Islam myth busting Islam is accepting of all

Islam – myth busting Islam is accepting of all faiths We are friends with the Christians Yes, we believe the Bible, too Of course we believe in the Prophet Jesus We worship the same God of the Jews & Christians

Islam – accepting of all faiths? 2: 256 - “There shall be no compulsion in religion. ” 5: 69 - “Believers, Jews, Christians whoever believes in God and the Last Day and does what is right - shall have nothing to fear or to regret. ” 5: 82 – “You will find that the most people in enmity to the believers are the Jews and idolaters, and that the nearest in affection to the believers are those who say: 'We are Christians. ' That is because amongst them there are priests and monks; and because they are not proud. ”

Islam - The One True Faith 3: 19 – “The only true faith in God’s sight is Islam. ” 3: 85 – “He that chooses a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him and in the world to come he will surely be among the losers. ” 3: 118 - “Believers, do not make friends with any but your own people. ” 5: 51 – “Believers, take neither the Jews nor the Christians for your friends. They are friends with one another. Whoever of you seeks their friendship shall become one of their number. ”

"A number of items are not allowed to be brought into the kingdom due to religious reasons and local regulations, " declares the Web site of Saudi Arabian Airlines, the country's national carrier. After informing would-be visitors that items such as narcotics, firearms and pornography may not be transported into the country, the Web site adds: "Items and articles belonging to religions other than Islam are also prohibited. These may include Bibles, crucifixes, statues, carvings, items with religious symbols such as the Star of David, and others. ” Aug. 8, 2007 21: 33 | Updated Aug. 9, 2007 8: 02 Jerusalem Post Saudis might take Bibles from tourists By MICHAEL FREUND

9: 34 - “It is He who sent forth His apostle with guidance and the true faith to make it triumphant over all religions, though the idolaters abhor it. ” 109 (The Unbelievers) Say: 'O unbelievers, I do not worship what you worship, nor do you worship what I worship. Nor am I worshiping what you have worshipped, neither will you worship what I worship. To your religion, and to me my Religion. '

Muhammad’s Farewell Address “Fight all men until they say, ‘There is no god but allah. ” Jesus’ ‘Farewell’ Address Matthew 28: 18 -20 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. " 18

Who are the ‘unbelievers? ’ 109 (The Unbelievers) Say: 'O unbelievers, I do not worship what you worship, nor do you worship what I worship. 5: 17 - “Unbelievers are those who declare: ‘God is the Messiah, the son of Mary. ” 5: 72 -73 – “The unbelievers are those who say: 'Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary. ‘” “Unbelievers are those that say: ‘God is one of three. ’ There is but one God. If they do not desist from so saying, those of them that disbelieve shall be sternly punished. ”

Relationship with the Unbelievers 4: 101 - “The unbelievers are your inveterate enemies. ” 66: 9 - “Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and deal sternly with them. Hell shall be their home, evil their fate. ” 98: 6 - “The unbelievers among the People of the Book and the pagans shall burn for ever in the fire of Hell. They are the vilest of all creatures. ”

The “Revealed” Koran 15: 8 – “It was We that revealed the Koran and shall Ourself preserve it. ” Confirm/Corroborate the Scriptures – “We Believe” 2: 97 - “…Gabriel (who has by God’s grace revealed to you (Muhammad) the Koran as a guide and joyful tidings for the faithful, confirming previous scriptures)”

Confirm/Corroborate the Scriptures - We Believe 29: 46 -47 - “Be courteous when you argue with the People of the Book, except with those among them who do evil. Say ‘We believe in that which was revealed to us and which was revealed to you. Our God and your God is one. ” 5: 46 - “After them We sent forth Jesus, the Son of Mary, confirming the Torah already revealed, and gave him the Gospel, in which there is guidance and light, corroborating what was revealed before it in the Torah, a guide and an admonition to the righteous. ”

Confirm/Corroborate the Scriptures - We Believe 3: 3 -4 - “He has revealed to you the Book with the Truth, confirming the scriptures which preceded it; for He has already revealed the Torah and the Gospel for the guidance of mankind, and the distinction between right and wrong. Those that deny God’s revelations shall be sternly punished. ” Has the Bible been corrupted? If so, when did it happen? Not before Muhammad – “we believe…” NT – after Muhammad? – No 4 th Century MSS are same as today OT – after Muhammad? No – Dead Sea Scrolls

We believe in Jesus, too! • Matthew 16: 16 – “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. ” • John 3: 16 – “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son…” • Koran 4: 172 – “God is but one God forbid that he should have a son!” Koran 19: 88 -89 – “Those who say: ‘The Lord of Mercy has begotten a son, ’ preach a monstrous falsehood… That they should ascribe a son to the Merciful, when it does not become the Lord of Mercy to beget one!”

Jesus in the Koran • Mary is not betrothed to Joseph, rather she is under the guardianship of Zacharias (Zechariah), father of John the Baptist (3: 37) • Second greatest prophet, next to Muhammad • Born of a virgin - 19: 20 – “How shall I bear a son, ' she answered, 'when I am not touched by a human and not unchaste? ” • Performed miracles - 5: 110 – “How, by My permission, you healed the blind man and the leper, and by My permission you brought the dead forth”

Jesus in the Koran • the Word of God - 4: 171 – “Indeed, the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, is only a Messenger (and Prophet) of Allah, and His Word (Be) which He gave to Mary” • the Spirit of God - 66: 12 – “Mary, 'Imran's daughter, who guarded her chastity so We breathed into her of Our Spirit” (Gabriel? ) • Messiah - 3: 45 – “When the angels said: 'O Mary, Allah gives you glad tidings of a Word (Be) from Him, whose name is Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary. He shall be honored in this world and in the Everlasting Life. ”

Jesus in the Koran • Lived a perfect life - 19: 33 – “He has exhorted me to honour my mother and has purged me of vanity and wickedness. ” • Taken up in to heaven by God - 4: 158 – “Rather, Allah raised him up to Him. Allah is Almighty, the Wise. ” • Returns in the last days – 4: 159 – “There is not one of the People of the Book but will surely believe in him (Prophet Jesus) before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them. ” And only the second greatest prophet?

Jesus in the Koran • • • Muhammad Born of a virgin Performed miracles Lived a perfect life the Word of God the Spirit of God Messiah Lived a perfect life Taken up in to heaven by God Returns in the last days X X X X X

Other Teachings of Jesus Christ • Conceived by the angel Gabriel with the Holy Spirit – 19: 17 -19 – “We sent to her Our Spirit (Gabriel) in the resemblance of a perfect human. (And when she saw him) she said: 'I take refuge in the Merciful from you! If you are fearful. ‘ 'I am the Messenger of your Lord, ' he replied, 'and have come to give you a pure boy. ” • a created being - 3: 59 – “Truly, the likeness of (Prophet) Jesus with Allah, is as the likeness of Adam, He created him from dust then He said to him "Be" and he was. ”

Other Teachings of Jesus Christ • Not the Son of God & certainly not the begotten Son of God!- over 12 times in Koran 9: 30 - “the Christians say that the Messiah is the son of God. Such are their assertions, by which they imitate the infidels of old. God confound them! How perverse they are!” 19: 88 -89 – “Those who say: ‘The Lord of Mercy has begotten a son, ’ preach a monstrous falsehood, at which the very heavens might crack, the earth break asunder, and the mountains crumble to dust. That they should ascribe a son to the Merciful, when it does not Become the Lord of Mercy to beget one!”

Other Teachings of Jesus Christ • Not a member of the Trinity 4: 171 – “So believe in Allah and His Messengers and do not say: 'Trinity. ' Refrain, it is better for you. Allah is only One God. ” 5: 73 – “Indeed those who say: 'Allah is the third of the Trinity’ became unbelievers. There is but One God. If they do not desist in what they say, a painful punishment will afflict those of them that disbelieve. ” “God is not Jesus, and Jesus is not God. Even Jesus Himself rejected this. ” Abdel-Azim, Amarillo

Other Teachings of Jesus Christ • Not crucified - 4: 157 -158 – “and for their saying, 'We killed the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger (and Prophet) of Allah. ' They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but to them, he (the crucified) had been given the look (of Prophet Jesus). Those who differ concerning him (Prophet Jesus) are surely in doubt regarding him, they have no knowledge of him, except the following of supposition, and (it is) a certainty they did not kill him. Rather, Allah raised him up to Him. Allah is Almighty, the Wise. ”

Other Teachings of Jesus Christ • Yet Jesus Himself (from the cradle) says in the Koran – 19: 33 – “Peace be upon me on the day I was born, and on the day I die; and on the day when I shall be raised up alive. ” 4: 159 – “There is not one of the People of the Book but will surely believe in him (Prophet Jesus) before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them. ” Then, did Jesus die? Or didn’t He?

Has God changed? • Koran “Victory” 48: 23 – “Such were the ways of God in days gone by; and you shall find no change in the ways of God. ” • Malachi 3: 6 - “I the Lord do not change. ”

God of the Koran • The Throngs 39: 23 God has now revealed the best of scriptures, a Book uniform in style proclaiming promises and warnings. God of the Bible • Psalm 18: 30 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is flawless. • 1 Peter 1: 23 -25 “…but the word of the Lord stands forever. ”

ensh ‘allah (God’s will) • Iron 57: 22 Every misfortune that befalls the earth, or your own persons, is ordained before We bring it into being. February 1, 2004 "All precautions were taken to prevent an incident, but this is God’s will. Caution isn’t stronger than fate. ” Hajj minister Iyad Madani after Hajj stampede kills 244 pilgrims

Osama bin Laden video 9/7/07 …he addresses Americans… “There are two solutions to stopping it. [the war in Iraq] One is from our side, and it is to escalate the fighting And killing against you. This is our duty, and our brothers are carrying it out, ” bin Laden said. “The second solution is from your side, ” he said. “I invite you to embrace Islam. ”

God of the Koran • Women 4: 88 – Would you desire to guide those whom Allah has caused to be led astray? Whosoever Allah leads astray, you will not find for him a way. • Thunder 13: 33 – none can guide those whom God has led astray • The Greeks 30: 29 - And who can guide those whom Allah has led astray? There shall be none to help them.

God of the Bible • Proverbs 5: 22 -23 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast. He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly. • John 16: 1 -2 "All this I have told you so that you will not go astray. ” • II Peter 3: 9 – He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance

God of the Koran • The Heights 7: 16 – (satan speaking to allah) “Because you have led me into sin, ” he declared, “I will waylay your servants as they walk on your straight path…” God of the Bible • James 1: 13 -15 When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me. " For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.

God of the Koran • Thunder 13: 33 – none can guide those whom God has led astray • The Greeks 30: 29 - And who can guide those whom Allah has led astray? There shall be none to help them. God of the Bible • Matthew 18: 15 "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. ”

God of the Koran • The Table 5: 48 – We have ordained a law and a Path for each of you. [Jews, Christians, Muslims] Had Allah willed, He could have made you one nation but that He might try you by that which He has bestowed upon you. • The ‘Imrans 3: 19 – The only true faith in God’s sight is Islam.

God of the Bible • John 12: 47 -50 “As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day. For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it. I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say. "

God of the Koran Hud 11: 105 -107 Those who are damned shall be in the fire; in there, they will have only sighs and sobs. They will dwell therein as long as the heavens and the earth shall last, unless your Lord ordains otherwise; surely your Lord is the mighty doer of what He intends. As for those who are blessed, they shall be in paradise. They will dwell therein as long as the heavens and the earth shall last, unless your Lord ordain otherwise; an award which shall never be taken away

God of the Bible Matthew 25: 44 -46 "They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you? ' "He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me. ' "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. "

God of the Koran An uncertain salvation by works “faith and good works” – over 50 times Qaf 50: 16 -17 We have assigned to every one two scribes (guardian angels), the one seated on his right and the other on his left, not a single word does he utter but there is a vigilant guardian ready to note it down.

God of the Bible Eternal salvation by faith alone Genesis 15: 6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. Ephesians 2: 8 -10 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.