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Originally posted by Bad Dog
Originally posted by nunya13
There are many peaceful passages in the Qua'ran that even preach tolerance.
They are few and far between compared to the ones that preach violence and intolerance.
Originally posted by whyamIhere
reply to post by Bad Dog
All the Muslims I know are peaceful.
Their book is no more outrageous than the Bible.
Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
Maybe a little understanding would be helpful.
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
If the churches are sincerely reaching out, who can condemn that act?
Originally posted by Godsontoo
You couldn't be any further from the truth and evidently have never read the Quran or Hardif . Islam has one goal and that is one world religion under their Sharia law . The only way to heaven in Islam is to die or kill fighting for Allah aka Satan. I can care less wether you believe me or not but i will ask you to remember what I have written here. The muslims believe that Jesus will lead them to this one world religion and a good Christian should know that the Antichrist or Instead of christ comes first. Satan when cast from heaven on the sixth trump will come to earth saying he is Jesus and he will be very convincing. Satan will work all sorts of miracles to fool many and his army will be Islam to force those he did not fool into submission or death by beheading just like the book of revelation says. This will all occur soon, within our lifetimes because the signs telling us the tribulation has began are increasing at an expedential pace.
Originally posted by Bad Dog
Human Rights First Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Christian clergy at churches across the country will host readings from the Qur’an and other sacred religious texts as they welcome their Muslim and Jewish colleagues on Sunday, June 26, 2011 for Faith Shared: Uniting in Prayer and Understanding. Faith Shared is a project of Interfaith Alliance and Human Rights First, which seeks to send a message both here at home and to the Arab and Muslim world about our respect for Islam. The National Cathedral in Washington, DC, along with 50 churches in 26 states have committed to participating in this effort. Other participating churches include Christ Church in New York City and All Saints Church in Pasadena, Calif.
This link has a listing of churches involved. The list scrolls on the right side.
A response with opposite view point can be found here - One step closer to a one world religion
The title of the press release is that the reason the Christian churches will be reading out of the Qur'an is to 'display respect and combat anti-muslim bigotry'. I don't know how they expect to combat anti-muslim bigotry by reading from their holy book. The muslim 'holy book' isn't exactly a peaceful book. The pastors involved will probably cherry pick the readings and only read those that are calm and that were stolen from the Christian faith to begin with.
This is a form of religious suicide. Islam itself doesn't tolerate infidels or non-muslim religions. These pastors are promoting something that wants to be rid of Christianity. I understand their compassion, but in this case it appears to be misplaced and it's suicidal.
One of the articles Pope Benedict. A few years back he went to a Muslim mosque in Turkey and bowed to Mecca. That is something no Christian would do. He was validating a religion that doesn't tolerate Christianity. Was this misplaced compassion on his part? Was it just stupidity? Was it him helping to usher in the NWO One World Religion?
Are these Christian pastors exercising misplaced compassion or are they dupes of the NWO One World Religion? We can't see what is in their hearts and they may indeed by acting on compassion, even though they can't see that their validation of Islam is religious suicide for themselves. This is something to watch in the future to see how it unfolds.
Originally posted by RealTruthSeeker
I'm willing to bet that I know more about islam than most on this forum. I have read the entire koran from back to front as well as every Hadith which was translated by Dr. Muhammand Muhsin Khan and even been to Juma once just to get a better understanding. There are some peaceful muslims out there but the overall message that they teach is not in harmony with the God of Abraham. From my studies I only see hatred towards anyone who does not believe in islam.
They don't worship the same god. Christians have a triune god. Muslims have Allah. Christians worship Jesus. Muslims do not. But yes, a little understanding would be helpful. Understanding on how exactly Islam really got started and how it does not tolerate the Christian faith. Instead of cherry picking nice readings out of the Qur'an, perhaps those pastors should read up on what Islam thinks of them and their faith.
Originally posted by maung
Originally posted by RealTruthSeeker
I'm willing to bet that I know more about islam than most on this forum. I have read the entire koran from back to front as well as every Hadith which was translated by Dr. Muhammand Muhsin Khan and even been to Juma once just to get a better understanding. There are some peaceful muslims out there but the overall message that they teach is not in harmony with the God of Abraham. From my studies I only see hatred towards anyone who does not believe in islam.
Glad to know that someone here in ATS know more about islam, more than most on this forum even. I guess you already master the general 7 tools to read quran such sorof, nahu, bayan, mantek,sapiah,alfiah until tasawuf. And i guess you master too about identified true or false hadith with more than one sulukh to learn. Know a lot about aqli and maqasid.
You sir can become an ulama easily then.