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Distinguishing Qualities of Islam | Part 5

[12] Islam is a Religion which encourages people to seek knowledge. Allah (SWT) says: Say: Are those who know equal to those who know not? [39:9] It dispraises ignorance and the ignorant. Allah (SWT) mentions in the Qur’an that Moses said: I…

Distinguishing Qualities of Islam | Part 4

[10] Islam is the religion of mercy, love and compassion, and it forbids harshness. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The All-Merciful shows mercy to those who show mercy. Show mercy to those on Earth, and you will be shown mercy by the One…

Distinguishing Qualities of Islam | Part 3

In Islam, all humans are to be guaranteed the following rights: A. The freedom to think and .voice one’s opinion. Islam encourages its followers to speak the truth and express their thoughts and opinions, those which are constructive and focused, without fearing…

Distinguishing Qualities of Islam | Part 2

[5] The legislations and teachings of Islam are from Allah; thus they are unchangeable. They are unlike human legislations which contain mistakes, shortcomings and are continuously influenced by exterior factors, of which are surroundings, culture, tradition and society. This is something which…

Distinguishing Qualities of Islam | Part 1

There are explicit texts in the Qur’an as well as the Hadeeths of the Prophet (ﷺ) which indicate that all religions called to the same basic principle, to worship Allah alone in exclusion to all others. Allah sent prophets to mankind, and…

Rectifying Monotheism in Interfaith Exchange – Part 28 | Linda Thayer

We continue from Part 27 our look at the question, Was Jesus a Muslim?— as answered by Christian writer, Robert F. Shedinger, in his book by the same name. Page number references refer to this book. Jesus Supported a Sharica-Based Religious Community…

Rectifying Monotheism in Interfaith Exchange – Part 27 | Linda Thayer

We continue our reading of Dr. Richard F. Shedinger’s book, Was Jesus a Muslim? Page numbers herein refer to this book. Jesus Was Not a ‘Religious’ Figure After considering whether the term ‘religion’ as understood, in the stripped-down sense of its modern…

Rectifying Monotheism in Interfaith Exchange – Part 26 | Linda Thayer

Beginning with this part, we move away from considering how the Christological aberrations with regard to ‘monotheism’ have come about within Christendom so as to overlay the teaching of Jesus. We move on to look at the difficulty that Western Christians have…

Monotheism in Islam

Islam, like other divine religions, advocates several precepts and beliefs which Allah has required its followers to believe and propagate, but coercion is not a valid means to achieve this end. Allah (SWT) says: There is no compulsion in religion. Verily, the…

Universality of the Message of Islam

Is it true that Islam is a religion only for Arabs? This idea can be easily be disproved, as only about 15 to 20 percent of Muslims in the world are Arabs. There are more Indian Muslims than Arab Muslims, and more…