Been a Muslim for 23 years, I would like to clear misconceptions you have

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followingtheway said:
Do you believe non-Muslims go to Heaven?

I’m asking because one of the many things Christians and Muslims seem to have in common is the concept of an eternal Heaven and Hell.

In some Christian circles, people need to become Christian or “accept Jesus as the personal Lord and Savior” as they put it in order to go to Heaven.

I think Catholics believe only God knows who goes where when it comes to life after death, that’s what I believe.

So what is the Muslim position on salvation of non-Muslims?
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We believe before Islam people will be judged on their deeds to enter heaven and hell. On judgement day they will be spared if they lived righteous lives.

After Islam has been formed we believe that non Muslims will go to hell if they reject the word of Allah having been given it by a Muslim. There is a school of thought that Allah will give people a chance of forgiveness on judgement day to choose Islam also within some jurisprudence.

It is slightly more complex than this but that’s the main summary.
 
BlueKnight said:
Do Muslims believe that Jesus did not die on the cross and that he had a replacement that looked like him?

Did Mohamed really say at his death that the Jews had to be removed from the Arabian peninsula?
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The belief is that when the anti Christ is here he will lead an army of 70,000 Jews who follow him against Isa(Jesus) and this is why we believe the final day will not pass until every Jew is killed. But it refers only to the Jews of this army against Isa(Jesus)

Yes we do not believe Jesus died. We believe he was ascended to heaven by Allah. Whether a lookalike was crucified is not agreed upon, but some school of thought suggests that belief.
 
jediliz said:
Are four male witnesses really required to prove rape happened?
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Under some Shariah without DNA or conclusive evidence you would need 4 female witnesses, but 2 male witnesses. If evidence and one witness verifies a story then no.
 
Tomdstone said:
Is Allahu Akbar a prayer? Why do some Muslims say this before beheading innocent people?
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Allah Akbar just means God is great. It is the Muslim version of Hallelujah in a way. It’s something we say a lot in a mosque. It is just a very common way to praise Allah.
 
BlueKnight said:
Are my misconceptions not sanitized enough for you?
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You are free to ask what you wish 👍
Jon_S said:
Is Islam really a religion of peace?

If so…you have a serious marketing problem…

I read about 7-10% of Muslims are extremist . This ends up being a huge number of individuals.

It seems to me, let me know where I am wrong, that Westernized or Secular Muslims are generally more peaceful because they maybe don’t take their faith as seriously, this would amount to about 10-20%, then there is the 10% extremist we spoke of, then there are about 70% who are somewhere on the spectrum in between.
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I lived in Syria between 1996 and 2005 and it was a very peaceful country that treated Assyrians very well and there was no tension between Sunni ans Shia. In the last 10 years it all changed. Explaining extremism will be a tough subject.

Islam is not strictly a religion of peace by definition, it is not a pacifist religion Allah has said that in self defense violence or war may be acceptable in some circumstances.
 
Jakubb said:
You are free to ask what you wish 👍

I lived in Syria between 1996 and 2005 and it was a very peaceful country that treated Assyrians very well and there was no tension between Sunni ans Shia. In the last 10 years it all changed. Explaining extremism will be a tough subject.

Islam is not strictly a religion of peace by definition, it is not a pacifist religion Allah has said that in self defense violence or war may be acceptable in some circumstances.
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Thank you very much, my friend and former neighbor also lived in Syria, he was Christian, and he traveled to visit his family every summer. Obviously that has all ended and much of his family has been killed.

When it all started I thought (believing the Media narrative) that he would be happy to see Assad go. He said, no, under Assad there was freedom for everyone and everyone lived in peace. He said it was the Muslims who were instigating this because they wanted Syria to be all Muslim…seems he was correct.
 
Jakubb said:
Yes I know many Catholics who have converted to Islam also. We see Jesus(pbuh) as a prophet not the son of God. Allah has no son. We believe Jesus(pbuh) never said he was the son of God but that the bible was corrupted by man which added and altered things to make it appears like this is what Jesus(pbuh) said.

We believe Jesus(Isa) was ascended to heaven and did not die on a cross and was not resurrected.

We see Jesus and Moses as important prophets but Muhammad(pbuh) as the final messenger.
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I don’t think the question was sufficiently answered. I would also like to ask the same thing:
How do you respond to the claims of some people that the core elements of Islam were taken from Christian heresies like Arianism - even go so far as claiming that Islam is a Christian heresy?

My other question:
Are the teachings of Islam really interpreted differently, depending on which sect of Islam you or which school of thought you adhere to?
 
Jon_S said:
Thank you very much, my friend and former neighbor also lived in Syria, he was Christian, and he traveled to visit his family every summer. Obviously that has all ended and much of his family has been killed.

When it all started I thought (believing the Media narrative) that he would be happy to see Assad go. He said, no, under Assad there was freedom for everyone and everyone lived in peace. He said it was the Muslims who were instigating this because they wanted Syria to be all Muslim…seems he was correct.
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The west redrew the map. Some Muslims want to see the map removed & the whole area to be one big Islamic state.

Of course Shia do not want this since Syria and Iran and Lebanon are their countries. Lebanon is not strictly a Muslim country the president has to be Catholic, but it is majority Shia.

So right now it is a very ugly place to be. Assyrians will be wiped out if people do not protect them. They will allow Christians but under Shariah. It is complex. It is not really safe for many people at this point. Shia or Christian or other non Muslims.
 
Jakubb said:
The west redrew the map. Some Muslims want to see the map removed & the whole area to be one big Islamic state.

Of course Shia do not want this since Syria and Iran and Lebanon are their countries. Lebanon is not strictly a Muslim country the president has to be Catholic, but it is majority Shia.

So right now it is a very ugly place to be. Assyrians will be wiped out if people do not protect them. They will allow Christians but under Shariah. It is complex. It is not really safe for many people at this point. Shia or Christian or other non Muslims.
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Yes indeed my heart breaks for Syrians and I pray peace will return and proper intervention be done.
 
BlueKnight said:
Are my misconceptions not sanitized enough for you?
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No, I know it happens. I am actually considered to be quite politically incorrect, I mean c’mon I spend most of my time listening to Michael Voris. I was just acting slightly out of character. Well, more than slightly.
 
Jakubb said:
Jesus(Isa) is a very important prophet in Islam. It is said when Dajjal(anti christ) comes to earth Jesus(Isa) will come back & this is when the end days will come.

We believe Jesus(Isa) was born via a virgin birth from Maryam who is held in high esteem in Islam. She is chosen above all other women and is the highest role model for women.
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When calling Jesus a prophet, what do you mean? Prophets prophesy - what did he prophesy and are they included in your scriptures? Why did God give Jesus the historically unique honor of a virgin birth but did not honor Mohammed with at least as much? Sorry for so many questions, but as soon as one comes out it seems to lead me to several more! Like this one (sorry!): Who besides Mohammed witnessed his visions? How do Muslims know whether Mohammed had the ability to discern from whence his vision(s) came (from God or the devil)? Since the devil can appear as an angel of light, how do you know it was not a deception? Proof may be in the holy life he thereafter led, so was Mohammed especially virtuous? If so, in what ways? Heroic self-sacrifice? Giving all he owned to the poor? Staying away from all worldly pleasures (including relations with the opposite sex) for love of God? What public miracles did he perform? How many demons were cast out, how many dead raised, etc.? Thanks for your patience!
 
CatholicWhovian said:
I don’t think the question was sufficiently answered. I would also like to ask the same thing:
How do you respond to the claims of some people that the core elements of Islam were taken from Christian heresies like Arianism - even go so far as claiming that Islam is a Christian heresy?

My other question:
Are the teachings of Islam really interpreted differently, depending on which sect of Islam you or which school of thought you adhere to?
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In Islam it works like this.

Qur’an
Hadith
fiqh

Qur’an is always the most important. Then Hadiths then Fiqh. Fiqh is scholar’s interpretations of Quranic verses or Sunnah books. This is where Shariah is based from. Different sects follow different scholar interpretations on numerous issues. Overall there is not much difference but on some issues things vary from sect to sect from Scholar to Scholar the fiqh can be different.

As for Arianism of course we reject that Islam comes from Arianism. We are made clear that Allah revealed the Qur’an to Muhammad(pbuh) word by word & this is the basis of the Qur’an. The Hadiths which include the Sunnah were written about Muhammad’s life & Fiqh is based on all 3.

There is no suggestion in Islam that Arianism plays any role whatsoever. We see Christianity as partly what Allah revealed to Jesus(pbuh) before the final messenger came. And Moses(pbuh) was revealed to the children of Israel what Allah revealed to him in the Torah…this is why the religions have some things in common with Islam rather than core elements taken as a heretical religion.
 
Tomdstone said:
Why did this happen in the last 10 years. Was it due to the Americans who intervened in Iraq?
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The rebel movement in Syria started for unknown reasons. Some say some Sunni Muslims put on walls they hated Assad then they were killed & then Sunnis revolted against Assad’s regime, and after awhile people from Iraq infiltrated the rebellion to try and form an Islamic state. But it is only a theory
 
Jakubb said:
Islam is not strictly a religion of peace by definition, it is not a pacifist religion Allah has said that in self defense violence or war may be acceptable in some circumstances.
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So it’s like our doctrine of just war, wherein war can be justifiable in certain circumstances. 🙂

Why is it that the secular media seems to block this doctrine? Secular indifference I guess… 😛
 
Jakubb said:
In Islam it works like this.

Qur’an
Hadith
fiqh

Qur’an is always the most important. Then Hadiths then Fiqh. Fiqh is scholar’s interpretations of Quranic verses or Sunnah books. This is where Shariah is based from. Different sects follow different scholar interpretations on numerous issues. Overall there is not much difference but on some issues things vary from sect to sect from Scholar to Scholar the fiqh can be different.
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I think this is also the reason why it can be wrong to generally infer that Islam is simply a religion of peace or a violent religion, because in some issues it can really vary depending on what scholar or sect you adhere to.
this is why the religions have some things in common with Islam rather than core elements taken as a heretical religion.
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Just like how Buddhism and Jainism has some things in common with Hinduism. Of course it would be wrong as well to infer that Buddhism is a “heresy” or a perversion of Hinduism.
 
CatholicWhovian said:
So it’s like our doctrine of just war, wherein war can be justifiable in certain circumstances. 🙂

Why is it that the secular media seems to block this doctrine?
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Because the media reports things like innocent people being beheaded and generally this is thought to be unjust by non-Muslims.
 
Tomdstone said:
Because the media reports things like innocent people being beheaded and generally this is thought to be ** unjust by non-Muslims**.
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…and just by Muslims?

That is not anything like our just war doctrine
 
Two questions for the OP

What do you like most about Islam?

What do you perceive to be the biggest misconception that non-Muslims have about Islam?
 
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