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Thank u sameera and northerigbo, have been following your thread since yesterday but really don't want to contribute for one or two reasons.
you see the media are not on our side, they don't interview good Muslims, you can only find them in fb, tweeter. After malek brother talk in Paris after the killing of his brother, did u ser any media interviewing Muslims, I was overwhelmed to see al jazeera doing that this morning, interviewing 5 time best players NBA Kareem.
and we Muslim will have to come in mass, a,d protest against the terrorist, this can convince some people all over the world.

pls send me links
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The very first verse in Quran reads, "1:2 (Asad) All praise is due to God alone, the Sustainer of all the worlds (that exist)," and the very last chapter opens with this line, "114:1 (Ali) Say: I seek refuge with the Lord and Cherisher of Mankind," and there is a whole lot in between. God chose to address the entire mankind, and rightfully so. Quran is for the whole humanity and not just Muslims exclusively.

Hold your breath, I cannot pack the next 1200 words in one single sentence, or utter it in one single breath, but I promise you a better understanding by the end of this essay.

2014-11-18-QuranisnotforMuslimsaloneHuffingtonPost.jpg

First of all, God is not the God of Muslims and no where he claims that in Quran. He is creator of the universe(s), which is within and beyond our imagination. Quran is a book of guidance to preserve the cohesiveness within and what surrounds us; people and the environment.

Darwin is right about survival of the fittest. Nothing in the universe will survive if it goes off balance and is not intact. Thank God everything is created in balance and harmony (55: 7-13) with billions of other elements interconnected and interdependent on each other to function cohesively.

In fact, the entire creation can be broadly classified into Matter and Life. Planets, stars, seasons and plants are programmed to function obediently (55:5-6) with precision, whereas humans were not put on an auto-pilot, they were instead given a free will to manage and maintain their own balance, and of course there was the guidance for everyone.

God's says (49:13) that he has created us into many tribes, communities, nations and by extension faiths, ideas, shapes, and colors -- and all of us can trace back our origins to a singular couple referred to as Adam & Eve. Given that diversity, we are bound to have conflicts and compete for the resources. So, he adds, the best ones among you are those who will take the time to know each other, he knows that knowledge leads to understanding and understanding to acceptance and appreciation of different points of view.

God does not miss a beat in communicating with his creation, and tells us not to compel others to be like you (2:256) let it come from their hearts for common goodness, and let others be others and you be you (109:6). Indeed, when you respect the otherness of others, and accept the God given uniqueness of each one of us, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge to live in harmony. By the way, this is my definition of Pluralism.

Had he willed, he could have made us all into a single community or created all of us precisely alike (5:48), but he chose to create each one of us to be unique with our own thumb print, eye print, DNA, taste buds, belief buds, races, nations and ethnicities.

God loves us all, and n0 one is deprived of his love; he has reached out to every human through a peace maker, messenger, prophet, reformer, a wise man or simply a good friend that brings sense to living. The creator offers a variety of guidance to the mankind, no matter where you live, the guidance is there, the guidance that leads to live in peace, and without fear of the other. He says I have sent a peacemaker to every nation and every tribe.

What does God want? Like a mother who wants her children to live well; a teacher who wants his students to do well; and the chef who wants his patrons to enjoy his food.... God wants every one of his creation to live in harmony. He emphasizes the idea repeatedly (over 18 times) -- if you take care of his creation (neighbor), you need not worry; your rewards are with him. Just to make sure we understand this precisely, he says, whether you are a Jew or a Christian and by corollary other, if you take care of your neighbor, I will take care of you (2:62). Mind you, he is very clear, he has never said, "Muslim Neighbor," but just neighbor to be inclusive of all humanity.

The concepts of universalism are loaded in the phrases like God of the Universe, "Rabbul Aalameen" and Mercy to Mankind "Rahmatul Aalameen "as Prophet Muhammad is called. Indeed, the word Aalameen is the mother of the word inclusion, aka Pluralism. We have reduced Islam from a system to create harmony and peace in the world to an exclusive political entity, copyrighted and owned by the group.

Please beware of the mistranslation and misinterpretations. Deeper study will lead any one to realize the Quran had been purposely mistranslated down through history. In the middle Ages, European leaders commissioned a hostile Quran translation to foster warfare against Muslim invaders (Monastery of Abbot 1143 CE). Later, Muslim leaders (Hilali Khan 1924 CE) produced another translation to inflame Muslims against Christians and Jews. It was all for politics.

Thank God for the efforts of countless people, most of the mis-translations have been fixed since 2012, and I have contributed my personal share of work towards that effort and I will be happy to do a full presentation on it if needed anywhere in the world, one of them was done in Melbourne, Australia in 2009 at the Parliament of World Religions. Dr. Tariq Ramadan and I also presented the same topic again in tandem.

Don't panic, everything has checks and balances, as a seeker of the truth, you will look at least three different translations to grasp the inclusiveness of Quran.

HERE IS THE FORMULA

It may be worth your while to see the list of the mistranslated verses and how the fear mongers in the market have capitalized on those. The best way to understand Quran is to remember, "If it is not about justice, mercy and creating harmony", then the translation is wrong. Go back and read it several times, three verse before the 'wrongfully maligned' verse and three afterwards, and read at least three to four translations. Quran in Arabic is precisely same and well preserved, but its translation and interpretations are not. The treatment of verses is at www.Quraantoday.com and the full story of Quran conference is at www.Quraanconference.com

I recommend the translations by Muhammad Asad, Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Marmaduke Pickthall, they are not perfect but by far the best. Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar has fixed a few misogynistic translations in her work that were not handled earlier. More work needs to be done and God willing it will continue.

I want to acknowledge the contributions made by Mr. Farooq Khan and Dr. Rehana Kausar of Texas, who convinced the Muslim establishments to accept and promote Muhammad Asad's translation and have distributed many on their own. Once they bought the entire stock of books and freely distributed to right people. Farooq Khan adds, "Only through these translations Muslim and Non-Muslims, both, can have a true glimpse of what the Holy Quran says."

Here is a 17 minutes video about Abdullah Yusuf Ali shared by them, it is inspirational and worth watching. You may find a similar spark in you and I did. Here is the video -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05CDGLqrWHM

Thanks to CAIR for providing me some of the copies of Asad translations which I have personally given to pastors, Rabbis, Sikh and Hindu educators and even some Imams. A copy was also presented to my friend Sean Hannity - a great American (unless you know about him, you may not believe until you hear from me), Pamela Geller and others with a similar but one paragraph note as above.

Yes, I have copies of Bible, Torah, Bhagvad Gita, Book of Mormon, and Book of Jaina, Guru Granth sahib, Kitab Aqdas, Rev. Moon's World Scriptures and 12 Quran translations.

Thanks to friends and Muslims from around the world for the encouragement they have given me in moving forward with presenting Quran as a document of pluralism. It is a manual to create cohesive societies and it is for all, don't let Muslims monopolize it.

To be a Muslim is to be a peace maker, one who seeks to mitigate conflicts and nurtures goodwill for peaceful co-existence of humanity. Mike Ghouse is a Muslim Speaker and head the think tank www.WorldMuslimCongress.com

The very first verse in Quran reads, "1:2 (Asad) All praise is due to God alone, the Sustainer of all the worlds (that exist)," and the very last chapter opens with this line, "114:1 (Ali) Say: I seek refuge with the Lord and Cherisher of Mankind," and there is a whole lot in between. God chose to address the entire mankind, and rightfully so. Quran is for the whole humanity and not just Muslims exclusively.

Hold your breath, I cannot pack the next 1200 words in one single sentence, or utter it in one single breath, but I promise you a better understanding by the end of this essay.

2014-11-18-QuranisnotforMuslimsaloneHuffingtonPost.jpg

First of all, God is not the God of Muslims and no where he claims that in Quran. He is creator of the universe(s), which is within and beyond our imagination. Quran is a book of guidance to preserve the cohesiveness within and what surrounds us; people and the environment.

Darwin is right about survival of the fittest. Nothing in the universe will survive if it goes off balance and is not intact. Thank God everything is created in balance and harmony (55: 7-13) with billions of other elements interconnected and interdependent on each other to function cohesively.

In fact, the entire creation can be broadly classified into Matter and Life. Planets, stars, seasons and plants are programmed to function obediently (55:5-6) with precision, whereas humans were not put on an auto-pilot, they were instead given a free will to manage and maintain their own balance, and of course there was the guidance for everyone.

God's says (49:13) that he has created us into many tribes, communities, nations and by extension faiths, ideas, shapes, and colors -- and all of us can trace back our origins to a singular couple referred to as Adam & Eve. Given that diversity, we are bound to have conflicts and compete for the resources. So, he adds, the best ones among you are those who will take the time to know each other, he knows that knowledge leads to understanding and understanding to acceptance and appreciation of different points of view.

God does not miss a beat in communicating with his creation, and tells us not to compel others to be like you (2:256) let it come from their hearts for common goodness, and let others be others and you be you (109:6). Indeed, when you respect the otherness of others, and accept the God given uniqueness of each one of us, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge to live in harmony. By the way, this is my definition of Pluralism.

Had he willed, he could have made us all into a single community or created all of us precisely alike (5:48), but he chose to create each one of us to be unique with our own thumb print, eye print, DNA, taste buds, belief buds, races, nations and ethnicities.

God loves us all, and n0 one is deprived of his love; he has reached out to every human through a peace maker, messenger, prophet, reformer, a wise man or simply a good friend that brings sense to living. The creator offers a variety of guidance to the mankind, no matter where you live, the guidance is there, the guidance that leads to live in peace, and without fear of the other. He says I have sent a peacemaker to every nation and every tribe.

What does God want? Like a mother who wants her children to live well; a teacher who wants his students to do well; and the chef who wants his patrons to enjoy his food.... God wants every one of his creation to live in harmony. He emphasizes the idea repeatedly (over 18 times) -- if you take care of his creation (neighbor), you need not worry; your rewards are with him. Just to make sure we understand this precisely, he says, whether you are a Jew or a Christian and by corollary other, if you take care of your neighbor, I will take care of you (2:62). Mind you, he is very clear, he has never said, "Muslim Neighbor," but just neighbor to be inclusive of all humanity.

The concepts of universalism are loaded in the phrases like God of the Universe, "Rabbul Aalameen" and Mercy to Mankind "Rahmatul Aalameen "as Prophet Muhammad is called. Indeed, the word Aalameen is the mother of the word inclusion, aka Pluralism. We have reduced Islam from a system to create harmony and peace in the world to an exclusive political entity, copyrighted and owned by the group.

Please beware of the mistranslation and misinterpretations. Deeper study will lead any one to realize the Quran had been purposely mistranslated down through history. In the middle Ages, European leaders commissioned a hostile Quran translation to foster warfare against Muslim invaders (Monastery of Abbot 1143 CE). Later, Muslim leaders (Hilali Khan 1924 CE) produced another translation to inflame Muslims against Christians and Jews. It was all for politics.

Thank God for the efforts of countless people, most of the mis-translations have been fixed since 2012, and I have contributed my personal share of work towards that effort and I will be happy to do a full presentation on it if needed anywhere in the world, one of them was done in Melbourne, Australia in 2009 at the Parliament of World Religions. Dr. Tariq Ramadan and I also presented the same topic again in tandem.

Don't panic, everything has checks and balances, as a seeker of the truth, you will look at least three different translations to grasp the inclusiveness of Quran.

HERE IS THE FORMULA

It may be worth your while to see the list of the mistranslated verses and how the fear mongers in the market have capitalized on those. The best way to understand Quran is to remember, "If it is not about justice, mercy and creating harmony", then the translation is wrong. Go back and read it several times, three verse before the 'wrongfully maligned' verse and three afterwards, and read at least three to four translations. Quran in Arabic is precisely same and well preserved, but its translation and interpretations are not. The treatment of verses is at www.Quraantoday.com and the full story of Quran conference is at www.Quraanconference.com

I recommend the translations by Muhammad Asad, Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Marmaduke Pickthall, they are not perfect but by far the best. Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar has fixed a few misogynistic translations in her work that were not handled earlier. More work needs to be done and God willing it will continue.

I want to acknowledge the contributions made by Mr. Farooq Khan and Dr. Rehana Kausar of Texas, who convinced the Muslim establishments to accept and promote Muhammad Asad's translation and have distributed many on their own. Once they bought the entire stock of books and freely distributed to right people. Farooq Khan adds, "Only through these translations Muslim and Non-Muslims, both, can have a true glimpse of what the Holy Quran says."

Here is a 17 minutes video about Abdullah Yusuf Ali shared by them, it is inspirational and worth watching. You may find a similar spark in you and I did. Here is the video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05CDGLqrWHM

Thanks to CAIR for providing me some of the copies of Asad translations which I have personally given to pastors, Rabbis, Sikh and Hindu educators and even some Imams. A copy was also presented to my friend Sean Hannity - a great American (unless you know about him, you may not believe until you hear from me), Pamela Geller and others with a similar but one paragraph note as above.

Yes, I have copies of Bible, Torah, Bhagvad Gita, Book of Mormon, and Book of Jaina, Guru Granth sahib, Kitab Aqdas, Rev. Moon's World Scriptures and 12 Quran translations.

Thanks to friends and Muslims from around the world for the encouragement they have given me in moving forward with presenting Quran as a document of pluralism. It is a manual to create cohesive societies and it is for all, don't let Muslims monopolize it.

To be a Muslim is to be a peace maker, one who seeks to mitigate conflicts and nurtures goodwill for peaceful co-existence of humanity. Mike Ghouse is a Muslim Speaker and head the think tank www.WorldMuslimCongress.com

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malvisguy212: proof for what? I dont need to tell you, When muhammad wage war on the people you turn blind eyes not to
see it, APART FROM MUHAMMAD, WHICH PROPHET OWN A SLAVE? HOW
DO YOU OWN SLAVE? IS IT NOT BY WAR? WHEN YOU DEFECT YOUR
ENEMY AT WAR YOU CAPTURE THE SLAVE.

you said on christians and jews.....Remember.. which people,,is it not the same people that that wage war in His home town and send him and out until he bow to the idol they worship..please read about Him before making a false accusation on Him.He wage war on idol worshipers...get a life and stop lieing

OnyeEgo1: u are just contradicting ur self sir... Read John 14..... Dia is just one way... I am sorry for any oda religion reading dis... That way is Jesus... Forget what moses did... Wen u are in Jesus u are living under his love

I cant believe when dis person said forget abt wt moses said, and in some part of the bible they believe and now forget abt it...am really confused abt der bible sha, May God deliver us from people who praise another man when the man himself says do not praise me in john 5:41

may God deliver them, they r really confuse

cloudstar: There is no denying that some Muslims celebrated when 9/11 took place. I am not claiming that all Muslims were happy or had no resmorse but some Muslims celebrated in the face events like 9/11.

Here you go:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrM0dAFsZ8k

was that kaduna...bt u claim its was kaduna,we were nt happy abt 9/11. even here in Nigeria, when i traveled to dubal with my friends they were all talking about it and they were nt happy

malvisguy212: I live in kaduna, the day obama bin laden was killed and the day saddam hussein was capture, many muslims in kaduna was very sad, they threaten to fight religious war.terrorist , why only muslims? What about others religion ? Hindu,judaism , jew,and many more, IF THE FOUNDATION IS FAULTY , THERE IS NOTHIN YOU CAN DO.

U can lie!!! Most of u hyprocrite will die like dis and God almighty wnt forgive u even if u ask for forgivenes, I was posted to kaduna br,kano rd by my company and all muslims in d bank were d most happiest people in d world cuz of thebad tribulation d man caused to d muslim. U r a beast nd belive me, u will die in dis mess.

My fingers still cross to deny wot Mr president said. Really dis is amazing,thnk God am a muslim.

@all I av been followin dis thread since. Bt eyeopener kindly answer dos questions and believe me I will answer u kindly.
If u no u don't want to hide cuz u r d one hiding here is far as ds thread is cncern. No insult.

PastorKun: Stop trying to twist your quoran, Christians and Jews were clearly cursed in verse 30 after instruction was given to fight them in verse 29 and this is part of islamic teachings that inspires the islamic terrorism we have today. Meanwhile I would like to see how you twist the verse below:


Qur’an 5:51—O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other.

In the first place, we would like to stress that Islam
urges all Muslims to deal kindly and justly with all
people. Muslims should have good relations with all
people. At school, at work, in your neighborhood,
etc., you should be kind and courteous to everyone.
Muslims are allowed to have non-Muslims as friends
as long as they keep their own faith and commitment
to Islam pure and strong. Allah has clearly forbidden
Muslim from fighting those who fight not their faith
or drive them out from their homes. Referring to this,
[Allah forbids you not with regard to those who
fight you not for your faith, nor drive you out of
your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with
them. For Allah loves those who are just. Allah
only forbids you with regard to those who fight
you for your faith, and drive you out of your
homes and support others in driving you out,
from turning to them for protection (or taking
them as wali). Those who seek their protection
they are indeed wrong- doers. ] (Al-Mumtahinah 60:
8-9)
North America, states the following:
The Qur'an does not say that non-Muslims cannot be
Muslims' friends, nor does it forbid Muslims to be
friendly to non-Muslims. There are many non-
Muslims who are good friends of Muslim individuals
and the Muslim community. There are also many
good Muslims who truly and sincerely observe their
faith and are very friendly to many non-Muslims at
the same time.
Islam teaches us that we should be friendly to all
people. Islam teaches us that we should deal even
with our enemies with justice and fairness. Allah says
in the Qur'an in the beginning of the same Surat Al-
Ma’dah: [O you who believe! Stand out firmly for
Allah as witnesses to fair dealings and let not the
hatred of others to you make you swerve to
wrong and depart from justice. Be just, that is
next to piety. Fear Allah, indeed Allah is well-
acquainted with all that you do. ] (Al-Ma’dah 5 :
In another place in the Qur'an, Allah Almighty says:
Allah forbids you not with regard to those who
fight you not for your faith, nor drive you out of
your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with
them. For Allah loves those who are just. Allah
only forbids you with regard to those who fight
you for your faith, and drive you out of your
homes and support others in driving you out,
from turning to them for protection (or taking
them as wali). Those who seek their protection
they are indeed wrong- doers.] (Al-Mumtahinah 60:
8-9)

PastorKun: Stop trying to twist your quoran, Christians and Jews were clearly cursed in verse 30 after instruction was given to fight them in verse 29 and this is part of islamic teachings that inspires the islamic terrorism we have today. Meanwhile I would like to see how you twist the verse below:


Qur’an 5:51—O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other.

Pls read d q9.29 for ur understanding the word "fight” d0esntt mean physical bl0w or blood shed its means da `awah meaning preaching s0 u won't be like d unbelievers wen dey speak 0f their 0wn religion against u

PastorKun: Stop trying to twist your quoran, Christians and Jews were clearly cursed in verse 30 after instruction was given to fight them in verse 29 and this is part of islamic teachings that inspires the islamic terrorism we have today. Meanwhile I would like to see how you twist the verse below:


Qur’an 5:51—O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each ther.

0ga am nt tryin t0 twist ur question and don't n0 where u get ur 0wn translation. Bt its similarr t0 w0t I have here

Q5.51. O you who believe! Take not the Jews and
Christians for friends and allies (in their Judaism and
Christianity, and against the believers). Some among
them are friends and allies to some others. Whoever
among you takes them for friends and allies (in their
Judaism and Christianity and against the believers)
will eventually become one of them (and be counted
among them in the Hereafter). Surely God does not
guide such wrongdoers.

Discussion

The christianity in0ur 0wn quran that r against and d jews that r judaism
Are u d christian against islam. of course no

Pls find the right translations 0r g0 t0 mquran.org

Bring in ur question andd I will ans dem for u

Pastorkun does allah cause d christia
Pls read dat passage very well be4 any false utterance
9.30. And those Jews (who came to you) say
(as did some Jews who lived before): "Ezra
(‘Uzayr) is God's son"; and (as a general
assertion) the Christians say: "The Messiah is
God's son. " Such are merely their verbal
assertions in imitation of the utterances of
some unbelievers who preceded them. May
God destroy them! How can they be turned
away from the truth and make such
assertion
Discussion
The verse is talkin abt some jews who use t0 say uzayr/Ezrah is Gods son like the christian
use t0 say. That jesus is Gods son. S0 is nt talkin abt christia
Pls click dis lin
k t0 understand wh0 Ezrah is

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzair

Pls pple if af bim f0ll0wing dis thread nd don't understand aw u guys apply
For a start like me wot can I do
Thank u all

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