Answers to Misconceptions

8/13/2019 Answers to Misconceptions

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MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT

ISLAMLim Jooi Soon

[email protected]


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Cause of Misconceptions Media

Islam + Culture mix-up Cultural differences

Fatwa by the non-experts

Muslims


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Purpose of

Removing Misconceptions

A dirty glass needs to be cleanedbefore pouring clean water into it


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Methodology Listen attentively

Understand the question

Keep calm

Rational, logical, objective

Scientific

Quote reference, data, ststistics etc

Never go against Quran and sunnah


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GENERAL ISSUESIslam is difficult 22:78

2:185

2:286

Hadith: Make things easy...

Fitrah

Very few dos and donts

Benefits humans Analogy: Child & fire

Islam: easiest, most rational, scientific


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GENERAL ISSUESAll religions are the same

Spelling

Invitation

3:19 4:48, 116

Concept of God in Islam, Christiniaty, Hinduetc

Tawheed, Rubbubiyyah, Al-Asma Was-sifat,Ibaadah

Islam also shows how to achieve Good

Islam = Comprehensive


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GENERAL ISSUES

Muslim God Cruel All born in state of fitrah

Piety not inherited: Adam, Noah etc

Muslim by conviction NOT blind following

Shahadah can be nullified

17:15, 10:99, 67:2

Born muslims and non-muslims

Opportunity and doing their best Analogy: marks depends on difficulty of test

4:40

Heaven & hell belong to God


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GENERAL ISSUESSinners go to hell-fire

Yes

Concept of repentance RSL (saw) repented 70X/ day

39:53-54, 4:48, 116, 25:70

Never stops forgiving Rewards & punishment


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GENERAL ISSUESGood kafir vs Bad muslim

Kafir

51:56 103:1-3

4:48, 116

Analogy: Kad Mesra Petronas


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GENERAL ISSUESDoa not granted

Allah answers prayers

Allah is The best of all planners Rich - wife

Sometimes our request is granted

Some requests granted later Grants even when not requested

Grants in the Hereafter


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VIOLENCE 9/11

Terrorist

Fundamentalist

Muslim countries love war

Islam spread by sword

Jihad

Suicide bomber


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VIOLENCE

9/11 No proof to date Official version vs evidence

Passenger list

Still building collapsed in fire Building 7

Free fall - control demolition

Pentagon Testimony of last survivor

Attack on Afghanistan

Who is terrorist?


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VIOLENCE

Muslim countries love war True: many wars lately include muslim

country

Are they the aggressors or victims Bosnia

Afghanistan

Attack on Iraq - nuclear weapon/ WMD

Palestine

WW1 & WW2

Ireland vs United Kingdom

Analogy: Robbers attack your house


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VIOLENCE

Fundamentalist

Media Oklahoma bomb

Fundamentalist - doctor, scientist,mathematician

Not all fundamentalists the same

Proud to be muslim Fundamentalist - dictionary meaning

Every muslim should be fundamentalist

Islam=peace


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VIOLENCE

Islam spread by sword Islam=peace

Force is sometimes needed

Spain, India, Arab, Indonesia, Malaysia Thomas Carlyle

2:256

16:125 (islamic sword) 1934-1984 plain truth Islam 235% Christian

47%

Fastest growing religion in America & Europe


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VIOLENCE

Jihad

Jihad is not holy war

Holy war= crusader war Jihad means to strive

Jihad also means holy struggle


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VIOLENCE

Suicide bomber Suicide forbidden is Islam

5:32

Vietnam, Iraq, Sri Lanka Bali vs Palestine

Scholar opinion that all adults in Israel aretrained army personnel

What is the cause?

Hadith regarding war

Judge Islam by source


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WOMEN

Polygamy

Hijab

Inheritance

Witness

Man one degree higher than woman (2:228)

Wife beating

Leadership

Imam / saff


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WOMENPolygamy

Polygamy, polygeny, polyandry

Not introduced by Islam

Islam set a limit

Permissible - not compulsory

A solution - women more than men,

wife paralysed, childless


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WOMENPolyandry vs polygeny

Western view of equality

Islamic view - equal but not the same

Physical differences

Men can marry 4, women cannot - why?

Mother/father known identity, menses,

fitrah, STD, physical capacity

4/4 - everybody will be related!

HIV - history - perished nation!


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WOMENHijab

Past history - women degraded

Islam uplifted status of women

24:30-31 6 criteria

Include moral, behaviour and intention

33:59

Capital punishment for rapists

Current global status of women?

Rape statistics in the USA


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WOMENDivorce

Not true

Both agree - return mahar, court order Talaq protects women


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WOMENWife-beating

Not as judge, do not execute punishment

Part of guiding process

Husband-wife relationship - rights &responsibilities (4:34)

Conditional - nusyuz

Steps Systematic problem-solving


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WOMENWitness

2:282 - business transaction

Murder - scholars views

Men - breadwinners Tazil

Will (5:106)

Talaq (65:2)

Accusing a woman unchaste (24:4)

Accusing spouse of adultery (24:5)

Aisyah - 2210 hadiths

Male witness not acceptable


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WOMENas leader

Quran does not mention

Hadith

Aisyah - Perang Jamal Allah praise Putri Balqis

Prophets time vs today

Scholars opinions E.g. Liberia


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WOMENas Imam / position during solat

Yes

Why woman cannot be Imam for men? Distraction

Side-by-side

Achieve khusyu?


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WOMENMen one degree higher

17:15

Not power, but responsibilities


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WOMENInheritance

Men have financial responsibility

towards the family Women have no financial obligation

Gross vs nett

Example


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MUHAMMAD(SAW)

Many wives

Pedophile

Married daughter-in-law

Can read


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MUHAMMAD (saw)Many wives Total of how many wives?

Monogamy with Khadijah

Polygamy was a norm

Remained unmarried

Allahs commandment

33:50

33:52 33:6

Social, political, moral, education,humanitarian, legality


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MUHAMMAD (saw)Pedophile

Previous culture vs present

Chinese culture - engaged at birth

Marriage to Aisyah - 6 years old, parentsconsent, strengthen siraturrahim

Never an issue during that time but full ofpraise

Permissible age for sexual relation


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MUHAMMAD (saw)Can read

96:1

29:48 Meanings of Iqra

Read

Recite

Proclaim


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Common Questions By

Christian MissionariesMUHAMMAD AND JESUS MENTIONED IN THE QURAN

Muhammad mentioned 5 times

Jesus mentioned 25 times

1st Person VS 3rd Person

Mention of Moses

Satan VS Jesus

MUHAMMAD IS DEAD BUT JESUS STILL ALIVE

All Prophets are dead except Jesus

Why?

Only Jesus mistaken as God by followers

Will return in End Times to correct followers

Bible: Matthew 7:21-23


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WHO IS THE LAST PROPHET?

True; Jesus coming in End Times

Last Prophet not by Appearance but by Birth

Analogy: 2 sons2nd coming of Jesus as follower of Muhammad

ALLAH SAYS WE IN THE QURAN

Allah refers Himself as Ana ( I ) and Nahnu (We)

Two kinds of Plural in Arabic:

Plural of Quantity

Plural of Respect

Queen Elizabeth


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JESUS HAS NO FATHERArticle of Faith

3:59 (Jesus = Adam)

Bible: Hebrews 7:1-3 (Melchisedec)

Cloning

QURAN COPIED FROM THE BIBLENot a single verse of Quran same with Arabic Bible!

Style of Language

Contradictions, Scientific errors in Bible not in Quran

Modern Science, Prophecies, Historical facts in QuranAnalogy: Genius copy from fool

Cause of Similarities: Same Source

Mark 12:29 copied from Deuteronomy 6:4

Bible copied from Hindu Scripture


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QURAN WRITTEN BY SATAN

Author of Quran: 4:82, 45:2

Verily Satan is an Enemy to you

35:6You should not worship Satan 36:60

Satans promises are nothing butdeception 25:29

When you do read the Quran, seekGods protection from Satan theaccursed 16:98

Not a single verse in Quran teachesEvil


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COMMON QUESTIONS BY

HINDUSMUSLIMS WORSHIP KAABAH

Unity in Islam

1st House of Worship Earlier Qiblat: Jerusalem 2:225, 250

Stepping Kaabah

Stepping picture of Kaabah Kaabah removed to KLCC

Worship Kaabah = Hellfire


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MUSLIM SLAUGTERING CRUEL

Pre-Conditions; Sharp knife, away from otheranimals

Calm the animal

Slaughter swiftly

Blood vessels severed without damaging spinalcord

Maximum blood drained

Animal kicking & struggling

Disconnecting blood flow to brain nervesresponsible for pain

Meat remains fresh for longer time


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RAMA, KRISHNA, BUDDHA ARE

PROPHETS OF ALLAH 35:24, 13:7

16:36 Serve God and eschew Evil

Cannot say for sure; Yes or No If they were Prophets; Time bound & Their

People only

Muhammad = our Prophet 34:28, 21:107

Muhammad = Final Prophet 33:40


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EATING NON VEGETARIAN Permitted by God 16:5

Pointed Teeth

Digestion System Vegetation too have lives

Killing less senses being

Lives killed to feed one person Universal Religion; Desert, Eskimos

Vegetarian too can be good Muslim


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Linggam In Kaabah

Eating Non-Vegetarian

Muslim Slaughtering Cruel Idol Worship Only For Concentration

Rama, Krsna, Buddha Prophets of Allah?

Hinduism the Oldest Religion (SanathanaDharma)


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CONTRADICTIONS IN

THE QURAN

1 day = 1,000 or 50,000 years?

Man created from water, sperm orclay?

Heavan & earth created in 6 days or 8

days?


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1 DAY = 1,000 OR 50,000 YEARS? 22:47

32:5

70:4

Time in Human Concept not the same withGod

Different Context Yaum = Day or Period or epoch

Analogy: Journey to 3 Destinations


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MAN CREATED FROM

WATER, SPERM OR CLAY?

25:54

76:2 6:2

Contradistinction

Analogy: Making Coffee Water + Sugar + Coffee


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HEAVAN & EARTH CREATED IN

6 DAYS OR 8 DAYS?

7:54, 10:3, 11:7, 25:59

41:9-12 41:11 begins with Thumma

(Moreover / simultaneously)

Analogy: Construction of Building &Fence

Yaum = Day, Period, Epoch


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