Category Archives: Muslim and Non-Muslim Dialogue

In Honour of the Greatest African American Muslim Leader

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ,

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Undoubtedly, one of the greatest men to have walked this earth. An inspiration to all. In the time he lived, our beautiful Muslim brother transcended the barriers of Capitalism, Christianity and ‘Democracy’. May Allaah ta ‘aala grant this giant, Jannat al Firdous, Ameen.

wa Allaahu ‘Alam.

The Problem of Psalm 8:5 (or Psalm 8:6 – Hebrew Bible)

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ,

Let’s begin with quoting the verse:

New International Version (©1984)
You made him a little lower thanthe heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!

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A Strange Encounter

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ,

About a month ago I attended a funeral for one of my mom’s co-workers. In a hall which could hold some 300 persons, some 400 or so had chosen to say their farewell to a fairly well known Muslim woman, may Allaah grant her mercy, Ameen. As the hall became packed, I was seated in the very back, watching as things unfolded. The hall was packed, wall to wall, very little space to maneuver the throngs of people in attendance. Yet, just as fate would have it, after an opening prayer (du’a) had been made out of the corner of my eye I noticed that a Pastor had entered the room. Wearing a distinctive purple coloured shirt with a white collar. Despite having no area to sit or stand, this Pastor maneuvered his way to the back of the hall.

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Discussion with a Maronite Priest: Part 2

In another discussion with the Maronite Priest and his crew, the following happened –

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree Mark 11: 12-14

“12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.”

Summary:
a) Jesus was hungry.
b) He saw a fig tree.
c) The tree was had no fruits because it was out of season.
d) Jesus got angry and cursed the tree

We asked why would Jesus curse a tree that was out of season ? Didn’t the (all knowing) Jesus know it was out of season ?

Our dear priest’s response, was that Jesus was teaching his disciples, Jesus pretended to be angry…, so that he may teach: whoever comes on Judgement day without fruits will be damned. Yet, to us even the tree should have provided fruits for Jesus the ‘god’. I responded and asked, what was the lesson behind Jesus cursing the tree ? … What lesson is to be understood : That God is to expect something from us that we don’t have the capability of achieving and when we don’t achieve it we are cursed ?

Is a farmer expected to be a rocket scientist and when he is unable to achieve this he is cursed ? Unfortunately we got the same response as before which lead to nowhere.

Discussion with a Maronite Priest: Part 1

Yesterday we had a 3 hour discussion with a Maronite priest and 2 of his companions.  After failing to deny that Jesus was a man, we asked what makes Jesus divine and the answer was: “because he performed miracles that no one else did.” At this point we were thinking “we had him cornered“, so we said: what miracles?  The reply was that he had raised the dead.

What a typical answer!

So we said, Elijah raised the dead:

Elijah raised the son of the Zarephath widow from the dead (1 Kings 17:17-22).

His “strange” reply was that the boy had been dead for few hours, the man that Jesus raised was dead for four days. To make it more strange, his companion affirmed that it is not the same kind of miracle. After a long discussion we couldn’t figure out why is it that they believed that if you raise someone who has been dead for less than four days, it doesn’t count as “raising the dead“, but if the person has been dead for four days then that makes you a God.

(thinking about this now, we should have pointed out that they believe Jesus died for three days, i.e. it doesn’t count since it’s not four days). Figuring out there is no reasoning about the “4 days” minimum requirement we pointed out that a man came alive by touching Elisha’s bones (2 Kings 13:20-21). An objective/honest observer would definitely agree that a dead man raising another dead man exceeds a living man raising a dead man, but I guess “objectivity/honesty” serve as the key words here, as we got nothing from the priest and his affirming companions that concluded that Jesus’ four days miracle was better/mightier.

 

Breaking News: Rapture Delayed

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ,

I found this to be quite funny, a Christian on Facebook seemed to be a bit too enthusiastic about the rapture and decided it was just about to happen, as if it were moments away. Sadly, it’s been posted since lunch time and it’s around night time now, I don’t have the heart to tell this guy that the rapture isn’t going to happen tonight. Would anyone like to do it?

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I almost feel sort of embarrassed for the guy! Then I remembered he was a Christian and the only way he gets through life is to believe the rapture is imminently upon us. Unfortunately, most Christians who are over excessive in their excitement of the rapture fit into the mould of those who forget that no one knows when it is going to happen, not even Jesus knew. It must be depressing to wake up everyday and believe that the rapture is going to happen and going to bed knowing it hasn’t.

wa Allaahu ‘Alam.

Response to David Wood’s, “Who killed Muhammad”? – by Bassam Zawadi

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ,

Our favourite court jester/ pseudo academic, David Wood of the Answering Muslims blog has been decimated in a response to him by the erudite da’ee, Br. Bassam Zawadi of the Call to Monotheism website.

David Wood the Voyeur Wearing Women's Lingerie - Self Admitted Cross Dresser

David Wood the Voyeur Wearing Women’s Lingerie – Self Admitted Cross Dresser

 

In a recent video, the cross dresser David Wood (pictured above) tried to attack Muhammad (peace be upon him) with a flurry of spurious and quite dishonest arguments revolving around the ayat which say:

And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings, We would have seized him by the right hand; Then We would have cut from him the aorta. – 69:44-46.

and the hadith from Saheeh Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 713 & Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 39 where the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:

Narrated Ibn Abbas:

‘Umar bin Al-Khattab used to let Ibn Abbas sit beside him, so ‘AbdurRahman bin ‘Auf said to ‘Umar, “We have sons similar to him.” ‘Umar replied, “(I respect him) because of his status that you know.” ‘Umar then asked Ibn ‘Abbas about the meaning of this Holy Verse:– “When comes the help of Allah and the conquest of Mecca . . .” (110.1)

Ibn ‘Abbas replied, “That indicated the death of Allah’s Apostle which Allah informed him of.” ‘Umar said, “I do not understand of it except what you understand.”

Narrated ‘Aisha: The Prophet in his ailment in which he died, used to say, “O ‘Aisha! I still feel the pain caused by the food I ate at Khaibar, and at this time, I feel as if my aorta is being cut from that poison.”

If you’re a Muslim who has heard this argument, or if you’re a Christian and have learned this argument from either the cross dressing David Wood or the foul mouthed Sham Shamoun, then I’d strongly advise you read Br. Bassam’s eloquent and informative article on this ‘issue’. Click here to go to Br. Bassam’s article.

wa Allaahu ‘Alam.

Pastor Claims the Holy Spirit is in his Genitals, Convinces Congregation to Perform Sexual Acts

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ,

At Calling Christians, we’ve read some disturbing stuff but this incident takes the cake. 2013 is off to a very sadistic start. Evangelical Pastor Sobrino Valdeci Picanto from Brazil convinced his congregation that the Holy Spirit was in his genitals and the only way to please God and to receive the Holy Spirit was to allow him to ejaculate on the members of his congregation. Referring to his sexual secretions as ‘divine milk from the Holy Spirit‘, eager to please Jesus, many performed sexual acts to ‘receive the divine milk of the Holy Spirit‘.

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He had effectively duped his congregation to believe that the Holy Spirit would only come onto the Church members, through his ejaculation of the divine milk. The Spanish News Website, QUE! says the following:

” He convinced us that only God could come into our lives through the mouth and why he was going to do what he did. Often, after worship, Pastor Valdeci arrived to take us to the part of the funds back to the church and asked us to do oral sex on him until the Holy Spirit comes through ejaculation “.

If that’s not horrible, this would make you sick:

“The truth is that this man is now in jail where he said when he was arrested, intends to continue watering with sacred milk to his cellmates.”

You can read the original article here in Spanish. Parental oversight is advised before visiting this website. This sort of behaviour comes as no surprise as it is a fact that Christianity has always had a fascination with genitalia, specifically male genitalia, as is noted in their vast history. Wonder what David Wood and Sham Shamoun would have to say about this!

wa Allaahu ‘Alam.

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