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The Fall of Adam (p.b.u.h)*: A Comparative Analysis on, “The Original Sin”

By: Hanif Mohamed

Some of the most heated debates in the religious circles centers around man’s supposed need for a Savior, the assumption that God needs a mediator between man and Himself, and maybe the most contested debate of all deals with the concept of the original sin (the idea that all men are inherent sinners because of Adam’s sin). All of these debates stem from this “original sin ideology”. I can’t begin to understand why this irrational idea would have such a great following. This idea states that when Adam and Eve disobeyed God they caused all humans to be damned, and none of us were there to partake in the act of disobedience. Their argument is that because Adam is the father of the human race we inherit his sin. If my father robs a bank will I inherit the title of bank robber, would any rational person hold me responsible for my father’s actions? No! And if anyone did say that I was responsible it would be said of this person, “he is unjust”. Now, it should go without saying that we can never equate anybody or anything with God, but by accepting this ideology we are saying that humans are more just than God. (God Forbid). For God to hold all humans liable for Adam’s sin is unjust. How can this be when God says that he is Adl ¹, the Just?

The Parent and Child Relationship

By: Hanif Mohamed

Introduction: I was asked to deliver a speech to the youth at my father’s church. Alhamdulillah, I was raised as a Christian and reverted back to Islam in 1991. I felt like this was a good opportunity to show Christians that we are well versed with the Bible and that we all share the same concerns. Insha' Allah for Muslims that don’t know anything about the Bible or Christian teachings this will be a good place to show how The Bible and The Qur’an agrees on the subject of the parent and child relationship. This is only one subject where we agree and there are many more. This speech was addressed to Christians but its message is universal. Insha' Allah, it will be well received by all.

WOMEN IN ISLAM VERSUS WOMEN IN JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION: THE MYTH & THE REALITY (PART 3)

THE VEIL ? (Continuation)

The Islamic veil, unlike the veil of the Christian tradition, is not a sign of man’s authority over woman nor is it a sign of woman’s subjection to man. The Islamic veil, unlike the veil in Jewish tradition, is not a sign of luxury and distinction of some noble married women. The Islamic veil is only a sign of modesty with the purpose of protecting women, all women. The Islamic philosophy is that it is always better to be safe than sorry. In fact, the Quran is so concerned with protecting women’s bodies and women’s reputation that a man who dares to falsely accuse a woman of unchastity will be severely punished:

“And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four witnesses (to support their allegation)-flog them with eighty stripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for such men are wicked transgressors” (Quran 24:4)

WOMEN IN ISLAM VERSUS WOMEN IN THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION: THE MYTH & THE REALITY (PART 2)

By: Sherif Abdel Azim, Ph.D.

Queens University,Kingston,Ontario,Canada

THE VEIL ? (Continuation)

What about the Christian tradition? It is well known that Catholic Nuns have been covering their heads for hundreds of years, but that is not at all. St.Paul in the New Testament made some very interesting statements about the veil:

“Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonours his head. And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head – it is just as though her head was shaved. If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or shaved off, she should cover her head. A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. For this reason, because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head”(I Corinthians 11:3-10).

WOMEN IN ISLAM VERSUS WOMEN IN THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION: THE MYTH & THE REALITY (PART 1)

By Sherif Abdel Azim, Ph.D.

Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

THE VEIL?

Finally let us shed some light on what is considered in the West as the greatest symbol of women’s oppression and servitude, the veil or the head cover. Is it true that there is no such thing as the veil in the Judaeo-Christian tradition? Let us set the record straight. According to Rabbi Dr.Menachem M.Brayer (Professor of Biblical Literature at Yeshiva University) in his book, The Jewish woman in Rabbinic literature, it was the custom of Jewish women to go out in public with a head covering which, sometimes, even covered the whole face leaving one eye free.

Bible Contradictions

PAUL SAID, "God is not the author of confusion," (I Corinthians 14:33),
yet never has a book produced more confusion than the bible! There are
hundreds of denominations and sects, all using the "inspired Scriptures"
to prove their conflicting doctrines.

Proofs against Christianity

1. AIDS AND HOMOSEXUALITY:
The Holy Bible gives the cause of this cancer and blight: " Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God alsogave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:

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