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Can somebody answer the following genuine questions I have about Islam and its relation with unbelievers: -Can a Muslim have a true friendship with an unbeliever? How does Islam look at it? Should it be avoided or doesn´t Islam have any problems with this? Yes, muslims can have true friends who are...

shafique

PS: Islam teaches that men and women are equal in all things related to spirituality. However it also teaches that men and women should be treated differently when biology and sociology have an impact. Women have half the share of men when it comes to inheritance, women are required to have an assis...

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You cant get an exact answer. There are different sects of Islam and there are completely different reactions. As a non-muslim Iranian, I had serious problems there from getting harrased in school when I was a child to losing basic rights. unfortunately a lot of people don't share the same views as...

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hmmm i really dont understand y there are so many sects and no1 will be able to answer my questions. but all i believe in is one god which is allah and Mohammed PBUH is his last prophet. and the 5 pillars of islam which you have to obide by and go by the Quran. You only answer to god on the day of ...

shafique

ebonics, as you are fan of Monty Python you might appreciate this quote from them :

'SPAM SPAM SPAM, SPAM SPAM, SPAM'

Cheers,
Shafique

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So if I man can marry a non-muslim do the children automatically become Muslim or could they be the mothers religion? For example if dad was a Muslim and mom was a Hindu could the kids be Hindu? According to Islam, all children are born 'muslims' - inherently good beings who will submit to the will...

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So, friendship with a non-Muslim is possible, but not advisable? Yes - with the qualification that it is not discouraged either. Islam teaches people to look at the actions and intentions rather than 'labels'. Another (maybe strange) question. When does Islam see a person as a christian or jew? Als...

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Still in many muslim societies women don't have the right to divorce, inherit half of what a male can inherit. The testimony of 2 women in court is equal to one man's testimony and it's not their culture, It's simply the ruling sect's definition of Sharia. I would be surprised if women are refused ...

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In Iran if a guy files for divorce he as to sign the papers and it's done. but if a woman tries, she needs to appear before a court various times and proves that she needs to get divorce (like the guy is abusive, addicted or ...) and if the guy doesn't approve, it will become a long sour process. a...

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its not my fault you find it hard to reply to my proof and posts.. you may need to level up to islamiyat102 to start conversating back to me :lol: :lol: Why don't we focus on what we agree. You decided that the religion of your forefathers - Coptic Christianity - was not worth following any more. W...

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ill openly discuss all that if you first discuss why you're following a "prophet" that told his wife to breast feed other adults - in its respective topic :lol: :lol: :lol: Ok, fair enough. I follow Muhammad, pbuh, because his prophecies came true and the Quran contains no contradictions,...

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British law should always be paramount. However, Sharia law has already been implemented under British law - it happened in the 19th century in India where allowance was made for Sharia to have a part under British law. Also, the Beth Din - Jewish councils have a status under British law and Jews ca...

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Interesting. Starting at the end - we agree that the majority of Copts are now Muslim and are among those who consider Muhammad, pbuh, a true Prophet of God and an exemplar. You say that you believe in Jesus as God, but do not believe in the religion Christians say he taught. You therefore implicitl...

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Interesting. Starting at the end - we agree that the majority of Copts are now Muslim and are among those who consider Muhammad, pbuh, a true Prophet of God and an exemplar. -through opression yes, but this is now changing due to the contradictions unearthed by various media, the internet age, and ...

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Why is it not logical to reject questionable 'sayings' when they go against the literal word of God? because when every cleric admits to it, al azhar admits to it, who are you exactly to say no to it? So you say I should abandon logic and blindly follow a 'cleric' that you quote? Did you know that ...

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The thing is Jabba - the law continues to evolve. Under British law of the past, women weren't allowed to vote, own property etc. If you didn't own land, you weren't allowed a vote. I'm not sure if it's been removed from the statute yet, but a Catholic was not allowed to be a king or queen of the UK...

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My knowledge of cosmology comes from the books of Stephen Hawkins (and perhaps a bit from Bill Bryson's book on the history of everything). I've not heard of planet X, but have heard of the X-files (are they related??) By definition, a planet is a celestial body that circles a sun - and our sun only...

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ebonics wrote:i ask you - what other credible source do you want me to quote?

The Quran.

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

Al Azhar university does not say that all Hadith in the Sahih are correct. This certainly is not part of the mission statement. Anyone that seeks to describe Islam from peripheral texts which no one follows or believe are relevant is either being deliberately provokative or incredibly (to borrow ebo...

shafique

ebonics - can we discuss the authenticity of hadith after you have finished 'disecting' the Quran. (hopefully we will have finished this before the world ends in 2012)

Cheers,
Shafique

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ebonics - are you a scientologist?

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you wont even find an answer to the authenticity of the hadith by then :lol: i can appreciate if you cant admit your precious prophet said something so outlandish but when azhar clerics do - your opinion counts for squat.... you'll never admit he (or you for that matter) are wrong. by precedance - ...

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use this time to research your material to do with the authenticity thoroughly, because i will not tolerate your personal opinion after i do in fact write my post about the quran. (that you will also dismiss as heressey - i dealt with your kind plenty, so eager to ask for proof, when proof arises, ...

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Yesterday I wrote an e-mail to the people at 'ask a geologist'. Today, one of them quickly responded with the following note: So... The Koran is factually in error regarding the function of mountains preventing the earth from shaking. The Koran is factually in error regarding mountains as immovable...

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Valkyrie - I thought I'd read up on the commentaries again, as I was sure I had read that geology had confirmed that mountains damped down earthquakes as per the following verse: Al-Anbiya' Chapter 21 : Verse 31 And We have placed in the earth firm mountains lest it should quake with them; and We ha...

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After posting the above, I came across this work from 1991: http://news-service.stanford.edu/pr/91/911001Arc1138.html Volcanic action can prevent earthquakes -- sometimes STANFORD -- There are well-documented associations between earthquakes and volcanoes, but two Stanford geophysicists have found e...

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Still on the subject of mountains and plate tectonics, I didn't realise that one verse talked about the Mountains appearing to be fixed whilst actually were in motion. I found some articles on the subject which talk about how on one level the mountains are 'floating' but on another level are still '...

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shafique, Is 27:88 a description of mountains today, or is it a prophecy regarding what will happen to mountains at the day of judgment? 27.88 is about mountains today - the other verses about the destruction of mountains in the latter days are in the future tense - as you can see from my post yest...

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ebonics - sounds interesting, I will try and find time to watch the lecture and will give you my comments at the end. I am a big fan of understanding the philosophy of religion, and one of my favourite books is 'Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam' by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian. It is available o...

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Nucleus, The quotes do corroborate the Quranic verses about mountains being like pegs and also reducing earthquakes. I would be interested to hear if the points made are valid according to the Geologist quoted before. Anyway, as a non-geologist, my knowledge has increased because of this discussion....

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