A Call to the Muslims of the World
Dear friends,
We people of Muslim origin find ourselves looked upon with suspicion and distrust by our neighbors and fellow citizens. We want to cry out and tell the world that we are not terrorists, and that those who perpetrate such despicable acts are murderers and not part of us. But, in reality, because of our Muslim origins we just cannot erase the “stigma of Islamic Terrorism” from our identity!
What most Muslims will say:
“Islam would never support the killing of innocent people. Allah of the Holy Qur’an never advocated killings. This is all the work of a few misguided individuals at the fringes of society. The real Islam is sanctified from violence. We denounce all violence. Islam means peace. Islam means tolerance.”
That is what most Muslims think, but is it true? Does Islam really preach peace, tolerance and non-violence?
What knowledgeable Muslims should say:
The Muslims who perpetrate these crimes think differently. They believe that what they do is Jihad (holy war). They say that killing unbelievers is mandatory for every Muslim. They do not kill because they wish to break the laws of Islam but because they think this is what true Muslims should do. Those who blow-up their own bodies to kill more innocent people do so because they think they will be rewarded in Paradise. They hope to be blessed by Allah, eat celestial food, drink pure wine and enjoy the company of divine consorts. Are they completely misguided? Where did they get this distorted idea? How did they come to believe that killing innocent people pleases God?
Or is it that we are misguided? Does really Islam preach violence? Does it call upon its believers to kill non-believers? We denounce those who commit acts of violence and call them extremists. But are they really extremists or are they following what the holy book, the Qur’an tells them to do? What does the Qur’an teach? Have we read the Qur’an? Do we know what kind of teachings are there? Let us go through some of them and take a closer look at what Allah says.
What the Qur’an Teaches Us:
We have used the most widely available English text of the Qur’an and readers are welcome to verify our quotes from the holy book. Please have an open mind and read through these verses again and again. The following quotes are taken from the most trusted Yusufali’s translation of the Qur’an.
The Qur’an tells us: “not to make friendship with Jews and Christians” (5:51), “kill the disbelievers wherever we find them” (2:191), “murder them and treat them harshly” (9:123), “fight and slay the Pagans, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem” (9:5). The Qur’an demands that we fight the unbelievers, and promises “If there are twenty amongst you, you will vanquish two hundred: if a hundred, you will vanquish a thousand of them” (8:65).
Allah and his messenger want us to fight the Christians and the Jews “until they pay the Jizya [a penalty tax for the non-Muslims living under Islamic rules] with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued” (9:29). Allah and his messenger announce that it is acceptable to go back on our promises (treaties) and obligations with Pagans and make war on them whenever we find ourselves strong enough to do so (9:3). Our God tells us to “fight the unbelievers” and “He will punish them by our hands, cover them with shame and help us (to victory) over them” (9:14).
The Qur’an takes away the freedom of belief from all humanity and relegates those who disbelieve in Islam to hell (5:10), calls them najis (filthy, untouchable, impure) (9:28), and orders its followers to fight the unbelievers until no other religion except Islam is left (2:193). It says that the “non-believers will go to hell and will drink boiling water” (14:17). It asks the Muslims to “slay or crucify or cut the hands and feet of the unbelievers, that they be expelled from the land with disgrace and that they shall have a great punishment in world hereafter” (5:34). And tells us that “for them (the unbelievers) garments of fire shall be cut and there shall be poured over their heads boiling water whereby whatever is in their bowels and skin shall be dissolved and they will be punished with hooked iron rods” (22:19-22) and that they not only will have “disgrace in this life, but on the Day of Judgment He shall make them taste the Penalty of burning (Fire)” (22:9). The Qur’an says that “those who invoke a god other than Allah not only should meet punishment in this world but the Penalty on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to them, and they will dwell therein in ignominy” (25:68). For those who “believe not in Allah and His Messenger, He has prepared, for those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!” (48:13).
Although we are asked to be compassionate amongst each other, we have to be “harsh with unbelievers”, our Christian, Jewish and Atheist neighbours and colleagues (48:29). As for him who does not believe in Islam, the Prophet announces with a “stern command”: “Seize ye him, and bind ye him, And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire. Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits! This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High. And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent! So no friend hath he here this Day. Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds, Which none do eat but those in sin.” (69:30-37)
The Qur’an prohibits a Muslim from befriending a non-believer even if that non-believer is the father or the brother of that Muslim (9:23), (3:28). Our holy book asks us to be disobedient towards the disbelievers and their governments and strive against the unbelievers with great endeavour” (25:52) and be stern with them because they belong to Hell (66:9). The holy Prophet prescribes fighting for us and tells us that “it is good for us even if we dislike it” (2:216). Then he advises us to “strike off the heads of the disbelievers”; and after making a “wide slaughter among them, carefully tie up the remaining captives” (47:4).
Our God has promised to “instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers” and has ordered us to “smite above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them” (8:12). He also assures us that when we kill in his name “it is not us who slay them but Allah, in order that He might test the Believers by a gracious trial from Himself” (8:17).
He orders us “to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies” (8:60). He has made the Jihad mandatory and warns us that “Unless we go forth, (for Jihad) He will punish us with a grievous penalty, and put others in our place” (9:39). Allah speaks to our Holy Prophet and says “O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern against them. Their abode is Hell – an evil refuge indeed” (9:73).
He promises us that in the fight for His cause whether we slay or are slain we return to the garden of Paradise (9:111). In Paradise he will “wed us with Houris (celestial virgins) pure beautiful ones” (56:54), and unite us with large-eyed beautiful ones while we recline on our thrones set in lines (56:20). There we are promised to eat and drink pleasantly for what we did (56:19). He also promises “boys like hidden pearls” (56:24) and “youth never altering in age like scattered pearls” (for those who have paedophiliac inclinations) (76:19). As you see, Allah has promised all sorts or rewards, gluttony and unlimited sex to Muslim men who kill unbelievers in his name. We will be admitted to Paradise where we shall find “goodly things, beautiful ones, pure ones confined to the pavilions that man has not touched them before nor jinni” (56:67-71).
In the West we enjoy freedom of belief but we are not supposed to give such freedom to anyone else because it is written “If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who have lost (All spiritual good) (3:85). And He orders us to fight them on until there is no more tumult and faith in Allah is practiced everywhere (8:39).
As for women the book of Allah says that they are inferior to men and their husbands have the right to scourge them if they are found disobedient (4:34). It advises to “take a green branch and beat your wife”, because a green branch is more flexible and hurts more. (38:44). It teaches that women will go to hell if they are disobedient to their husbands (66:10). It maintains that men have an advantage over the women (2:228). It not only denies the women’s equal right to their inheritance (4:11-12), it also regards them as imbeciles and decrees that their witness is not admissible in the courts of law (2:282). This means that a woman who is raped cannot accuse her rapist unless she can produce a male witness.
Our Holy Prophet allows us to marry up to four wives and he licensed us to sleep with our slave maids and as many ‘captive’ women as we may have (4:3) even if those women are already married. He himself did just that. This is why anytime a Muslim army subdues another nation, they call them kafir and allow themselves to rape their women. Pakistani soldiers allegedly raped up to 250,000 Bengali women in 1971 after they massacred 3,000,000 unarmed civilians when their religious leader decreed that Bangladeshis are un-Islamic. This is why the prison guards in Islamic regime of Iran rape the women that in their opinion are apostates prior to killing them, as they believe a virgin will not go to Hell.
Dear fellow Muslims:
Is this the Islam you believe in? Is this your Most Merciful, Most Compassionate Allah whom you worship daily? Could Allah incite you to kill other peoples? Please understand that there is no terrorist gene – but there could be a terrorist mindset. That mindset finds its most fertile ground in the tenets of Islam. Denying it, and presenting Islam to the lay public as a religion of peace similar to Buddhism, is to suppress the truth. The history of Islam between the 7th and 14th centuries is riddled with violence, fratricide and wars of aggression, starting right from the death of the Prophet and during the so-called ‘pure’ or orthodox caliphate. And Muhammad himself hoisted the standard of killing, looting, massacres and bloodshed. How can we deny the entire history? The behaviour of our Holy Prophet as recorded in authentic Islamic sources is quite questionable from a modern viewpoint. The Prophet was a charismatic man but he had few virtues. Imitating him in all aspects of life (following the Sunnah) is both impossible and dangerous in the 21st century. Why are we so helplessly in denial over this simple issue?
When the Prophet was in Mecca and he was still not powerful enough he called for tolerance. He said “To you be your religion, and to me my religion” (109:6). This famous quote is often misused to prove that the general principle of Qur’an is tolerance. He advised his follower to speak good to their enemies (2: 83), exhorted them to be patient (20:103) and said that “there is no compulsion in religion” (2:256). But that all changed drastically when he came to power. Then killing and slaying unbelievers with harshness and without mercy was justified in innumerable verses. The verses quoted to prove Islam’s tolerance ignore many other verses that bear no trace of tolerance or forgiveness. Where is tolerance in this well-known verse “Alarzu Lillah, Walhukmu Lillah.” (The Earth belongs to Allah and thus only Allah’s rule should prevail all over the earth.).
Is it normal that a book revealed by God should have so many serious contradictions? The Prophet himself set the example of unleashing violence by invading the Jewish settlements, breaking treaties he had signed with them and banishing some of them after confiscating their belongings, massacring others and taking their wives and children as slaves. He inspected the youngsters and massacred all those who had pubic hair along with the men. Those who were younger he kept as slaves. He distributed the women captured in his raids among his soldiers keeping the prettiest for himself (33:50). He made sexual advances on Safiyah, a Jewish girl on the same day he captured her town Kheibar and killed her father, her husband and many of her relatives. Reyhana was another Jewish girl of Bani Quriza whom he used as a sex slave after killing all her male relatives. In the last ten years of his life he accumulated two scores of wives, concubines and sex slaves including the 9 year old Ayesha. These are not stories but records from authentic Islamic history and the Hadiths. It can be argued that this kind of behaviour was not unknown or unusual for the conquerors and leaders of the mediaeval world but these are not the activities befitting of a peaceful saint and certainly not someone who claimed to be the Mercy of God for all creation.
There were known assassinations of adversaries during the Prophet’s time, which he had knowledge of and had supported. Among them there was a 120 year old man, Abu ‘Afak whose only crime was to compose a lyric satirical of the Prophet. (by Ibn Sa’d Kitab al Tabaqat al Kabir, Volume 2, page 32) Then when a poetess, a mother of 5 small children ‘Asma’ Bint Marwan wrote a poetry cursing the Arabs for letting Muhammad assassinate an old man, our Holy Prophet ordered her to be assassinated too in the middle of the night while her youngest child was suckling from her breast. (Sirat Rasul Allah (A. Guillaume’s translation “The Life of Muhammad”) page 675, 676).
The Prophet did develop a ‘Robin Hood’ image that justified raiding merchant caravans attacking cities and towns, killing people and looting their belongings in the name of social justice.
Usama Bin Laden is also trying to create the same image. But Robin Hood didn’t claim to be a prophet or a pacifist nor did he care for apologist arguments. He did not massacre innocent people indiscriminately nor did he profit by reducing free people to slaves and then trading them.
With the known and documented violent legacy of Islam, how can we suddenly rediscover it as a religion of peace in the free world in the 21st century? Isn’t this the perpetuation of a lie by a few ambitious leaders in order to gain political control of the huge and ignorant Muslim population? They are creating a polished version of Islam by completely ignoring history. They are propagating the same old dogma for simple believing people in a crisp new modern package. Their aim: to gain political power in today’s high-tension world. They want to use the confrontational power of the original Islam to catalyse new conflicts and control new circles of power.
Dear conscientious Muslims, please question yourselves. Isn’t this compulsive following of a man who lived 1400 years ago leading us to doom in a changing world? Do the followers of any other religion follow one man in such an all-encompassing way? Who are we deceiving, them or ourselves? Dear brothers and sisters, see how our Umma (people) has sunk into poverty and how it lags behind the rest of the world. Isn’t it because we are following a religion that is outdated and impractical? In this crucial moment of history, when a great catastrophe has befallen us and a much bigger one is lying ahead, should not we wake up from our 1400 years of slumber and see where things have gone wrong?
Hatred has filled the air and the world is bracing itself for its doomsday. Should we not ask ourselves whether we have contributed, wittingly or unwittingly, to this tragedy and whether we can stop the great disaster from happening?
Unfortunately the answer to the first question is yes. Yes we have contributed to the rise of fundamentalism by merely claiming Islam is a religion of peace, by simply being a Muslim and by saying our shahada (testimony that Allah is the only God and Muhammad is his messenger). By our shahada we have recognized Muhammad as a true messenger of God and his book as the words of God. But as you saw above those words are anything but from God. They call for killing, they are prescriptions for hate and they foment intolerance.
And when the ignorant among us read those hate-laden verses, they act on them and the result is the infamous September 11, human bombs in Israel, massacres in East Timor and Bangladesh, kidnappings and killings in the Philippines, slavery in the Sudan, honor killings in Pakistan and Jordan, torture in Iran, stoning and maiming in Afghanistan and Iran, violence in Algeria, terrorism in Palestine and misery and death in every Islamic country.
We are responsible because we endorse Islam and hail it as a religion of God. And we are as guilty as those who put into practice what the Qur’an preaches – and ironically we are the main victims too.
If we are not terrorists, if we love peace, if we cried with the rest of the word for what happened in New York, then why are we supporting the Qur’an that preaches killing, that advocates holy war, that calls for the murder of non-Muslims?
It is not the extremists who have misunderstood Islam. They do literally what the Qur’an asks them to do. It is we who misunderstand Islam. We are the ones who are confused. We are the ones who wrongly assume that Islam is the religion of peace. Islam is not a religion of peace. In its so-called “pure” form it can very well be interpreted as a doctrine of hate. Terrorists are doing just that and we the intellectual apologists of Islam are justifying it. We can stop this madness. Yes, we can avert the disaster that is hovering over our heads. Yes, we can denounce the doctrines that promote hate. Yes, we can embrace the rest of humanity with love. Yes, we can become part of a united world, members of one human family, flowers of one garden. We can dump the claim of infallibility of our Book, and the questionable legacy of our Prophet.
Dear friends, there is no time to waste. Let us put an end to this lie. Let us not fool ourselves. Islam is not a religion of peace, of tolerance, of equality or of unity of humankind. Let us read the Qur’an. Let us face the truth even if it is painful. As long as we keep this lie alive, as long as we hide our head in the sands of Arabia we are feeding terrorism. As long as you and I keep calling Qur’an the unchangeable book of God, we cannot blame those who follow the teachings therein. As long as we pay our Khums and Zakat our money goes to promote Islamic expansionism and that means terrorism, Jihad and war. Islam divides the world in two. Darul Harb (land of war) and Darul Islam (land of Islam). Darul Harb is the land of the infidels, Muslims are required to infiltrate those lands, proselytise and procreate until their numbers increase and then start the war and fight and kill the people and impose the religion of Islam on them and convert that land into Darul Islam. In all fairness we denounce this betrayal. This is abuse of the trust. How can we make war in the countries that have sheltered us? How can we kill those who have befriended us? Yet willingly or unwillingly we have become pawns in this Islamic Imperialism. Let us see what great Islamic scholars have had to say in this respect.
Dr. M. Khan the translator of Sahih Bukhari and the Qur’an into English wrote: “Allah revealed in Sura Bara’at (Repentance, IX) the order to discard (all) obligations (covenants, etc), and commanded the Muslims to fight against all the Pagans as well as against the people of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians) if they do not embrace Islam, till they pay the Jizia (a tax levied on the Jews and Christians) with willing submission and feel themselves subdued (as it is revealed in 9:29). So the Muslims were not permitted to abandon “the fighting” against them (Pagans, Jews and Christians) and to reconcile with them and to suspend hostilities against them for an unlimited period while they are strong and have the ability to fight against them. So at first “the fighting” was forbidden, then it was permitted, and after that it was made obligatory” [Introduction to English translation of Sahih Bukhari, p.xxiv.]
Dr. Sobhy as-Saleh, a contemporary Islamic academician quoted Imam Suyuti the author of Itqan Fi ‘Ulum al- Qur’an who wrote: “The command to fight the infidels was delayed until the Muslims become strong, but when they were weak they were commanded to endure and be patient”. [ Sobhy as_Saleh, Mabaheth Fi ‘Ulum al- Qur’an, Dar al-‘Ilm Lel-Malayeen, Beirut, 1983, p. 269.]
Dr. Sobhy, in a footnote, commends the opinion of a scholar named Zarkashi who said: “Allah the most high and wise revealed to Mohammad in his weak condition what suited the situation, because of his mercy to him and his followers. For if He gave them the command to fight while they were weak it would have been embarrassing and most difficult, but when the most high made Islam victorious He commanded him with what suited the situation, that is asking the people of the Book to become Muslims or to pay the levied tax, and the infidels to become Muslims or face death. These two options, to fight or to have peace return according to the strength or the weakness of the Muslims.” [ibid p. 270]
Other Islamic scholars (Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi, Ga’far ar-Razi, Rabi’ Ibn ‘Ons, ‘Abil-‘Aliyah, Abd ar-Rahman Ibn Zayd Ibn ‘Aslam, etc.) agree that the verse “Slay the idolaters wherever you find them” (9:5) cancelled those few earlier verses that called for tolerance in the Qur’an and were revealed when Islam was weak. Can you still say that Islam is the religion of peace?
We propose a solution.
We know too well that it is not easy to denounce our faith because it means denouncing a part of ourselves. We are a group of freethinkers and humanists with Islamic roots. Discovering the truth and leaving the religion of our fathers and forefathers was a painful experience. But after learning what Islam stands for we had no choice but to leave it. After becoming familiar with the Qur’an the choice became clear: It is either Islam or humanity. If Islam thrives, then humanity will die. We decided to side with humanity. Culturally we are still Muslims but we no longer believe in Islam as the true religion of God. We are humanists. We love humanity. We work for the unity of humankind. We work for equality between men and women. We strive for the secularisation of Islamic countries, for democracy and freedom of thought, belief and expression. We decided to live no longer in self-deception but to embrace humanity, and to enter into the new millennium hand in hand with people of other cultures and beliefs in amity and in peace.
We denounce the violence that is eulogized in the Qur’an as holy war (Jihad). We condemn killing in the name of God. We believe in the sanctity of human life, not in the inviolability of beliefs and religions. We invite you to join us and the rest of humanity and become part of the family of humankind – in love, camaraderie and peace.
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Kijaya !
I just read your text above and find it quite instructing. However, I am just wondering how would you then connect your view with what Srila Prabhupada used to say about Islam : “It’s bona fide. There’s no doubt about it” ?
Regards,
Mario
Where does Srila Prabhupada say: “Islam is bona fide. There’s no doubt about it?”
Prabhupada has never said this.
So you should actually read Srila Prabhupada’s books and understand things properly.
Lord Caitanya, for example, says the scriptures of the religions of the meat eaters are contradictory. So you will find both Bible and Koran are contradictory. We accept Lord Jesus Christ and Mohammad as empowered personalities of course. But you know there are subtleties here. And you have to seriously read Prabhupada’s books to understand it. Certainly in both Christianity and in Islam there are many good things, but time destroys everything. So you will find that today’s Christian for example, has deviated from so many of the teachings of Lord Jesus Christ. So Christians are generally not following the teachings of Christ. I am not an expert on the Koran, so I can not say, but I can say for sure that Christians are not following Christ. So what is the point? Bible is great. But followers are not great if they don’t follow it…
So Prabhupada has never said “Islam is bona fide. There’s no doubt about it.” But at the same time we do not criticize it. They have many good principles. So it is good for people to go to the church, temple or mosque and bow down in submission before the Lord. To glorify the Lord with prayers and songs, etc. These are all good things done by pious people. So it is very subtle and you have to read Prabhupada’s books seriously to understand this, and many other points, in the proper context.
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!
Madhudvisa dasa
Then see for yourself if these exerts really fit the way you present this subject in you text above :
The Qur’an
Srila Prabhupada: The revealed scripture of the Muslims is the Qur’an. (Chaitanya-charitamrita. Madhya-lila, 18.190)
Srila Prabhupada: Just like in your country there is the Bible or any other scripture. We have got the Vedas. The Muslims, they have got the Qur’an. These scriptures can help also because they are also authority. But you will find that one scripture is differing from other scriptures in some details. Of course, on average there is no difference. (Lecture, 25/04/69)
Srila Prabhupada: The Muslims accept the Qur’an. What is the purpose for all these books of knowledge? They are to train us to understand our position as pure soul. Their purpose is to restrict bodily activities by certain rules and regulations, and these rules and regulations are known as codes of morality. (Beyond Birth and Death. Ch. 1)
Srila Prabhupada: According to the climate, according to the population, according to the country, there are different books of knowledge. Just like in India the books of knowledge are accepted as the Vedas, Vedic knowledge. In your European, American countries the accepted books of knowledge are the Old Testament and the New Testament. Similarly, the book of knowledge amongst the Muslims, (which) they have accepted is the Qur’an. Actually, they are all books of knowledge; undoubtedly. There is no doubt about it. But what are these books of knowledge? Religious scriptures! Religious scriptures are meant for training you to (understand) the conception of life that you are a pure soul, nothing more. They restrict your bodily activities under certain conditions. That is called morality. (Lecture on Bhagavad-gita, 25/03/66)
Just curious to know more about this particular point.
Regards,
Mario
Yes. Of course. It is, as Prabhupada says: “According to the climate, according to the population, according to the country, there are different books of knowledge.” So Mohammad has preached according to the time. He is representative of Krishna, he has taught the people to chant the name of God as they know it, to offer prayers, etc. He is preaching in a very primitive culture so there are some rough edges on the people, what to do? But he got them to chant the name of God, offer prayers to the Lord. And he did teach some moral principles, etc.
It is like Lord Jesus Christ, he said, ‘There are so many things I have not taught, because you could not bear them.’ So it is not that Mohammad or Jesus Christ were unaware of the things, but they were limited as to how much they could teach due to the condition of their followers.
The idea is no one can preach God consciousness and spread it all over the world unless they are empowered by Krishna. So Mohammad has done this, so he is empowered by Krishna. And we respect him as an empowered representative of Krishna.
Still, as Lord Caitanya tells us, “The scriptures of the meat-eaters are contradictory.” So these are limited presentations which have limited use. But it is very good for a Christian who believes in God and prays to God in the church and it is also good for a Muslim to pray to and worship Allah in the mosque. This is worshiping God, it is devotional service, and we have to respect that.
I recently heard Srila Prabhupada giving an initiation lecture and commenting on ‘one should not blaspheme the devotees who are spreading the glories of the holy name all over the world’ and he gave Lord Jesus Christ and Mohammad as examples of devotees we should not blaspheme.
So we should not blaspheme Mohammad, Allah or the Muslims. Rather we should see the genuine devotion to God they have.
Of course, as I touched on before, now practically everything is lost and you do not find many Christians or Muslims or Hindus who have any devotion or love for God at all… That is the age we are living in, Kali-yuga… Hardly anyone is actually following Bible, Koran or even Bhagavad-gita…
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!
Madhudvisa dasa
Here is my source :
http://www.harekrsna.de/artikel/islam.htm
Beg I pardon. It is the Supreme Personality of Godhead being discussed. Allah meets the same karma as Sri Krishna. They are the same. There is no escape.
Yes Krishna is God and Allah is a name representing God. So both Krishna and Allah refer to the same person, God.
This presentation of Al Islam is quite new to me.
Why are we duped so easily? What is the cause for such deception?
I am perplexed. I shall somehow repent from my wrong inclinations.
Dear Brother,
As u misquoted verses of Quran same Jihadi use it for mind washing of innocent people.
In Bhagwat Geeta Krishna ordered Arjun to kill Karan. So do we are going to believe that Geeta Allows to kill brothers???
It was a condition of War.
As u see the verses of Quran it was descended when Jews & Christians break the peaceful treaty of hudaibiya before that Muslims were only facing all atrocities of Jews & Christians but after that God given war commandments to the Muslims.
It was upon the condition.
Quran said- killing of human being is like killing of whole humanity & save a human life is equal to save all humanity.
Please don’t misquote if u don’t have knowledge u can contact me.
So you assume that you have full knowledge and are able to explain the Koran perfectly according to your interpretation?
Hare Krishna Bharat
You do not have to be a Scholar to know that. I grew up as a Muslim and still like the Islam very much, eventhough mainly practicing KC. This is simple knowledge which you would get by growing up in Muslim Family, by visiting Mosques or having Muslims as firends who themself practice and read. More important then read: who ask! Because of course also as Muslim these questions arise about: “How can this be? This is brutal.” But thats why you ask these Questions to more advanced Muslims. Just like we listen to more advenced Devotees to explain us the scriptures. And then you get to the answers which are not written (like Purports) but given (oral). Nowdays ofcourse there are also books written.. but usually you get these Answers during “lectures” or if you ask, and so on… I would say, a serious and sincere Muslim gets to this knowledge, just like sincere Hindus will find their way to the Purports of Srila Prabhupada. But first you have to find that advanced Person who has this knowledge. Otherwise you will not understand the Quran. I remember when i red it the first time, i couldnt accept half of it, eventhough beeing muslim. But as my counsioussnes rises and i learn from those who are more selfrealized and more advanced, i start to understand more and more of it. it is very hard to understand the Quran on your own by just reading it like a regular book. try to do that with the vedic scriptures… not easy. or actually: impossible.
I say to muslims come back to your rightful real religion. Your ancestors made the mistake of converting due to the pressure of the moghul slave masters. Do not celebrate them. Have strength and come back.
The Bhavishya purana was spot on when it predicted that muhammad will spread a demonic religion. He has done it and its growing like wild fire.
Hare Krishna,
No religion is demonic. Please do not call it demonic. It is just that the religion as for particular type of people under particular place, time and conditions. It also preaches good things. It is just that it is not true form of eternal religion.
Which verse of the Bhavishya Puran are you talking about? Give proper references instead of blabbering something out of think air.
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)’s statements in the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa:
“O King, your engagement of progressive civilization, the Ārya-dharmah, is certainly known as the best religion amongst all varieties of religions. Still, by the order of the Supreme Lord, I am going to execute a religion in the mode of Ignorance.” (Bhaviṣya Purāṇa 3.3.24)
“My followers will be known by their circumcised genitals, they will have no śikhā (tuft on their head, like Brāhmaṇas), but will have a beard, make noise loudly, and eat all kinds of animals without observing any rituals.” (Bhaviṣya Purāṇa 3.3.25)