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The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 2:51pm On Apr 07, 2016 |
There are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world,and Islam is the world's fastest-growing religion.If the evil carnage we witnessed on Sept. 11 were typical of the faith, and Islam truly inspired and justified such violence,its growth and the increasing presence of Muslims in both Europe and the U.S. would be a terrifying prospect.Fortunately, this is not the case The very word Islam, which means "surrender," is related to the Arabic salam, or peace.When the Prophet Muhammad brought the inspired scripture known as the Koran to the Arabs in the early 7th century A.D., a major part of his mission was devoted precisely to bringing an end to the kind of mass slaughter we witnessed in New York City and Washington.Muhammad himself survived several assassination attempts,and the early Muslim community narrowly escaped extermination by the powerful city of Mecca.The Prophet had to fight a deadly war in order to survive, but as soon as he felt his people were probably safe, he devoted his attention to building up a peaceful coalition of tribes and achieved victory by an ingenious and inspiring campaign of nonviolence. When he died in 632, he had almost single-handedly brought peace to war-torn Arabia. Extremists such as Osama bin Laden do not like to include passages like : "Thus, if they let you be, and do not make war on you, and offer you peace, God does not allow you to harm them" (4: 90). In the Koran,therefore, the only permissible war is one of self-defense. Muslims may not begin hostilities (2: 190). Warfare is always evil, but sometimes you have to fight in order to avoid the kind of persecution that Mecca inflicted on the Muslims (2: 191; 2: 217) or to preserve decent values (4: 75; 22: 40). The Koran quotes the Torah, the Jewish scriptures, which permits people to retaliate eye for eye, tooth for tooth, but like the Gospels, the Koran suggests that it is meritorious to forgo revenge in a spirit of charity (5: 45). Hostilities must be brought to an end as quickly as possible and must cease the minute the enemy sues for peace (2: 192-3). Islam is not addicted to war, and jihad is not one of its "pillars," or essential practices. The primary meaning of the word jihad is not "holy war" but "struggle." It refers to the difficult effort that is needed to put God's will into practice at every level--personal and social as well as political. A very important and much quoted tradition has Muhammad telling his companions as they go home after a battle, "We are returning from the lesser jihad [the battle] to the greater jihad," the far more urgent and momentous task of extirpating wrongdoing from one's own society and one's own heart. Islam did not impose itself by the sword. So why the suicide bombing, the hijacking and the massacre of innocent civilians? Far from being endorsed by the Koran, this killing violates some of its most sacred precepts.Every fundamentalist movement in Judaism,Christianity and Islam is convinced that liberal, secular society is determined to wipe out religion. Fighting, as they imagine, a battle for survival, fundamentalists often feel justified in ignoring the more compassionate principles of their faith. But in amplifying the more aggressive passages that exist in all our scriptures, they distort the tradition. It would be as grave a mistake to see Bin Laden and other Extremists as authentic representatives of Islam as to consider James Kopp, the alleged killer of an abortion provider in Buffalo, N.Y., a typical Christian or Baruch Goldstein, who shot 29 worshipers in the Hebron mosque in 1994 and died in the attack, a true martyr of Israel. Cc: lalasticlala Dare2differ Neyoor 60 Likes 12 Shares |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Upnepaa(m): 4:54pm On Apr 07, 2016 |
so on point,Islam the religion of peace 19 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 5:15pm On Apr 07, 2016 |
Upnepaa:BarakAllahu feekum ![]() 11 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Upnepaa(m): 7:18pm On Apr 07, 2016 |
Smellymouth: amin waa antum,ya sheik 10 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 7:19pm On Apr 07, 2016 |
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Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Nobody: 4:30pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
waoh! smellymouth, never knew you are a Muslim. beautiful write up. jazakallahu khairan 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 7:13pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
khalifahsparkles: Now you know 'Aisha' ![]() Gratitudes Sister ![]() Assalamu Alaikom warahmatu Allahi wa barakatuhu ![]() 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Nobody: 7:38pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Smellymouth:Wa alaykum salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 7:43pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
khalifahsparkles: Bismillah Awaluhuwa Akhiruhu ... Yahdikumu Allah wa barakatuhu.. I hope your evening is going well? ![]() 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Nobody: 7:50pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Smellymouth: Alhamdulillah. yours? you don't use memes here ![]() Smellymouth: Alhamdulillah. yours? you don't use memes here 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 8:00pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
khalifahsparkles: I can't bring memes here oo ![]() ![]() If I do that, Astaghfiru lillah.. ![]() My evening is going well, Ashokrulillah.. Hope you have had dinner? 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Nobody: 8:27pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Smellymouth: lol. I understand yes. thanks. you? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 8:30pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
khalifahsparkles: Nah, still contemplating on what to eat. The P is, I can't cook.. ![]() 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Nobody: 8:43pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Smellymouth: hehehe. Kpele. take snacks instead. or patronise the nearest mama put. and errrm, goan marry. ![]() 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 8:50pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
khalifahsparkles: Hahahhaha.. still searching 'Aisha' ![]() Insha Allah, my desires shall be met ![]() ![]() 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Nobody: 9:09pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Smellymouth: Ameen. may Allah make it easy for you. nope. Edo state. mama put is not restricted to just Lagos state 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 9:35pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
khalifahsparkles: Ameen...Delta state is where I am tho. Nice meeting you, Miss.......? 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Nobody: 9:45pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Smellymouth: Khalifah. same here, Mr......? |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 9:50pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Nobody: 10:00pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 10:09pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Nobody: 10:11pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Smellymouth: lol. funny you |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Smellymouth: 10:36pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
khalifahsparkles: Lol, serious you ![]() Have a blissful night rest 'Aisha'. May Allah be with you... ![]() |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Nobody: 10:43pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Smellymouth:Ameen. and you too |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Femiwilli: 3:47pm On Apr 15, 2016 |
[size=14pt]An islamic Scholar describes Islam. This guy is the son of Imam [/size] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxzOVSMUrGM [size=14pt] The Founder of Canadian-Islamic relations states otherwise[/size] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Kmp-VHryI 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by PassingShot(m): 3:53pm On Apr 15, 2016 |
Jazakallah khayran. Very succintly delivered. It is illogical for anyone to even think the Prophet could have spread Islam with the sword in the face of more lethal weapon even then. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by Mowetey(m): 4:12pm On Apr 15, 2016 |
nice one |
Re: The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. by giwafiz: 4:18pm On Apr 15, 2016 |
Alhamdulillahi!!! 2 Likes 1 Share |
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