Muhammad's every action is the excellent standard of conduct for all Muslims for all time. Muhammad did many nasty things, including owning slaves. Should we look upon this cultural view with more tolerance than they have for us (which is none)? Is it ok to enslave humans, as arab muslims continue to do in Maurtania, simply because your religion endorses it?\n\n"Allah's Apostle was on a journey and he had a BLACK SLAVE called Anjasha, and he was driving the camels" http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/sunnah/bukhari/073.sbt.html#008.073.182\n\n“…'Aisha further said, "Once the Prophet was screening me and I was watching the DISPLAY OF BLACK SLAVES IN THE MOSQUE and ('Umar) scolded them.” http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/sunnah/bukhari/015.sbt.html#002.015.103
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christians had slaves so what is your point people are people with different religions and nationalities and historically as well as currently no one is any better or evil then the next we are all sinners but we do not have to choose to carry on and harbor hate as individuals
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No- this is a bunch of male crap. Anyone who uses religion to control or enslave someone, should be horsewhipped. You should be a strong, independant person, whether you are a male or female. "god" didn't say those things, men did.
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A few weeks ago, I replied to a similar question. I think I should again. I am a muslim. The first thing you should know that, just like christians or jews, we beleive in only one God too, which means that my God is not different than theirs. We beleive in all the prophets including Jesus..Islam is based on love, respect, peace, friendship, consideration, forgiveness etc., just like other religions.Islam is also a religion of science. You couldn't beleive your eyes if you read the book and saw that many discoveries made after 1900s were all explained in detail in Koran more than 1300 years ago. Whatever happening in the world so cruel and unreasonable that is told to be executed in the name of islam has in fact nothing to do with it. Can you imagine the God ordering to kill, torture and urge people to do things other than their will? No, this is ridiculous.\nIn my country there are really a lot of moderate muslims, while there are of course some of these ignorant and stupid people as in any other places. I beleive there are so many other moderate ones too around the world everywhere. As a matter of fact, the word "moderate" is not fitting in. Because islam itself is moderate. But the damage these radicals have given has raised to a point that, most people have started thinking that islam itself and its beleivers are cruel, bigot and uncultured.\nI respect any other religion and I wish the others did the same without prejudice and they understood this cruelty has nothing to do with my religion. It is the people who are cruel, not the religions. And no religion orders cruelty or violence.
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I got the joke... it's not all bad.\n\nBut I don't know if it is such a good idea to joke about this. It may seem strange to us today that there should be ANY limit on free speech. But this is THE BOTTOM to push if one wish to engage a Muslim in a death dual.\n\nThe law of their religion is full of sins punishable by death. Not unlike our religion BTW. The difference is that, they still feel obligated to carry out that punishment.
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I'm a Muslim and we are thought to treat the other religions and their followers with respect. I would suggest you to try to do the same thing.
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a great man and a prophet of God that if people truly live by his example this world will be a much much better world.\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Muhammad-Life-Based-Earliest-Sources/dp/0892811706/ref=pd_sxp_grid_i_2_0/104-3017691-6887937\n\nthis is one of the best books written in English and the author is a non Muslim.\n----\nedit: wanna comment on secular's answer!!\n\nwe don't see the Prophet as a supernatural person, in fact he never claimed divinity and ALWAYS referred to him as a slave of God and a human being like every body else.\nso no we don't think he was a divine, we just know he was an example of what a human being should be like. that's all.
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The problem with Muslims is that you hold to the word of one prophet and ignore the rest. Great prophets in the Old Testament prophesied many times of the coming King and how He would suffer to heal His people. I judge a prophet by his message. That message has to be consistent with all the previous messages from God. Mohammad's message is out of sync. It doesn't teach that blood must be shed to gain forgiveness of sin as both the Old and the New Testaments do. You deny Christ's position. Out of His own mouth He claimed to be the I AM God that spoke to Moses from the burning bush. Adam and Eve Died the day they sinned. They lost the presence of God in their lives and physical death followed. Now God is restored in the Lives of the Christian Gos walk with us in our daily walk before Him. We are alive Spiritually again. We still carry with us the body of sin that is subject to physical death. When it is gone our spirits go to the Father who created them and so we are ever with the Lord. I don't know as you can understand the two deaths physical and spiritual because I don't know your teaching that well. All I need to know about Islam is that you deny that Jesus is God. That tells me that your religion is closer to a cult than it is to God...   Jim
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if you were to check out Muslim History you would see that it started off as a religion of violence. Mohamed converted much of the areas of todays Islamic world through violence. I am  not saying that all Muslims are violent and radical, but i am saying that the majority are showing the true colors of their religion. I think it is right to stand up for what you believe but not with violence. "Actions speak louder than words." "Lately" you have just seen more of what this religion can be about (It condones 'Holy war' and suicide). For all of you moderate, nonviolent Muslims, I am sorry. I do not mean to include you in this.
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Here's the thing...God is way wiser than any person, including Muhammad.  God would know that if something like that were permissable, then people would misuse it to enslave women/their wives.\n\nTherefore, it is not a hadith that woman bow down before her husband.  'I would have' is not the same as 'I do order'\n\nInstead, wives are required to respect their husbands...that's nothing new and revolutionary.\n\nAnd husbands are to love their wives.  God knows what He's talking about when he prescribes behaviour to married people.  The same mesasge is contained in the Bible.
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It is good to know that Mohammed had slaves. The american muslims think only jews or whites were slavemasters.\nIt is better to look in Christianity for your faith. Islam is a violent religion. The run by what psychologists call the\n"pack mentality". The attack kill, rape, and convert to their religion by force. It is not the 7th century as when they founded their religion. But they continue doing war to everyone not thinking like them to this day.\n\nWell said Rickanne5!!
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assalamualaikum ! may ALLAH shower us and all mankind with Bountiful HIDAYAHS so that we can live a meaningful life in the sight of the ONE Creator ; ALLAH azzawajalla .\n\nI have noticed your ZEAL to protect ISLAM and it is a commendable act . by answering to questions posted by "insane islam" .\n\nthou as a brother to another brother , i like to remind my self while forwarding this TABLIGH to you and us all muslims that ALLAH is AL-MALIKUL HAQ-UL MUBIN . ALLAH is controling everything including our faith and may ALLAH protect me , you and all muslims and mu'mins from kufur . amin .\n\ni just don't think "insane islam" is paying any attention to the answers that was provided for his questions . again only ALLAH can help  us all from any cruelty that our enemy is inflicting us .
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I agree with the majority of the people here.  How could we possibly know the rules of Islam when we do not practice it nor study it?  I do believe in religious tolerance (as in don't start war with someone just because they don't believe what you believe).  Jesus himself said that we are not to offend anyone and that we are to live above reproach.  Now that the world knows, I'm sure the incident will not repeat itself.  I need to add that the violent protests are NOT necessary.  The majority of people know about Islam from what we see on television.  It is ridiculous to assume that everyone knew it was forbidden to draw him.
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Well I think its a shame what both religions are saying about each other i have argued with so called Christians about calling Muhammad a pedophile many times here on answers...It is debatable the age of Aisha and the culture and times would not have made him a pedophile. It gets ugly while i was trying to defend Muslims they were posting sites that absolutely lied about God and Christians and the Bible so it cuts both ways. As a Christian I am more offended by folks calling themselves Christians and acting inappropriately...but such is the way of the world I guess.
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I UNCONDITIONALLY CONDEMN the people who did these actions, Islam is a religion for the good of people. They're not Muslims, but mad people who interpret Qur'anic texts at their desires.\nNoble Qur'an's say on this:\n\nAl-Baqara 2:224  " And make not God's name an excuse in your oaths to not making good and acting piously, and making PEACE in mankind.."\n\nAl-Nisa 4:90 "....So if they withdraw from you and fight not against you, and offered you PEACE, then God opened NO WAY for you AGAINST them"\n\nAl-Hijr 15:52 "When they entered unto him, they said "Peace!" "\n\nAl-Qassas 28:55 "And when they (The pious) here the vain talk, they withdraw from it and say: "To us our deeds, and to you your deeds. PEACE  be to you, we seek not the ignorant"\n\nAl-Hujurat 49: 9 " And if two groups or parties among believers fall to fighting, then make PEACE between them.."\n\nAnd many more!!
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GOOD QUESTION\n\nbecause, we invite you to believe in true teachings of Jesus. \n\nJesus never said "I am God", "worship me" or "i have come to die for the sins of mankind".\n\nsecondly,, yes we believe that all the prophets including jesus pbuh were sinless .\n\nand marrying is not a sin. several prophets of God get married.  We also believe that Jesus never murdered any innocent, never owned slaves, never made fun of black people. so as Prophet Muhammad pbuh.. read the truth about Muhammad pbuh >> www.muhammad.net\n\nbeing involve in politics is not bad or sin. although its beneficial for the mankind. and Islam includes the teachings of politics. and social justice. \n\nlet me clarify you one thing.. we dont worship KAABA.\n\nKaaba is the Qibla i.e. the direction Muslims face during their prayers. It is important to note that though Muslims face the Kaaba during prayers, they do not worship the Kaaba. Muslims worship and bow to none but Allah.\n\nIt is mentioned in Surah Baqarah:\n\n"We see the turning of thy face (for guidance) to the heavens: now shall We turn thee to a Qiblah that shall please thee. Turn then thy face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque: wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction."           [Al-Qur’an 2:144] \n\n=====================\n\nYES AND ISLAM TOO SHUNS RACISM.\n\n"O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other.  Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you.  And Allah has full knowledge and is well-acquainted.  (The Noble Quran, 49:13)"\n\n\n================\n\nHOPE THIS ANSWERS.\n\n\nISLAM TAKES BACK US TO THE REAL JESUS WHOSE TEACHINGS ARE BEING INTERPOLATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME.\n\n"And when God will say, `Jesus, son of Mary, didst thou say to men, `take me and my mother as gods, apart from God?' He will say, `Holy be Thou, it is not mine to say what I have no right to ; if I had said it, Thou wouldst have known it; Thou knowest what is in my mind, but I do not know what is in Thy mind; Thou art surely the All-knowing of the unseen things.  I did not say to them except what Thou didst command me: __ `serve God, my Lord and your Lord,' and I was a witness over them, so long as I remained among them; but when Thou didst take me, Thou Thyself wast the watcher over them; and Thou art a witness over all things.  (Quran 5:116-117)\n\n============================\n\nPEACE BE ON YOU\n\n\n\nEDIT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n****************************************\n\nXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\n\nSIS, YOU SAID > "you are incorrect. Jesus did announce He is God "\n\n"There is not a single unequivocal statement in the entire Bible where Jesus (peace be upon him) himself says, "I am God" or where he says, "worship me".\n\nI challenge, you will not find any statement where Jesus pbuh HIMSELF said "i am God"... i dont consider what paul , john or other people who wrote books decades after Jesus pbuh. \n\n\n=================\n\nYes i already said that Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them both) never murdered any innocent people. The spread peace.  thats why we don't consider bible to be authentic. see below. \n\nMatthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword. –Jesus, ..............................WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CAME TO SPREAD PEACE.. I.E. ISLAM\n\nLuke 12:49-53  \nLuke 12:49  "I am come to send FIRE on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?\nLuke 12:50  But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!\nLuke 12:51  Suppose ye that I am come to give PEACE on earth? I tell you, NAY; but rather DIVISION." \nLuke 12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against t
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read the truth and do the research. Islam is not now and never was a peaceful religion. it was founded by a liar and thief who used made up visions to promote his own agenda. The man was a pedophile and rapist. For your own sake, read your own texts, These official works include: the Sira, Ta'rikh, Hadith, and Qur'an. Ishaq's Sira, or biography, called Sirat Rasul Allah, provides the lone account of Muhammad's life and the formation of Islam written within 200 years of the prophet's death.\n\nThere were no miracles to prove Muhammad's claim of being a godly conduit. There were no healings, walking on water, parting seas, raising folks from the dead, or feeding multitudes. And there are no fulfilled prophecies, like the exacting and detailed predictions that Biblical prophets routinely made to demonstrate their divine authority. But the most troubling part about our absolute reliance on Muhammad's testimony that he and his Qur'an were divinely inspired is that the prophet's character was as deficient, and his life was as despicable, as anyone who has ever lived.\n\nFollowing his first Qur'anic revelation, Muhammad claimed to have been demon possessed. By his own admission, he tried to commit suicide. Those who knew him best, his family and neighbors, said that he had gone mad. “He is a demon-possessed sorcerer fabricating scripture,” they said, accusing him of plagiarism and of having purely selfish motives. They mocked his prophetic claims, ridiculed his Qur'an, and said that his preposterous notion of turning many pagan idols into the one God was insane. As a result of this verbal abuse, all chronicled in the Qur'an, Muhammad pledged to slaughter his kin.\n\nHaving destroyed the “religion” of Islam in Mecca, Muhammad created the political doctrine of “submission” in Medina. He became a pirate, dictator, and terrorist leader. He used Qur'anic scripture to justify some of the most horrific behavior imaginable: pedophilia, incest, rape, torture, assassinations, thievery, mass murder, and terror—all in an unbridled orgy of sex, power, and money. Again, this summation simply reflects the portrayal documented in the Islamic Sunnah and confirmed in the Qur'an.\n\nWhen he was fifty, Muhammad married a six-year-old child. Then he stole his son's wife. After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them. He tortured his victims to make sure no booty escaped his grasp. He committed mass murder, slaughtering Jews in genocidal rage. In ten years, he ordered a score of assassinations and conducted seventy-five terrorist raids. He used the sword to force Arabs into submission and used the slave trade to finance Islam. He was more interested in collecting girls and taxes than anything else. He ruled through fear. And his god condoned it all.\n\nAlas, Islam was not all murder, plunder, and lust. There was war. Tabari VII:105 “In this year there was the expedition of the Messenger to Uhud. In year three of the Islamic Era (March, 625) the Quraysh were provoked against the Messenger because he had killed their nobles and chiefs at Badr.”\n\nThe Meccans had witnessed the prophet's demented behavior at the pit. “Muhammad has bereaved us and killed our best men. So help us defend ourselves against him and perhaps we will obtain vengeance for those he has slain.” They wanted to prevent the onslaught from continuing. Yet today, Muslims raise shrill voices protesting that Uhud was proof that the Meccans were the aggressors and that Muhammad was forced into defending his flock. But their own scriptures say otherwise, putting Islam in a difficult position. If these Hadiths are accurate, their prophet was a warmongering terrorist and a ruthless pirate. But if these Traditions are not true, they have no prophet and thus no religion—for nothing else is known about him or of Islam's beginnings.\n\nIslam is a caustic blend of regurgi
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Does it change your conclusion any way. I shall have to look into the Quran to give exact answer. Is it worth? The fact remains that you have already accepted opinion of others that stoning is an excellent punishment. I respectfully differ from those persons because it is the most barbaric behaviour to kill a person by stoning. You are neither reforming him nor deterring others  by such conduct; you are only satisfying the animal within you who has not reformed yet despite a human body.\n\nHowever, the punishment is mentioned in the chapter dedicated to women in the Quran.