Why You dont be a Muslem?
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That's why I'm a "nostic"=seeker of truth.
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No, You shouldn't be a muslim unless you are totaly sure that this is what you really want, else you would be Monafek(pretender).\nIslam rules say that you must be convinced, mind and heart by your religion before following it, if you are not convinced, don`t follow it at all.\nAs for other religions being condemned to hell, this is not true. Islam says "there is no difference whatspever between one person and the other except how virtuious each one is" and it didn't necissate a religion, just virtue. Also islam say "Religion is how to deal not how to pray" which means that dealing with others nicly and in a just manner is the important thing . And about other religions it says"All prophets are brothers, and their light comes from the same source." it also says" We are all from adam, and adam is but a handfull of dust, only the good deeds remain"\n\nAbout christians it says"And no one will be closer and dearer to the muslims you than those who say'we are true christians' for amongst them there are priests and saints and people who dedicate their lives to Goodness" .\n\nAnd about talking to people about joining islam" Smile and talk to them with the manner they prefer best, and don't be rude or thick at heart else they yould never listen"\n\nAnd as for freedom of choosing one's religion"To each his faith, they have theirs and you have yours and only the mercifull God can judge amongst them"\n\nI hope I answered your question.
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Thanks.\nGenerally speaking and not towards anyone............\nNo one is telling you to become a muslim, but at least learn what the true Islam is all about.\n\nLike the person who asked this question (or redirected to her answer...\nShe made no generalization\nShe studied \nShe understood Islam\nShe gave an appropriate answer\nShe did not offend anyone\n\nIf we had more people like her, this earth would be alot happier to live in.\nI respect your quest for knowledge.\n\nI probably didnt write the sentence very correctly but I wasnt aiming at someone.....
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I converted for many reasons: \nThere is no class in Islam, everyone is equal \nThere is only one book, never transformed, nor changed\nThere is only one God, no associates, u do not need a priest or the pastor to ask for forgiveness, its done directly to God. \nAs I read the Quran everything made sense, its so clear and teaches a person how to live peacefully. \nWomen have tremendous amount of rights. God dedicated a whole chapter in the Quran to women. \nIm also a science major and ever since i read the quran and the science discussed in it i automactially converted. The Science in the Quran proves it is the truth!
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Because those who chose the right path and peaceful living chose to remain silent and doesn't brag how religious, kind, knowledgeable and philanthropic they are.  They continously pray to Allah for world peace and submit completely to the will of Allah.  True Islam is not about war, chaos, extremism and suicide bombings.  If people could only see how beautiful the religion is.  I am a Christian woman with a Muslim husband.  I deeply honor and love my husband because what I expected before we got married was totally wrong.  I used to think what other non-Muslims think of right now and afraid of being a first, second and so on wife, but since I lived with my husband I discovered a whole new and beautiful way of life.  I discovered that Muslims are like Christians, there are good and bad ones.  But what I admire most in the religion is the value of modesty.  Yes, those who live in a true Islam way are modest people.  They don't show how powerful they are by showing how to kill people and presenting the latest bombing technique just what the extremist is doing.  Instead, they show how powerful their faith is and how mighty God is.  They also show how patient they are by remaining modest and silent through generations inspite of the not so good things thrown upon them everyday.  I am still a Christian because my husband doesn't force me to be a Muslima.  He understands how hard for me to convert in a religion that I never grew up with.  I would also want to say that not all Muslims have many wives.  It's still a personal decision, there are those, like my husband, chose to stick to one.  Having many wives is just like Christians who has one wife but has 40 concubines.  The only difference is Muslims make all of their women their wives not just mistresses.
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Because we don't practice Islam.
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ALL the Iranies are not Arabic ( except some who lives on the gulf coasts has Arabic origins ) . \nDo a person Have to be Arabic to be a Muslim ??\ndon't you know that Turkey , Pakistan , Malaysia , and others are All non Arab Muslim countries
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you are going to lose your debate horribly. First off, it is spelled Muslim not moslem, and it is spelled equal not iqual. Your uneducated question offends me too much for me to answer.
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Sounds like you might be a muslim?
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so who died and made you ambassor for most people.  I personally am not afraid of any religion...in fact I know many muslims that are very good, productive members of society.
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Unfortunately a lot of Muslims don't practice everything that is in the Holy Quran. If we did, then there would be a much stronger ummah and a lot less bickering.
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I am afraid you did not even discover this "wonderful" world of Islam by yourself. Muslims are severly misled by their scholars who try to twist historical facts. Please read Bukhary, Muslim and Quran by yourself without using interpretation from scholars and you will find many violent actions that should be denounced.
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In Islam, we ought to believe in God messangers, and God Holybooks so we are really in very unique situation which is that we believe that Muoses, Jesus and Muhammed are God messangers and we believe that Torah, Bible and Quran are God books and furthermore we believe that no prophet is better that another one.\n\nIn Islam rejection of any of the above would mean that you are not a good muslim and that you are not following God instructions.
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you assume their are moderate Moslem's NOT in the 5 pillars it teaches to spill the blood of non-believer's and take their property .they don't want to work for what they get they want to take it.and until we as a world take issue with this and pull our heads out of our hmmm and deal with them it will continue.they are trying with shear numbers to terrorize the entire world but as long as we deny this fact it will continue
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What are the requirements of a Non-Muslim who wishes to convert? \nEvery person is born a Muslim because we are all created by God. Therefore, a preferred term would be reversion rather than conversion. A non-Muslim becomes a Muslim when he believes in his heart : "There is no God but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His Messenger" Hence, belief in the Unity and Oneness of God and that Muhammad is his Messenger makes one a Muslim at heart. Recommended steps: \n\nOfficially convert by pronouncing the shahadah (pledge of conviction of faith) in Arabic thus: "Ash HaduAllaa Ilaaha Il-lallaah Wa Ash Hadu Anna Muhammadar Rasullulah" which means "I bear Witness that there is no deity but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad if His Messenger". The pledge is to be taken in front of at least two adult Muslim witnesses. \nIt is recommended that he/she take a Muslim name \nIt is recommended that he/she take up a basic course on Islam (if he/she hasn't already) and keep the company of other Muslims \nIs it compulsory for a Non-Muslim man to be circumcised upon conversion? \nA boy who has not attained puberty must be circumcised when his family converts to Islam. Circumcision is optional for a man above the age of puberty. But he who opts not to be circumcised should regularly clean the area underneath the foreskin of his penis because, in Islam, cleanliness of the body is obligatory for performing prayers. \n \n\nWhy is adopting a Muslim name so important upon conversion? \nTwo important reasons are given below, but otherwise, adopting a Muslim name is not necessary. \n\nFor the sake of identification as a Muslim \nWhen a Muslim wants to enter Makkah and Madinah to perform Hajj or Umrah, he has to produce documents to show that he is a Muslim as Non-Muslims are not allowed to enter these cities. \nCan reverts retain their previous names? \nYes he/she certainly can do so. Here are examples of names of people who have converted: \n\nHassan Guy Eaton previously known as Guy Eaton, Ruke Aldeen Smith, Aisha Gouverneur, Abdel Rashid Skinner, Ahmed Holt, Murad Aldeen, Ibrahim Hewitt, Ahmad Bullock, Ahmed Thomson, Jodi Anway, Mohammadzadeh, Susan Elsayyad, Jamilah Kolocotronis Jitmoud\n\nHow Long Does it Take for a Convert to be a full-fledged Muslim? \nA person becomes a Muslim upon pronouncing the shahadah in front of two adult Muslim witnesses. A Muslim has to do the daily prayers, fast in Ramadan and apply the teachings of Islam in his daily life. But if a revert is unable to do all the prayers immediately after his conversion, he should try to do those he could. However, he should aim to be a practicing Muslim as soon as possible in order not to miss out in the race to accumulate blessings.\n\ngood muslim names\nmostly arabic or persian but i think u can pick anything.\n\n'Abal - Wild rose\nAbia - Great\n'Abidah, Abida - Worshipper\n'Abir, Abeer - Fragrance, perfume\n'Ablah, Abla', Ablaa - Perfectly formed\nAbra - Example, lesson\nAbrar - Devoted to God\nA'dab, Aadab - Hope and need\nAdara - Virgin\n'Adawiyah - Summer plant\nAdiba - Well-mannered, cultured, polite; writer\n'Adilah, Adila, Adeela - Equal, just, honest\n'Adn - Paradise\n'Afaf - Chaste, virtuous, decent, pure\n'Afifah - Chaste, modest\nAfnan - Tree branches or twigs\n'Afra', Afraa - White\nAfrah - Celebrations, festivals\nAfya - Shadows\n'Ahd - Pledge, commitment, delegation\nAhlam - Witty, imaginative; one who has pleasant dreams\n'A'idah, Aida - Visiting, returning; reward\nAin - Eye, thus "precious"\nAini - Spring, flower, source, choice\n'A'ishah, Aisha, Ayishah - Living, prosperous; youngest wife of the Prophet\nAkilah - Intelligent, logical, one who reasons\nAla', Aalaa - Signs of Allah\nAlhena - A ring; (A star in the constellation Gemini)\nAlima - Wise\nAlimah - Skilled in music or dance\n'Aliyah, Aliyyah, Alia, A'lia - Exaulted, elev
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YOu have to look at what Islam teaches you.\nFor jut a moment, disregard what others tell you about the violence people are accusing islam of.\n\nIslam teaches to respect life. IT is forbidden to harm anything, human, plant, insect, animals for no reason\n\nIT is forbidden to lie, backbite.\nIts a duty of every muslim, to help the needy, the poor, orphans, visit the sick.\n-Be good to ones neighbour.\n-Vist others and have food with them, regardless of faith.\n-Respect others faith, muslim or not.\n-Have patience, and enjoin the good, forbid the evil\n-Believe in one and only one God.\n-It is forbidden to commit any sort of crime, robbery.\n-Do not hurt another person, physically or emotionally.\n-Respect ones parents to the utmost- do not talk back to them, do not talk loud infront of them, walk behind them as a sign of respect.\n-Acquire knowlege, \n-Use this life in the most beneficial way possible.\n-Society and house manners should be maintained.\n-Be humble and have humility, do not be arrogant.\n\nSo you see, Islam is a beutiful religion, and it teaches one to be good and humble.\n\nAs for the violence, its a shame that some muslims do not understand the rules of Islam and tend to interprete it themselves the wrong way.\nYou cannot really blame the religion for how its followers are not following it correctly.
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First: Becoming a muslim is easy, you must say and believe 1-God is the One and there is no god except him 2-Muhammad is messenger of God. and you must believe that there is a judgement day.\nThe main rituals are as follows:\n1- Prayer which must be done in the direction of Mecca, 5 times a day, morning(when sun comes out),noon, afternoon, dawn and night but they are short rituals and dont last long.\n2- Lent, there is an arabic month which you must lend means you should not eat from sunshine till the dawn.\n3- You must go to Mecca once in life if you become that rich and do a complete set of rituals there.\n4- Help poor people\n5- Praise good works and tell others not to do bad works\nand ....\nthere are some personal instruction for muslims:" always be groomed, always wear clean clothes, always wear perfumes, be kind to others, visit friends and family, be kind to other humans,be kind to animals..."\nit is adviced not to use any drug which make you can not distinguish between good and bad or if you use it do not pray on it including alcohol.\nPig meat is prohibited, also if you have touched a dog you must wash yourself and change clothes for parayers.