I want to know how the the religion of muslim started. Who start it. Is there any relationship with Judism
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Prophet Mohammad wrote the Quran, the foundation of Islam. Muslim means "one who submits" and Islam means "submission". These are references to submitting to God and His will. It is related to the Jewish faith in that Muslims believe that there has forever been only one faith. It just gets regular updates from Allah when needed. So ... God sent Prophet Moses. Latter God sent Prophet Jesus. Then God sent Prophet Mohammad. In Islam this represents a steady, unbroken stream of faith. And for what its worth ... Arabic and Aramaic are closely related languages. Aramaic would have been the everyday language Jesus used. The word for God is the same in both. Its Allah.
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How could Muslims become Muslims if they're already Muslims?\n\nOf course I have doubts.  You're presenting this "information" to us without citing even ONE source.  And even if you DO get around to citing one, it better be credible or it'll mean just as much as no source at all.
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I am a Muslim...because i follow Isa/Jesus...\n\nQuran 2:136\nSay (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham...and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.\n\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibletruths_forbelievers/
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Hello! Okay im a muslim and i will tell you what muslims believe: "we believe that all prophets peace be upon them (Jesus, moses, abraham, lut, joseph...etc) came with true religions from Allah (God) but coz torah and bible are being modified so much then we think it's no longer the same true religion it used to be" i respect you and i respect your religion but islam is the only religion that is not modified so it's so pure and true as it first came...
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Basically they're the same. Christianity is a form of Judaism plus a number of other traditions and imported ideas, and Islam borrowed the basics from Judaism as well. \n\nTime has differentiated them to a great extent, that's why even their practitioners have come to believe they're not only different, but antagonistic religions! \n\nIf they concentrated in the many things they have in common, they might be able to stop all the fighting!
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Judaism IS the Jewish religion.  Technically, nobody started it themselves, but G-d began the process of its beginings through Abraham.  At a young age, Abraham realized the futility of idol worship and himself discovered the idea of a monotheistic God.  Once that happened, God himself came to Abraham and told him (Genesis- 12:1) "Lech Licha MeArtzicha UmiMoladitecha UmiBeit Avicha El HaAretz Asher Areka"- Go for yourself from you land and from your birthplace and from your father's house to the land that I will show you.  Abraham traveled from his homeland, a place out of Israel, biblically called "Ur Kasdim".  He packed up his household and family and all the people he had taught monotheistic ideas too and they sought out on their journey.  God brought them to the Land of C'na'an- which is Israel.  There, God and Abraham made the Brit Bein HaBitarim, the Covenant of God that He will make Abraham into the father of great nations and that his children (the 12 Israelite tribes) will be slaves in a land that isn't theirs (The Jewish Enslavement from Egypt) but that after 400 years, He would redeem them, give them His Torah (5 Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Numbers)and bring them to the Land of Cna'an.  Through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, our fathers, did Judaism begin to rise.  Jacob had 12 sons, the Israelite tribes.  When the other sons saw that Jacob favored Joseph, the oldest son of his most beloved wife Rachel who had passed away, they sold him into slavery where he ended up rising to power and saving Egypt from famine.  During these times, Cna'an experienced a famine and Jacob sent his other sons down to Egypt to get food. Joseph recognized his brothers but they didn't know who he was, other than second to the Pharoah of Egypt, because since his enslavement, he had aged and grown a beard.  After putting his brothers through many trials and tests, he revealed to them who he was.  His father and all his brothers and their families (70 people in total)came to live in the Land of Goshen, which was attached to Egypt.  After the death of all 12 sons, a new Pharoah rose to power and enslaved the Jews.  That's where the story of Moses comes in.  \n\nThose are the basic origins of Judaism, though many details were left out so that it wouldn't get TOO long :)
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Strictly speaking, to say that Islam is "derived" from Judaism and Christianity is incorrect. The Muslim view is that there has forever been only one true religion. What we call Islam is just the continuance of that. Think of it this way ... God spoke to Abraham. God gave him info pertaining to that one true faith. Latter God did the same thing with Moses. This was needed because society, circumstances, and culture had changed and so people needed a fresh view of the truth. God also "updates" the one true faith from time to time because people tend to change it and so loose it, which thing necessitates the renewal of right understanding via another prophet and another uncorrupted book. And so it goes in a steady unbroken line, from Abraham to Moses to Jesus to Muhammad. Muhammad was, in this view, the last of the prophets, bringing the last of the messages that would be for and last ALL mankind (and not just a certain segment like Israel, for example) for the rest of time until resurrection and judgment. In defense of that stand the Koran is the only religious text in existence that can be historically proved to have been passed down all these hundreds of years unchanged. Hope this helps. I'm not Muslim, but I study. You'll get better Muslim feedback I'm sure. ;-)
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they are people know Allah as Christian and Muslims, have a book from Allah and have Judaism religion.But there is some of them enter political in religion and killing another people whose not Jews. They hate Christian and Muslims at all.\nsorry my dear, \nMuslims are people have Islam as a riligion.
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I cant agree more with you.You are so right,i dont think any muslim or jew can hate each other forget about killing,i've studied almost all the religion quite vividly and have understood that none encourages killing of innocent people or any people unless you have to defend your family or religion(say mosques,synagogues,temples etc holy places)To me hate is contigeous,no matter who you are if you have hate for something particular you'll see that at the end you'll be hating almost everything that you have around you and maybe you'll start hating yourself too.Hate is a big word..one might not like something with all his heart but he/she shouldnt hate it.Patience i believe is the best way to deal with stuff like this.Just because i've a jewish name or a muslim name doesnt make me a jew or a muslim....he/she is a jew or a muslim is someone who obeys everything in the religion or atleast tries to and completely avoid wut is forgiven.None of the religions in the world say that hate other religion,it's the lack of knowledge about their religion that they have grown into such beasts that they use their name of their religion to get benefit out of it.I'm a Muslim and i dont hate any jews or any christians or any human being.I practise Islam as a way of my life,not just as a religion and Alhamdulillah i try to enforce Islam in my life in every way i can.I dont feel any hatred towards anyone?why is that,is it because i am not a good muslim?I dont think so....i know a lot of people who r like me and thinks like me too.To me most of these killings r for political reasons and trying to gain benefits for some very few powerful individuals who influences these poor jews and muslims all around the world to pursue something they want to achieve in any way they can.Wa'salaam.May Allah bless you all.And Allah(God) knows best.
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According to the religious hypothesis called Islam, everything is under God's thumb. Muslim means something that submits to God's will. Technically everything in creation is "Muslim" ie. a subject of God. However, humans and a parallel race of beings called djinn are the only beings that posses free will. Thus, they are the only elements in creation that may be Muslims (submitters to God's will) or Muslims in denial (rejectors of God's will). Hence the other posts indicating Jesus, Abraham and the other such hypothetical and/or historical imaginings listed were "muslims" because they supposedly submitted to God's will in the context of Abrahamic faith. \n\nThe Quran suggests Mohammed was from a polytheistic (pagan) Arab people. \n\nMuhammad's story is long and complex. Muslims defer to a compilation of writings about his actions called the Sunnah and others about his life found in Hadith. There are English translations on the net for you to read if you want to do more research.\n\nReligion is wonderful tomfoolery.
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What evidence do you need? They've been murdering each other for as many centuries as the Islamic faith has existed. Islam was invented in the late 7th century.  Early in the 8th century it had already caused so much bloodshed and suffering, such a change in the tribal power structure that in Arabia a power-struggle began over who were the legitimate heirs of "the prophet", i.e. heirs of the power for rule and conquest that Islam supposed.  The majority of moslems are "ahl as-sunnah wa al-jumah" (people of the community); the shiah believe the imam must be descended from Ali by Muhammed's daughter, Fatima, a bit like saying the President should be a direct descendent of Jesus Christ (or Alexander the Great) since Jesus didn't go about murdering his enemies.
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Muslims believe that Adam, pbuh, was the first Muslim and the first prophet. I think those verses you speak of mean during their own time. Prophet Moses, pbuh, (aka Musa in Arabic) was the first Muslim during his time.
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Islam is a religion of peace, love and tolerance. Today, however, some circles have been presenting a false image of Islam, as if there were conflict between Islam and the adherents of the two other monotheistic religions. Yet Islam's view of Jews and Christians, who are named "the People of the Book" in the Koran, is very friendly and tolerant. \n\nThis attitude towards the People of the Book developed during the years of the birth of Islam. At that time, Muslims were a minority, struggling to protect their faith and suffering oppression and torture from the pagans of the city of Mecca. Due to this persecution, some Muslims decided to flee Mecca and shelter in a safe country with a just ruler. The Prophet Muhammad told them to take refuge with King Negus, the Christian king of Ethiopia. The Muslims who followed this advice found a very fair administration that embraced them with love and respect when they went to Ethiopia. King Negus refused the demands of the pagan messengers who asked him to surrender the Muslims to them, and announced that Muslims could live freely in his country. \n\nSuch attitudes of Christian people that are based on the concepts of compassion, mercy, modesty and justice, constitute a fact that God has pointed out in the Koran. A verse of the Koran states:\n\n… You will find the people most affectionate to those who believe are those who say, 'We are Christians.' That is because some of them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 82)\n\nChristian and Muslim belief have many aspects in common. Judaism too shares many beliefs with Islam. All true adherents of these three great religions: \n\n\nbelieve that God has created the entire universe out of nothing and that He dominates all that exists with His omnipotence. \n\nbelieve that God has created man and living things in a miraculous way and that man possesses a soul granted him by God. \n\nbelieve that besides Jesus, Moses or Muhammad, God sent many prophets such as Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Joseph throughout history, and they love all these prophets. \n\nbelieve in resurrection, Heaven and Hell and angels, and that God has created our lives with a certain destiny. \nThe beliefs of the People of the Book are in harmony with Muslims, not only in terms of faith-related issues, but also of moral values. Today, in a world where such immoralities as adultery, homosexuality, drug addiction and a model of egoism and self-seeking cruelty have grown widespread, the People of the Book and Muslims share the same virtues: Honor, chastity, humility, self-sacrifice, honesty, compassion, mercy and unconditional love… \n\nIt is evident there are ample grounds for an alliance between the "People of the Book" and Muslims. This is also very evident in the Koran. In the relevant verses of the Koran, there is a significant difference between the People of the Book and the idolaters. This is especially emphasized in the area of social life. For example, it is said concerning the idolaters: "(they) are unclean, so after this year they should not come near the Masjid al-Haram (Kaaba)." (Surat at-Tawba: 28) Idolaters are people who obey no divine law, have no moral precepts and who are capable of committing every kind of degrading and perverse action without hesitation.\n\nBut while they basically rely on God's revelation, the People of the Book have moral precepts and know what is lawful and what is not. For this reason, if one of the People of the Book cooks some food, it is lawful for Muslims to eat it. In the same way, permission has been given for a Muslim man to marry a woman from among the People of the Book. On this subject God commands: \n\nToday all good things have been made lawful for you. And the food of those given the Book is also lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. So are chaste women from among the believers and chaste women of those given the Book before you,
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i am a muslim, and i have both jewish and christian friends, religion got nothing to do with it.\npeace and blessings.
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Yes, only the doctrines differ slightly. Some muslims refer to Jewish and Christian peoples as "infidels", because muslims say that the Jewish and Christian peoples altered the work of God, by altering the bible from it's original form. Some Jewish people say that they are God's chosen people, while some Christians would argue that the Jewish people turned their backs on God when they called for the crucifiction of the Christ. But, that is all arguable and since I wasn't there, I will stay out of it.\nBut in summary; yes, they all worship the same God. Each had a prophet. Jewish-Moses. Christians-Jesus. Islam-Muhammed.
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some beautiful inspiring muslims...\n\n\nROB WICKS\n\n[In the following article, "NOI" refers to the Nation of Islam, which in spite of its name, is a group far removed from Islam. -Ed.] \n\nI grew up Baptist, in a family of ministers, in rural Mississippi. I went to college at Morehouse College in Atlanta, so I was exposed to the NOI, but I had the good fortune to become friends with an orthodox Muslim who explained to me the difference between NOI and Islam, and the lack of knowledge most NOI have of true Islam. Later, after I left school and began working, I got an internet account, and started to study some of the religions of the world. I had never really been a particularly religious person, due to my somewhat scientific nature. I always insist on proof. I started to delve deeper into Christianity, and studied it intently on the Web. I was somewhat disdained however by some inconsistencies in the Bible. I principally was troubled by the Trinity, though. I just did not see it. The one passage I saw as being most supportive (1 John 5:7) was partially forged. When I read Mathew 19:16-17, and Jesus (pbuh) says "Why callest thou me good?, it was clear to me that he was saying that he was not good, and only God was. But most of the Christians seemed to think Jesus was being tongue-in-cheek at this point. I found that I would have to be dishonest to accept this. \n\nThen fortune? smiled upon me. I hit a deer in my car. It was out of service for almost a month. During that time, I was unemployed, but had saved money, so I could live (I also have two roommates). I still had my internet account, and I decided to study more. After I had studied the Biblical contradictions, in addition to the inherent idolatry and unscriptural nature of the Trinity, along with other things, I rejected Christianity as a religion. Even Jesus did not seem to teach it, he taught belief in God. I went a time without any religion, thinking maybe it was all a sham. I have a friend who is in the 5% NOI, and I saw how much he hated religion, and I decided that I did not want to be like that. I believe that God kept my mind open and my heart from hardening against Him, and I studied Islam. Everything just seemed to fit: a reasoned faith which was very prayerful to keep us on the straight path, yet did not disdain acquisition of knowledge (the preachers back home loved to rail against education, as if ignorance is preferred by God). Islam seemed to be made for me. A good Muslim was the exact sort of person I aspired to be. After another month of study and prayer, I decided that if Muhammad (pbuh) was not a prophet, then there had never been prophets in the first place. The moment of decision came one night when I was reading the Qur'an and I read 21:30, and I read of God expanding his creation. Now, I almost became an astronomer at one point, and I still am interested, and these verses hit me like a sledgehammer. I became fearful of God, and wanted to worship him better.\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------\nCeline \n\nSalam Alekhum. \n\nI became Muslim almost three years ago, right after Ramadan in between the two Eids. \n\nMy spiritual search lasted over thirty years. I was born a Catholic and found many things I did not agree with: I believe in Jesus, but did not believe that he was the son of God, nor that he was God. I concluded on my own that he was a rabbi, since he was a learned Jew and a teacher. Because of this I went and studied under rabbis and learnt the Tanakh, the Torah and some of the laws of Judaism. I learnt the Kosher laws and the proper way of cooking, and the rules of being a woman. It became natural that men and women prayed separated as the women were together. Though Judaism was not the answer for me, I gained an understanding of its religious and spiritual ways. \n\nI then looked into women spirituality but found that it was lacking something, it was not always monotheistic in practice becau
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I hate that this has been my experience, but I can only tell you what I have experienced.  I don't know many Muslims in my everyday life, but the ones I know are good people, and I can't even imagine that they would hate Jewish people, or hate anyone.  But, like I say, I don't know many Muslims.  I am interested in religion, and I sometimes go to various religious chatrooms.  Almost ANY time I have ever gone to a Muslim chatroom, I have found people expressing intense hatred of Jewish people.  Of course, chatrooms do not tend to bring out the best people, for whatever reason.  So I'm hoping that this is just some sort of abnormal thing.\n\nBut quite honestly, I HAVE seen a lot of Islamic websites that have insults about Jewish people.  As you point out, these are not following the way of Islam.  Ok, and one last little tidbit is that there was a locally well-known doctor's office in my area where there was a Muslim doctor and a Jewish doctor who worked together.  They absolutely hated each other and this was plain to see.  I'm sure it was over some differences in medicine or something, but people just make assumptions.