A STUDY OF ISLAM

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ASTUDYOFISLAM By Tim Haile
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September 11th, 2001
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What Caused This?
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MILITANT (fundamental) ISLAM CAUSED IT!
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Fight those who believe not in God nor the Last
Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been
forbidden by God and His apostle, nor acknowledge
the religion of truth, (even if they are) of the
People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya (tax
or tribute) with willing submission, and feel
themselves subdued (Quran 929)
HOLYJIHAD!
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What Is Islam?
Islams Symbol The Crescent Moon

• Depicts The Moon In A State Of Increase -
  representing the growth of Islamic faith from
  small to great

• The Symbol Is Rooted In Paganism (sign of
  fertility, growth, prosperity and the magical
  means of attaining such)

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What Is Islam?

• Islam Arabic word for Submission (to the
  will of Allah)
• Muslims or Moslems are the followers of Islam
• Mohammed is their prophet the Quran
  contains his teaching

Dome of the Rock In Jerusalem Masterpiece of
Muslim Architecture
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ISLAM
RAMADAAN The month of Ramadaan is that in
which the Qur'an was revealed as a guidance for
mankind with clear proofs of guidance and
discrimination (2186).
Muslims consider the Kaabaa small sanctuary near
the center of the Great Mosque in Mecca to be
the most sacred spot on earth. Muslim legend
teaches that the ancient religious patriarchs
Abraham and Ishmael built the shrine using
foundations first laid by Adam. Muslims all over
the world orient themselves toward the Kaaba
while praying, and every able Muslim is expected
to make a pilgrimage to the Kaaba at least once
in his or her lifetime. This picture shows
pilgrimage ceremonies, which consist of several
days of rituals and festivals during the Islamic
month of pilgrimages, Dhu al-Hijja.
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ISLAM
Medina Muhammads City Base of Operations
against non-Muslims from 622-632 AD.
Medina, in western Saudi Arabia, is a sacred city
that only Muslims are permitted to enter. The
Prophet Muhammad took refuge in Medina after
fleeing Mecca in 622 AD, and the city's numerous
mosques remain a destination for large numbers of
Muslims on their annual pilgrimage. The income
derived from visiting pilgrims forms the basis of
Medina's economy.
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• Islam Recognizes Medina, Mecca, and the Kaaba
  Stone as Spiritually Significant PLACES
• Jesus, in the Bible, Recognized NO PARTICULAR
  PLACE as being Spiritually Special

(20) Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but
you Jews claim that the place where we must
worship is in Jerusalem." (21) Jesus declared,
Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you
will worship the Father neither on this mountain
nor in Jerusalem (John 420-21).
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The Role of Ishmael

• The Qur?an says Ishmael
• Raised the Foundations of Gods House (2128)
• Purified Gods House of Devotion Prayer
  (2126)
• Was One of the Patriarchs (2137 385 1440)
• Was Exalted with Elisha, Jonah and Lot (687)
• Was a Messenger Prophet (1955)

The Bible says of Ishmael The angel of the
LORD also said to Hagar "You are now with
child and you will have a son. You shall name him
Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery.
12 He will be a wild donkey of a man his hand
will be against everyone and everyone's hand
against him, and he will live in hostility toward
all his brothers" (Gen. 1611-12).
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What Is Islam?

• The Five Pillars of Islam
• The shahada (profession of faith) is the sincere
  recitation of the twofold creed 'There is no god
  but God' and 'Mohammed is the Messenger of God'.
• The salat (formal prayer) must be performed at
  five points in the day while facing towards the
  holy city of Mecca.
• Alms-giving through the payment of zakat
  ('purification') is the duty of sharing one's
  wealth out of gratitude for God's favor,
  according to the uses laid down in the Koran.
• There is a duty to fast (saum) during the month
  of Ramadan.
• The Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca is to be
  performed if at all possible at least once during
  one's lifetime.

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What Is Islam?

• Became a Social, Political System
• Was Spread By Force of Arms
• Eventually Formed into the Ottoman Empire
• Composed of Shiites and Sunnites
• Worlds Fast Growing Religion
• Composes 1/5th of Worlds Population

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Mohammed570-632 AD
What Is Islam?

• Successful Business Man
• Married Wealthy Widow
• Self-proclaimed Philosopher
• Retreated to Mt Nur, during the month of Ramadan,
  (a pagan festival), Gabriel visited.
• Became an activist in Mekkah
• Founded Islam
• Fled To Medina

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What Is Islam?
The Ultimate Goal of Islam?

• The Abrogation of Judaism and Christianity
• In the religion of Islam, Judaism and
  Christianity meet their end.
• La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadu Rasool Allah.
• There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is His
  Prophet. (The essential Muslim profession of
  faith.)

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What Is Islam?
Allegedly revealed to Mohammed by the angel
Gabriel over a period of 23 years (but compiled
after his death).
One passage asserts Praise be to God, who hath
sent to his servant Mohammed the book the
Quran, and hath allowed therein no crookedness
(181).
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The Quran - The Significance of
Arabic

• Surely We have revealed it-- an Arabic Quran--
  that you may understand (122)
• And thus have We revealed it, a true judgment in
  Arabic, and if you follow their low desires after
  what has come to you of knowledge, you shall not
  have against Allah any guardian or a protector
  (1337)
• And thus have We sent it down an Arabic Quran,
  and have distinctly set forth therein of threats
  that they may guard (against evil) or that it may
  produce a reminder for them. (20113)

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The Quran - The Significance of
Arabic

• An Arabic Quran without any crookedness, that
  they may guard (against evil). (3928)
• A Book of which the verses are made plain, an
  Arabic Quran for a people who know (413)
• Surely We have made it an Arabic Quran that you
  may understand. (433)

This last verse makes clear the thought, that
Mohammed restricted true understanding to those
who speak Arabic! Others are seen as unqualified
to debate, discuss, or exegete the passages!
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The Quran Versus the Bibleon Scriptural
Integrity
2106 None of our revelations (verses) do we
abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but we
substitute something better or similar. Knowest
thou not that God hath power over all
things? 1339 God doth blot out or confirm
what he pleaseth. With Him is the Mother of the
Book. 16101 When we substitute one revelation
for another, - and God knows best what He reveals
(in stages), - they say, Thou are but a forger
but most of them understand not.
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The Quran Versus the Bibleon Scriptural
Integrity
Whatever communications We abrogate or cause to
be forgotten, We bring one better than it or like
it. Do you not know that Allah has power over all
things? (Quran 2106)
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of
God came, and the scripture cannot be
broken(John 1035)
NO Contradictions Allowed!
Contradictions Allowed!
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Muslims Profess Islam is a Religion of Love,
Peace and Tolerance, Citing
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• Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth
  stands out clear from error whoever rejects
  evil and believes Allah hath grasped the most
  trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And
  Allah heareth and knoweth all things.
• Surah 2256

AND
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Verily! Those who believe and those who are
Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever
believes in Allah and the Last Day and does
righteous good deeds shall have their reward with
the Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall
they grieve (Quran 262 and 569).
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And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam,
it will never be accepted of him, and in the
Hereafter he will be one of the losers (Quran
385).
Muslim fundamentalists appeal to this passage as
defining their World View. Contradiction is no
problem due to the following
Whatever message We abrogate or cause to be
forgotten, We bring one better than that or the
like thereof. Knowest thou not that Allah has the
power to do all that he wills? (Quran 2106)
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What Is Islam?
With friends like that
O ye who believe ! take not the Jews and the
Christians for friends. They are friends of each
other. And whoso among you takes them for friends
is indeed one of them. Verily ALLAH guides not
the unjust people (552) O ye who believe !
take not your fathers and brothers for friends if
they prefer disbelieve to faith. And whoso of you
takes them for friends, such are the wrongdoers
(923)
WHO NEEDSFUNDAMENTALMUSLIMS!!!
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But, What Is Their DispositionToward Those Who
Disagree With the Quran?

• ISLAMIC
• JIHAD!

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ISLAMIC SPONSORED TERRORISM

• Palestinian Abdel Baset Odeh, a Hamas activist,
  holding a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book,
  and a automatic rifle. Odeh, 25, was the suicide
  bomber that blew himself up in Netanya
• March 28, 2002
• 19 Killed
• 140 Wounded

Paradise under the shades of the
sword(Mohammed, Hadith 473)
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ISLAMIC SPONSORED TERRORISM

• Often Supported By So Called Charity
  Organizations
• May 1, 2002, News Reports that the Benevolence
  International Foundation had links to Osama Bin
  Laden and gave sizable amounts of cash to his
  Al-Qaida terrorist network.

• Had Links to People Involved in the 1993 Trade
  Center Bombing
• Had Links to People Plotting to Bomb US Airlines
• Had Links to People Plotting to Assasinate Pope
  John Paul II

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What Is Islam?

• Islamic Jihad (Holy War)
• Arabian Peninsula NOT TO BE OCCUPIED By Certain
  People

The idolaters are filth, so they must not
approach the Masjid ul-Haram (in Mecca) (928) 

• Quran Says War Is Necessary For Moral Cleansing

And if God did not prevent mankind, some
with others, the earth would be full of
corruption (2251)  If God did not prevent
people, some with some (others) then truly the
cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques
- in which is oft brought to mind the Name of God
- would have been destroyed (22 40)
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What Is Islam?
Islamic Jihad (Holy War)
NOTE Some Muslim Scholars attempt to explain
Jihad as a spiritual battle.
Fight against them by means Of it (the
Quran) a great fight (Ch. 25, V,53) AND We are
returning from the lesser Jihad to the greater
Jihad (Quote from Mohammed, Commentary of Sura
Al-Hajj Verse78 Published by Dar-ul Kitaab
Al-Arabi Beirut, Lubnan)
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Paradise Under The Shades of the Sword
Muhammed said Know that paradise is under the
shades of the sword (Hadith 473) Being killed
in the road of God covers all sins This
religion will ever be established, even to the
Day of Resurrection, as long as Muslims fight for
it. Quotations of Muhammed - Sahihu lBukhari
and Sahihu Muslim, Arabic editions, Babu l-Jihad)
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Paradise Under The Shades of the Sword
God is sponsor for him who goes forth to fight
on the road of God. If he be not killed, he shall
return to his house with rewards and booty, but
if he be slain, he shall be taken to
Paradise. The fire of hell shall not touch the
legs of him who shall be covered with the dust of
battle in the road of God. Quotations of
Muhammed - Sahihu lBukhari and Sahihu Muslim,
Arabic editions, Babu l-Jihad)
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Those who believe, and suffer exile and strive
with might and main, in God's cause, with their
goods and their persons, have the highest rank in
the sight of God They are the people who will
achieve (salvation). Quran 919,20
Reward For Martyrdom
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• When ye meet the unbelievers (in fight), smite
  at their necks at length, when ye have
  thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly (on
  them) thereafter (is the time for) either
  generosity or ransom Until the war lays down its
  burdens. Thus (are ye commanded) but if it had
  been God's will, He could certainly have exacted
  retribution from them (Himself) but (He lets you
  fight) in order to test you. - Surah 474

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3 Options For Non-Muslims(Fundamentalist
Perspective)

• Convert to islam
• Pay the protection tax and agree not to oppose
  islam
• die

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Muslims Claim That Quranic FightingIs
Defensive FightingOnly!
THEY CITE
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And fight in the way of ALLAH against those who
fight against you, but do not transgress. Surely,
ALLAH loves not the transgressors. And slay
these transgressors wherever you meet them and
drive them out from where they have driven you
out for persecution is worst than slaying. And
fight them not in and near the Sacred Mosque
until they fight you therein. But if they fight
you, then fight them. Such is the requital for
the disbelievers.  But if they desist, then
surely, ALLAH is Most Forgiving, Merciful.  And
fight them until there is no persecution, and
religion is professed only for ALLAH. But if they
desist, then remember that no hostility is
allowed except against the wrongdoers (Qur?an
2191-194).
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And fight them until there is no persecution,
and religion is professed only for ALLAH
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IS THISDEFENSE ONLY?
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Surely the true religion with ALLAH is
Islam And whoso seeks a religion other than
Islam, it shall not be accepted of him, and in
the Hereafter he shall be among the losers And
fight them until there is no persecution, and
religion is professed only for ALLAH O
Prophet, urge the believers to fight. If there be
of you twenty who are steadfast, they shall
overcome two hundred And if there be a hundred
of you, they shall overcome a thousand of those
who disbelieve, because they are a people do not
understand (Qur?an 320, 86 2194 866).
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Let those then fight in the cause of ALLAH who
would sell the present life for the Hereafter.
And whoso fights in the cause of ALLAH, be he
slain or be he victorious, WE shall soon give him
a great reward. And why should you not fight in
the cause of ALLAH and for the rescue of the weak
men, women and children - who say, Our Lord,
take us out of this town whose people are
oppressors, and give us a friend from Thyself and
give us from Thyself a helper.'  Those who
believe fight in the cause of ALLAH, and those
who disbelieve fight in the cause of the Evil
One. Fight ye therefore, against the friends of
Satan surely Satan's strategy is weak. (Qur?an
475-77)
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Hast thou not seen those to whom it was said
Restrain your hands, observe Prayer, and pay the
Zakát.' And when fighting is prescribed for them,
behold a section of them fear men as they should
fear ALLAH, or with still greater fear and they
say Our Lord, why hast thou prescribed fighting
for us? Wouldst Thou not grant us respite yet a
while?' Say, The benefit of this world is
little and the Hereafter will be better for him
who fears ALLAH and you shall not be wronged a
whit.' Wheresoever you may be, death will
overtake you, even if you be in strongly built
towers. And if some good befalls them, they say,
This is from ALLAH' and if evil befalls them,
they say, This is from thee.' Say, All is from
ALLAH.' What has happened to these people that
they would not try to understand anything?
(Qur?an 478-79)
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Fight, therefore, in the way of ALLAH - thou art
not made responsible except for thyself - and
urge on the believers to fight. It may be that
ALLAH will restrain the might of those that
disbelieve And ALLAH is stronger in might and
stronger in inflicting punishment. O ye who
believe! Fight such of the disbelievers as are
near to you and let them find hardness in you
and know that ALLAH is with the
righteous. Verily, ALLAH loves those who fight
in HIS cause arrayed in solid ranks, as though
they were a strong structure cemented with molten
lead (Qur?an 485 9123 615)
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O ye people of the Book! Believe in what WE
have now sent down, fulfilling that which is with
you, before WE destroy some of your leaders and
turn them on their backs or curse them as WE
cursed the people of the Sabbath. And the decree
of ALLAH is bound to be fulfilled. Surely,
ALLAH will not forgive that a partner be
associated with HIM but HE will forgive whatever
is short of that to whomsoever HE pleases. And
whoso associates partners with ALLAH has indeed
devised a very great sin (Qur?an
448-49). People of the Book Jews and
Christians!
Leaders On Their BacksSeptember 11th,
02Pentagon AttackedWhite House Intended
TargetOf 4th Plane
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And fight in the cause of ALLAH and know that
ALLAH is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.   Who is it
that will lend ALLAH a goodly loan that HE may
multiply it for him manifold? And ALLAH receives
and enlarges. And to HIM shall you be made to
return.   Hast thou not heard of the chiefs of
the Children of Israel after Moses, when they
said to a Prophet of theirs, Appoint for us a
king that we may fight in the way of ALLAH ?' He
said, It is not likely that you will not fight,
if fighting is prescribed for you ?' They said,
What reason have we that we should not fight in
the way of ALLAH when we have been driven forth
from our homes and our sons ?' But when fighting
was ordained for them, they turned back except a
small number of them. And ALLAH knows the
transgressors well (Qur?an 2245-247).
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Allah negates from Himself the possibility of His
having any "son" or associate in His dominion, in
His acting and decreeing and in the worship of
Him. - Alharamain
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Allah has not taken on a son nor is there any
deity along with Him. If this were so, each deity
would take away that which it had created and one
would have overpowered the other. Exalted is
Allah and free of that which they attribute to
Him! Knower of the unseen and the apparent, and
High is He above that which they associate with
Him. Quran 23 91-92
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O People of the Book! Exceed not the limits in
your religion, and say not of ALLAH anything but
the truth. Verily, the Messiah, Jesus, son of
Mary, was only a Messenger of ALLAH, and a
fulfillment of HIS word which HE has sent down to
Mary, and a mercy from HIM. So believe in ALLAH
and HIS Messengers, and say not, They are
three.' Desist, it will be better for you.
Verily, ALLAH is the only One God. Holy is HE,
far above having a son. To HIM belongs whatever
is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth.
And sufficient is ALLAH as a guardian (Qur?an
4172).

• The Bible Says
• 3 Persons of God (Matt. 2819 1 Jn. 57 Rom.
  1516).
• Father, Son, Holy Ghost (Jn. 11-2 Acts 53-4)

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Indeed, they are disbelievers who say, ALLAH,
HE is the Messiah, son of Mary,' whereas the
Messiah himself said, O Children of Israel,
worship ALLAH Who is my Lord and your Lord.'
Surely, whoso associates partners with ALLAH, him
has ALLAH forbidden Heaven, and the Fire will be
his resort. And the wrongdoers shall have no
helpers. They surely disbelieve who say,
ALLAH is the third of three' there is no god
but the One God. And if they do not desist from
what they say, a grievous punishment shall surely
befall those of them that disbelieve (Qur?an
573-74).  And they say, ALLAH has taken to
Himself a son.' Holy is HE! Nay, everything in
the Heavens and the earth belongs to HIM. To HIM
are all obedient (Qur?an 2217).
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• The Bible Says
• Jesus Was, Is, and Forever Will Be, GOD (Jn.
  11-2, 14 Jn. 518 1030 149 1245 2028
  Mk. 25-10 Rom. 95 Col. 29 1 Tim. 316 Heb.
  13)

• The Qur?an Teaches That
• One is an Unbeliever who Confesses Jesus as God
• One is an Unbeliever who Confesses Jesus as
  Gods Son
• One is Forbidden Heaven who Confesses Jesus as
  God
• One Deserves Fire Grievous Punishment who
  Confesses Jesus as God

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Fight those from among the people of the
Book, who believe not in ALLAH, nor in the Last
Day, nor hold as unlawful what ALLAH and HIS
Messenger have declared to be unlawful, nor
follow the true religion, until they pay the tax
considering it a favour and acknowledge their
subjection. And the Jews say, Ezra is
the son of ALLAH,' and the Christians say, the
Messiah is the son of ALLAH' that is what they
say with their mouths. They only imitate the
saying of those who disbelieved before them.
ALLAH's curse be on them! How they are turned
away. If you will not go forth to fight
in the cause of ALLAH, HE will punish you with a
painful punishment, and will chose in your stead
a people other than you, and you shall do HIM no
harm at all. And ALLAH has full power over all
things (Qur?an 929,30,39).
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What Is Islam?
Islamic Doctrines
Islam on friends
O ye who believe ! take not the Jews and the
Christians for friends. They are friends of each
other. And whoso among you takes them for friends
is indeed one of them. Verily ALLAH guides not
the unjust people (552) O ye who believe !
take not your fathers and brothers for friends if
they prefer disbelieve to faith. And whoso of you
takes them for friends, such are the wrongdoers
(923)
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And for their saying, We did slay the Messiah,
Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of ALLAH'
whereas they slew him not, nor did they bring
about his death upon the cross, but he was made
to appear to them like one crucified and those
who differ therein are certainly in a state of
doubt about it they have no certain knowledge
thereof, but only pursue a conjecture and they
did not arrive at a certainty concerning it.
(Qur?an 4158).

• Lying About the Crucifixion of Christ
• Exalting Ezra Above Mohammed
• Rejecting Mohammed as a Prophet
• Charging Interest on Money (Qur?an 4162)

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• Denying that Jesus was a Created Being (Col.
  115-17 John 11-2) The Qur?an says Jesus was
  created like Adam was (Qur?an 360)
• Belief in the Deity and Divine Sonship of Jesus
  (Hebrews 11-12)
• Rejecting Mohammed as the Prophet of Deuteronomy
  1818-19 Islam claims Mohammed to be the
  fulfillment, but see Acts 322-23,26
• Rejecting the Qur?an as Gods Last Revelation to
  Man (see Gal. 18-9 Jud. 3 1 Cor. 210-16)

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What Is Islam?
Islamic Doctrines
BELIEF Mans Choice or Gods?
And if there was a Qur'an by which mountains
could be moved or by which the earth could be cut
asunder or by which the dead could be spoken to,
they would still not believe in it. Nay, the
matter of their believing rests entirely with
ALLAH (1332)
And say, It is the truth from your Lord
wherefore let him who will, believe, and let him,
who will, disbelieve.' ALLAH changes not the
condition of a people until they change that
which is in their hearts (1312 1830)
W H I C H ?
Perhaps John Calvin read the Quran!!! It Is
Actually Difficult to Tell!!!
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What Is Islam?
Islamic Doctrines
THE LAW OF MARRIAGE

• May Marry Up To 4 Wives (Quran 44)
• May Marry Additional Slave Girls (4128)
• Mohammed Had 9 Wives
• A Thrice Divorced Woman May Only Be Taken Back
  If She Has Married Someone Else and Been Divorced
  From Him (231)

Totally Contradicts Biblical Teaching!
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What Is Islam?
Islamic Doctrines
Morals and Ethics

• Games of Chance Prohibited (2220)
• Eating of Pork Blood Consumption of Alcohol
  Prohibited (2174 2220)
• Lying Adultery (as specially defined in the
  Quran) Prohibited (420-26)
• Killing (of fellow believers) is Prohibited
  (430)
• Stealing is Prohibited (539) Cut off hands and
  feet.

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What Is Islam?
Islamic Doctrines
The Nature of God
And they say, The Gracious God has taken unto
Himself a son.' Assuredly, you have indeed
uttered a most hideous thing. The heavens might
well-nigh burst thereat, and the earth cleave
asunder, and the mountains fall down in
pieces. Because they ascribe a son to the
Gracious God. It becomes not the Gracious God
that HE should take unto Himself a son(1989-93)