So… in a closing conclusion:
One does NOT follow from the other.
Maybe. But I have no reason to doubt the sincerity of his original post. After all he did follow up on it the next day. However, there has been a lot of attention given to this thread the last couple of days, and not all of the more recent posts of the last few days are as welcoming as the intial posts were. Matt may be reading but see no read to respond, except perhaps privately.~ BTW ~
I have a gut feeling that the OP “Matt” is not returning back to his thread -
I see this “muslim” poster as another drop thread & run poster ~
I could be wrong - but we have seen “posters” like him/her many times on here…
The muslim poster Meedo wrote **that the holy koran is only in arabic and that anything else, meaning any other translation of their koran is not holy no is it considered the word of … as he spoke it. **
Yes, I do. But that is all that it means. It doesn’t mean that the message of the Qur’an or the faith of Islam is only for those who speak Arabic, which is what I understood you to also be saying.
I remember that one post where the debate was whether or not Islam was an Arab-centralized religion. Muslims would say that the Quran was better read in Arabic, that mosque services had to be performed in Arabic, admit that most practices and traditions in Islam came strictly from Arabic customs…then claim Islam wasn’t Arab-centralized.
Please stay! It is precisely your voice that needs to be heard. What many forget is that Christianity is a huge step for anyone from another faith. They especially need the help and advice of someone else who has made the same journey. Your (name removed by moderator)ut might make the difference with the OP, or someone who is lurking, but not posting.
I think you will find this to be an excellent site for learning about the Catholic Faith and the wisdom from those who post.
But, concerning that second question - I do have one of my own for you… 
Assuming that, as was previously pointed out, there are variations in the translation - so much so as to actually shift the meaning from from source to another, it looks like there is also a fluidity when it comes to interpretation. As a practical matter, there was a time when innocent non-combatants were actually not made targets for death. Those who have declared that their own interpretation allows this indiscriminate mass murder seem to have drowned out those who favor life for innocent civilians. This seems to be to have recently taken hold - so, my question is: when an interpretation can be radically changed so that mass murder and suicide are encouraged, who has the authority to decide which is valid?
I second that motion! Limette come back, please. You’ve said nothing wrong really. I just have personal issues with that “non-Catholic” site. Im sorry.
Welcome friend, and God bless you abundantly on your spiritual journey.
I think you’ve missed a few links in the chain between allah the koran. First allah told jibril and then jibril told muhammed, and in turn muhammed in turn told other people. It wasn’t written down immediately in the cave by muhammed, word for word in an exact order of the messages that were received from jibril. What muhammed was told was memorized by him, then he taught other people memorized it. The messages started out short and became lengthier as time progressed but the suras are arranged somewhat from the longest to shortest. One might come to the conclusion that the suras are arranged haphazardly and somewhat backwards - thanks to the recession of uthman ibn affan.
That’s like getting mad at someone for saying the New Testament was written in Greek and suggesting they instead say, “The New Testament was written in Greek with Semitic loan words.”
And therefore there should be no issue by burring the Quran in English translation by Rev. Terry Jones.
What would be your reason for burning an English version of the Quran? How does this conform to the image of Christ and his call to love our enemies, pray for those who use us badly, turn the other cheek?
And therefore there should be no issue by burring the Quran in English translation by Rev. Terry Jones.
As a matter of fact, once I pointed out to my Muslim friends that the particular Qur’an shown in the TV news footage that Jones was threatening to burn was written in English on the front cover, they went from indignation over it to laughing and decided that there was nothing to be upset about.
And therefore there should be no issue by burring the Quran in English translation by Rev. Terry Jones.
Not precisely true. The NIV is a train-wreck.version, but all of the well-known Bibles can be trusted as accurate.