questions for Muslims about Islam from Christians (not debates or opinions) (OP)
hello all. i have thought of a new question for the muslims. not so much for the christians. simple answers are best here.
i was raised in the catholic church and catholic school. i have been to many other catholic churches accross the country and they all have exactly the same beliefs, read from the same scripture every week, same rules, ideas etc.
how often should religious/practicing/devout/sincere (not sure what the correct word is for this) muslims go to mosque?
what goes on inside the mosque?
is there any kind of ceremony or ritual?
is the imam the leader and speaker?
all catholic priests believe the same things and preach the one set of beliefs to the church (i.e. abortion is wrong, no sec before marriage, stealing is a forgivable sin but one must confess to be forgiven,etc...) do all imams believe the same things about islam? (i have seen so many contradictions in what i read from imam's web sites about rules of islam etc.)
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d oyou think the radicalism presented by some individuals has scared most into asking questions about islam so they just keep believing what they are told?
christians believe christianity is the right way to live, aspring to be like jesus is the only way to peace and happiness and love and heaven so in being that they believe it is so good they are obligated to spread the word to everyone. called spreading the "good news" about hope and salvation to anyone and everyone on earth. this is how missions are formed for that sole purpose. i understand that every religion believes that they are the correct one. so does islam present itself in a way that promotes spreading the "good news about islam" and how it is a great and peaceful faith and how to get to heaven for non believers? do muslims go on pilgrimages to try and convert jews and christians? is that not a form of charity?
according to islam is every human being God's child and deserves the opportunity to information that will lead to their eternal salavation/peace?
there. thats everything (that i can think of for now) that i ever wanted to clarify.
Last edited by Woodrow; 04-26-2007 at 06:02 PM.
Reason: Removed sectarian question
I skimmed through this thread and would like to make one a correction on something I noticed. The belief about 73 sects is in the hadith not the Qur'an. The Prophet pbuh saying, "My community will divide into 73 sects, and all of them will be in the Hellfire save one.”
The people asked him: “And which one will that be
He replied: “The one that follows what I and my Companions are upon right now.” (narrated in the four sunan works as well as Musnad of Imam Ahmad; more details here)
So we follow Islam as it was revealed by Allah in the Qur'an, explained and implemented by the Prophet Muhammad pbuh in the Sunnah, and as it was understood by his companions and the early muslims.
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Surely I was sent to perfect the qualities of righteous character" [Musnad Ahmad, Muwatta Mâlik]
Re: questions for Muslims about Islam from Christians (not debates or opinions)
Yep! And you can find the understanding of the companions of Allaah's Messenger (peace be upon him) by checking its tafsir/explanation, and that has also been preserved for us - the praise is for Allaah.
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