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Muhammad
(PBUH) and the West
9/11 provided the Islam-bashers a long stick to hit the Muslims, Islam, the Qur'an and Muhammad. Appalling hate speeches and remarks about Islam and Mohammad have become commonplace among some Christian pastors, radio talk shows, media pundits and on the Internet. Two leading American conservative writers, Paul Weyrich and William Lind in their new booklet titled "Why Islam Is a Threat to America and the West?" quip: "Islam is, quite simply, a religion of war", American Muslims are a "fifth column in this country" and "they should be encouraged (?) to leave." Ann Coulter suggested that the only way to remove the 'Islamic threat' is that "we should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity." Rev. Jerry Vines, of the Southern Baptist Convention called Muhammad a "demon-obsessed pedophile."
Written by Omar Afzal, Ph.D.
Towards Understanding Muhammad
(PBUH): Some issues in peace and violence
A cursory reading
of the history of Muslims makes people think that this religion is
quite violent, the impression can't be dismissed quite so easily, even
though drawing conclusions about Islam on the basis of such
impressions are simplistic and incorrect at best.
Written by M. Umar Farooq, Ph.D.
Marriages of Prophet Muhammad
(PBUH)
Unlike adultery by those who are
officially "monogamous", polygamy in itself is not immoral.
It has been practiced in many cultures throughout history. It is
simply another alternative form of family structure suited to certain
circumstances and social needs in different times and cultures.
Examples of such needs include caring for widows and orphans of
victims of wars or dealing with demographic problems such as
occasional imbalances in the sex ratio. Polygamy has been practiced as
well by various religious communities, including some Jews, Christians
and Muslims.[3]
Written by Jamal A. Badawi, Ph.D.
The Founder of a Model Pluralist Society
The state in Madina established by
the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was a model pluralistic
society in practice. The pluralistic environment that he had
cultivated along with its concomitant social values, civil rights and
responsibilities, individualism and diversity, freedom of speech and
religion, community building, elimination of prejudice, outreach
initiatives, empowerment of minorities, and governance through
consultation and inclusiveness was a glorious demonstration of the
global view of Islam and its vision of a just society. The guiding
principle of such a society is the universal perspective of humanity
under One Creator and a harmonizing character to be judged only by
Him.
Written by
M. Riaz Khan, Ph.D.
Getting to Know a Friend:
My Introduction to Muhammad (PBUH)
(not available online) I
found that my initial assumption, that Muhammad wrote the Qur'an
himself, began to fade rather quickly. In fact, that notion was
all but gone a few days after I first started reading the Qur'an.
It just wasn't the sort of book a person who had author-like
tendencies would write. I had already read the Bible through and
through, both the Jewish Old Testament and the Greek-Latin leaning New
Testament, as well as several selections of Eastern religious writing
and the Qur'an did not have anything common with any of those types of
writings. Written by Yahiya
Emerick The Prophet on
Children
(not available online) Muhammad (pbuh)
was the Prophet of Allah and at the same time a human being. In
both these capacities, he demonstrated special care and concern for
the poor, the needy, the oppressed, the weak, the orphans, the
destitute, the wayfarers, the womenfolk, the deprived and the
suffering humanity at large. The small kids and youngsters also
got utmost attention and consideration from the noble prophet. Written
by Shamim A Siddiqi Pragmatic
Idealism of Muhammad (PBUH)
(not available online) "Man's
problem is that he is charged with aspiring to the heavens when he
himself has been created of clay. Not that he has been created
to remake himself into an angel. By no means. Least of all
while he is subject to the mechanics of his body and its never ending
demands. But he is charged to meet triviality with sublimity,
negligence with remembrance, and selfishness with sharing. He is
charged, after receiving the gift of life, with dedicating it to
Allah." (Muhammad Al-Ghazali) Written
by Abu M. Asad, Ph.D.
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