10 Things I Like About Islam

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Hey, it’s not what you think. I just have something in my eye. That’s all!
 
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1. Muslims, with us, worship the One True God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  1. Muslims have a strong sense of the sacredness of God, and are rightfully fearful of His power.
  2. Muslims stand firm with us against the tide of secular humanism and the evils of relativism.
  3. Muslims very rightly will not tolerate false gods to be placed above the One True God.
  4. Muslims understand the absolute virtues of humility, courage, and chastity.
  5. Muslims rightly insist that we owe God our worship and complete life-long service.
  6. Muslims understand that one of the greatest things that we can do to thank God for our existance is to pray, fervently and constantly.
  7. Muslims treat members of their faith like brothers, and strive to take care of the members of their common faith.
  8. Muslims understand the importance of tradition in faith.
  9. Muslims are taught to instruct others with patience, justice, and humility.
I encourage fellow Christians to add to this list things they like about Islam.

I also ask any Muslim to join with me and list some things you like about Catholics.

Positive responses only, please.

Peace be with all of you,
RyanL
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i add…

i like the muslims for their anti abortion, lesbian, homosexual. The catholics really need muslims’ help to fight these.
 
Muslims also believe, like we do, that charity and mercy are essential to obeying God’s law to love our neighbors.

Plus Mulims formally pray 5 times a day. Which really impressed me until I realized that Catholics (if they are fairly observant) should end up praying much more than 5 times. ie in the morning, before and after every meal, in the evening, and whenever we begin and end any sort of meeting, when we hear an abulance or fire truck, or when we hear about anyone in trouble.

Muslims believe that Jesus is the Messiah (although not in the same sense as we do), that He is a great prophet, and that His teachings should be obeyed.
 
Muslims also believe, like we do, that charity and mercy are essential to obeying God’s law to love our neighbors.
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Plus Mulims formally pray 5 times a day. Which really impressed me until I realized that Catholics (if they are fairly observant) should end up praying much more than 5 times. ie in the morning, before and after every meal, in the evening, and whenever we begin and end any sort of meeting, when we hear an abulance or fire truck, or when we hear about anyone in trouble.
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We (muslims) actually have a prayer (supplication) for every thing we do…from waking up, to going to sleep and literally EVERYTHING in the middle.

here is a site with some of those prayers and their occasions 🙂

makedua.com/alpha_index.html
 
im gonna have to agree with Ric on this one. i too LOVE many things about islam and it has many beautiful and wonderful traditions and ideas. the respect that they show for “Allah” is a lesson for all the “Christians” out there who turn God into a simple forgiving grandfather that cares less what we do and simply lets the whole world into heaven. with all that said, i have major issues with how islam is portrayed in the post-vatican II Church. i am not really sure if islam worships the same God as us. but most certainly the Church has done a total 180 in its view on Islam in the past 40 years. how can we go from Pope Pius XI calling for traditional missionary activity to save souls from darkness to now? Pius XI described islam as a false religion which imprisons its members “in darkness” to Pope John Paul visiting a mosque and kissing a copy of the Koran!? Can anyone REALLY imagine that any Pope before the 60’s would say that the “plan of salvation” includes the Muslims when the act of consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart (promulgated by Pius XI) prays for the deliverance of souls from “the darkness of idolatry or of Islamism”? its tough for me to image the Church Fathers, men that despised all false religious ideals, would as Pope John Paul (a great pope who will be a saint) pray “May St. John the Baptist protect Islam”. before people call me an uber-traditionalist, i attend a Novus Ordo parish, follow the Church teaching 100 percent and thank God for infallability. Official Church teaching consistant with Tradition is infalliable, theological speculation such as this is falliable. given the obvious two views on islam, i stand by the one of previous popes and Tradition.
 
No doubt about it, this is a great thread and we can most DEFINATELY learn alot to boost our faith and be more pleasing to God. Did I mention that this is a great thread? It’s nice to hear something positive about Islam especially nowadays and we could learn abit about how to live our Christian Faith from it! We need to take more of a stand in our country against so much immorality that is being passed on as "status quo"in our society today! - maranjewell
 
talking about all the things we like about islam seems a little strange to me. sure, there are MANY MANY admirable things in islam,but isnt that not the real issue. shouldnt we rather focus on “conversion” of the muslims to the Christian Faith? to hear things like “we can learn a lot from the muslims” seems strange to me. good relations are one thing, but saying that someone else’s religion is ok and even admirable in itself is wrong. i just think its a bad emphasis to have. it gives the impression that muslims, though sincere, are not in dire need of the saving touch of Jesus Christ.
 
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talking about all the things we like about islam seems a little strange to me. sure, there are MANY MANY admirable things in islam,but isnt that not the real issue. shouldnt we rather focus on “conversion” of the muslims to the Christian Faith? to hear things like “we can learn a lot from the muslims” seems strange to me. good relations are one thing, but saying that someone else’s religion is ok and even admirable in itself is wrong. i just think its a bad emphasis to have. it gives the impression that muslims, though sincere, are not in dire need of the saving touch of Jesus Christ.
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Hi,
this thread was started by Ryan at a moment when 99% of the post got nasty (both ways) and this was a relief that actually might have been a reason why some muslims remained and took part of this forum.

Way to go Ryan!!!..but I don’t think Ryan is on the sub-forum anymore…

Peace.
Your brother,
luigi
 
One of the above posters said what I was going to say- Muslim countries stood firm with the Vatican at the Bejing Conference- they stand with us on the moral issues and the issue of pro-life.
Plus the 10 things the first poster mentioned.
 
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Athanasius18:
shouldnt we rather focus on “conversion” of the muslims to the Christian Faith? to hear things like “we can learn a lot from the muslims” seems strange to me. good relations are one thing, but saying that someone else’s religion is ok and even admirable in itself is wrong. i just think its a bad emphasis to have. it gives the impression that muslims, though sincere, are not in dire need of the saving touch of Jesus Christ.
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The important thing is to take all these statements into their proper perspective. It is possible to learn certain things from Muslims, but that also applies to people of potentially any faith. I do agree with you though that this may not be the most important thing to talk about.
 
what a great thread!

I like about Islam the respect they have of Our Blessed Mother. I didn´t know about this until recently and it was very surprising to me (in a good way of course)

I like about muslims I have met, that they are very well-mannered, very respectful, great hosts, not afraid to stand-up for their beliefs, and really helpful to others.
 
The Muslims have a great respect for the mentally challenged and the birth defect victim.

At the height of Sharia law, say during abundence when theft is unnecessary and hands will be cut off for theft, an obviously retarded person who steals will not come to harm. All mentally challenged are not excluded from group activities so even an unfortunate afflicted with a gross abnormality is accepted in cultural activities.
 
im not trying to be rude or to beat a dead horse, but i just think that topics like these, while certainly nice, could lead to the wrong impression. for people of other faith and even for nominal catholics, i think reading all the praise heaped on islam could lead to indifferentism on the part of some. most muslims are great people, but they do not have salvation without Jesus Christ. this should be the focus of the issue. i just think that energy could be better spent showing muslims the errors of their ways in lovingly call them to the Church.
 
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Athanasius18:
im not trying to be rude or to beat a dead horse, but i just think that topics like these, while certainly nice, could lead to the wrong impression. for people of other faith and even for nominal catholics, i think reading all the praise heaped on islam could lead to indifferentism on the part of some. most muslims are great people, but they do not have salvation without Jesus Christ. this should be the focus of the issue. i just think that energy could be better spent showing muslims the errors of their ways in lovingly call them to the Church.
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I agree. I have always felt that Islam was a cult decades before the 911 terrorist attacks against this country. What is admirable about some of the behavior of Muslims it is done chiefly out of fear of physical harm and not out of conviction for the faith.
 
The Muslims also invented al-gebra, Algebra; but I don’t know if I like them for that.
 
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The Muslims also invented al-gebra, Algebra; but I don’t know if I like them for that.
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I like the arabic numerals. they are much easier to work with than the Roman numerals.
I also like the way that Muslim women dress. The newspaper had an article recently on the new (Muslim) swimsuits in Turkey. They are so modest and decent, it is almost unbelievable to a Catholic who sees how some women come dressed to Church.
 
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I like the arabic numerals. they are much easier to work with than the Roman numerals.
I also like the way that Muslim women dress. The newspaper had an article recently on the new (Muslim) swimsuits in Turkey. They are so modest and decent, it is almost unbelievable to a Catholic who sees how some women come dressed to Church.
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Yes, I agree about the way Muslim woman dress. I strongly feel as part of the Patriot Act, vice-president Cheney should require all American woman to wear a Burka.

seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/nation-world/crisis/theregion/veils.html

savethemales.ca/180902.html
 
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Athanasius18:
i think reading all the praise heaped on islam could lead to indifferentism on the part of some
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If a Catholic is going to be lead to indifferentism because other Catholics say Muslims are polite, that would be troubling.
 
“What is admirable about some of the behavior of Muslims it is done chiefly out of fear of physical harm and not out of conviction for the faith.”

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I am not afraid of Harm when i say the following

I like catholics because they still feel the connection of proving thei faith through good deeds. I meet many hardline evangelical protestants online and they use vile language and have false patriotism of hate the other. I think catholics are way ahead these people.
 
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