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I sure hope you never have to become a refugee because, and I as someone who was a refugee know, it is not a very positive experience! There is no "invasion" of Europe. It is just a reaction to European support of unjust wars. Perhaps Western powers that be wanted all Arabs to go extinct and...

Assalamu alaikum everyone! When I was little my grandma, may she rest in peace, used to tell me that when the honey bees, sheep and Muslims disappear, the Judgment Day will start/will be super close. Back then I was clueless about prophecy, but in the recent years I keep hearing about the...

I have heard some say that a Muslim cannot make a Christmas greeting to someone or to celebrate in the party of the holiday. These people have caused a debate where a debate should not exist, I think. One can proceed as Jews do by saying: "Happy holidays," which that just crams all the holidays...

Salaam: I am posting this in the Islam section as the target audience for the discussion is only Muslims. Jews and Christians are welcome to respond, but I want an answer from an Islamic perspective. I do not expect Jews and Christians to agree with the proposed claim. So, I have read...

Vinny, people raised in Judeo-Christian tradition might claim that an Abrahamic religion is about family. A faithful servant of God had a covenant with the Lord and it was inherited down to his descendants. However, Islam as the religion teaches that the belief/faith in God is not dependent of...

Ahanu, it applies to Muslims too. Muslims must believe Bible as revealed Word of God as it is one of the conditions to be called a Muslim to believe that there was Biblical Revelation from God. If you do a bit more research and study some of the information available on the Sharia Law, a lot of...

Shadid, I thought, is an excellent speaker. He has charisma and something about him that makes one listen to him.

Farhan, I love the debates no matter how petty :) At least it is a discussion that opposite sides are engaging in, rather than actual warfare. Listening to them people can get pointers for their personal research and, if honest with themselves, actually look at the facts. Provided, not every...

BJ, you are correct. I felt that in the debate Wood actually proved that when people take it upon themselves to interpret Qur'an and Islam individually, without any valid guidance from scholars and religious leadership, that they are doomed to become what ISIS and the likes have become. Also, it...

I am more offended by people who pretend to understand my faith, they use certain vocabulary to approach me, only to then attempt to tell me that all my religion teaches is fake. Surprisingly, it is not American Christians who have done this but rather a person from Croatia (which was a former...

They believe Jesus divine, no? Maybe that is what makes them leave me be. Regardless, whether Mormons, JW or someone else, we appear to part ways in a peaceful manner :) I think that people mean well. Their approaching strangers to talk about their understanding of God tells me that they mean me...

I felt that Wood was grasping on "proving" that Islam is guilty in some way for the actions of those who kill in its name. While those like ISIS might profess that Islam is their driving ideology, I think it is rather their misinterpretation and wrong implementation of Islam and its teachings...

David Wood vs Shadid Lewis Another good debate.

Thank you all for great post replies. Any bit education about the islamic economics helps me too.

I had Mormons and Jehova Witnesses approach me many times. They seem nice people, polite. Me being me, I am always happy to discuss religion as that is a subject I absolutely love. To cut to the chase I just tell them that I respect their views, that I do not believe in Trinity and do not...

I am now in the U.S. too. Bosnian Muslims still adhere to their common traditions as much as possible, but I like the celebration at the local mosque too. They make if tars at the mosque too, people share food from different cultures and pray together. I think this is great. What I would like to...

I am definitely on a questions spree :) I should go and talk to someone at the masjid. The imam is from an Arab culture, so I am sure that his reply would not only be from a religious perspective, but also cultural.

I smiled reading your reply, BJ, because I agree on many points with you. Living in the West and having no means to migrate anywhere else where such perfect, halal life exists (and where there is no war and I can speak their language to be able to work in accordance to my education), I find that...

Aren't mahram and non-mahram relationships to be defined culturally? While the Qur'an was initially referred to Arabs, I can understand why Qur'an specifies who is mahram and who is not. So, in the context of Arabic culture one can marry one's aunt's son/daughter. Well, in many there countries...

Religion itself is not different. It is just that we got some new guys who say that it is all about violence. For example, take Srebrenica genocide survivors. Has any one of them done revenge against perpetrators and those who supported the genocide? No. Many war criminals still live in the same...