09-13-2004, 08:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-29-2020, 03:39 AM by Hassan Al Zahrani.)
As suggested by you all i have started reading the Quran for myself despite the quite unusually high number of emails i'm receiving from christians telling me not to. It's almost amusing. Does everyone else get this? I've had to change email although i still check the one linked to this site, i just have to sift through the mails. But im not being sent Links to websites, it's the actual texts fully reproduced in the email what i'm getting, so i can't ignore it.
Here is the latest thing that was sent to me, which has bought tears to my eyes, but for the wrong reasons. I don't think i've ever felt such a swirl of emotions over the course of two weeks that i have since embraced islam... Pleeeeeease don't tell me to ignore this, or to read the Quran as i have just started reading an online version, although i desire to one day learn arabic as i have said but please someone explain this. As these things hurt me deeply, those who have read my original posts will know why...
Once again please don't tell me to read Quran i am reading it now, and please dont tell me not to read what people send to me in OPEN emails, it's impossible not to. Basically either the things here are true or not, i'd rather check with my fellow brothers and sisters than at a christian site right? It's being sent from a christian so i am highly sceptical, and the amount of holes and ten thousand versions of the bible have no interest to me at all, this is after personal research. I must say since embracing Islam the love has been like nothing else, people from here have offered me gifts and suchlike, and i love you all so much for guiding me. i just need clearence on the below article i was sent in email, i will not disclose their name, they know who they are though, as they would have got the email from this board. Please tell me what i'm reading here isn't true...this is what was in my email...
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Mohammed had no respect for BLACKS, whites and Arabs were equal to him, but Blacks were Below.
Mohammed Owned Black Slaves only. Therefore it is only natural that <b>Islam Looked Down on Blacks </b>
Islam is not the Haven of Freedom and Equality.
<b>Mohammed owned several black slaves. </b>
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya relies heavily on the prophet's biographies written by great ancient scholars. Therefore, he is regarded by Muslims as an authority, a primary source and a leader among the students of Islamic religion.
This scholar tells us in his book, "Zad al-Ma'ad" (part 1, pp. 114-116), the following:
"These are the names of Muhammad's male slaves: Yakan Abu Sharh, Aflah, 'Ubayd, Dhakwan, Tahman, Mirwan, Hunayn, Sanad, Fadala Yamamin, Anjasha al-Hadi, Mad'am, Karkara, Abu Rafi', Thawban, Ab Kabsha, Salih, Rabah, Yara Nubyan, Fadila, Waqid, Mabur, Abu Waqid, Kasam, Abu' Ayb, Abu Muwayhiba, Zayd Ibn Haritha, and also a black slave called Mahran."
<b>Even in modern times, in Saudi Arabia the homeland of Islam, the common word for "Black" is "Abd" meaning slave.</b>
What was Mohammed's position on freeing the slaves? In one instance , a man freed a slave that he kept as a sexual partner. When Mohammed heard what happened, he auctioned the boy and sold him for 800 derhams to Na-eem Ebn Abdullah Al- Nahham. (Sahih Moslem vol. 7, page 83)
According to Mohammed, the punishment for committing adultery is different between a free man, a free woman and a slave-woman. The man is to be flogged one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year. The free woman must be stoned to death. But the slave-woman <b>(since she has a monetary value) </b>
will not be exiled or killed, she is to be flogged one-hundred stripes. If the violation is repeated, the slave-woman is to be sold.(Sahih Al Bukhary vol. 8:821 & 822)
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<b>Islam is a religion, whose sacred Scriptures contain explicit denigrating remarks about Black people.</b>
<b>Mohammed referred to Blacks as "raisin heads</b>
". (Sahih Al Bukhary vol. 1, no. 662 and vol. 9, no. 256).
<b>In another Hadith, Mohammed is quoted as saying that Blacks are, "pug-nosed slaves". </b>
(Sahih Moslem vol. 9 pages 46 and 47).
Islam is not the Haven of Freedom and Equality
I wouldn't want to be a Muslim because Islam is anti freedom, which is one issue so close to the hearts and minds of African Americans, considering the inequities they have suffered in their past.
One thing Islam does not believe in is freedom of religion. If Islam takes over America there wouldn't be a choice of religion. The Quran states: "If anyone desires a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted of him; and in the hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost".(Surah 3:85)
My fellow African Muslims don't care for your skin color, they are only using that to gain control over you.
Jesus Christ came to give us eternal life, where everybody stands equal in the sight of God. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus".
Galatians 3:28 The difference between Islam and the teachings of Jesus Christ is great. The choice is clear, the choice is yours.
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Ignore all the Jesus christ nonesense at the end, but can someone explain more on the sections that were highlighted. However on the opposite hand, I will never forget how i felt when i read this at a website...
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"NO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN ISLAM
In another khutba at Mina Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) proclaimed this profound message: "O people! Verily your Rabb (Allah) is One and verily your father is one (Aadam alaihis salaam). Remember! There is no virtue of an Arab upon a Non-Arab and vice versa, nor is there any virtue of a White above a Black or for a Black person over a White except in taqwa (piety). Verily the noblest among you in the sight of Allah is the one who is most pious" (Baihaqi).
Racial and colour barriers were totally destroyed by Islam. Superiority is not determined on such aspects. The criteria for superiority is the fear of Allah and obedience to Him. Whoever fulfils these criteria the best, whether it be a man or woman, Arab or non-Arab, Black or White, will be the most superior. However, it is most unfortunate that the legacy of apartheid lingers to some extent in many Muslims. Often the non-discriminatory policy of Islam is violated in various ways. There is an urgent need to cleanse ourselves from this malady. This message of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) must also be deeply ingrained into our families and children. "
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But the above i posted contradicts. Please remember i am reading Quran, and am only debating, asking questions. Thank you!!
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