FAQ on Islam

Good questions. Im aMuslim convert who has been in Islamiccollee for 5 years (thankfully, a western one), and will try and clear your questions. Q1. He is not allowed. God said its ok only if he can be 100% fair to all (impossible),and that the severest fire of hell is reserved for thsoe who arent. Sadly, arabs just read teh first sentence, saying "yes you can" Q2. Read above Q3. Arab custom. Which is ratcised by mainly the wahabis. 75% of Islam doesnt force women tocover their heads nor use vils Q4. Muslims were being killed for 20 years before the first non-muslim was kkilled.Muhammed onlyconquered one city, the rest of the Arab world joined him peacefully. Centuries later? Yes people killed in Islam's name centuries later, so did Chrsitians, jews, buddhists, etc Q5. here are Muslim countries- Afghanistan Albania Algeria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bosnia and Herzegovina * Burkina Faso * Brunei Chad * Comoros Côte d'Ivoire * Djibouti Eritrea * Egypt Gambia Guinea Indonesia Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait Kazakhstan * Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Libya Maldives Malaysia Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Syria Tajikistan Turkey Tunisia Turkmenistan Uzbekistan United Arab Emirates Yemen How many of them have been at war or declared Jihad recently? I understand why you feel many are terrorists. BUt the arabs dont make 25% of the Muslim world. Q6. Why do Christians eat meat.Buddhists? Jews? Same question applies. Q7. They slit the throat. Any hitman/assasin will tell you thats the easiest and most painless way, as blood doent flow to the brain, numbing the senses. Q8. I'd like to see which research paper, as I found nothing onthematter on the "American science" journals Q9. There's no Idol in Kiblat, its to makesure all pray the same way and direction. Q10. Theyre allowed in Medinah, but the arabs forbid non-Muslims into mekka. Once again, its arab tradition, not a Muslim custom as laid in the Koran. Q11. The same reasons why its also forbidden in the Bible and the Torah (its there, "you shalt not eat swine"), because its a carrier of many diseases. You can throughtly cook pork meat,and still many parasites will be there. Q12. Because it does more harm than good. Count teh cases ofpeople being killed by drunkdrivers, husbands beating wives, etc. Q13. The whole "two witnesses who are women, equivalent to only one witness who is a man" are a sayings of a prophet, not part of the Koran. The woman in quastion was thinkng that her husband had bertrayed her, and te saying applied toonly that situation. Sadly, many Muslims takethe prophet's sayings out of conext. Q14. Because she has noleal obligation to pay taxes, child support or tithes. Q16. Nobody can. Q17. Very good question. I (along with most western Muslims) basically ignore the sects. The whole Shiite and Sunni quarrel? Started out as a fight after the caliph alis assasination. The sects are outdated,and follow more Arabic tradition than the Koran itself. Islam, as laid down by theKoran is a beautiful religion, sadly, I wont defend the Arab wahabis and their backwards interpretation. Q18. Actually, in the Koran god says "Only god may tell if someone isgoing to heaven" A good man, not believing in god could go to heaven, and abad Muslim cango tohell. Islam (and religions) only exists to help. Q19. Sadly, it has been foretold. The sun of SIlam will rise in the West. While the Eastern Muslims are becoming degenerate,a wholenew scholarhip of western Muslims is on the rise. Q20. Unbelievers actually, and its not supposed to be used against them. Sadly,as Isadi before, the Eastern Muslims dont follow the Koranmuch,instead follow religious leaders. Many of the questions you pose apply much to only Arab Muslims, which only make a small part of the 1.476 billion-strong Muslim world, sadly they are very loud indeed. Good questions, if you want to follow them up or need more clarifications, my email is juliocstryfe1@gmail.com

I read the questions but where are the answers. Some of the answers might clear up a lot confusion. Wanna try again and give us the answers....would be helpful as I am interested in knowing before I give an opinion.

Not to defend any religion... Islam does not have a monopoly on the treatment of women as second class people. Here's some examples from 1 Timothy Chapter 2 9 Similarly, (too,) women should adorn themselves with proper conduct, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hairstyles and gold ornaments, or pearls, or expensive clothes, 10 but rather, as befits women who profess reverence for God, with good deeds. 11 A woman must receive instruction silently and under complete control. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. She must be quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 Further, Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed. So, Let he who is without sin cast the first stone...

I dont believe you are being fair to the Muslim world. There are many people of other faiths that have the same problems. There are many faiths that have allowed multiple wives and subjugated women. I think we need to learn from the faults of the past and make headway into a future where we understand one another and find a way to allow for each persons beliefs and not subjugate others to accomplish it.

Who has asked for this message of Islam? I have stepped up and defended Islam and other religions those who may post pro-Christain posts to the exclusion of others, now I find I must step up to this post and do the same. Once again. Who asked for this message? You can only convert those who wish to be converted. And you can only anger those who do not wish to be. While I find witnessing for your own religion I find it distasteful when that witnessing is done to those who have no wish to hear, being firm in their own beliefs. If your intent was to offer education upon the Islamic religion, it should have been written as a treatise offering information rather than a grouping of questions without answers. Oh and by the way, bring the word Kafirs into English which is spoken by what appears to be the majority of posters here. What is the insult when one does not understand the word? I guess then since it appears to be ok to trade insult for insult a Muslim should not be upset when he/she is reffered to by one of the (what I consider insulting) many names I have heard over the years. Witness or missionary to those who wish it. Let God (Allah) sort the rest out.

I see so many nice respose for this question i just want to answer 1 question. About my hijab. ?Q3. Why does Islam degrade women by keeping them behind the veil NO AT ALL.... Islam really raise woman by PROTECT them behind this hijab. NO one can see our body and thought unpolite things in their mind. Allah give this rules for that. ISLAM really protect woman. When Rasulullah best friends ask "Who is your most important person in the world?" Muhamman SAW answer "My mother". He ask again, "Who is the next person, "My mother". And he ask again, "Who is the next?" and he answer again, "My mother." And after that he said my father That clearely ISLAM doen;t degrade woman. I proud being muslim and wear this hijab.

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i have just some question regaring prophet mohammad here. 1. Why he married a girl of 9 years at the age of 54 any muslims has a answer to these. 2. Why does he says that Kafirs head should be beheaded. 3. Why he married his step sons wife? Any answer to these questions, don't say thing didn't happened.

lol some of the comments anger me why did you post this you should of know that you wont always get a good responce and its not islam that hide wemem its the gouvernment and others that do

I'd be interested in reading the author's answers to his questions, though some other people have provided some answers already. A couple of people have said, "Read the Koran." The problem is it can be very difficult to ask someone from another faith to just read the Koran or Bible. You also have to understand the circumstances under which it was written, how to interpret the symbolism, etc. There are many adults--Christian, Muslim, and Jewish-- who take part in study groups to help understand the their holy book's passages and their meanings, even though they've grown up with it. So it's even harder for someone from another faith to try to read another faith's scripture with no background.

Farrukh! You raised a very important and serious topic. Cheers dude,but where are your answers ? I can't find them,So it would be better to answer them as well, or if you say i can also reply them all. WE had few answers and you can see what its saying so it is quit important to reply here:) what say ?

Q1. In the modern Islamic world, polygamy is mainly found in traditionalist Arab cultures, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for instance, whereas in secular Arab states like Lebanon and non-Arab Muslim countries, Turkey for example, it is banned or rare, respectively. However, polygamy is still practiced in Malaysia, a non-Arab Muslim country, but there're restrictions as to how it can be practiced. In traditionalist cultures where polygamy is still commonplace and legal, Muslim polygamists do not separate themselves from the society at large, since there would be no need as each spouse leads a separate life from the others. Islam allows any man who has the means to provide for more than one wife (food, clothing, and shelter) with ease to marry up to four women. And, if a man does not have the means to provide for the needs of more than one wife, he is obliged to restrict his self to one. So, you see, polygamy is not easy. It's a HUGE responsibility. That's the answer for Q1.

I think we need to learn from the faults of the past and make headway into a future where we understand one another and find a way to allow for each persons beliefs and not subjugate others to accomplish it.

Every husband is expected to be a very responsible person. But luck is not always on his side. Sometimes he gets a very sick wife or one who is unable to give him a child. So, instead of divorcing her, just keep her as his wife, and get married to a second one. It's fair isn't it? rather than keeping mistresses and committing adultery everywhere.

Very interesting questions indeed Furrukh although you might have mentioned a few very sensitive points of islam :-) But a good thing you opened this thread!

stop talk about religion here.....

i am sorry for what i said earlier. as i just saw your own answers on these questions. you r doing well keep it up.

well sorry i just post very bad words for you as i ddint saw your own answers own such questions. I feel relieved. you are doing an excellent job. keep it up.

mr. farrukh i read your questions once again and m very sorry to say you don hav a little bit respect for your religion. if do then you should answer them by urself rather putting thread or open discussion to all non-muslims. you can consult one site to get all answers www.askimam.com or www.quran-o-sunnah.com if any body has querries then he/she might visit these site too to get all answers. Thanx may Allah bless us all. ameen.

Alhumdulliah i am a muslim woman. if u're a true muslim then you should not put such questions over here as there're 99% non-muslims who're reading all this and probbaly will laugh at us. kindly not make fun of ur religion if some body has such questions then read Quran first and he/she will get all answers. first study ur own religion then ur own lotta querries would be resolved. here is not enough space in answer section to answer your all 20 questions. Think first what ru doing and where..??