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Western Seminary

Grace Academy, Charlotte

Daniel Janosik, Ph.D.

Engaging

Beliefs and Traditions

• “Alwaysbepreparedtogiveananswertoeveryonewhoasksyoutogivethereasonforthehopethatyouhave,butdothiswithgentlenessandrespect.”

• 1Peter3:15

Beliefs and Traditions

5.BeliefintheDayofJudgment(HeavenandHell)

2.Beliefinangelsanddemons(jinn)

3.BeliefinProphetsofGod:Muhammadisthe

mostimportant

4.BeliefinrevealedbooksofGod:theQur’anisthefinalrevelation

6.BeliefintheSupremacyofAllah’sWill(Predestination)

1. Belief in One God: Allah

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1. Allah

1. AllahistheonetrueGod.vTheword"Allah" probablycomes fromalillah,whichmeans "the God.”

vAllahisanabsolute unity:UnitarianratherthanTrinitarian

• Are “Allah” and “Yahweh”the same God?

• Can the Father of Jesus be the God of Muhammad?

2. Prophets

2.Muhammadisthelastandgreatestoftheprophets.v Jesusissaidtobethesinlessprophet,butisconsideredasneitherthegreatestprophetorasdeity.

• Adam(25times)• Ayyub(Job) (4:163,6:84,21:83,

38:41)• Dawud (David) (16times)• Dhul-Kif l (perhapsEzekiel) (21:85,

38:48)• Harun(Aaron) (24times)• Hud (25times)• Ibrahim(Abraham)(69times)• Idris(Enoch) (19:56,21:85)• Ilyas (6:85,37:123)• AlYasa (2times:38:48,6:85-87)• Isa( Jesus) :Isa[note1] 25times,[1]

titles[note2] 79times,[2][3][4]3rdperson[note3] 48times,[5]1stperson[note4] 35times.[6]

• Is-haq (Isaac) (17times)• Ismail( Ishmael) (12times)• Lut (Lot) (27times)

• Muhammad (5times:3:144,33:40,47:2,48:29,61:6–MuhammadandAhmadareinterpretedasthesame)[7])

• Musa(Moses) (136times) Moses• Nuh (Noah) (43times)• Saleh (9times)• Shu'ayb (10times)• Sulayman (Solomon)(17times)• Yahya (John) (5times)• Yusuf ( Joseph) (27times)• Ya'qub (Jacob) (16times)• Yunus (Jonah) (4times:4:163,6:86,

10:98,37:139)• Uzayr (9:30)• Zakariyya (Zechariah) (7times)

26 in all7 outside of the Bible

3. Holy Books

3. TheQur'anisthemost important ofthescriptures.vPartsoftheBibleareaccepted,andJewsandChristiansareconsideredpeopleofthebook,butonlytheQur'anisconsidereduncorrupted.vTheTauret (thePentateuchofMoses)v TheZabur (thePsalmsofDavid)v TheInjil (thegospelsofJesus)

4. Angels and Demons

4.Thereareangelsanddemons (jinn)vthereisalsoarulerofthedemons: IblisorShaitan (Satan)

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5. Judgment

5. Therewillbeadayofjudgement,aresurrection,andaheavenandhell.vSalvationisman'sresponsibility;itdepends onaman's actionsand attitudesandnotGod's grace.

6. Thereisabelief inthesupremacy ofAllah’s willv ThisdealswiththetensionbetweenAllah’sforeordainingandhumanfreewill

vThesayingsofMuhammad,recordedintheHadith,favoraviewofpredestinationmorethantheQur’an

v afavoritephraseis“insha’allah”(ifAllahwills)

2. Salat 3. Zakat

4. Sawm(Ramadan) 5. Hajj

1. Shahadah

Islam

Ideas have Consequences

• Arabic:الشھادة aš-šahādah• Themaincreed ofIslamdeclaresbelief intheonenessofAllah andtheacceptance ofMuhammad asthemainprophet ofAllah

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• "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet." ["La-ilaha-illa-Allah, Muhammad rasulAllah”]

دٌ رَسوُُل اّ@ِ لآ لھََ الاِّ اّ@ُ مُحَمَّ اِ• a. ThewordIslam essentiallymeans"surrender"or"submission"tothewillofAllah.

• b.ThewordMuslim refersto"onewhosubmits."

• 570 - Born inthetown ofMecca.• 575 - Orphaned uponthe deathofhis• 595–Marries Kadijah• 610 - Receivesfirst revelation fromGod during themonth ofRamadam.

• 613 - Tookhismessagepublic• 622 - Emigrates withhisfollowers toMedina.

• 624 - Thestart ofthree major battleswith theMeccans

• 628 – TreatyofMecca(breached byMeccans)

• 629 - Orders firstraidinto Christianlands

• 630 - Conquers Mecca• 631 - Consolidated mostoftheArabianPeninsula under Islam.

• 632 - Returned toMeccatoperform apilgrimage.

• 632 - DiesinMedina afterabriefillness.

• 570 – ??• 575 -- ??• 595-- ??• 610 – ??• 613 -- ??• 622 – ??

• 624 -- ??

• 628 – ??• 629 – ??• 630 - ??• 631 - ??• 632 - ??• 632 - ??

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• NOTE:NoneoftheseeventsareHistorical!

• Theywerenotwrittendownuntil200yearslater

• Howdoweknowthatanyofitreallyhappened?

• five times a day while facing Mecca.

• near dawn (fajr), • after midday (zuhr),• in the afternoon (asr),• just after sunset (maghrib) • and around nightfall (Isha).

1. Ablution (washing)2. Stand facing the Qibla (direction of Mecca)3. You start by saying “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is

greater)4. Recite Al-Fatihah (first sura in the Qur’an)

• IntheNameofAllah,theMerciful,theCompassionatePraisebelongstoAllah,theLordofallBeing,theAll-merciful,theAll-compassionate,theMasteroftheDayofDoom.Theeonlyweserve;toTheealoneweprayforsuccor.Guideusinthestraightpath,thepathofthosewhomThouhastblessed,notofthoseagainstwhomThouartwrathful,norofthosewhoareastray.

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• ThesetwopathsarethepathsoftheChristiansandJews,afactthatthebelievershouldbewareofsothatheavoidsthem.…theJewsabandonedpracticingthereligion,whiletheChristianslostthetrueknowledge.Thisiswhy‘anger’descendedupontheJews,whilebeingdescribedas‘ledastray’ismoreappropriateoftheChristians.…WeshouldalsomentionthatboththeChristiansandtheJewshaveearnedtheangerandareledastray,buttheangerisoneoftheattributesmoreparticularoftheJews.

• Allahsaidabout theJews, ‘Those(Jews)whoincurred thecurseofAllahandHiswrath’ (Sura 5:60).Theattribute thatthe Christians deservemostisthatofbeingled astray,justasAllahsaidabout them, ‘Who wentastraybefore andwhomisled many,andstrayed(themselves)from theright path’ (Sura 5:77).

• ShallItellyouofarecompense withAllah, worsethan that?WhomsoeverAllahhascursed, andwith whom Heiswroth, andmadesomeofthem apesandswine, andworshippers ofidols –theyareworsesituated, andhavegonefurther astrayfromthe rightway.(Sura 5:60)

• People ofthe Book, gonot beyondthebounds inyour religion, other thanthetruth, andfollow not thecaprices ofapeople whowent astraybefore, andledastraymany,andnow againhavegoneastrayfrom theright way.(Sura5:77)

1. Ablution (washing)2. Stand facing the Qibla (direction of Mecca)3. You start by saying “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is greater)4. Recite Al-Fatihah (first sura in the Qur’an)5. Go through a rak’ah (set of postures); repeat6. There may be up to four rak’ahs to complete Salah

• Avg. of 14 times a day, or over 5,000 times a year

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Can Muslims have water during the fast?

• Muslimsarenotallowedtoeatordrinkduring theday.

• 15hoursofnoteatingordrinking

• Most will eat before sunrise and after

sunset.

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• Thepre-dawn mealbeforethefastiscalledthesuhur

• Themealat sunsetthatbreaksthefastistheiftar.

• Attheendofthemonthoffastingthere isafeast:Eidal-Fitr (“feastofbreakingthe fast”)

• Duringtheprayertime forEid al-FitrtherearesixadditionalTakbirs(raisingofthehandstotheearswhile saying“AllahuAkbar,”or“Godisthegreatest,”or“Godisgreater…”

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• Force is advocated to overcome the infidels and spread Islam.

• Jihad forthesakeofAllahisnotsomeunfortunatedeviationfromthetruefaith,it’s anintegralpartofthatfaith.

• ‘Needed: A New Church Policy toward Islam [Pt. 2]’

• by William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine — February 4, 2015

• “OurProphet, theMessengerofourLord, hasordered ustofight youtillyouworship AllahAloneorgive Jizya(i.e.tribute); andour Prophet hasinformed usthatour Lordsays:‘Whoever amongst usiskilled(i.e.martyred), shallgotoParadise toleadsuchaluxurious lifeashehasneverseen,andwhoever amongst usremainalive, shall becomeyour master’”.

• —Sahih al-Bukhari• Volume 4, Book 53, Number 386.1

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• ---SaLaaMvPeace

• ---iS La MvSubmission

• muS Li MvOne who submits

• Submission comes through Jihad

Corpse orCorps?

The “Greater Jihad”

The “Lesser Jihad”

Subjugation of your “heart”to the will of Allah

Subjugation of the “infidel” to the religion of Islam

• “IdolatersandunbelieverswereconsideredenemiesoftheIslamiccommunity.

• Theworldwasdividedintotwoareas:theworldofIslamandtheworldofdisobedience.

GeorgeBraswell, Jr.

• Through struggle andwarfare theworldof disobediencewas tobebroughtundertheauthorityandsubjugationoftheworldofIslam.

• Thus Islamwas thecorrectandpurereligion,andjihadwas themethodtobringothersintoitthroughconversionorthroughdomination.”

• George Braswell, Jr.

• For Muslims, there will only be Peace when the whole world is under the domination of Islam

Cupofjoe.goodfight.org

• MarkDurie’s Book• “Infidels” aregivenThreeChoices:

• Convert• Die• PaytheJizyaandsubmit toMuslims

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• MuslimsdesiretobringthewholeworldunderthedominationofIslam

• ThosenationsthatareunderthedominationofIslamarenotdemocracies

• Christians,atbest,arenotallowedtowitnessandareconsidered2nd classcitizens

• OvertimeIslamseekstorootoutandridtheworldofChristianity

• AskyourMuslimfriendsabouttheFivePillars(Whatdoyoubelieve?)

• AttendtheEid al-Fitrwiththem

• Complimentthemfortheirfaithfulnessandsacrifice

• ChallengethemtoreadthegospelsduringthemonthofRamadanifyouwillreadtheQur’an

• Get together afterwardsanddiscusswhatyouhavelearned