Hello,
I was raised a Catholic but after reading a translation of the Quran I converted to Islam. Muslims worship the same Almighty God that Christians know as God the Father. I recognized that immediately when I first read the Quran. I have lived in Jordan, met several Arabian Christians and read an Arabic bible - The Name of God in the Arabic Bible is “Allah.”
In defense of my beloved faith, I would like to reply the false charges against Muslims and Islam made by another poster.
And those who disbelieve say, “This [Qur’an] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it.” But they have committed an injustice and a lie. * And they say, “Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon.” * Say, [O Muhammad], “It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful.” [The Quran 25:4-6]
So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman. * Or do they say [of you], “A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time?” * Say, “Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters.” [The Quran 52:29-31]
3] Denial of the saving grace and mercy of Christ.
She said, “How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?” He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, ‘It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.’ " [The Quran 19: 20-21]
And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, “O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, ‘Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?’” He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen. [The Quran 5:116]
4] Denial of the covenants.
And [mention, O Muhammad], when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary; and We took from them a solemn covenant. [The Quran 33:7]
5] Submission is required reducing free will to slavery, equal rights? Mohammed banned the Bible and so forth.
There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut (false dieties) and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing. [The Quran 2:256]
6] Monarchy of the physical world .
Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion. * Race toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allah and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allah which He gives to whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty. [The Qur’an 57:20-21]
6] Polar opposite of Christianity.
Say, “Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He commands] that you not associate anything with Him, and to parents, good treatment, and do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for you and them. And do not approach immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed. And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason.” (151)
Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful. [The Quran 4:36]
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Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great. [The Quran 2:255]
He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. He is the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. * He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him. * He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. [The Quran 59:22-24]
And there are many more Quranic verses that disprove your statements
May Almighty God guide us all to the straight path
