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Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 8:21pm On Jan 17, 2015
AgentOfAllah:
Okay

I've read the Quran and the bible, and they are both interesting in the sense that they compete with each other on violent themed contents. I personally think the bible edges the Quran in violence.

Lol... So you say.

You are mistaking crass representation of statistics as bluntness and "matter of fact". To be clear, I'm all for bluntness, but your interpretation of "bluntness" is quite shallow, as you seem happy dwelling on the perfunctory anecdotes that reinforce your deeply entrenched prejudices. Go read the first comment you addressed to me. It was not blunt, it was just provocative: "Islam is a death cult".

Since according to your brand of statistics, correlation implies causation, let's play a game called the FactCheck.
Statistically, the percentage of incarcerated blacks in the United states is somewhere between 50% & 60%. So let me throw your question back at you. Why are blacks...what's that phrase you used?... "full of drama"? Why can't you people just be peaceful in the the States?


grin grin grin that's a funny picture. I'm sure the message of Islam will resonate with most pigs; something that is bound to raise not a few eyebrows from members of the bovine family.



The majority of Muslims seem opposed to violent jihad for the same reasons majority of Christians seem opposed to the violent verses in the bible: Such teachings are anachronistic. Yet, there are still fundamentalists who believe god wants them to act on his behalf.
Wow. My friend...u have so much errors in your comments here. ... i truly don't know where to start..
i really can't be bothered to educate on the plight of the black man in America and why they make up the majority of inmates .. and it can't be paralleled with islam.. incase u didn't notice the black man is not a religion.

I can't be bothered to educate you on christain theology. .... if you don't know the context of old testament wars and laws then there isn't much i can do to convince u that Islam's prescribed violence is of a senseless and brutal nature and is not comparable with the wars and killings described in the Old Testament. ..
i can't be bothered to educate u on the new convent which is explained in the new testament which is binding on christains hence u don't see christains bond by the old testament laws. This is why christains are peaceful and don't go around blowing them selves up to make a point.

I really won't argue with u since u still have alot to learn on these issues
Christianity Etc › Re: 50 Reasons Why Muhammad Was NOT A Prophet by Ifeann(op):
PAGAN9JA:
Abeg do u seriously want me to start with christianity? undecided

And also if ur aim is to show similarities between islam and Paganism , then i can show you ten times more similarities between islam and christianity.

The truth and fact of the matter is......the islamic ideology and movement arose as an outcry against Paganism starting from one man....

The similarities were retained to appeal to the new Pagan converts.
My aim is to show the reasons why Mohammed is a false prophet. ... u are the one that brought up a different topic. .

You said, "
"(Islams and Paganism).. similarities were retained to appeal to the new Pagan converts"
How is this fundamental different from what i said about Paganism in Islam. ..
Christianity Etc › Re: 50 Reasons Why Muhammad Was NOT A Prophet by Ifeann(op): 12:04pm On Jan 16, 2015
PAGAN9JA:
So childish reasoning.
Pagan9ja u can't say he is childish. .. truthman2012 does have a point. Islam is an of shoot of paganism which is reflected in several islamic practises... Allah is so much associated with the moon god and was worshiped along with the other 359 gods in Mecca. Mohammed declared it his god. .Some pagan practises that support this includes the kissing of the pagan black stone, the black flag of Islam, the walking around of the black clothed kabba ., the Cresent moon on top of all mosques , bowing in the direction of the kabba , Islam's obession with black and dull clothing etc.
Ì wont condemn u for professing paganism but i will let uknow u have so much in common with Islam and this is why u and other pagans seem to subconsciously side with them even tho Mohammed commanded them to kill pagans.
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 8:08am On Jan 16, 2015
AgentOfAllah:
Listen mate, I'm irreligious, so the most convenient thing for me to do, if I were like you, that is, would be to cite the misadventures of the crusaders and the jihadis and conclude that religions make people do evil things. There is an element of truth in that disposition. Religion does enable otherwise sane people to do insane things. But there is more to it. I'm going one step further than just pointing fingers. I'm genuinely interested in knowing the root cause, rather than pontificating with a smug sense of superiority.

If pointing fingers makes you feel better about yourself and your religion, by all means, go ahead. Quite frankly, I think all religions are a presumptuous and glorified gallimaufry of things; a bad marriage between gibberish and incredibly useful teachings, so forgive me if I don't engage you in your favourite contest of whose religion is better, it's simply because I neither find such discussions useful nor inspiring.

When you're ready to have a real discussion about the root cause of terrorism, I'll be happy to engage you.
My friend what are u talking about exactly, the topic of this thread is not about terrorism, read the op's letter to christains. .. it's more of an invitation to question her about Islam .. if you want to knw the root cause of the terrorism we are facing today. that's fine, ur name is agentofAllah, and u say u aare irreligious my guess is that u are an ex muslim or non practising Muslim. .. if you have a quran close by open it and read. ..i won't quote Verses for you. . Do the research ypu self. .. Get a bible do the same. ..
Yes i agree with you, religion do make sane people do insane things as well as make insane people do sane things. But it depends on the religion u submit to my friend. ..

Please don't take my bluntness and "matter of fact" approach as condescension. Below is afunny pic to make u smile, visit http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/ for more pics

dude since u brought this up. Let's discuss more on this issue... why do u think islam is efficient at convincing sane people to commit acts of terror while on the other handthe majority of Muslims seem opposed to jihad even though the Qur'an approves fighting idisbelievers in the name of Allah . .. what is your honest take on this. ..

Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 7:24am On Jan 16, 2015
sameera025:
I didn't ask you to go to a website and copy and paste fabricated lines from the quran which meanings and interpretations have been completely and offensively misinterpreted. I asked you go straight to the quran, read the correct verses for yourself and try to understand them to your own knowledge. Not someone else's view. Those which you do not understand after reading straight from the source, you can post here.
Most of the time i quote from popular islamic scholars interpretations ( early Muslims commentary in particular) and analyze the verses with information from your hadiths and quran.
However when i copy and paste articles i alway vet it for errors so as not to lie and misrepresent islam. So far zero muslims not 1 has accused me of lieing or dishonesty. .. they have accused me of misinterpretation and yet fail to give me an accurate reinterpretation. Some have even agreed with me.

The teachings are all backed up by the deeds of Mohammed in the hadiths and his words in the quran. And i agree with you , they are completely offensive but while ur scholars say these are the interpretations , you on the other hand claim its misinterpretation.
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 10:34pm On Jan 15, 2015
sameera025:
I would like to see a credible reference which contradicts what I have said. On the contrary, I used the opinions of scholars to help me understand the verses further. No I do not reject hadiths.
Good good to hear you accept the hadiths ...but to be fair i will focus on the 2 most authentic and revered the sahih muslim and bakhari. I strongly am for honest, civil and blunt discussions. We will start with slavery on the morrow.
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 10:29pm On Jan 15, 2015
sameera025:
She was not, the point is that she is surrounded by muslims, her parents are very religious. She let everyone know her decision, and nothing has been done to her.
I know if she had done this in some village with extremists they might have acted unjustly towards her.
Her reasons for leaving were that she didn't like praying 5 times a day, covering her hair. She liked to party and drink and islam frowns upon such.
Being a muslim is not easy. You have to make tons of sacrifices and abstain from worldly things, but is it worth being patient and doing what Allah tells us is good in order to please him.
So her leaving Islam had nothing to do with these 10 teachings of islam
Teaching # 1: Islam's paradise of evil, demented, depraved sexual perversity
Verse 9:111 – Muslim's passport to paradise
"Lo! Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden will be theirs: they shall fight in the way of Allah and shall slay and be slain. It is a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. Who fulfilleth His covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that ye have made, for that is the supreme triumph."
Islam teaches that if Muslims slay or are slain (kill or are killed) in the service of God, i.e. Jihad, they are guaranteed accession to Allah's paradise of depraved sexual perversity. Islam's Paradise is filled with whorish virgins possessing voluptuous bosoms and lustrous eyes. Muslims, blessed with an access to Paradise, will have 72 such virgins to engage in incessant Reproduction. Furthermore, a Muslim's surest way of getting a passport to Paradise, says Allah, is to get slain while trying to kill the kafirs. Indeed, the Quran incites unrestrained murder of infidels and particularly calls for the deaths of atheists and polytheists any where you see them.


Teaching # 2: Kill the infidels wherever you find them
Quran 9:5 (the infamous verse of the sword inciting mass murder):
"Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful."
Verse 9:5 teaches Muslims to commit mass-murder. The kafirs must either convert to Islam, who would keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate (zakat), or be murdered. Command for unconditional slaying of humans, God's own creations, by other humans – when presented as a sacred teaching of the almighty Creator – becomes a most evil teaching.
It is needless to say that such teachings never came from the God.

Teaching # 3: Extortion Verse 9:29:
"Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture as believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that which Allah hath forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion of Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low."
Here, Allah the Islamic God commands Muslims to attack and kill the so-called 'people of the book' (i.e. Jews and Christians), until they are defeated and submitted to the supremacy of Islam and, in willing humiliation, pay jizya (submission) tax to Muslims. Like verse 9:5, 9:29 is a call to mass murder and extermination. Only Hitler had openly instructed his followers to exterminate the Jews so completely. When such a teaching is presented as a teaching of the Creator of the Universe, it becomes extremely evil.

Teaching # 4: Verse 5:32/5:33 – verse of barbaric cruelty
In order to portray Islam as a wonderful religion, Muslim taqqiyah tacticians, including President Obama, will always quote the verse 5:32, which says, "We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind."
Verse 5:32 is a teaching of mass extermination and genocide. When President Barrack Obama gave his speech in Cairo, he quoted from Verse 5.32 "whosoever killeth a human being, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind."
Isn't this a wonderful teaching from a wonderful God worthy of quotation by the President? Wait a moment while I grab my handkerchief and clear the tears from my eyes. It is just such a beautiful teaching. "whosoever killeth a human being, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind."
See https://www.nairaland.com/2052606/understanding-beautiful-verse-muslims-love for some deeper explanations from Muslims and non Muslims nairaland members.

On the surface it looks like a timeless teaching worthy of a loving God.

But wait a moment. The President did not quote Verse 5:32 correctly. He left out a most important part of the teaching. God has created in his infinite wisdom two exceptions to his teaching." whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind," We can killeth a human being for manslaughter and corruption in the earth and it will not be the killing of all mankind.
And what does the exception "corruption in the land" mean. All human beings who do not convert to Islam have declared war on Islam and Allah, are a danger to Allah, and therefore have created corruption in the land and must be murdered. All Apostates of Islam by rejecting Islam are creating corruption in the land. Muslim women who demand equality with men are creating corruption in the land. All Muslim girls who refuse to obey their fathers by adopting Western culture are creating corruption in the land. It is also important to note that only Muslims are innocent according to the Mohammed and his god. And on and on.
President Obama quoted Verse 5:32 in his Cairo speech as a symbol of the wonderful, wonder of Islam. The President quoted a teaching that justifies the mass murder of non-Muslims.
This is a teaching of madness masquerading as a teaching of love. And how are the kafirs to be murdered for making "corruption in the land." Read the following Verse 5:33
Verse 5:33 says:
"The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom;"
Teachings as contained in this verse – "they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land" – are cruel and barbaric in nature. When those teachings are presented as God's, it becomes extremely evil, no better than those Hitler had committed.

Teaching # 5: Verse 65.4 -- Allah's teaching of pedophilia
Quran 65:4 says:
"And those of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the 'Iddah (prescribed divorce period), if you have doubts (about their periods), is three months,and for those who have no courses [(i.e. they are still immature) their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is three months likewise, except in case of death]. And for those who are pregnant (whether they are divorced or their husbands are dead), their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is until they deliver (their burdens) (give birth) and whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make his matter easy for him."
The most important duty of any species is the care and protection of its young. The prime duty of mankind is to raise children in a safe and caring environment, so they can progress into responsible adults. There is no worse crime than the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. But verse 65:4 clearly approves marriages and sexual Reproduction with pre-pubescent little girls, who haven't started menstruating yet. And Muhammad at the age of 50 duly complied with this sanction of Allah by marrying Aisha, only 6 years old. Mohammed was the original paedophile.

Teaching # 6: Verse 33:50 – sanctioning unrestrained slavery and rape for Muhammad by his Allah
Verse 33.50 says:
"O Prophet! surely We have made lawful to you your wives whom you have given their dowries, and those [slaves] whom your right hand possesses out of those whom Allah has given to you as prisoners of war, and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal aunts, and the daughters of your
paternal aunts, and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who fled with you; and a believing woman if she gave herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet desired to marry her – specially for you, not for the (rest of) believers; We know what We have ordained for them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess in order that no blame may attach to you; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful".
The term "possessions of the right hand" mean slaves. It is expressly stated that Muhammad's slaves, which he attained as a share of the captives in raiding infidels communities, were actually given to him by Allah Himself. And Allah also makes raping them halal for Muhammad (and his Muslim followers).
The verse also gives a special privilege to Muhammad to marry as many wives as he desires, beyond the restriction of four wives for ordinary Muslims. When God's teachings encourage a people to wage wars to capture the women for raping as well as encourages His holy prophet to engage in unrestrained marriage for sexual gratification, there can't be a teaching as evil as this in such matters.

Teaching # 7: Quran's Sanction of Wife Beating
Quran 4:34:
"Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great."
A Muslim woman is the property of her husband. A Muslim husband has the legal right and religious obligation to beat a wife if she disobeys him, is disloyal to him or simply does not please him. The concept of wife abuse does not exist in Islam. There is no concept of martial rape. A Muslim woman cannot refuse sex with her husband. NEVER. If he wants sex she must drop and obey. According to Islamic law, a husband may strike his wife for any one of the following four reasons:
She does not attempt to make herself beautiful for him (i.e. "let's herself go"
She refuses to meet his sexual demands
She leaves the house without his permission or a "legitimate reason"
She neglects her religious duties
Any of these are also sufficient grounds for divorce. These are evil affronts to the idea of equality and dignity of women – very evil teachings, indeed.

Teaching # 8: Allah takes a shares of plundered booty
Quran 8:41
"And know that out of all the booty that ye may acquire (in war),a fifth share is assigned to Allah, - and to the Messenger, and to near relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer, - if ye do believe in Allah and in the revelation We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Testing, - the Day of the meeting of the two forces. For Allah hath power over all things."
This verse was revealed about how the booty captured in wars – such as after attacking and mass-slaughtering the Jews of Banu Quraiza – would be distributed. And most horribly the Islamic Allah Himself claims a share of the booty along with His prophet. God is the Creator of everything in the Universe. When that God encourages some people to attack and mass-murder others, so He Himself can take a share from the wealth captured from those murder people – no evil can get higher than this.


Teaching # 9: Verse 24:2 – Mohammed and his god approves Adultery and fornication.
Quran 24:2 says:
"The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication, -- flog each of them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by God, if ye believe in God and the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment."
This verse says that Muslims must not have mercy on people, who commit adultery or fornication, and punish them brutally with 100 lashes in public. However, since other verses in the Quran specifically allow men to have sex slaves, the horrible crime of serial rape against a non-Muslim woman is not considered adultery or fornication and would not be punished as the woman would be considered God-given concubine.
Again, what kind of an ignorant deluded person would flog a woman 100 times for having sex with a man if she doesn't provide 4 witnesses if she was raped? Answer, a muslim man.
On the other hand, Islamic god, evil as He is, allows men to force sex upon their unwilling wives (verse 4:34).

Teaching # 10: Teachings of torture, enslavement, beheading cruelty, eye-for-eye …..
There is a gigantic tie for the tenth most evil teaching. There are 3,990 teachings of the Quran that are equally evil. All these teachings are immoral depravity. Not being words/teachings of Moral Perfection - the Quran is not Moral Perfection and therefore not from God, therefore Allah is not God but the AntiGod and Muhammad is no prophet. Following is a very small sample of further Quranic depravity.


Plaese see
https://www.nairaland.com/2066807/brutally-honest-look-10-islamic

For my thread on these teachings
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 10:17pm On Jan 15, 2015
sameera025:
The quran is the word of Allah, unfabricated and perfect. Prophet Muhammed is my role model, so I practice his sunnah. I have explained the verses you sent to me, so if there are more you don't understand please do post them.
No u haven't explained it but you have given it your own meaning. You attempt to reinterpret the verses and have contradicted several of your scholars in the process. ...pls u havent answered my question concerning the quran and your rejection or acceptance of the hadiths. Its late here but God willing i will reply your explained verses tomorow.
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 9:52pm On Jan 15, 2015
sameera025:
A friend of mine denounced islam a few years ago. She is very open about it. I do not agree with her decision but I do not resent her either. I just hope one day she will revert back. Nothing has happened to her. She is a Northern Muslim. So many people know about it and no one has attacked her in any way. The muslims you are hearing and reading about are not the majority of muslims.
Sameera u really are missing the point. ... ypu seemto be a sincere person but that only makesyou sincerely wrong. ..the recommendation by Islam and Islamic scholars inculding the frist 3 generations of Muslims which Mohammed claimed are the best Muslims and several mordern day islamic countries all recommend and practise the killing of apostates. That Nigeria or Muslims else where don't kill apostates does not demonstrate Islam is peaceful. ... it demonstrates those Muslims who didn't carry out the command to kill apostates are peaceful. ..the majority of Muslims are nice .. one of my best friends is a hardcore fulani muslim i have muslim family members, i know how the muslims mind works.


Muslims are more aware of humane practises because westerners have been singing human rights for decades something Allah didnt forsee. Saudi Arabia had one of the highest executions of people on 2014 amongst whom are apostates alledgely. Their constitution approves of the killing of apostates, atheists and homosexuals. This is a country where you go on to to kiss the black stone and walk around the kabba. Your version of Islam is fantasy.
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 9:30pm On Jan 15, 2015
sameera025:
It is you who does not understand Islam. You have not read the quran. Do not post something that you randomly found. The true word can only be received from the quran so if you want to find something to condemn, read the quran and back your claims from what you find there. Anything else, I won't accept or bother to read.
Yes i lifted that pic off a scholars site. Sue me. The troubling verses i quote is lifted too from your quran
it seems u are one of the muslims that are "quran only" in practise. Please confirm this to me ; and do u reject the haiths, the sahih hadiths as well ...Please let me know so i can decide what sources to quote to u as i expose the vices in islam to you. Pls dont be offended by my bluntness. I dont believe in masquerading my view on a serious subject such as religion so as to please.
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 8:57pm On Jan 15, 2015
sameera025:
I have not ignored questions if have answered several to the best of my ability. I do not reply to the insulting rants for they aren't seeking answers, they are merely stating their own convictions. Do not call my version of islam the "Disney world" version for I practice what I have been told in the quran. As for sharia, I never told you I fear such. Justice is justice, and there can't be order without law.
Your version of Islam and ur weak explanations here goes to show u dont understand islam...real Islam is practised by the majority of wahhabis, salafiS even to some degree the shi'a and sunnis of Saudi Arabia. ..

Below is a pic from your sources on a taste of real Islam as practised by Mohammed.

Christianity Etc › Re: 50 Reasons Why Muhammad Was NOT A Prophet by Ifeann(op): 8:43pm On Jan 15, 2015
Lilimax:
Thank God that I'm a Christian smiley
Amen to that my sister in Christ.
Christianity Etc › Re: 50 Reasons Why Muhammad Was NOT A Prophet by Ifeann(op): 8:41pm On Jan 15, 2015
PAGAN9JA:
Op you have no right to justify christianity with your writeup.

Xhristianity gavr birth to islam.


christianity is the source of world problems.
My brother in humanity Did i mention any thing about christainity.
Christianity Etc › Re: 50 Reasons Why Muhammad Was NOT A Prophet by Ifeann(op): 8:24pm On Jan 15, 2015
omotolatoyosi:
;DI love this
Please feel free to share. People need to learn as much as possible about Islam and its founder.
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 8:12pm On Jan 15, 2015
toobasky:
So according to you because islam permits sexual relations with women slaves whom your right hand possess that makes it a vile and wicked religion? Well you might as well call the religion of Abraham a vile and wicked one too because Abraham did that with Haajar, when he took her as a concubine when
he was married to Saarah and she bore him ishma'el. Who are you to judge on the laws of God, and after following your post I see you calling people hypocrites, insulting people here and there and I realize that you are out there only to condemn the religion, searching the internet for hateful comments, links to website you don't know anything about and posting here, instead of giving an open mind and listening to explanation from true muslims like the OP sameerah. Am sure that's why she ignores your questions. If I may ask why haven't you quote verses from the qur'an that preaches peace, love and care also or were you there just to look for verses which you don't understand the meanings to just to portray the religion as evil? I urge you to value the tenets of christianity and please love your neighbors as you love yourself.
Hello friend.
You said

So according to you because islam permits sexual relations with women slaves whom your right hand possess that makes it a vile and wicked religion? Well you might as well call the religion of Abraham a vile and wicked one too because Abraham did that with Haajar, when he took her as a concubine when
he was married to Saarah and she bore him ishma'el.
Can't you see the flaw in your argument. ..u once again condemn Islam while trying to defend it. ..Abraham did that over 3000 years before Jesus. ....we know this because jews were particularly good at keeping and passing records. this was an ancient event even by the time of Jesus. . Jesus was crucified in his 30s and didn't once promote slavery or sexual immortality. .
Jews still had servant at this time but they were commanded to be very fair to them and marry them and if the slave was unhappy the slave was free to leave..how do we know this. Because it is part of the Old law jews lived by to maintain righteousness. Mohammed on the other hand traded slaves, had sex with slaves, adviced on breeding slaves , approved of sleeping with married slaves because the righthand of the Muslim possess ed them. So jews for thousands of years treated slaves well and married them but St Paul in his letters acknowledged slaves where under a yolk and even preached equality as seen in

Galatians 3:28p
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond(slave) nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 12:13:"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond(slave) or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit."

Colossians 3:11:"Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond(slave) nor free: but Christ is all, and in all."

These are the writings of paul as inspired by the Holy spirit who lived 600 years before the slavery loving Mohammed. Do you see the problem with theteachings of Mohammed here.


In addition our lord Jesus born of a virgin , sinless and without carnal desires who died was buried and resurrected gives us christainity tells us love our neighbour as ourself, love forgive and endure ; and on the other side of the spectrum we have the bipolar Mohammed who contradicted most of the teachings of Christ. Mohammed who was so carnal and even had sexu.al relations with a child , who aassassinated his critics. , murdered 900 jews in one day, killed hundreds of pagans and fought people till his death by the poison of ajewish woman gives the world Islam which is the cause of so much evil in the world today and is clearly the spirit of the anti christ as prophesied in the bible. .. and u say i shouldn't say islam is vile. .. wow.

Who are you to judge on the laws of God,
Wow. ... my brother in humanity Islam is not of the true God. It's against the new covenant God has brought us through Jesus. Let me make it clear to you, i say to you that Mohammed was a fraud and the closest thing he came to a miracle is the quran with all its abrogation and contradictions

and after following your post I see you calling people hypocrites, insulting people here and there and I realize that you are out there only to condemn the religion, searching the internet for hateful comments, links to website you don't know anything about and posting here, instead of giving an open mind and listening to explanation from true muslims like the OP sameerah.
Ok let me make this clear i use words that fit the situation. .. hope ypu know the meaning of a hypocrite. I submit that the explanations given by the op is hypocritical. I don't mean to insult him or her only stating it as it appears. I have made over 300 posts while discussing with Muslims and atheists i haven't once by the grace of God insulted anyone even as they insult me. .in every topic i create i plead with people not to insult the Muslims check and see for yourself


Am sure that's why she ignores your questions.
She answer some and She ignores the questions that threaten her version of Islam the Disney world version that fears sharia, killing of apostates, stonings etc

If I may ask why haven't you quote verses from the qur'an that preaches peace, love and care also or were you there just to look for verses which you don't understand the meanings to just to portray the religion as evil?
Look i am not here to affirm the quran ... i am here to show why there is so much evil rooted in it. .. Mohammed said some nice things bit it is the evil practises he did that has been replicated by the Muslim world that is causing the craziness all around. Instead of us talking about global warming, ebola and economic development we are instead dealing with Muslims who just love chaos

I urge you to value the tenets of christianity and please love your neighbors as you love yourself
Its because of the love i have for you Muslims that i Give a couple of hours each week by God's grace to expose islam to muslims and discuss these issues as honestly and blunt as possible. .without lies and hypocrisy
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 6:13pm On Jan 15, 2015
italo:
We are not talking of the process. In the process of removing Hitler, innocents died. In the process of fighting ISIS, Boko Haram, innocents are dying.

What caused the crusades? The atrocities of Muslims in and around the Holy land.
Italo Muslims always deny they caused the crusades by provokprovoking the byzantines and slaughtering christains. . As much as i abhor the excesses of the crusades it did do one good thing, it stopped the Muslims for a while in their jihad.
agentofallah u really need some education on the crusade and jihad start with this excellent presentation Why We Are Afraid, A 1400 Year Secret, by Dr Bill Warner its avaliable on the kaffir invention called YouTube


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Qpy0mXg8Y
Christianity Etc › Re: 50 Reasons Why Muhammad Was NOT A Prophet by Ifeann(op):
Skillz02:
undecided
Ok and when did i say i haven't studied Islam. . And the teachings of Mohammed..assumptions like u make my friend is the classic Muslim reaction to facts
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 4:05pm On Jan 15, 2015
Rich4god:
plz, i did expect you to have ignored that comment for now...

I want to let you knw that all religions have pretty much bad pple including xtianity, but its the way the general body handle the bad ones that matters. Pple are annoyed against muslims, not because all muslims are bad, but because they have failed to call their pple to order.
And because their quran commands them to kill and maim. And subdue disbelievers of allah till they pay a fee to stay alive which is called jizyah..if any muslim says it(quran) doesnt say these things then they all Mohammed a lair.
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 4:01pm On Jan 15, 2015
sameera025:
If you scroll up you will see that I corrected the fabricated verses. They were very inaccurate. I will never turn down an opportunity to give the correct message.
I see nothing addressing the verses i mentioned my friend..i am talking about the verses i lifted from your quran and hadiths unchanged. Verses that command slavery, sex with slaves, violence etc which contradicts the story u are telling us here. Verses i posted few hours ago.

If u dont have explanations to it just say so.. i understand u may not have studied your quran. I have had Muslims admit to me that they are not knowledgeable on several verse i bring to them and i don't condemn them for it. So please don't avoid the topic by saying you have corrected a fabrication when u havent even attempted to. Besides u can't correct the quran that is shirk.
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 3:51pm On Jan 15, 2015
Rich4god:
@agentofallah... This is an example that i have pointed earlier on... There is an on going protest in turkey, condenming charlie hebdo latest cover picture... But how come there have not been an outright condemnation of the Yemeni branch of al qaeda that just claimed responsibility for the attack.
That is the hypocrisy of Muslims.
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f):
AgentOfAllah:
Listen mate, I'm the wrong person to aim your vile questions at. I can list as many things in the bible that makes the Christian holy text just as violent as the Quran, but that's not my problem today. Somebody is trying to start a sane interfaith dialogue, so you're expected to reciprocate with a sense of decorum, not hurling provocative nonsense and demanding answers. Neither Sameera025 nor myself owe you an answer or an apology. Feel free to bask in your retrogressive, belligeIrent mind set. You're not my cup of tea!
Apparently u think i am one of those ignorant people u Muslims decieve annd lie to by using al taqyyia as your quran allows u too.... it is unfair for you to represent islam in light of what it is not, trying to make it seem peaceful while it is inherently violent.
I am not blinded by political correctness nor any form of bigotry. I state the facts as it is including what i see in the christain scriptures.

i wont be surprised u don't bring up the Old Testament. ..that's the best agrument you Muslims have for the defence of the vile nature of the quran. You tryto draw a parallel with Laws given to the anicent jews and the commands given to muslims for all time.. clap for yourself u just showed how ignorant you are my friend.

The op did well to bring this topic up how ever she ignores my questions that threaten her Disney world version of Islam. .ypu expect me to be politically correct in my statements while christains jews Hindus buddists and atheists are persecuted and many die in the hands of your fellow Muslims in the middle east, asia and Africa. To hell with political correctness and hypocrisy. I will speak the truth and stand by it.

Mordified:
I dont expect you to apologize on behalf of what other Muslims do. I just hope u dont follow all the teachings of Mohammed and then become an extremist.
Christianity Etc › 50 Reasons Why Muhammad Was NOT A Prophet by Ifeann(op):
Caveat : please don't insult the Muslims. Feel free to add more reasons why u believe Mohammed WAS NOT or WAS a prophet..and/or send it to the author ofthis brillant article dr david wood, his website is mentioned below.


Each of these points are collaborated and affirmed by reading the quran and authentic hadiths. Nothing here is made up and no lie had been told. .The Muslims prophet did a lot of things that would make any sane person cringe. Please for more information on the points and its passages in the quran and hadiths visit
http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2014/04/50-reasons-muhammad-was-not-prophet.html?m=1


MUHAMMAD'S SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS
When Muhammad began receiving revelations, his first impression of these revelations was that they were demonic.
Muhammad was so traumatized by his encounter with "Gabriel" that he repeatedly tried to commit suicide by hurling himself off a cliff.
According to Muslim sources, Muhammad once delivered a revelation from the devil (the "Satanic Verses"wink.
Muhammad claimed that he was a victim of a magic spell that gave him delusional thoughts and false beliefs.
MUHAMMAD'S PROBLEMS WITH PAGANISM AND IDOLATRY
Islam promotes idolatry (e.g., bowing down to the Kaaba and kissing the black stone).
Islam promotes pagan rituals (e.g., the pilgrimage to Mecca).
Islam deifies Muhammad by requiring unconditional obedience to him and by requiring Muslims to talk to him during their daily prayers.
MUHAMMAD'S PROBLEMS WITH VIOLENCE
After leaving Mecca, Muhammad supported his religion by robbing people.
Muhammad ordered his followers to torture a man named Kinana to find out where some money was hidden. Muhammad then had Kinana killed, and took his wife for himself.
Muhammad commanded his followers to kill critics of Islam.
Muhammad ordered his followers to kill apostates, even if they had good reasons for leaving Islam.
The Qur'an commands Muslims to violently subjugate Jews and Christians.
MUHAMMAD'S SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS
The Qur'an claims that stars are missiles that Allah uses to shoot demons.
The Qur'an claims that the sun sets in a pool of murky water.
Muhammad's teachings about personal hygiene would lead to death if Muslims took them seriously.
Muhammad claimed that Gabriel explained to him why children look like one parent or the other. Gabriel's answer is completely false.
MUHAMMAD'S EVIDENTIAL PROBLEMS
When Muhammad was too shy to tell his dinner guests to leave, Allah stepped in with a special revelation that should make everyone wonder whether Muhammad's revelations really have anything to do with God.
The Qur'an declares that Christians find Muhammad mentioned in our scriptures. Yet our scriptures call Muhammad an antichrist.
In the Qur'an, Allah promises to kill Muhammad by severing his aorta if Muhammad invents a false revelation. When Muhammad died, he said he could feel his aorta being severed.
The Qur'an contains a prophecy that wasn't fulfilled.
The Qur'an presents a test for divine inspiration, but fails the test.
The central argument for the inspiration of the Qur'an is the "Argument from Literary Excellence," which is absurd on multiple levels.
The author of the Qur'an doesn't know that Miriam, the sister of Aaron and Moses, is a different person from Mary, the mother of Jesus (because their names are the same in Arabic).
The Qur'an claims that Alexander the Great and Aesop were devout Muslims.
Allah promises to protect the Qur'an from corruption, but the Qur'an has been corrupted (by Muslim standards).
Muslims believe that the Qur'an is Allah's eternal Word. Yet Allah repeatedly changes his eternal mind about his eternal Word via abrogation.
The Qur'an is missing at least two verses in which Allah commands grown women to breastfeed grown men in order to prevent sexual misconduct.
The Qur'an contains numerous false stories that were plagiarized from other sources.
MUHAMMAD'S PROBLEMS WITH WOMEN
Muhammad allowed his followers to hire prostitutes.
The Qur'an allows Muslim men to have up to four wives at a time. But Muhammad received a special revelation giving him (and him alone) the right to break the four-wife limit.
Muhammad had sex with a prepubescent nine-year-old girl named Aisha.
The Qur'an allows Muslim men to beat their wives into submission.
Islam allows Muslim men to rape their female captives and slave-girls.
Muhammad married the divorced wife of his own adopted son (after Muhammad caused the divorce), and the Qur'an offers an absurd defense of Muhammad's actions.
When Muhammad's wife Sauda became fat and unattractive, Muhammad intended to divorce her. Sauda had to relinquish some of her marital rights to avoid being abandoned.
After Muhammad got caught having sex with his slave girl in the bed of one of his wives, he swore that he would stop having sex with his slave-girl. Allah ordered him to break that oath.
Muhammad claimed that women are less intelligent and less moral than men.
When Muhammad's wives asked why he was giving special privileges to Aisha, he justified his actions by saying that he received revelations while wearing Aisha's dress!
MUHAMMAD'S THEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
According to the Qur'an, Allah has no love for unbelievers.
According to the Qur'an, Allah is the "best of deceivers."
According to Muhammad, Allah wants people to sin, and he threatens us with annihilation if we refuse to sin.
Since Allah would destroy us for not sinning, the true savior of humanity, according to Islam, is Satan, who tempts human beings to sin and therefore protects us from being destroyed.
Muhammad didn't know whether he would go to heaven or hell when he died.
Islam teaches that Allah will punish Jews and Christians in hell for the sins of Muslims.
Muhammad promises his followers a paradise in which Allah will bless them with eternal erections so that they can continually deflower their virgins.
MUHAMMAD'S PROBLEMS WITH CHRISTIANITY
Islam affirms the inspiration, preservation, and authority of the Jewish and Christian scriptures, yet Islam contradicts these scriptures on a fundamental level.
Islam claims to respect and honor Jesus, yet it portrays him as a complete failure.
Muslims believe that the Gospel has been corrupted. But according to Islam, part of the Gospel was corrupted by Allah himself.
Islam reverses the Gospel by having the guilty Judas die on behalf of the innocent Jesus, rather than the innocent Jesus dying on behalf of sinners.
Christianity is confirmed by Jesus' resurrection from the dead. Since Islam contradicts Christianity, and has no comparable confirmation from God, we must reject Islam.


Please for more information on the points and its passages in the quran and hadiths visit
http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2014/04/50-reasons-muhammad-was-not-prophet.html?m=1

Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 2:47pm On Jan 15, 2015
sameera025:
This thread was meant to be a peaceful one for me to have civil discussions with my Christian neighbors who have questions about Islam. I opened up my story and have answered a number of questions but I think at this point it has just turned into a thread of insults. I would just like to say one last time that Islam and terrorism is different. Islam teaches peace. Most of us (note that 1.7 billion muslims in the world) believe in peace. To answer the question about the quran being burnt or my prophet being insulted, it makes me unhappy but not angry and violent for I know that this world is but temporary and the best punishment can only come from God. The prophet (saw) spoke of the khawarj "rebels", "terrorists" and called them the dogs of hell fire. Thank you Rich4God and AgentofAllah for your polite discussions. We can use an alternate means of discussing without all the distractions from those who are merely here to insult.
Its funny how you decide to stop the discussion as soon as the facts of your religion are brought up .... the verses speak for them self, the deeds of Mohammed are clear. ... when it is presented to you then u run away... the days when u Muslims decieved the kaffirs christains jews atheists etc is over....thank God for the Internet. ... the all mighty God made it possible for so many exmuslims to expose the evils of the quran. Millions now have access to the English translations of the quran and popular hadiths... i ponder on you sources all most every day. ... islam is sick and the muslims are most to be pitied.
Christianity Etc › Re: Should People Lose Their Lives Over This? by Ifeann(f): 11:44am On Jan 15, 2015
Weah96:
Here is the latest cartoon from Charlie Hebdo. Muslims are invited to explain whether the person who drew this picture deserves death?

I personally don't see the outrage. Jesus has been depicted every which way by cartoonists in the past and even today in cartoons like South Park. Christians aren't decapitating people over it.
Jesus preached love, forgiveness and tolerance.. Any christain that hurts someone because they criticized jesus ceases to be a christain unless he goes back in repentance. ...... Mohammed on the other hand preached intolerance retaliation and fighting in the name of his god...he commanded the assassination of his critics and those who wrote peoms critical of his ideology. He approved of the murder of a man in his 100s and a breastfeeding mother amongst others that questioned his ill doctrine. So why does it surprise people when Muslims kill those who draw the false prophet of Islam.
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f):
boykas:
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.
Hypocrites Here are verses from the religion of "peace"

Sahih Muslim 8:29: “IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO HAVE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH A CAPTIVE WOMAN AFTER SHE IS PURIFIED (OF MENSES OR DELIVERY) IN CASE SHE HAS A HUSBAND, HER MARRIAGE IS ABROGATED AFTER SHE BECOMES CAPTIVE.”
Sahih Muslim 8:3432: “Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that at the Battle of Hunain Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent an army to Autas and encountered the enemy and fought with them. Having overcome them and taken them captives, the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) seemed to refrain from having intercourse with captive women because of their husbands being polytheists. Then Allah, Most High, sent down regarding that:" And women already married, except those whom your right hands possess (verse 4:24)" (i.e., they were lawful for them when their 'Idda period came to an end).”

Qur'an (4:24)-"And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess." Even sex with married slaves is permissible.

Qur'an (8:69)-"But (now) enjoy what ye took in war, lawful and good" A reference to war booty, of which slaves were a part

Qur'an (33:50)-"O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers; and those (slaves) whom thy right hand possesses out of the prisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee"

Qur'an (23:5-6)-"..who abstain from sex, except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their right hands possess..." This verse permits the slave-owner to have sex with his slaves.

See also Qur'an (70:29-30). The Quran is a small book, so if Allah used valuable space to repeat the same point four times, then sex slavery must be very important to him.

Qur'an (24:32)-"And marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among your male slaves and your female slaves..." Breeding slaves based on fitness.
Qur'an (2:178)-"O ye who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of the murdered; the freeman for the freeman, and the slave for the slave, and the female for the female." The message of this verse, which prescribes the rules of retaliation for murder, is that all humans arenotcreated equal. The human value of a slave is less than that of a free person (and a woman's worth is also distinguished from that of a man's)


Do you want more evidence on why Islam is inherently vile, why Muslims go around killing people and why there has been over 25,000 terrorist incidents carried out by muslims since September the 11th 2001...


Here is a taste of islam from saudi arabia. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=550_1421270303
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 11:00am On Jan 15, 2015
[quote author= AgentOfAllah post=29809876]Hey friend. . Why is islam full of drama. .. Why can't you people be peaceful.


ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION. IT IS A DEATH CULT.
The Shoe Bomber was a Muslim
The Beltway Snipers were Muslims
The Fort Hood Shooter was a Muslim
The underwear Bomber was a Muslim
The U-S.S. Cole Bombers were Muslims
The Madrid Train Bombers were Muslims
The Bafi Nightclub Bombers were Muslims
The London Subway Bombers were Muslims
The Moscow Theatre Attackers were Muslims
The Boston Marathon Bombers were Muslims
The Pan-Am flight #93 Bombers were Muslims
The Air France Entebbe Hijackers were Muslims
The Iranian Embassy Takeover, was by Muslims
The Beirut U.S. Embassy bombers were Muslims
The Libyan U.S. Embassy Attack was by Musiims
The Buenos Aires Suicide Bombers were Muslims
The Israeli Olympic Team Attackers were Muslims
The Kenyan U.S, Embassy Bombers were Muslims
The Saudi, Khobar Towers Bombers were Muslims
The Beirut Marine Barracks bombers were Muslims
The Besian Russian School Attackers were Muslims
The first World Trade Center Bombers were Muslims
The Bombay & Mumbai India Attackers were Muslims
The Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers were Muslims
The September 11th 2001 Airline Hijackers were Muslims'
Think of it:
Buddhists living with Hindus = No Problem
Hindus living with Christians = No Problem
Hindus living with Jews = No Problem
Christians living with Shintos = No Problem
Shintos living with Confucians = No Problem
Confusians living with Baha'is = No Problem
Baha'is living with Jews = No Problem
Jews living with Atheists = No Problem
Atheists living with Buddhists = No Problem
Buddhists living with Sikhs = No Problem
Sikhs living with Hindus = No Problem
Hindus living with Baha'is = No Problem
Baha'is living with Christians = No Problem
Christians living with Jews = No Problem
Jews living with Buddhists = No Problem
Buddhists living with Shintos = No Problem
Shintos living with Atheists = No Problem
Atheists living with Confucians = No Problem
Confusians living with Hindus = No Problem
Muslims living with Hindus = Problem
Muslims living with Buddhists = Problem
Muslims living with Christians = Problem
Muslims living with Jews = Problem
Muslims living with Sikhs = Problem
Muslims living with Baha'is = Problem
Muslims living with Shintos = Problem
Muslims living with Atheists = Problem
MUSLIMS LIVING WITH MUSLIMS = BIG PROBLEM
**********SO THIS LEAD TO *****************
They’re not happy in Gaza
They're not happy in Egypt
They're not happy in Libya
They're not happy in Morocco
They're not happy in Iran
They're not happy in Iraq
They're not happy in Yemen
They're not happy in Afghanistan
They're not happy in Pakistan
They're not happy in Syria
They're not happy in Lebanon
They're not happy in Nigeria
They're not happy in Kenya
They're not happy in Sudan
******** So, where are they happy? **********
They're happy in Australia
They're happy in England
They're happy in Belgium
They're happy in France
They're happy in Italy
They're happy in Germany
They're happy in Sweden
They're happy in the USA & Canada
They're happy in Norway & India
They're happy in almost every country that is not Islamic! And who do they blame? Not Islam... Not their leadership... Not themselves... THEY BLAME THE COUNTRIES THEY ARE HAPPY IN!! And they want to change the countries they're happy in, to be like the countries they came from where they were unhappy and finally they will be get hammered
!!!!
Islamic Jihad: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
ISIS: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Al-Qaeda: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Taliban: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Hamas: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Hezbollah: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Boko Haram: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Al-Nusra: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Abu Sayyaf: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Al-Badr: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Muslim Brotherhood: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Lashkar-e-Taiba: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Palestine Liberation Front: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Ansaru: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Jemaah Islamiyah: AN ISLAMIC TERROR ORGANIZATION
Christianity Etc › Re: A Northern Muslim Girl's Letter To Christians by Ifeann(f): 10:55am On Jan 15, 2015
sameera025:
Hello everyone, I just wanted to share my story and invite Christians who have reservations about Islam to post their questions about the religion here so that we can all understand each other more and hopefully as I result I will be able to change the opinions of those of you who look at our religion in such a negative light.

I am a northern Muslim who was born and raised in the United States. Growing up I was always ashamed of being a Muslim because Islam was hated and considered as weird in the society. As a young child I badly wanted to be a Christian because it seemed easier and cooler. My friends didn't know I was a Muslim because I hid that side of myself. I didn't cover my hair, I dressed as my friends did, I wouldn't pray like I was meant to. I didn't get why it was so important to do all those things. I believed that if anything, practicing my religion would just make me unpopular in school and a bully target.
I recall an incident when I was about 6 years old and a friend of mine found an Islamic book in my room. We rummaged through the pages and made fun of the Arabic words, the names we considered to be funny and it was because we were so young and didn't understand it all.
I moved to Nigeria as a teenager and it was here that I felt comfortable being a Muslim. Being around so many other Muslims and Christians who were accepting of the religion made me feel comfortable in practicing Islam. I began covering up, and when I did I felt the importance of it. As a woman, when you cover up you feel as sense of protection. You don't obsess as much about your looks because your body is concealed. No obsessing over how your hair looks, getting attachments all that pressure because no one can see it. I began to pray daily and at doing so I became a happier person. I felt a closeness towards God and a sense of protection and guidance.
I'm ashamed at how I as a child I was embarrassed of my religion. At this point in life I couldn't be more proud to be a muslim. It's still tough being a Muslim in the world today and I know that won't go away soon. But one thing I need you all to understand is the Islam I and a majority of other Muslims practice do not agree with boko Haram and other terrorist groups and their beliefs, the killings, the hatred. We are appalled by their acts even more than Christians are. The fact that they do such heinous acts in the name of our religion which clearly condemns against such.
The more things seem to escalate with terrorism in the country and around the world, the more I observe how Christians are turning against Islam and how southerners seem to distinguish themselves from the "northerners". It breaks my heart because when I moved here Christians were soo accepting of me, the religion. I got the treatment and acceptance from Nigerian Christians more than I could have ever imagined receiving so In America.
I don't choose my friends based on religion or tribe. I love all Nigerians alike. I wish a lot more people could feel the same way too.
Anyways I've gone on for too long. I just wanted to share my story in the hopes that I can shed Islam in another light. I know it is a religion that is misunderstood. If you have any questions please ask, I would love to have peaceful discussions and start a little campaign to get Muslims and Christians across the country to work together and love each other again.
Hi friend... i am pleased by your sincere write up ..

You said
But one thing I need you all to understand is the Islam I and a majority of other Muslims practice do not agree with boko Haram and other terrorist groups and their beliefs, the killings, the hatred.
my take on your narration here is that apparently you haven't studied your quran indepth as well as your authentic hadiths, . Infact start with the 2 Most authentic hadiths sahih muslim and sahih bukhari. i hope u know the importance of the hadiths..u need the hadiths to understand the quran. your quran is filled with instructions
to kill atheists and pagans as well as instructions to fight the kaffirs ;jews and christains. To enslave people and have sex with slaves (Mohammed did this). Your quran as recited by Mohammed approved of selling people. , forcing people to accept the anti God, allah or die or pay extortion to stay alive (jizyah)...
i will quote the verses to show you this if you are in doubt. Yet u are here telling us to ignore the quran, hadiths and listen to you a moderate muslim and your practises.


You need to listen to a true Muslim in the person of Anjem Choudary, a no nonsense western Muslim living in london. He tells you Islam as it is and that violence is part and parcel of Islam. He is okay with it because he believes his god sanctioned the commands. The man isn't a hypocrite.

On the other hand there are exmuslims like Sam shamoun, Dr Nabeel Qureshi who after spending years studying both the Holy bible and quran came to the conclusion that the quran's god is the antithesis of the true God as well as an anti Christ in disguise(claiming Jesus is Christ but denying he is the son of God) and they have left Islam and become great christain apologetics.

There is also the popular Ali Sina who became convinced the quran was nonsense, and became popular after several Islamic clerics announced his death sentence for questioning Islamic teachings. He left Islam for athesim but after many years of living a godless life he just accepted Christ tho in an unorthodox manner because of his issues with the Bible.
There is the son of hamas author and Dr. Rushdie (the satanic verse ) etc who are exposing Islam every day and giving real arguments even tho they all have fatwas issued on their heads calling for their deaths.
6 million Muslims leave Islam every year in the middle east and north&subsaharan Africa combined. 75 percent of new converts into Islam leave Islam in the first 3 to 5 years. All this point to one thing. Once u are able to be open minded and haven't been brainwashed into Islam you will see the glaring falsehood of Islam at one point in ur life ...

The battle for your soul is between the force of Good and the forces of evil. When u were a child u knew that something was wrong with Islam. . And u were right. . Islam is wierd and for good reason.

hopefully one day you will turn to the way, the truth and the life, Our Lord Jesus, Son of God and one with God.
Christianity Etc › Re: . by Ifeann(f): 4:07am On Jan 14, 2015
plappville:
What about the Muslims that killed 17 people in revenge of Muhammad? Is this in the teaching of Islam? undecided where does this madness came from?

If you follow world news you know am talking about the 7-10th of January cold blooded terror that took place in France. They killed people bacause Muhammad was caricatured. And killed 4 Jews and Police. Is this a teaching from the Koran? If no where comes this teaching? They were so proud to die for this. I read a Muslim here posted an article validating this action. WhaWhere comes this madness? I need an answer please.
To understand why they love to kill and die for their god u need to understand just a few passages in the quran


Death in the cause of allah's will is encouraged, supported and promoted as well as fully endorsed in Islam. Let's look at some quran verses and one or two narratives from the hadiths, sahih burhari, one of the most respected and authenticated sources in Islam.

The Qur'an:
Qur'an (4:74)-"Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for the other. Whoso FIGHTETH IN THE WAY OF ALLAH, BE HE SLAIN or be he victorious, on him WE SHALL BESTOW A VAST REWARD"

Qur'an (9:111)-"Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, AND SLAY AND ARE SLAIN: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the
Qur'an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement supreme."

Qur'an (2:207)-"And there is the type of man who GIVES HIS LIFE to earn the pleasure of Allah..."

Qur'an (61:10-12)"O ye who believe! Shall I lead you to a bargain that will save you from a grievous Penalty? That ye believe in Allah and His Messenger, and that ye strive (your utmost) in the Cause of Allah, with your property and your persons: That will be best for you, if ye but knew! He will forgive you your sins, and admit you to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, and to beautiful mansions in Gardens of Eternity: that is indeed the Supreme Achievement."
This verse was given at the battle Uhud and uses the Arabic word, Jihad.
The dark-eyed virgins are mentioned in several places as well, including verses 44:54 and 52:20.
For those who swing the other way, there are"perpetual youth"verse6:17, otherwise known as"boys"verses52:24and76:19.

Qur'an (17:33)"And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, EXCEPT BY RIGHT"
An important verse that is used by Muslims to not only justify their own deaths, but that of other bystanders who might be believers as well. Like we saw 2days ago when the Muslims in Paris killed a muslim police officer in their quest to avenge their prophet. The end justifies the means, with the goal being the defeat of the kafir, their submission and finally the establishment of Islamic rule.

Qur'an 3:151
Soon shall we cast TERROR into the hearts of the unbelievers, for that they joined companion with Allah...

Mohammed was the original terrorist.
Qur'an 8:89
And fight with them until there is no more filna(disorder, unbelief) and religion should be only for Allah

This is just a little taste of the evil commands in the quran which encourages persecutions, intolerance and prejudice.

Now From the Hadith:

Bukhari (52:54)- The words of Muhammad:"I would love to be martyred in allah's Cause and then get resurrected and then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected again and then get martyred." This is why modern-day Jihadists often say that they love death.
Christianity Etc › Re: . by Ifeann(f): 4:00am On Jan 14, 2015
adetonaz:
Good morning to you fellow nairalanders. I'm using this avenue, to correct an impression towards Islam the religion of peace in regards to Boko Haran menace that has been troubling our dear country for quite some time. I know many are of the beilieve that the actions of boko haram are related to the religion of peace i.e Islam but that's not true. Its so disheartening when Boko haram claimed of been muslim or were called islamic sect.
Boko Haram have never been true muslims thats if they are because all they do (killing.kidnapping etal) are not supported by Islam. The following quran chapters, are some of the proofs. They are as follows:-
-Q. 2:256- There is no compulsion in religion(boko haram making it compulsory to become muslim is anti islam)
-Q 4:19-O you who believe! It is not lawful for you that you should take women against their will(Boko Haram claiming they've married off chibok girls off is anti Islam because Allah(SWT) forbids it)
-Q 10-99-And if your Lord had pleased,surely all those who are in the earth would have believed;all of them. Will you then force men till they become beilevers ?(There shouldn't be force in making someone believe so BH actions is againt Allah's wish)
100-And its not for a soul to believe except Allah's permission and he cast uncleaness on those who will not understand
-Q 5:32- For this reason did we prescribe to the children of israrl that whoever slays a soul unless it be for manslaughter or for mischief in the land, it is as though he slew all men and whoever keeps it alive, it is as though he kept alive all men(yet boko haram kept all killing thousands of people).
Boko harams actions are not part of islamic teaching and will never be part of it please my fellow nigerians the Sect is anti Nigeria progress and not anti christianty or anti particular tribe. They've killed as much muslims as they've killed christians. They've killed pastors, priests also imams and Mualeems.
So let's join hands to force insurgency out of our Land So help us God(amen!) .
My brother in humanity you are a lair or maybe just incredibly ignorant about Islam. .. How many chapters have u read from your sources. .Sahih hadiths , quran etc. .. the days you Muslims deceived kafirs with friendly looking verses is OVER ... it's 4 am here so I won't bother tearing down the falsehood in all the verses you cited but I shall pick one...

From Qu'ran 5:32, “...If anyone slays a person, it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people.”

Now let's look at a popular early Muslim interpretation;

According to the highly respected Qur'anic exegesis of Ibn Kathir- early Qur'anic commentator and Tabi'un, Sayid ibn Jubayr (who lived at the time of ProphetMuhammad, and was a companion ofAisha), had said:
[فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعاً]
.....Sa`id bin Jubayr said, "He who allows himself to shed the blood of a Muslim, is like he who allows shedding the blood of all people. He who forbids shedding the blood of one Muslim, is like he who forbids shedding the blood of all people."

**So early understanding of the verse claims it applies only to shedding the blood of a believer(Muslim). This can be disputed so let's go back to the Qu'ran.

The Fuller context says;

Qu'ran 5:32-34, "On that account: Therefore we prescribed for the Children of Israel that who so slays a soul not to retaliate for a soul slain, nor for corruption done in the land, shall be as if he had slain mankind altogether; and who so gives life to a soul, shall be as if he has given life to mankind altogether. Our Messengers have already come to them with the clear signs; then many of them thereafter commit excesses in the earth.
This is the recompense of those who fight against God and His Messenger, and hasten about the earth, to do corruption there: they shall be SLAUGHTERED, or CRUCIFIED, or their hands and feet shall alternately be STRUCK OFF; or they shall be banished from the land. That is a degradation for them in this world; and in the world to come awaits them a mighty chastisement,
except for such as repent, before you have power over them. So know you that God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate."

*** Notice how you can slay a person if the person spreads corruption in the land or as some translations call it, "mischief". This "corruption in the land" or "mischief" can mean anything such as Preaching the Gospel of Christ, making Muslims uncomfortable by questioning the Qu'ran or Muhammed, drawing Mohammed, supporting western education etc This has therefore been an excused used by Jihadists like BokoHaram, ISIS, Hamas, hezbollah, Al shabba, Alqueda etc to murder, kill and destroy.

Finally a very brief explanation of the verse by an Ex-Muslim-

We ordained for the Children of Israel that if any one slew a person -unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land- it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. Then although there came to them Our apostles with clear signs, yet, even after that, many of them continued to commit excesses in the land.

Salient points:
1 - It explicitly states that this was a commandment to the Children of Israel, i.e. the Jews! This is not a commandment to all people, and it certainly should not be misused as if this is Allah's command to Muhammad's people.

2 - Even if this were a command to the Muslims, there's still an escape clause: "unless it be for murder or spreading mischief in the land." If someone is "spreading mischief", he can still be killed. Now let's think for a moment. The would-be Times Square bomber considers Americans to be spreading mischief in Palestine and around the world (practically all Muslims I know think this, even the ones who are American citizens). Accordingly, even if this verse were to apply to someone like Faisal Shahzad, he would still be justified in his slaughter.
As if this weren't obvious enough from the verse itself, the Qur'an further expounds this point in the very next verse. 5:33 says
The punishment of those who wage war against God and His Apostle, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the 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.
This verse is referring to the Muslims, not the Jews anymore, as we can tell in the shift from past tense to present tense. And here, the punishment for mischief is clearly prescribed: execution, crucifixion, mutilation, or at the least, exile. This is the command given to the Muslims. Quite clearly, it does not teach what the Muslims proclaim it teaches; in fact, it teaches almost the exact opposite.
It is undeniably clear that, in order to make Islam seem peaceful, Nazam and many other Muslims rip this verse out of its context, take words out of the very verse itself, changing the entire message for something else. I wonder if they know they are guilty of Surah 5:13.
In any case, we should not let ourselves (or anyone who might be interested) be deceived by the popular Muslim interpretation of these verses.

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