VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis says the most effective antidote to violence among Christians and Muslims is learning about each other and then accepting differences. Francis also told participants Saturday of a meeting promoted by the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamist Studies that only by carefully listening can interreligious dialogue make progress. He said […]
Pope: Ridding stereotypes key to Christian-Muslim relations More
In the previous article, we saw that Muhammad was told not to be like Jonah. This is a complex, but critical issue. With God’s command to Jonah – it was an outreach from the Hebrew people to the Ninevites (which is in modern day Iraq). It was unheard of. Jonah at first rejected it! But then,
The Jonah Question of Sura 68 – Part 6 More
Do not be like (Jonah) who called from inside the fish. At the end of a very long and difficult revelation, Muhammad is told to not be like Jonah. What does this mean? Among other things, it obviously means that either Muhammad already knew the story of Jonah from the Jewish Bible – or he
Don’t Be Like Jonah – Sura 68 Part 5 More
[68:44] Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith; we will lead them on whence they never perceive. Ge 12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not
God Can Take Care Of Himself – In The Qur’an and The Bible – Sura 68 Part 4 More
[68:41] Do they have idols? Let their idols help them, if they are truthful. 1Ki 18:24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire—he is God.” Both the Qur’an and the Bible warn about false gods and idols.
Idols in the Qur’an and the Bible – Sura 68 – Part 3 More
This part of Sura 68 speaks to God’s awareness of everything going on. He knows who follows Him – and who doesn’t. He also knows who encourages people to stray away from Him. And finally – He encourages believers to not follow those who want to transgress. Let’s compare the verses from this Sura (The
Qur’an Sura 68 (part 2) – God sees everything More
Among other things, Sura 68 is a response to Muhammad’s sense / fear that his first revelation was from a Jinn (an evil spirit). It confirms to him that he is not crazy or hallucinating. This second Sura, in order of revelation, is quite long. Other topics in Sura 68 will be covered in
Intro to Sura 68 – The Pen. God’s promises to Abraham, revisited. More
The first Sura in the Qur’an, by order of revelation, begins with the creation of man. Let’s compare that to what’s in Genesis, from the Jewish Torah / Christian Bible. In the translation that I’m using, this verse is called The Embryo. In others, it is called “The Clot”. The Arabic word used can
Creation, as told in the Qur’an and Genesis More
In the first article in this series – I said I felt led to write about this topic. I also said I had been ignoring the call. So – what made me decide to write – what was the thing that made the decision for me? If you’re new to this site – the
Islam – peace, love and hope. Why? More
So – I feel like God’s been pushing me into doing research on Islam. Not nudging – or guiding – or anything like that. Because I’ve been ignoring those. No – it’s pushing. The people of three religions claim Abraham as the father of their religion. Is it realistic to think that he’d
Islam – peace, love and hope introduction More
