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WHAT IS A ´MUSLIMµ?

‡ Islam: ´submission to the will of Godµ

‡ Muslim: ´one who submits to the will of Godµ

ARTICLES OF FAITH

Belief in:

‡ God

‡ The Angels

‡ The Prophets

‡ The Scriptures

‡ The Day of Judgement

‡ Destiny
SOURCES OF ISLAMIC LAW

‡ The Qur·an (revealed by God to Muhammad pbuh)

‡ The sayings and actions of Muhammad pbuh

‡ Rulings based on analogy

‡ Rulings based on consensus

‡ Rulings based on custom

MAN·S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CREATOR

The five pillars of Islam, characterised by ´permission-

basedµ rules:

‡ To testify that there is only one God

‡ To pray 5 times daily

‡ To fast during the month of Ramadan

‡ To pay the wealth tax

‡ To make a pilgrimage to Mecca if able

MAN·S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CREATION

Characterised by ´prohibition-basedµ rules:

‡ Murder

‡ Theft

‡ Usury

‡ Consumption of intoxicants

‡ Gambling

‡ Adultery and fornication

SOME MUSLIM ACHIEVEMENTS IN SCIENCE

‡ Astronomy ² Copernicus uses Al Shatir·s planetary charts

‡ Chemistry ² Al Khamis cataloguing of chemical properties

‡ Mathematics ² Al Khwarizmi development of algorithms

‡ Medicine - Hospitals, vaccination, advanced operations

‡ Architecture - Wren cites Islamic influence on Gothic style

‡ Economics - Interest-free finance, global trade, welfare ...

MUSLIM POSITION ON CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM

‡ Moses and Jesus were both prophets of God

‡ Both were given a scripture by God

‡ Both brought to their people the message of ´submission

to the will of Godµ

‡ Jesus ascended to Heaven and shall return in a second

coming to defeat the anti-Christ

‡ The scriptures given to Moses and Jesus have been altered

through the centuries so that we can no longer be sure
what is original to the text and what has been added
TEMAN AND PARAN

´God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paranµ
Habakkuk 3 (Revised English Bible)

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A SCION FROM THE ROOT OF JESSE

´On that day a scion from the root of Jesse will arise like a
standard to rally the peoples; the nations will resort to him,
and his abode will be gloriousµ
Isaiah 11: 10 (Revised English Bible)

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READ! THE UNLETTERED PROPHET

´And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying,

Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learnedµ
Isaiah 29: 12 (King James Version)

´Read, in the name of thy Lord who has created all that
existsµ
Qur·an 96:1
SOME SIMILARITIES WITH JUDEO-CHRISTIAN BELIEF

Drinking of wine and strong drink restricted for all time

Leviticus 10:9

Eating of pork or touching of its carcass is forbidden

Leviticus 11:4-8 and Deuteronomy 14:8

´And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to
enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell «µ
Mark 9:43 (King James Version)

´« the Lord your God is One Lord; and you have to love Him
with all your heart and all your mind and all your strength.µ
Mark 12:29 (Jesus speaks of the greatest commandment)
THE PRAYER OF MOSES AND JESUS

´At once Moses bowed to the ground in worshipµ

Exodus 34:8 (Revised English Bible)

´And he [Jesus] went a little further and fell on his face and
prayed «µ
Matthew 26:39 (King James Version)
INSHA·ALLAH

´ What you ought to say is ¶If it be the Lord·s will, we shall

live to do so and so·µ
James 4:16 (Revised English Bible)
ASSALAMU `ALAIKUM

´ « Jesus came and stood among them ¶Peace be with you!· he

said; µ
John 20:19 (Revised English Bible)
VEILING OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE

´If a women does not cover her head she might as well have
her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for her to be cropped
and shaved, then she should cover her headµ
1 Corinthians 11:6 (Revised English Bible)
Dubai World Cup 2008 (FT, 5 April 2009)
 One in four patients going to accident and emergency have
been drinking, according to a study by Scottish doctors.
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Amjid Muhammed, a consultant at Calderdale Royal Infirmary

in Halifax, West Yorkshire, said that about 45 of the 300
patients seen in accident and emergency over a typical
weekend were women wounded in drunken brawls.
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´If your brother « or your son or daughter, your beloved wife,
or your dearest friend should entice you secretly to go and
serve other gods « then you must not consent or listen. Show
none of them mercy, neither spare nor shield them; you are to
put them to death ...µ
Deuteronomy 13:6-10 (Revised English Bible)

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´Now therefore kill every male among the little ones and kill
every women that hath known a man by lying with him. But all
the women children that have not known a man by lying with
him, keep alive for yourselvesµ
Numbers 31:17-18 (King James Version)

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