MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ISLAM

Lim Jooi Soon abdlim@gmail.com

Cause of Misconceptions
Media Islam + Culture mix-up Cultural differences Fatwa by the non-experts Muslims

Purpose of Removing Misconceptions

A dirty glass needs to be cleaned before pouring clean water into it

Methodology
Listen attentively Understand the question Keep calm Rational, logical, objective Scientific Quote reference, data, ststistics etc Never go against Quran and sunnah

GENERAL ISSUES
22:78 2:185 2:286 Hadith: Make things easy... Fitrah Very few dos and donts Benefits humans Analogy: Child & fire Islam: easiest, most rational, scientific

Islam is difficult

GENERAL ISSUES
Spelling Invitation 3:19 4:48, 116 Concept of God in Islam, Christiniaty, Hindu etc Tawheed, Rubbubiyyah, Al-Asma Was-sifat, Ibaadah Islam also shows how to achieve Good Islam = Comprehensive

All religions are the same

GENERAL ISSUES
All born in state of fitrah Piety not inherited: Adam, Noah etc Muslim by conviction NOT blind following Shahadah can be nullified 17:15, 10:99, 67:2 Born muslims and non-muslims Opportunity and doing their best Analogy: marks depends on difficulty of test 4:40 Heaven & hell belong to God

Muslim God Cruel

GENERAL ISSUES
Sinners go to hell-fire
Yes Concept of repentance RSL (saw) repented 70X/ day 39:53-54, 4:48, 116, 25:70 Never stops forgiving Rewards & punishment

GENERAL ISSUES
Good kafir vs Bad muslim
Kafir 51:56 103:1-3 4:48, 116 Analogy: Kad Mesra Petronas

GENERAL ISSUES
Doa not granted
Allah answers prayers Allah is The best of all planners Rich - wife Sometimes our request is granted Some requests granted later Grants even when not requested Grants in the Hereafter

VIOLENCE
9/11 Terrorist Fundamentalist Muslim countries love war Islam spread by sword Jihad Suicide bomber

VIOLENCE
No proof to date Official version vs evidence Passenger list Still building collapsed in fire Building 7 Free fall - control demolition Pentagon Testimony of last survivor Attack on Afghanistan Who is terrorist?

9/11

VIOLENCE
Muslim countries love war
True: many wars lately include muslim country Are they the aggressors or victims Bosnia Afghanistan Attack on Iraq - nuclear weapon/ WMD Palestine WW1 & WW2 Ireland vs United Kingdom Analogy: Robbers attack your house

VIOLENCE
Fundamentalist
Media Oklahoma bomb Fundamentalist - doctor, scientist, mathematician Not all fundamentalists the same Proud to be muslim Fundamentalist - dictionary meaning Every muslim should be fundamentalist Islam=peace

VIOLENCE
Islam spread by sword
Islam=peace Force is sometimes needed Spain, India, Arab, Indonesia, Malaysia Thomas Carlyle 2:256 16:125 (islamic sword) 1934-1984 plain truth Islam 235% Christian 47% Fastest growing religion in America & Europe

VIOLENCE
Jihad
Jihad is not holy war Holy war= crusader war Jihad means to strive Jihad also means holy struggle

VIOLENCE
Suicide bomber
Suicide forbidden is Islam 5:32 Vietnam, Iraq, Sri Lanka Bali vs Palestine Scholar opinion that all adults in Israel are trained army personnel What is the cause? Hadith regarding war Judge Islam by source

WOMEN
Polygamy Hijab Inheritance Witness Man one degree higher than woman (2:228) Wife beating Leadership Imam / saff

WOMEN
Polygamy
Polygamy, polygeny, polyandry Not introduced by Islam Islam set a limit Permissible - not compulsory A solution - women more than men, wife paralysed, childless

WOMEN
Polyandry vs polygeny
Western view of equality Islamic view - equal but not the same Physical differences Men can marry 4, women cannot - why?
Mother/father known identity, menses, fitrah, STD, physical capacity

4/4 - everybody will be related! HIV - history - perished nation!

WOMEN
Past history - women degraded Islam uplifted status of women 24:30-31 6 criteria Include moral, behaviour and intention 33:59 Capital punishment for rapists Current global status of women? Rape statistics in the USA

Hijab

WOMEN
Divorce
Not true Both agree - return mahar, court order Talaq protects women

WOMEN
Wife-beating
Not as judge, do not execute punishment Part of guiding process Husband-wife relationship - rights & responsibilities (4:34) Conditional - nusyuz Steps Systematic problem-solving

WOMEN
2:282 - business transaction Murder - scholars views Men - breadwinners Tazil Will (5:106) Talaq (65:2) Accusing a woman unchaste (24:4) Accusing spouse of adultery (24:5) Aisyah - 2210 hadiths Male witness not acceptable

Witness

WOMEN
Quran does not mention Hadith Aisyah - Perang Jamal Allah praise Putri Balqis Prophets time vs today Scholars opinions E.g. Liberia

as leader

WOMEN
as Imam / position during solat
Yes Why woman cannot be Imam for men? Distraction Side-by-side Achieve khusyu?

WOMEN
Men one degree higher
17:15 Not power, but responsibilities

WOMEN
Inheritance
Men have financial responsibility towards the family Women have no financial obligation Gross vs nett Example

MUHAMMAD
(SAW)
Many wives Pedophile Married daughter-in-law Can read

MUHAMMAD (saw)
Total of how many wives? Monogamy with Khadijah Polygamy was a norm Remained unmarried Allahs commandment 33:50 33:52 33:6 Social, political, moral, education, humanitarian, legality

Many wives

MUHAMMAD (saw)
Pedophile
Previous culture vs present Chinese culture - engaged at birth Marriage to Aisyah - 6 years old, parents consent, strengthen siraturrahim Never an issue during that time but full of praise Permissible age for sexual relation

MUHAMMAD (saw)
Married daughter-in-law
Existing culture - adopted son considered as own son Allahs commandment is intended to break the culture

MUHAMMAD (saw)
Can read
96:1 29:48 Meanings of Iqra
Read Recite Proclaim

Common Questions By Christian Missionaries

MUHAMMAD AND JESUS MENTIONED IN THE QURAN Muhammad mentioned 5 times Jesus mentioned 25 times 1st Person VS 3rd Person Mention of Moses Satan VS Jesus MUHAMMAD IS DEAD BUT JESUS STILL ALIVE All Prophets are dead except Jesus Why? Only Jesus mistaken as God by followers Will return in End Times to correct followers Bible: Matthew 7:21-23

WHO IS THE LAST PROPHET? True; Jesus coming in End Times Last Prophet not by Appearance but by Birth Analogy: 2 sons 2nd coming of Jesus as follower of Muhammad
ALLAH SAYS WE IN THE QURAN Allah refers Himself as Ana ( I ) and Nahnu (We) Two kinds of Plural in Arabic: Plural of Quantity Plural of Respect Queen Elizabeth

JESUS HAS NO FATHER Article of Faith 3:59 (Jesus = Adam) Bible: Hebrews 7:1-3 (Melchisedec) Cloning QURAN COPIED FROM THE BIBLE Not a single verse of Quran same with Arabic Bible! Style of Language Contradictions, Scientific errors in Bible not in Quran Modern Science, Prophecies, Historical facts in Quran Analogy: Genius copy from fool Cause of Similarities: Same Source Mark 12:29 copied from Deuteronomy 6:4 Bible copied from Hindu Scripture

QURAN WRITTEN BY SATAN

Author

of Quran: 4:82, 45:2 Verily Satan is an Enemy to you 35:6 You should not worship Satan 36:60 Satans promises are nothing but deception 25:29 When you do read the Quran, seek Gods protection from Satan the accursed 16:98 Not a single verse in Quran teaches Evil

COMMON QUESTIONS BY HINDUS

MUSLIMS WORSHIP KAABAH Unity in Islam 1st House of Worship Earlier Qiblat: Jerusalem 2:225, 250 Stepping Kaabah Stepping picture of Kaabah Kaabah removed to KLCC Worship Kaabah = Hellfire

MUSLIM SLAUGTERING CRUEL

Pre-Conditions; Sharp knife, away from other animals Calm the animal Slaughter swiftly Blood vessels severed without damaging spinal cord Maximum blood drained Animal kicking & struggling Disconnecting blood flow to brain nerves responsible for pain Meat remains fresh for longer time

RAMA, KRISHNA, BUDDHA ARE PROPHETS OF ALLAH

35:24, 13:7 16:36 Serve God and eschew Evil Cannot say for sure; Yes or No If they were Prophets; Time bound & Their People only Muhammad = our Prophet 34:28, 21:107 Muhammad = Final Prophet 33:40

EATING NON VEGETARIAN

Permitted by God 16:5 Pointed Teeth Digestion System Vegetation too have lives Killing less senses being Lives killed to feed one person Universal Religion; Desert, Eskimos Vegetarian too can be good Muslim

Linggam In Kaabah Eating Non-Vegetarian Muslim Slaughtering Cruel Idol Worship Only For Concentration Rama, Krsna, Buddha Prophets of Allah? Hinduism the Oldest Religion (Sanathana Dharma)

CONTRADICTIONS IN THE QURAN

1 day = 1,000 or 50,000 years? Man created from water, sperm or clay? Heavan & earth created in 6 days or 8 days?

1 DAY = 1,000 OR 50,000 YEARS?

22:47 32:5 70:4 Time in Human Concept not the same with God Different Context Yaum = Day or Period or epoch Analogy: Journey to 3 Destinations

MAN CREATED FROM WATER, SPERM OR CLAY?

25:54 76:2 6:2 Contradistinction Analogy: Making Coffee Water + Sugar + Coffee

HEAVAN & EARTH CREATED IN 6 DAYS OR 8 DAYS?

7:54, 10:3, 11:7, 25:59 41:9-12 41:11 begins with Thumma (Moreover / simultaneously) Analogy: Construction of Building & Fence Yaum = Day, Period, Epoch

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