Ask Me Anything: Muslim Edition

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The dua would be an analogue for the Eucharist in the sense that it’s the center and most important part of the service. The dua is an invocation to Allah, it’s thought to be a moment of communion with God if done sincerely. It doesn’t involve anything physical, just praying, so no blasphemy.
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Thank you for your response; I can agree a Muslim practicing the Dua as it’s highest form of prayer, when the Eucharist celebrated in Mass is the Catholic’s highest form of prayer.

But I do not see the Dua as ever being “analogous” to the Eucharist. When the Eucharist pertains to both the real Spiritual and Substantial Presence of God made present. While the Dua never reveals the True and real substantial Presence of God in their presence. I don’t mean to split hairs here, but when you compared both forms of prayer as being “analogue”, the Dua in comparison to the Eucharist never reaches the physical real substantial presence of God, as does the Eucharist celebrated at Mass.

I respect your outside view of the Mass. In retrospect, I find the practice of Dua in Islam very difficult for me. I cannot worship a god who is not personal to me and who cannot make His presence known to me, as God does celebrated in Last Supper at Mass.
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There isn’t supposed to be a difference between how we treat Muslims and non-Muslims… There is no longer a rightly guided Caliphate,… We’re commanded to live peacefully with others… So, there should be no practical difference in how a Muslim is treated versus a non-Muslim.
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I find your form of Islam very assuring, although I believe your practice of Islam is in the minority of Muslims?

Thank you again for your posting’s here. Should time allow for you to respond here, can you please reveal if your form of Islamic practice allows you the freedom and liberty to possess or own a Christian bible? And are you allowed the freedom’s and liberties to read the Judeo/Christian= Old and New Testament bible on your own, and if you do read the bible, do you ever pray and ask Jesus your prophet to pray for you?

Peace be with you
p.s I am enjoying your posting’s on this thread
 
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Make female circumcision legal, says Muslim scholar World News
“Dr Ali Selim called female circumcision “an inherited practice” and said parents should be allowed to have it carried out on their daughter if a doctor says it’s necessary.” Nowhere is it clearly explained on what basis it might be “necessary”, other than a vague reference to some similarity with male circumcision. Has anyone ever heard of a doctor, let alone broad “medical opinion”, holding that female circumcision is sometimes “necessary”?
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Does any kind of female circumcision arise in any variant of the Moslem faith, or does the topic not arise at all? [The fact that this person quoted is a Moslem scholar does not mean it is a Moslem issue.]
 
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De_Maria said:
Did anyone see the Angel talking to Mary?
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Respectfully opinion Questions was did any see the >angel> speaking to Mary, referring to the Angel Gabriel when he told Blessed Mother Mary she be with child? Luke records this visitation etc. Were there not others going around claiming also to be the Messiah in Jesus day also working miracles is this true? Why many of them had to go before the Head of the Jerusalem Sanhedrin Council of those claiming such? NT Head of the Sanhedrin meantions this also when Peter Apostles were brought before them? Just pondering Peace 🙂
 
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Moslem, being the older spelling of Muslim, may hold some negative connotations due to the vitriol that has been held for Muslims in the West, especially in the past. So, while the words have no literal difference, the connotations of each are different.
 
I believe the common name used during the Roman Empire and up until after the Crusades was Saracen to describe Arab Muslims.
 
I grew up with Islam and my stepdad is a Sunni Muslim, who holds a grudge against Shia Muslims although he doesn’t hate them to a great extent. However, we have always had this problem too with Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox groups always at each other’s throats and sometimes allying with people from outside the group against people inside their same group, or sect of you like. I grew up reading the Quran and understand Islam quite well, I even considered converting myself at one time. Now, I am converting to Orthodox Christianity. I also have Jewish relatives and a Jewish girlfriend so I have many things to add to this conversation if the conversation shifts that way. Salam and God Bless you!!!
 
I know that and I dread if that day ever comes because I genuinely love this woman. I met her around the time I started pursuing Orthodoxy and this happened “by accident” to put it likely correctly. My brother and sister in law are completely irreligious and everyone knew that their priest/rabbi wedding was a farce for the parents, but I know that if I have to chose between my Faith and the woman I love I will have to chose my Faith. I will cry and be devastated but I will have to chose my Faith, may God guide me to the right decision. Thank you!
 
Noted. So my question is whether any variant of Islam has incorporated the practice. I’ve assumed the answer is “no”.
 
Thanks for your reply. Does the Koran state that the Torah and Gospels need to be followed? If so, do the Muslims have a version of the Torah and Gospels that they believe has not been altered?
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The non-corrupt versions of the Torah and the Gospel have been lost to time, by most Islamic scholarly opinions, but their message would have been the same as that in the Koran. We believe that the same Message was revealed several times and that the Koran is the final revelation before the judgement. So, in a sense, the Torah and the Gospels contain part of God’s Message, but not the fullness of it. Islam doesn’t really encourage reading those books, because they can be a stumbling block for people with little religious education and we believe that the full Message is contained in the Koran anyway, but they still contain fragments of the Book so they should be respected.
 
There is one hadith of highly questionable historical validity on the subject which has the Prophet (peace be upon him) saying that if one must cut, they should cut as little as possible. There are several different version of female circumcision, most of which are clearly harmful mutilation, but there are still some people who try to make the case that the milder forms are really no different than male circumcision. It’s still entirely unnecessary not really an Islamic issue. It’s a practice that predated Islam and which was permitted by some Islamic scholars as something that was permissible but ignoble. It persists mostly as a cultural phenomenon rather than a religious one, but thank God it’s starting to die out as people become more educated and have better access to healthcare.
 
It’s more of a difference in the way Arabic has historically been romanized. There’s technically no difference, but Moslem was primarily used as a derogatory term in Europe and by colonial powers in the Middle East and for that reason it’s a sensitive issue. Muslim is the polite spelling.
 
I’m definitely a modernist. I follow a school of thought that seeks to apply Islamic ethics and scholarship in a common sense way in the modern world, because we just don’t live in the same social, political, and technological landscape that the early Muslims did. There are things that were relevant to them that are no longer relevant to us in precisely the same way and there are social problems we face that could not have existed in the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Islamic philosophical thought encourages rational adaptation to changing environments while still applying the spirit of the law, so there’s no reason for us to be stuck in a medievalist interpretation of what society should look like.
 
Yeah, unfortunately a lot of Sunni really dislike Shia and vice versa. I’m lucky in that both sides of my family are pretty tolerant people, but my parents said that getting their wedding set up was an exercise in diplomacy worthy of the UN security council.

What draws you to Orthodox Christianity if you don’t me asking?
 
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Yeah, unfortunately a lot of Sunni really dislike Shia and vice versa. I’m lucky in that both sides of my family are pretty tolerant people, but my parents said that getting their wedding set up was an exercise in diplomacy worthy of the UN security council.

What draws you to Orthodox Christianity if you don’t me asking?
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UN, good one. 🤣 My mom and stepdad were married in a courthouse, although they did speak to Catholic priest and an Imam but only as a formality.
Orthodox Christianity genuinely is the only church whose practices are the most ancient and whose theology is non-negotiable. Every church, well almost every church but those churches aren’t 20 centuries old, has changed to fit the times and seasons but the Orthodox have not. They also place great emphasis on strict fasting (which we are doing now for Great Lent), traditions, traditional values and community. Western Christianity, at least in most precincts, have lost all of this unfortunately. However, only God can judge people and the Orthodox make it quite clear, unlike many other Christians, that only God decides who is righteous and who is not as only He knows the heart even better than we do ourselves. Peace be with you and thank you. Have a great day.
 
Where is the best areas to be accepted as culturally muslim but atheist in beliefs in the supernatural? Such as the jewish religion. They are mostly just culturally jewish and have abandoned the belief in the supernatural.
 
Probably Turkey, although that’s now starting to change again. Secular Muslim culture is not really common in the Middle East, although there were periods of time in the last century where it was. The educated class in pre-Taliban Afghanistan and under the Shah in Iran was fairly secular. Atheism is the Middle East is something that isn’t well tolerated in public life, unfortunately, although it’s improving. The Saudis consider atheism to be a form of terrorism, which I’ve always thought was weird.
 
Is there a public discussion about the cultural muslim groups that is promoting this pathway? I’m assuming not since I’m presupposing that the muslim cultural, as it stands now, would either commit violence towards these people or be banished from their family and friends for taking this position and so would prefer to remain silent about talking about their identities this way. If this is not the case, could you tell me about publicly outspoken leaders of the muslim community that take this position?
 
shazirah said:
The non-corrupt versions of the Torah and the Gospel have been lost to time, by most Islamic scholarly opinions, but their message would have been the same as that in the Koran. We believe that the same Message was revealed several times and that the Koran is the final revelation before the judgement. So, in a sense, the Torah and the Gospels contain part of God’s Message, but not the fullness of it. Islam doesn’t really encourage reading those books, because they can be a stumbling block for people with little religious education and we believe that the full Message is contained in the Koran anyway, but they still contain fragments of the Book so they should be respected.
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I read often about Muslims belief that the Torah and Gospels were corrupted some time in the past. At what point in time were they corrupted. You have to know what was in the originals to claim that they have been corrupted; do you have the originals that have not been corrupted. On what evidence do you base your belief.
 
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