Islam

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Islam

• Understanding and Refuting the Islamic
  religion

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Foundations for Islam

• In 610 AD a man named Muhammad told is wife about
  how the angel, Gabriel, had come to him and given
  him a revelation.
• His wife encouraged him to tell
• everyone he knew, because what had happened
• to him was a divine vision.

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Muhammad

• Wealthy Family, Quraysh
• Mecca resting place
• Not Educated
• Raised by his Uncle
• Wife Khadijah
• Against Polytheism
• Died in 632 AD

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Foundations for Islam

• Muhammad started preaching his new monotheism
  religion publicly.
• One-hundred families followed this new religion
  now called Islam.
• Islam means submission.
• Muslims, one who submits to god.

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Beliefs

• There is only one god
• No partners
• Angels
• Different ranks
• Prophets of god
• Moses, David, Solomon, Jonah, John the Baptist,
  Jesus, and Mohammad.
• Holy Books
• Torah, Psalms, Gospels, and Quran
• Day of Judgment
• No assurance

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Obligations

• Recite the Shahadah
• To Pray
• 5 times a day
• Facing Mecca
• To Fast Ramadhan
• During the day time only, for one month
• To Give Alms
• 2.5 of income to poor
• Make the Pilgrimage Hajj

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Refuting

• They say the Bible has been corrupted, but they
  say to read the Bible.
• They say we have three gods (the Trinity) we only
  have one, who has three attributes
• They say Father, Son, Mary.
• They say God would not let Jesus be Crucified

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Think about it

• If salvation is only a matter of rewarding those
  who do good, and if Gods purpose was only to
  test Abrahams obedience, why then was there a
  need for a momentous sacrifice? Was it not
  sufficient that Abraham went as far as he did?
• Who provided the momentous sacrifice?
• Is a goat enough to ransom humanity for our
  sins?

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• Jesus told about his death before he died and he
  fulfilled all that the prophets had said about
  the one who was to come to take the sins of the
  world.
• Jesus was our perfect lamb, the ransom, the one
  who came to take our place. When we accept Him,
  we know that when we die we will go to heaven.

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Resources

• Halverson, Dean C., The Compact Guide to World
• Religions. 1996