent first tempts the woman:
It was Mohammed's wife that convinced Mohammed that what he received in the cave was from God. According to Amr ibn Sharhabil, mentioned to his wife Khadijah that he feared he was possessed by demons and wondered whether others might consider him possessed by jinn (Pfander 1910:345)
Jesus Can Still Save You
This lie of and by Islam has been the cause that has led billions of Muslim souls into a religion with no hope of redemption - because they reject the only way to redemption that God promised - to those who believe what God did through His son Jesus (Yeshua) on a cross in Jerusalem.
Allah Offers NO Redemption. Your entire eternal existence is "Pot luck" with the fickle Allah
Muslims have no hope of being saved - because nowhere in the Qur'an does Allah offer redemption. Mohammed himself was unsure if he would ever be allowed into Heaven.
Islam allows no freedom and is actually cruel towards women. This alone should make them realize that it is Satan behind Islam who wishes to enslave Muslims to turn them away from the truth.
Barbarians (Muslims) at the Gates - the satanic coveting - the personal slavery
Barbarians, as the great 14th-century Arab historian-philosopher Ibn Khaldun observed, have no purpose except destruction of civilized life. According to the Islamic historian Mohammed Ibn al-Rawandi; Islam is an invention for the purpose of providing a religious justification for Arab imperialism. The Conquest is the reason and explanation for Islam, not the other way around.
Muslims have always coveted their neighbors goods, wives and property. It is no different today. Palestinians covet Israel which was Deeded to the Jews by God. Arabs have always coveted Israel, and in the Christian Gospel, they will never get their way there.
India, and many other countries around the world, were raped, pillaged, and plundered by Islam. And today it is the Islamic nations which threaten world peace.
Muslims do not hesitate to criticize 'non-believers', but then become very upset when non-believers criticize Islam. Religious freedom and freedom of speech is a two-edged sword which cuts both ways. The American freedom of speech (to criticize) and freedom of religion are deeply cherished and exercised by Americans, but such concepts of freedom are unknown and incomprehensible in Islamic societies. From 1970-2000, there were 43,721 terrorist attacks worldwide. 113, 425 people were killed. Over 82,126 injured. Over 90% of these barbaric acts were committed by Muslims.
Jihad (Holy War) & Islamic Martyrs
And what reward does Paradise bring to the jihad martyr? He is promised a palace of pearls in which are 70 mansions; inside each mansion are 70 houses and in each house a bed on which are 70 sheets and on each sheet a beautiful virgin. He is assured that he will have the appetite and strength of 100 men for food and sex.
This is the fantastic dream that is fed to Muslim boys from earliest childhood. Satan promised Jesus things similar to these and more, when he tempted Jesus in the desert.
To a Christian and any other true son or daughter of the true God, these things the Muslim hopes for are loathsome. To a woman it has to be a hell... It sounds more like an orgy than true communion of enlightened spirits....
This motivation alone gives the reckless courage and determination to train and execute terrorist deeds in which they sacrifice their lives in bringing death and destruction to "the enemies of Allah."
The courage comes solely from a unique doctrine of Islam. Abu-Bakr, the first Caliph to succeed Mohammed (and one of the few to whom Mohammed promised Paradise without martyrdom), declared that even if he had one foot in Paradise he could not trust Allah to let him in. The only sure way in Islam of achieving Paradise is to sacrifice one's life in jihad. Yes, suicide is forbidden as self-murder. But to sacrifice one's life in killing infidels carries the highest reward.
The American people, a people of good will naturally recoil from attaching blame to a major world religion itself, we can no longer afford such sentimentality. No longer dare we allow Islam to escape its undeniable responsibility.
ISLAM A RELIGION OF PEACE YOU SAY?
What about all the "peace sounding words" in the Qur'an/Koran?
Smoke and Mirrors!
In Islam, theologians divide the Qur'an into the Meccan and Medinan suras. You will note that the peaceful sounding verses come while Mohammed was living in Mecca toward the beginning of his career as a terrorist, when he was busy calling Meccans to his service. The later suras came after Mohammed left Mecca and went to Medina. It was during this later period when he went wild with rape, plunder, and cold-hearted murders.
So in Islam --the later warring and killing of infidel type verses (suras) like the "Verse of the Sword" (9:5) take precedence over the earlier peaceful-sounding versus. Islamic theologians say that the more than 124 peaceful sounding verses are abrogated by the Verse of the Sword. This all ties in to the Muslim idea of abrogation. A respected Islamic commentator popularly know as Ibn Kathir who lived from 1301-1372 AD says that: sura 9:5 "abrogated every agreement of peace the Prophet and any idolator, every treaty, and every term"
There are more than 100 verses in the Qur'an (Koran) advocating the use of violence to spread Islam. There are exactly 123 verses in the Qur'an about killing and fighting.
Qur'an 9:5, known as "the verse of the sword," declares, "Fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem."
Yet former President Bush and his son both called Islam a peace-loving religion. The devastating acts of war by Islamic terrorists against the United States were greeted by naive statements from well-intentioned government leaders to the effect that we must distinguish between terrorism perpetrated by extremist groups and Islam itself which is peaceful. Yet there are more than 100 verses in the Qur'an advocating the use of violence to spread Islam.
In the Qur'an, Allah commands Muslims, "Take not the Jews and Christians as friends....Slay the idolaters [non-Muslims] wherever ye find them.... Fight against such...as believe not in Allah..." (Sura 5:51; 9:5,29,41, etc..).
The Koran itself warns Muslims, “Do not take Jews or Christians as your friends.” During the Arab conquests, Jews and Christians alike were massacred, and synagogues and churches destroyed. A Muslim phrase often quoted in the middle east region is: “On Saturday we kill the Jews and on Sunday we kill the Christians!”
In Islam, the world is divided between the believers and the infidels, between Dar al Islam (“the world of Islam”) and Dar al Harb (“the world of war”). All non-Muslims are included in the world of war, and thus, can be forced to accept Islam through Jihad, Holy War.
"The punishment of those who wage war against God and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter;" (Sura Al Ma idah 5:33).
This theology enables us to understand the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and should warn the Christian West about what power lies behind the attempts to divide the Land of Israel. This does not mean that Muslims are evil; but Christians should be aware that they are under a deceiving, evil, confounding influence and power — that of Satan through Islam. Therefore, Islam as a power must be resisted.
At the same time, we must realize that hundreds of millions of people — made in the image of God — are held in bondage to this evil, dark power. As Christians, we should pray that God will release them from Islam, and bring them to the knowledge of salvation in Jesus Christ.
Though most Muslims would shrink from obeying such commands, this is official Islam and it cannot change without admitting that Mohammed was a false prophet and murderer.
In the final analysis, Islam's ultimate goal is to enforce worldwide submission to the Qur'an at whatever cost. What we label as terrorists is simply a group of people who obey the Qur'an. Yet, what makes things more complicated is that Muslims in the world today are either ignorant of the teachings of the Qur'an, or they hide their knowledge of it.
911 should be a wake up call! Americans and Westerners and all participants of civilization, have been intimidated and frightened into examining the historical truth regarding Islam. In the past many felt that if you dare to criticize Islam some crazed ayatollah will issue a fatwah calling for your death. Well, if anything was learned from 911 it is that we dare not be afraid any longer. This horrific atrocity was committed exclusively by Muslims in the name of Islam. And, they will carry out more. Islam's dark side was revealed when following 911, the entire Arab world laughed and celebrated their religion's slaughter of thousands of Americans.
Killing is Welcome in Islam - even of brother Muslims
"Allah's Apostle said, "Allah welcomes two men with a smile; one of whom kills the other and both of them enter Paradise. One fights in Allah's Cause and gets killed. Later on Allah forgives the 'killer who also get martyred (In Allah's Cause)."... Hadith, Volume 4, Book 52, Number 80i, Narrated Abu Huraira
This is a very important matter. We often wonder how Muslims kill each other and both parties scream "Jihad" as they kill each other. Mohammed says that Allah is happy to see them BOTH killing each other. The cause is not the point-- just kill, kill, kill."
The world has sided with Islam in its false claim to the land of Israel, which is now inaccurately called Palestine. This promised land, given to Israel by the God of the Bible, has been occupied by Jews continuously for the last 3,000 years, and they are the only people to have done so. In recognition of that undeniable historic fact, all of "Palestine" was to be given to the Jews for a national homeland by a 1917 ruling of the League of Nations. But steadily the Jews were betrayed by Britain's administration of this mandate (and the demise of the British Empire can be dated from that betrayal); the land was parceled out to Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, etc. Israel is now accused of "occupying" land which actually has been theirs for 3,000 years. The come-lately "Palestinians" are sustained by the world in the lie that they are the original owners of this land. As a result, terrorism is perpetrated not only against Israel but now in this latest act against the United States to apply pressure to force Israel out of its rightful land and to spread Islam around the world.
Islamic Qur’an (Koran) itself declares that Israel belongs to the Jews
Muslims state that Jews have no right to live in the Holy land. Yet the Muslim "Bible" itself, the Qur'an says;
"And Musa (Moses) said to his people (Israel): O my people! remember the favor of Allah upon you when He raised prophets among you and made you kings and gave you what He had not given to any other among the nations. O my people! enter the holy land which Allah has prescribed for you and turn not your backs for then you will turn back losers." Sura 5:20-21 Looks like Mohammed learned something from his Jewish & Christian wives...
The Qur'an further states Jews are the Chosen People of God:
O Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I bestowed upon you, and fulfil your covenant with Me as I fulfil My Covenant with you, and fear none but Me. [Qur'an, sura 2:40]
Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I bestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all other nations (for My Message). [Qur'an, sura 2:47]
During the 6th year of Hijra there were as many as 17 expeditions. These ended in capture of herds, flocks and whatever they could steal. All served to spread the terror of Mohammed's name.
The Battle with the Quraiza Jews - Poisoning of Mohammed
Mohammed was not divine
He did no miracles, made no worthwhile prophecies,
and he died like all mortal men
Mohammed marched with 3,000 followers against 2,000 Quraiza Jews, shortly after the siege of Medina ended. The Jews were attacked and they soon surrendered. A wounded chief named Sa'd was asked by Mohammed to decide the fate of the captives. His response was that the men should be put to death, the women and children sold into slavery, and the booty be divided among the Islamic army. A shrill of horror ran through the assembled captives. Mohammed then said; "Truly, the judgment of Sa'd is the judgment of the Lord, pronounced on high from above the seventh heaven".
The Muslims dug trenches across from the marketplace, and in the morning Mohammed commanded that the male captives be brought out 5-6 at a time. The Jews were made to sit down at the top of the trenches. Next, the Muslims beheaded them and tossed their bodies into the trench. This sickening butchery by the "Prophet of God" lasted all day. It continued into the night by torchlight.
The booty was divided by the Muslims, slave girls given as presents, women sold, and property auctioned. And yes, yet another convenient revelation came down from heaven justifying the stern punishment meted out to the Jews.
Sura 33.25: "And He has caused to descend from the Jews that assisted them. And he struck terror into their hearts. Some you slaughtered and some you took prisoner."
A Jewess named Zainab who lost her husband, father and brother to this Islamic butchery planned revenge. She cooked a goat and laced it with poison. This goat meat was served to Mohammed for his evening meal. Taking for himself his favorite piece (the shoulder) Mohammed next distributed portions to Abu Bakr and his other friends. Mohammad spat out the first piece and screamed "Hold", "this shoulder has been poisoned". One of Mohammed's friend who had swallowed part of the meat soon died. Mohammed himself was seized by excruciating pains. Defending herself, the Jewess Zainab said;
Thou has inflicted grievous injuries on my people, and slain, as thou seest, my husband and my father. Therefore, said I within myself, If he be a prophet he will reject the gift, knowing that it is poisoned; but if only a pretender we shall be rid of our troubles.
Of interest is this emphatic declaration in Surat al-An'am (Cattle) 6:34
...there is none That can alter the Words (And Decrees) of Allah
So is the Allah of Islam fickle? Mohammed told his early followers that the Qiblah, the physical direction of the prayers, should be toward Ka'bah. But then Mohammed migrated to Medina and he changed this direction toward Jerusalem. This was to please the predominant Jewish population. 17 months later, Allah changed his mind the 3rd time when he commanded Mohammed to look toward Mecca and not toward Jerusalem. Many contradictions like this are in the Muslim Qur'an (Koran).
Mohammed dies June 8, 632 A.D. in Medina
In the third month of the eleventh year of Hijra, Mohammed fell sick and layed in the house of his wife Ayisha in Medina. The recent death of his infant son, Ibrahim weighed his spirits down, and the poison he had consumed at Khaibar still bothered him.
A little after midday of 8 June, 632, the 62 year old Mohammed stretched himself gently and was no more. Later in the night his followers dug his grave on the same spot where he breathed his last. They spread his red mantle on the bottom of the grave, and his body was lowered into it. The grave was made level with the floor. Mohammed's tomb is now close to the mosque of Medina. Six mosques have stood on the same site as the present one.
The "Prophet of Peace" who the Qur'an (Koran) commanded to fight 26 battles, and who planned no less than 86 expeditions was no more. He gave no prophecies and performed no miracles.
Is Islam a Threat, or Good for America?
Palestinians cheering in the streets about 911
In June 1991, Siraj Wahaj, a Black convert to Islam, and a recipient of the American Muslim Communities highest honors, delivered the daily prayer at the U.S. House of Representatives. Using the Koran, Siraj prayed that the "Almighty" would guide American leaders, "and grant them righteousness and wisdom".
Over a year later, this same Siraj Wahaj addressed an audience of Muslims in New Jersey by saying; If only Muslims were more clever politically, they could take over the United States and replace its Constitutional Government with a caliphate. Quoting this Muslim; "If we were united and strong, we'd elect our own leader and give allegiance to him.... take my word .... if the 6-8 million Muslims unite in America, the country will come to us."
Of note: This Siraj Wahaj is the same Muslim leader who served as a "character witness" for the blind Sheikh Rahmen, who was on trial in 1995, and who was later found guilty of Conspiracy to overthrow the Government of the United States.
Iranians chant Islamic slogans during a meeting where more than 200 men and women presented themselves Thursday May 12, 2005 as volunteers to carry out suicide bomb attacks against Americans in Iraq and Israelis
The question of reciprocity. Why is it that Muslims are allowed to establish mosques and Islamic centers in the western world, when the same privilege is not granted to Christians in many Muslim countries? For example, there is not one single church in Saudi Arabia. Christians there gather either in embassies or associated cultural centers or military bases. In contrast, in the United States, there are 3,500 mosques, and growing at the rate of 4 to 5 a week! Wherever Islam spread it has closed the doors behind it.
In May 2005, a Muslim Cleric affiliated with Hamas gave a speech on PA TV saying; Islam must rule over the U.S. and Great Britain, and must exact revenge against the British. Read here
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He presents Islam not as an American Westerner but as an Arab eyewitness. In the course of his research into Islam, he debates the well-renowned Muslim scholar Ahmad Deedat. The book presents the whole debate as part of it. On the other hand, it is a documentary of the history, theology, and culture of Islam, all three of which are inseparably intertwined. Islam is not a religion that self-exists in a space somewhere in the sphere, but should be viewed in its Arab pagan roots as it built upon them. See at Amazon here.
Jesus warned us about false prophets. This one (Islam) has fooled billions....
Read more about Islam at this site by ex-Muslims here
Contrast Mohammed's life above with
Jesus Christ
A Prophet like unto Moses.
And the sinless Son of God
Begotten and not made like you and I
THE PROMISE:
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
You only have to ask Jesus and He will save you.
Only in Jesus do we have a promise for life. Jesus said; "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live" (John 11:25)
Begotten means "come from" without necessarily being created. Before the beginning of time, Jesus, who is also called the Word of God and the Logos, came from God the Father. Logos means the divine Word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus).
Genesis 1:26 (4000 B.C.): "And God said, Let us make man in our image.."
Proverbs 30:4 (700 B.C.): "Who hath ascended up into heaven or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment? Who hath established all the ends of the Earth? What is His name, and what is His son's name, if thou canst tell?"
Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD) says, ‘Indeed, the mystery of Christ runs the risk of being disbelieved precisely because it is so incredibly wonderful. For God was in humanity. He who was above all creation was in our human condition; the invisible one was made visible in the flesh; he who is from the heavens and from on high was in the likeness of earthly things; the immaterial one could be touched; he who is free in his own nature came in the form of a slave; he who blesses all creation became accursed; he who is all righteousness was numbered among the transgressors; life itself came in the appearance of death. All this followed because the body, which tasted death, belonged to no other but to him who is the Son by nature,’ [On the Unity of Christ]
Jesus Christ was Foretold in the Garden of Eden, foretold in the Psalms around 1000 BC, and many many more times via the prophets from 400-700 BC. See: over 300 prophecies
Jesus was born sinless, lived a sinless life and is pure of spirit. Jesus preached no hatred, and performed many miracles including raising people from the dead. Jesus gave us many prophecies. There were over 300 prophecies about the coming Messiah, written up to 1000 years before Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Of these 300 prophecies, 109 of them - only Jesus of Nazareth could have fulfilled. Ironically with the number 109 we have another divine hint/warning message given about Islam. In the Muslim Qur'an there are exactly 109 mentions of War. Coincidence?
A Sacrifice for us Was Necessary:
Jesus died a sacrificial lamb for our sins on a cross in Jerusalem. He rose from the dead and ascended into Heaven in front of many people. All those who have faith in him and believe are reborn of God and are saved. Nobody can truly come to Him without the Holy Spirit.
But the grace of the Holy Spirit and the Lord Jesus Christ is given to Christians, Jews, Muslims and Hindus alike. But they must truly ask for it. It does not come without Faith.
Islam offers no way to salvation. A Muslim can never be sure their good deeds outweigh their bad deeds enough for eternal life. Jesus promises those who believe that He is the Son of God who took away our sins will live forever.
Jesus was totally human and totally God (one with the Father)
God is not flesh and blood. God is spirit. They are loving beings of radiant light. Try and picture how Jesus and the Father can be two, but one - by imagining two spotlights focused on the same spot - in this way they blend together. Read this true Near Death Experience here
Try to grasp Jesus' nature as being both totally human and totally God. To help you with this consider these paradoxes by early church father Gregory of Nazianzus (329-390 A.D.).
"He was baptized as a man -- but He remitted sins as God...He was tempted as man, but he conquered as God...He hungered -- but He fed thousands...He was wearied, but He is the rest of them that are weary and heavy-laden. He was heavy with sleep, but He walked lightly over the sea...He pays tribute, but it is out of a fish; yea He is the king of those who demanded it...He prays, but he hears prayer. He weeps, but He causes tears to cease. He asks where Lazarus was laid, for He was man; but He raises Lazarus, for He was God. He is sold, and very cheap, for it is only for thirty pieces of silver; but He redeems the world, and that at a great price, for the price was His blood. As a sheep he is led to the slaughter, but He is the shepherd of Israel, and now of the whole world also...He is bruised and wounded, but He heals every disease and every infirmity. He is lifted up and nailed to the tree, but by the tree of life He restores us. He dies, but he gives life, and by His death He destroys death.
Following prophecy by Amos happened the day Christ died for our sins:
Amos 8:9 "And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:"
Matthew 27:45
At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock.
Mark 15:33
At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock.
Josephus (born in Jerusalem 37 A.D.) the First Century Jewish General, Traitor, and excellent historian wrote the following about Jesus in his Antiquities (18:63), while writing for the Romans:
About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one who wrought surprising feats and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was the Messiah. When Pilate, upon hearing him accused by men of the highest standing among us, had condemned him to be crucified, those who had in the first place come to love him did not cease. On the third day he appeared to them restored to life. For the prophets of God had prophesied these and myriads of other marvellous things about him. And the tribe of the Christians, so called after him, has still up to now, not disappeared.
This above passage is known as the Testimonium Flavianum. The "Testimonium" is found in every copy of Jesusphus in existence.
In book 20, Josephus also wrote the following:
Second, in Book 20 there is what could be called a passing reference to Jesus in a paragraph describing the murder of Jesus' brother, James, at the hands of Ananus, the High Priest.
But the younger Ananus who, as we said, received the high priesthood, was of a bold disposition and exceptionally daring; he followed the party of the Sadducees, who are severe in judgment above all the Jews, as we have already shown. As therefore Ananus was of such a disposition, he thought he had now a good opportunity, as Festus was now dead, and Albinus was still on the road; so he assembled a council of judges, and brought before it the brother of Jesus the so-called Christ, whose name was James, together with some others, and having accused them as lawbreakers, he delivered them over to be stoned.
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