What do the people of the Islamic faith REALLY believe?
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We beleive in One almighty creator "Allah" and in his messenger "Muhammad (PBUH)"\n\nIslma in its core insists on Good Morals and being a useful human being .. who works hard for his life , yet doesn't forget that he is watched by Allah , so that he sould be kind and just with others ..\n\nI'm sorry if some terrorst actions had made the western word see Islam as the bloody violent faith.. but this is not true and doesn't represent the REAL teachings of islam.
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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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I believe in all Truths:\nMuhammad trusted God completely, and accepted without question, the truth of what he heard. He knew that in conveying God’s revelations to others, he would encounter varying reactions. Some would listen eagerly and treat him well, while others would be angry and hostile. Thus he was aware that God was laying a heavy and troublesome burden upon him. Yet he accepted it willingly, believing that God would give him the courage and determination to face every kind of opposition.\n\n-Ibn Isaq, "The Life of Muhammad"
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in fact u ve never can find it out ...cuz in some countries like IRAN which has the Islam as their religion ...most of all are muslim but in their life (as a secret )they all are agnostic....then u cant really find how many people really folowing islam
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Muslims do not generally read other religious books because they are forbidden by Quran, and Quran has to be accepted by the Muslims as the last word. Secondly, they have to accept Muhammad as the last Prophet and none other can be said to have any spiritual qualities. Ahmadiyas are Muslims who believe in the Quran, the Prophet and Allah, but they also believed that there could be still spiritual figures in the world. As a result, they are not accepted by the Islamic community. It shows that Muslims neither can tolerate expansion of their own ideas nor they are allowed to have a free search for truth beyond what is written in the Quran. Most of the answers above also show lack of tolerance which is the outcome of being a Muslim.
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Christians believe that jesus is the son of God while muslims believe that he was a only phrophet\n\nMuslims believe that Mohamed was the greatest and prophet and place his importance above Jesus\n\nMost of the basic priciples in all religions are the same
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Islam is the only true religion.. it is not new, rather it is the only religion which all prophets of God taught, Adam, Noah, Moses, David, Jesus and Muhammed.. they all taught the same message which God is One, believe in Him and worship Him alone.. those prophets may have taught different laws and commandments, because those who those prophets were sent to were/are different.. the last laws which The God, or Allah -in Arabic- has willed for humanity are the Islamic laws which abrogated all the old commandments, like the Mosaic laws and the new laws which Jesus peace be upon him taught.. the commandments of Islam are uniquly suiting all men of all time, since Muhammed was the last messanger who God sent.. and since there will be no other prophets coming after him, and therefore no new laws to abrogate the Islamic laws.. and the Islamic laws may seem strict.. but when you give it more time, to see what Muslims scholars said about each laws.. and learn the wisdoms behind these laws, you may will come to see the big image.. which shows how The God knows exactly what we are in a need to, as you will see these laws perfect! .. \n\nPatience is the key to learn.. \n\npeace.
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I know alot about Islam.\nHowever, many people dont.\n\nIslam has been extremely misconceptioned and wrongly judged today. Just because some of them are doing the wrong thing, doesnt mean their religion is telling them to do it.\n\nIslam is a religion of peace. Thats where the names comes from, Salaam- which means peace.\nIt has its responsibilites on its followers like praying, paying the poor rate, giving charity, helping the needy and the orphans, living in peace with people of different faith, abstainging from sin, doing good and enjoining others to do good. Being good to the neighbours, functioning in a respective way in the society, following the rules of a country- muslim or non muslim.\n\nThe book of Islam (Qur'an) has also been wrongly judged. People accusing the Qur'an mainly take the verses out of context, pick and choose verses, mis translate and mis interprete it.\nUnderstanding the Qur'an also has to be done throught the following and teachings of the Prophet. Not taking the teachings of the prophet and just trying to interpret the Qur'an can misguide people.\n\nBecuase culture has been incorporated into Islam, many people tend to judge Islam rather than the culture.\n\nTo correctly understand Islam, one has to take everything into consideration from reliabel sources, not just the media or the net.
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This is not an exhaustive list..... \n\n1 : Our belief is simple , One God . Mohammed (SAW) is His last Prophet.\n\n2 : Islam is a religion of peace , there is no doubt about that. The fault is in the follower not the the religion itself just like any other religion.\n\n3 : We mean no harm , we come in peace :)\n\n4 : Our woman arent as down trodden as think they are.\n\n5 : We dont live in mountains , arent poor and dont live in really backward areas like most of you imagine.\n\n6 : Live and Let Live.\n\n7 : Islam opposes transgressors openly and without doubt.\n\n8 : we do get satellite and watch ( and sometimes laugh ) CNN and Fox\n\n9 : If we hold some values sacred , you should atleast respect that and not make fun of it.\n\n10 : Social liberties do not include making mockery out of any other religion. West calls it civilized , so should act like it.\n\n11 :We all wonder and think the west has become more barbaric and is killing ALOT of innocent ppl in the name of war on terror.\n\n12 : You can not go around taking over countries just because you felt like it.\n\n13 : Dont believe everything you read or watch in the media. Try to do some research of your own.\n\n!4 : We donot treat our women like commodities and respect and protect them. There are some extreme cases but where doesnt that happen ? Cannt judge the whole society based on a few test cases.\n\n15 : Suicide bombing is an act of cowardice , muslims history shows clearly that muslims have fought wars with bravery and openly. Which is totally the opposite of these suicide attacks.
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aaah, I can tell you one thing, the religion is Islam.\nCheck out these links.
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What is Islam? \n\nThe word "Islam" is an Arabic word that means "submitting and surrendering your will to Almighty God". The word comes from the same root as the Arabic word "salam", which means peace. Unlike the names used for other religions, such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, the name “Islam” was both revealed by God and mentioned explicitly in the Holy Scripture – The Qur’an. Islam carries a deep spiritual meaning — only by submitting one’s will to Almighty God can one obtain true peace both in this life and in the life hereafter. Islam teaches that all religions originally had the same essential message — which was to submit whole-heartedly to the will of God and to worship Him and Him alone. For this reason, Islam is not a new religion but is the same divinely revealed Ultimate Truth that God revealed to all prophets, including Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them all). \n\nWho are Muslims? \n\nThe Arabic word "Muslim" literally means "someone who submits to the will of God". The message of Islam is meant for the entire world and anyone who accepts this message becomes a Muslim. Some people mistakenly believe that Islam is just a religion for Arabs, but nothing could be further from the truth, since in actuality over 80% of the world's Muslims are not Arabs! Even though most Arabs are Muslims, there are Arabs who are Christians, Jews and atheists. If one just takes a look at the various peoples who live in the Muslim World — from Nigeria to Bosnia and from Morocco to Indonesia — it is easy enough to see that Muslims come from all different races, ethnic groups and nationalities. From the very beginning, Islam had a universal message for all people. This can be seen in the fact that some of the early companions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) were not only Arabs, but also Persians, Africans and Byzantine Romans. Being a Muslim entails complete acceptance and active obedience to the revealed will of Almighty God. A Muslim is a person who freely accepts to base his beliefs, values and faith on the will of Almighty God. In the past (even though you don't see it as much today), the word "Mohammedans" was often used as a label for Muslims. This label is a misnomer and is the result of either willful distortion or sheer ignorance. One of the reasons for the misconception is that Europeans were taught for centuries that Muslims worshipped the Prophet Muhammad in the same way that Christians worship Jesus. This is absolutely not true since a Muslim is not permitted to worship anyone or anything besides Almighty God. \n\nWho is Allah? \n\nVery often one will hear the Arabic word "Allah" being used in regards to Islam. The word "Allah" is simply the Arabic word for Almighty God, and is the same word used by Arabic speaking Christians and Jews. If one were to pick up an Arabic translation of the Bible, one would see the word "Allah" being use where the word "God" is used in English. Actually, the Arabic word for Almighty God, "Allah", is quite similar to the word for God in other Semitic languages — for example, the Hebrew word for God is "Elah". For various reasons, some non-Muslims mistakenly believe that Muslims worship a different God than Jews and Christians. This is certainly not the case, since the Pure Monotheism of Islam calls all people to the worship of the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and all of the other prophets (peace be upon them). However, even though Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the same God — since there is only one true God — their concepts concerning Him differ in some significant ways. \n\nWho is Muhammad? \n\nThe last and final prophet that God sent to humanity was the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Muhammad explained, interpreted and lived the teachings of Islam. The Prophet Muhammad is the greatest of
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They don't believe in God. They believe in Allah and Muhammad. However, historians have correlated Allah and Muhammad with God and Jesus.
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:}\nYes \nMuslims believe that they will be resurrected on judgment day\nThey do not believe Jesus will be resurrected since they do not believe he ever died or that he was even crucified, they believe that a hoax was done and that another was crucified in his place. They believe that Isa (the Islamic Jesus) will come back by descending into a tower of a mosque in Damascus, that he will then assist the Mahdi (Islamic Messiah) in a battle against infidel Jews and Christians and all non-Muslims and that ISA (Islamic Jesus) will kill degal(their idea of anti-Christ , and probably our Jesus). he will break all crosses and have people worship the Mahdi and Allah. A great battle will ensue in which Muslims will kill all Christians who believe in the trinity and all Jews who do not accept Allah and infidels from all other religions.
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Some of the biggest misconceptions that many non-Muslims have about Islam have to do with the word "Allah". For various reasons, many people have come to believe that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews. This is totally false, since "Allah" is simply the Arabic word for "God" and there is only One God. Let there be no doubt, Muslims worship the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus, peace be upon them all. However, it is certainly true that Jews, Christians and Muslims all have different concepts of Almighty God. For example, Muslims, like Jews, reject the Christian beliefs of the Trinity and the Divine Incarnation. This, however, doesn't mean that each of these three religions worships a different God because, as we have already said, there is only One True God. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all claim to be "Abrahamic Faiths", and all of them are also classified as "monotheistic". However, Islam teaches that other religions have, in one way or another, distorted and nullified a pure and proper belief in Almighty God by neglecting His true teachings and mixing them with man-made ideas. \nFirst of all, it is important to note that "Allah" is the same word that Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use for God. If you pick up an Arabic Bible, you will see the word "Allah" being used where "God" is used in English. \n\nThis is because "Allah" is the only word in the Arabic language equivalent to the English word "God" with a capital "G". Additionally, the word "Allah" cannot be made plural or given gender (i.e. masculine or feminine), which goes hand-in-hand with the Islamic concept of God. Because of this, and also because the Qur'an, which is the holy scripture of Muslims, was revealed in the Arabic language, some Muslims use the word "Allah" for "God", even when they are speaking other languages. This is not unique to the word "Allah", since many Muslims tend to use Arabic words when discussing Islamic issues, regardless of the language which they speak. This is because the universal teachings of Islam, even though they have been translated in every major language, have been preserved in the Arabic language. \n\nIt is interesting to note that the Aramaic word "El", which is the word for God in the language that Jesus spoke, is certainly more similar in sound to the word "Allah" than the English word "God". This also holds true for the various Hebrew words for God, which are "El”, "Elah", and the plural form "Elohim". The reason for these similarities is that Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic are all Semitic languages with common origins. It should also be noted that in translating the Bible into English, the Hebrew word "El" is translated variously as "God", "god" and "angel"! This imprecise language allows different translators, based on their preconceived notions, to translate the word to fit their own views. The Arabic word "Allah" presents no such difficulty or ambiguity, since it is only used for Almighty God alone. Additionally, in English, the only difference between "god", meaning a false god, and "God", meaning the One True God, is the capital "G". In the Arabic alphabet, since it does not have capital letters, the word for God (i.e. Allah) is formed by adding the equivalent to the English word "the" (Al-) to the Arabic word for "god/God" (ilah). So the Arabic word "Allah" literally means "The God”: the "Al-" in Arabic basically serving the same function as the capital "G" in English. Due to the above mentioned facts, a more accurate translation of the word "Allah" into English might be "The One -and-Only God" or "The One True
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Of course we believe, but we ALSO believe that God does whatever He wants to do. He wanted prophet Muhammad (pbuh) to be the last messenger. He clearly stated that in Qur'an. So after that, no one is a prophet from God. \n\nTake a look at reality, can you find one single person who claimed himself as a prophet, after Muhammad (pbuh), and established a succesful religion?
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GOOD QUESTION!\n\nIslam is the only non-Christian faith, which makes it an article of faith to believe in Jesus (pbuh). No Muslim is a Muslim if he does not believe in Jesus (pbuh).\n\nQuran shows positive image of Jesus pbuh, that his coming into the world was miraculous, his deeds upon the world were spectacular, his exit from the world was mysterious, and his second coming will be awesome. \n       \nWe muslims believe that Jesus was one of the mightiest Messengers of Allah (swt). We believe that he was born miraculously, without any male intervention. We believe he was the Messiah translated Christ (pbuh). We believe that he gave life to the dead with God’s permission. We believe that he healed those born blind, and the lepers with God’s permission. We believe that he was the "Word from God". We believe in his second coming as well. \n\n\n\nBUT WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HE IS GOD ALMIGHTY. We believe that he is the messenger of God almighty. \n\n\nQURAN (5:75) "Christ the son of Mary was no more than an Messenger; many were the Messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make His signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!"\n\nQURAN SPEAKS ABOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS PBUH IN (Chapter 3: verse 45-47)\n"Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to Allah. \n "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (of the company) of the righteous." \nShe said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: Allah createth what He willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!"
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I'm a muslim. I believe in GOD, the creator of everything, and that there is only one GOD. And I believe in all the great prophets; Mohammad, Jesus, Moses, Abraham, and all the others. And I respect all human beings, and wish them well.