ISLAM is a religion of PEACE
What is Islam? three verses;
16.90 - Allah commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and he forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: he instructs you, that ye may receive admonition.
4.162 - ….. and (especially) those who establish regular prayer and practise regular charity and believe in Allah and in the Last Day: to them shall We soon give a great reward.
2.277 - Those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, and establish regular Prayers and regular Charity, will have their reward with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
Please, first watch that 3 min part of the video and then read my blog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyX9UnA7xRw
First of all, the verses about war and cutting head etc were all about pagans who attacked Muslims in Arabia and didn't believe in God. And those fierce could be done only in battles, not after battles. And battle conditions are stated in Quran. You can't fight against nations, communities or tribes whenever you want. Because peace is more important in Islam. And there are no verses in Quran that "go and kill Christians, Jews" But it is stated that "if they attack you, you can attack them." Christians and Jews are mentioned as "People of books and even they are not Muslims, they say "God" in their churches etc. So in Quran God says "behave and speak with them kindly if they do the same"
There can't be more than one truth about God's religion. If there is one God, there must be one God's religion. You don't accept your God and our God is the same. Then what about the Jew's God and Christian's God. Seems nobody accepts. If one prophet came after the other, the last one must be the corrector. Then;
Who is Allah?
Allah is the creator of us and all around us, universe, planets, animals, plants etc. In english you call GOD, in arabic He is ALLAH. Every language the word god has a synonym. Let me give a few examples.
English: God - Gods
Arabic: ilah - it has plural form like "ilahs"
Turkish: Tanrı - Tanrılar
so what makes Allah special is; in arabic Allah has no plural form.
There is one God, Creator and His name in arabic is ALLAH. He is unique, matchless.
In the past and still some nations believe in multiple gods. To seperate our creator from others God calls Himself "Allah" which is derived from the word "ilah" Also you can be famaliar with the word "ilah" if you know hebrew. You must have heard about the word "Valhalla" The place where God Odin accepts deaths while fighting. Some words about religions from past to present look like arabic "ALLAH" because Allah exists from the begining. He owns the religions on earth but all had been changed by humans before Islam.
When you talk about other gods you write "god or gods" but when you mention about our creator you write God starting with capital letter G..So you can call him with your own language there is nothing abnormal on that. But for a muslim, whatever nation he belongs to, he probably knows a lot about Quran and verses so almost all muslims call our creator in arabic, ALLAH; even in their own language. InTurkey some may say I belive in "Tanrı" while most say I believe in "Allah". It is your choice. The important thing is your heart. Don't forget that.
the title belows explains more;
Who are Muslims?
We are the believers of God who has one religion since the creation. Because all of them have been changed, so God wanted to give a duty to a last prophet. Let me answer from Quran;
2.136- Say, [O believers], "We have believed in Allah(=God in arabic) and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."
If you aren't satisfied with the words above, you should read the rest of the blog. Or do your search objectively by yourself. Read Quran, find the verses against what I tell.
Below you will see a general opinon about Islam that tells it is a religion of peace, a short video from a non-muslim, then miracles of Quran(scientific facts), answer to a question "what is jihad?. Full story of Islam, a documentary movie. At the bottom a link to full Quran in multiple languages if you wish to read. Also on the left you can read other pages of the blog.
In the past I haven't been famaliar with youtube so often. I thought it is waste of time. My friend has got a channel and wanted me to see his videos and I began to watch his videos. You know on the right there are videos which are adviced to you to watch. I saw some videos which are insulting Islam and our prophet Muhammed. So I decided to prepare this blog. I will not insult Christians or Jews in faith(belief). Because the prophets they believe(even worship) are also our prophets. Like all other holy books Quran is full of other prophet's stories. How were they given duty as a prophet, what did they tell to their community, what did the communites say and do and if they didnot obey the God's religion, how were they punished? So we can understand that if all prophets are in Quran too, they must be all God's prophets and they had to tell the God's religion from past(the begining) till the time of Muhammed. When a prophet completed this duty and communities became disbelief, a new prophet was given duty. One after other. So why didn't you belive that same God must have sent a new prophet. (given duty) Because in Quran, obviousy, it is written that other books are changed by human hand and worshipping God has changed to worshipping His prophets. Christians have an excuse for that, they say we worship Jesus because Jesus is god, he is son of God. Although God says lots of times(in testaments) that Adam is my son, Moses is my son. He means believers of Him are His sons. It is not only said for Jesus. It is an art of litterature used in poems. The words in holy books are not just one to one of today's meaning. What people do to insult Islam is, to take verses one by one from different parts and Islam is accused of murder, hate etc. All verses are connected to one other, because they tell a story, they tell how human must behave, stories of prophets, some sicientific facts ( couldnt be invented or discovered in 7 th century), an event happened and God sent down verses to muslims how to behave against them(these are mostly about jihad to pagans of Mecca or morality)
You say Islam is a religion of hate and murder, I say just the opposite..religion of peace..by reading the verses SENT DOWN FOR pagans of Mecca who attacked muslims, you can't give decisions, I can show you more peace messages than Jihad.
Here are a few;
2.256 - Let there be no compulsion in religion: truth stands out clear from error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand hold, never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things. (**so why do we kill people who don't believe, it is your problem not ours.)
29.18 - And if ye reject (the Message), so did generations before you: and the duty of the messenger is only to preach publicly (and clearly). (**so prophet was preaching. It is his only duty. His duty was not killing people)
38.86 - Say: No reward do I ask of you for this (Quran), nor am I a pretender.
48.17 - No blame is there on the blind, nor is there blame on the lame, nor on one ill (if he joins not the war): but he that obeys Allah and His Messenger- (Allah) will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and he who turns back, (Allah) will punish him with a grievous Penalty.
4.84 - Then fight in Allah's cause thou are held responsible only for thyself and rouse the Believers. It may be that Allah will restrain the fury of the Unbelievers; for Allah is the strongest in might and in punishment. (** for ex; this verse sent down to Muhammed after the pagans of Mecca began to insult them, tortured them and after they had to move from Mecca to Medina. To defend themselves God orders "fight with them", why do you take this verse and blame us murderers. Jihad is not to kill people, is to stay alive so if you don't have to, you can't kill people to teach your religion as you see the previous verses..for "full story" please check below-Antony Quinn is acting )
This verse is for Christians and Jews. God tells to Muslims "behave them kindly if they behave you kindly. Don't fight them until they fight you". Unfortuntely some of my Christian friends asked me "what do you do to non-believers?" I said "nothing". Because you think God tells Muslims "cut their heads" True if we are at war with them(pagans not people of books), but when war finishes, you can't harm them. If you have them, you should leave them by taking some ransom or free. So search before prejudice.
29.46- And do not argue with the People of the Scripture except in a way that is best, except for those who commit injustice among them, and say, “We believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to you. And our God and your God is one; and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him.”
I haven't studied religion in college. I am not imam or preacher. Preachers have videos on youtube. I m just giving you some links.
Please, just have a look at them. Try to learn, see what we are. We are not the ones that have been told to you.
Let me say what I think; Who makes you belive like that, in this way. Simple..The MEDIA; newspapers, TVs, even most of the web sites, some books. WELL, who do they belong to??? the answer is simple; you know, I am sure you have given the right answer: JEWISH-MASONS.
They are world's best spies, speculators who have mixed up the whole world since the creation. They are always problems both to God and so human that God sent prophets to them but they never believe in surrender. Remember how didnot they accpet Jesus and make him crucify to Romans?
By making Christians and Muslims enemy to eachother, they control the petroleum in middleeast. Then radical groups like ISIS has come up to take revenge(?) from Christians. Like the way you understand the verses of jihad, ISIS understands in the same way and JIHAD against you. That's not fair. (take one verse for their right to do)
Look back to last 140 years, since the petroleum discovered in middleast. Who died most? 1. muslims, 2. christians, 3. how many jews have been killed by muslims in Israel? Maybe a few Palestinians could kill. Is it good? Of course not. We don't want one kills the other.
But see that, this is a trick which serves their benefits.
When was Islam shown as an enemy to you? Remember?? Just before Soviet Union disintegrated, torn into pieces of lands and a man called Salman Rushdi published a book about Islam(a hateful book) although it was found out that the book was written too many years ago. And President of Iran wanted muslims to kill him. But the publishing time was important. One enemy, Soviets were pulled down; now a new enemy was a need for Global Bosses.
Misunderstanding of a religion doesnot bother Islam. Christians also killed lots of people in the past. In continent America, indians; both in north and south. Where are Aztecks, Incas, African tribes? You sent your soldiers with ships, you sent your priests. Why did you kill all those people? Do-Did your religion, did your God or Jesus want you to do, to kill them? Do you have excuse for that?
Read them, watch them and give your decisions: you lose nothing; (some will say: waste of time, then don't blame, accuse of us anything because you are still-always being thought of being enemy to Muslims)
a short video:
Lesley Hazleton, an agnostic Jewish writer, 11 min: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ycUIe2wwM
Yusuf Estes, a man from Texas and now a muslim preacher, 55 min: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf4JJRosgJQ
Yusuf Estes,(I like him very much. I began to watch his videos by coincidence few weeks ago) Why have people been attacking prophet Muhammed? Who was Muhammed in his time?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n73ts9ndvvM
Miracles of Quran(Islam); ( when pagans of Mecca wanted magic and miracles from Muhammed, God sent down a few verses. God said that "don't they know that I have showed them lots of miracles with the previous prophets, did they believe? If you show them miracles again, this time they would find different excuses not to believe." ) SO miracle in Islam is the Quran itself. God's recite to people to find the right path and salvation. After Muhammed, years and centuries after Muhammed, lots of inventions and discoveries were found. But what scientists discovered in 15-17-20th centuries did not surprise Muslims, because they had already been written in Quran.(in 7th centruy) Some are so clear that everyone can understand, some are in the mysteries of verses that could be understood after they were discovered.1* All those facts show that Quran is God-Allah's words (not a human, Muhammed's) It has never been changed.
Miracle is Quran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYgjC44dhA
Scientific Miracles
miracle in numbers;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Br1OatEQD8
other scientific facts mentioned in quran;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--L_tQDQdcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUAQy14g0Qc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1C1RA5E4Ho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YFpQ_fIqw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo6xrl6-r4E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS_H9vMHoWU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3DxELxeSLk
expansion of universe and others..23 short videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq3UD2wjXSE&list=PLSeJQpJmPdNhWQIV5gDXBX2yhAjtMZJyC
XXX pharaoh n moses today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Bucaille Why did M.Bucaille accept Islam after his discovery? and the documentary video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLINW1pldvs
a short summary of Bucaille's story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zs6z6E_Oik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VsUoRIEowo Pharaaoh was bowing just as the red sea was closed on him. He accepted God, but God not accept his belief which was at the last minute. SO to Quran and Islam, if something very bad was happened to you and you accepted Islam, God-Allah would not accept your belief. Because, maybe it was an emotion-feeling of fear(at the moment of dying). Maybe not from heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jvnlzTbacI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQpVXAF0DNA
Most unknown things have been tried to be discovered relating to Quran. Scientists read Quran and they want to discover what has been written in. But most haven't confessed that. Those scientists who have confessed what they have found, are becoming Muslims.
Let me try to explain one of the videos above with my words; in Quran, Allah says that I put a curtain between seas, oceans, rivers. One doesn't mix into other. (They are not mixed). What does this mean? This is a fact, a scientific fact that Jacques-Yves Cousteau (he is not a muslim) proved it years ago and then we saw that it has already been written in Quran. You know earth is like a pot. There is no water loss. Lots of rivers flows into seas. Does sea levels increase and people living by sea drown? NO. Why? becaue of the evaporation. Tons of m3 of water is flowing into sea but sea level stays at the same level as if no water flows into seas. This is the trick, means real fact. Also seas-oceans have salt, different salt rates and it is proven that they aren't mixed eachother. Also streams are either cold or warm, they are like rivers in oceans. And don't mix. If they mixed, temperature of the oceans and seas would have one temperature. If river water with no salt flows into seas-oceans, what happens? two things, sea level increases, and salt rate in the oceans degreases. None of them are happening as if fresh water doesn't flow into oceans because there is evaporation, a balance. So rivers do not flow into oceans. Curtain is just between them. This is in Quran, and nobody understood that until Cousteu proved that. 1*That's why I write above that some verses about scientific facts can be understood after it was invented and we say "Ohh..it is already in Quran!!!" We are surprised, and also not surprised that God-Allah shows us one of His miracles.
YOU CAN'T FIND THOSE IN ANY OTHER HOLY BOOKS. [maybe bible used to have but corrupted..if real bible remained as it was, you would not accept popes, today's priests, and old Roman Church's ideology and think there would be no need for a new prophet.. we would all believe in christianity(in fact Islam- from the beginning of creation there is only one God's religion)]
Jesus http://bibleislam.com/son_of_who.php
Jesus from an American muslim in a church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U0eeiiekJE
What is JIHAD? http://www.islamtomorrow.com/kill.asp Jihad has a lot of synonyms. It doesn't only mean "war", it means the way of belief and praying too. Your behaviours to salvation, your struggle against evil.
other questions on your mind:
http://islamtomorrow.com/articles/default.asp
So friends, forget you think or be thought, search by yourself and then decide. According to some of you we are haters, murderers etc.. By killing, hating noone can go to heaven. it is not us.
A historical event. Prophet Muhammed sent first muslims to Ethiopia(to Christian king's land) in northeast Africa after they had assaulted by pagans of mecca. Why?
answer is in the video;
start from begining or 4:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt7Hyd1v014
shorter version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o61VoWKPc_Q
full story: THE MESSAGE (please buy a dvd or a blueray to support)
( I have watched The Passion by Mel Gibson; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335345/?ref_=nv_sr_2 and I advise you to watch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074896/?ref_=nv_sr_2 - trivia: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074896/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv )
Lots of conversion stories;
Irish priest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chrb1PZrFl4
American atheist. if u wish, start from 10:00 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lptBF5s7TBQ
a 36 year old american guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPXXnmgvaRk
A man has degree with finance, wanted to be a baptist preacher, then has accepted islam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUnURkUfjNg
WHAT IS ISLAM N WHO R MUSLIMS?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVvfyaF1TEM
XXX THE HOLY QUR'AN XXX - click below, above the page, you can tick Yusuf Ali too, his english is simple to understand; and you can see both his and transliteration(the easiest understandable english version of quran)
http://allahsquran.com/read/index.php
conclusion: I love Allah, I love my prophet Muhammed. He was tortured by pagans. He never gave up and stood still against them with the help of Allah and His angels. We are lucky muslims that we don't have the same difficulties that he had. Thankful to Allah for that. And thankful to Him for what he gives us. We know that there are always people who live in worse conditions than us. It can be health, money, the land we live on etc.. As Muslims we have to help them. If there is justice and respect on earth, people do not harm and kill each other. What Allah gives to you are all His, they are temporary deposits on you, so give even a little of it to poor, homeless and hungry brothers(humans).
GOD BLESS YOU and PRESERVES US FROM EVIL
