ISLAM

Historical introduction

In around 2100BC, the one true God chose a man called Abram to commence an everlasting covenant between Himself and mankind.  

Abram lived in Ur, which was inhabited by pagan idolaters who worshipped many gods, with one being the Moon god, Allah: his family was no exception to this idolatry (Josh. 24:2.)  

Israel, under king Josiah in 624BC, would be forced to stamp out this pagan idolatry in Israel:   

"And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the hosts of heaven" (2 Kings 23:5.)   

The NIV study Bible says the following of this verse:

"The Hebrew noun used in v. 5 refers specifically to priests of foreign deities [pagan priests]" (pg. 383.)  

In Genesis 12:1-3 we read the infallible word of God:  

"Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee OUT of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee."  

This divine calling to follow Elohiym was to be prompt and final. Abram was to leave this pagan land and follow the One True Living God. Yet, as the Bible teaches continually, man is sinful and disobedient; Abram was no exception. For not only would Abram drag his heels whilst leaving Ur, but would go on to lie about his wife being his sister, and would cause Hagar, the Egyptian maidservant to conceive an illegitimate son, Ishmael. God, however, was still going to give Abram a great nation.   

Then in Genesis 17:1-21 we read:    

"And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations... And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year."  

The Lord God clearly affirms that Isaac, not Ishmael, was to inherit this Abrahamic Covenant and subsequently his son, Jacob (Gen. 28:10-17). It would also be eternal (1 Chr. 16:17; Ps. 105:7-12; Is. 24:5.)   

Apostolic warning!  

Islam, just like Mormonism, was born out of an "angelic" visitation.   

In the case of Islam, a poor illiterate Arab living in the Middle East was to be the recipient. It is claimed, that for 23 years, God used Gabriel to communicate with Muhammad, and subsequently this is how the Koran came to be. 

Muhammad would no doubt have been aware of the apostolic warning written by the apostle Paul, concerning anybody or anything, who would dare present an alternative gospel to mankind (2 Cor. 11:11-15.)    

Such demonic activity was not to be tolerated in any manner whatsoever, but was to be taught and exposed as being from the devil himself.  

With a multitude of souls at stake, let us examine what the apostle said:  

"But though we, or an ANGEL from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed" (Gal. 1:8,9.)   

Friends, please don't underestimate just how serious Paul is when he reveals an eternal curse on anybody who would stray from the Truth of Christ (John 14:6), and lead souls away from God (Matt. 23:13 15.) Tragically, Muhammad ignored this prophetic warning - with catastrophic consequences - and followed Joe Smith with his dubious angel (Mormon leader) to a very desolate eternity (Rev. 20:10-15.)    

It is my sincere intention, with God's Holy Spirit, to try and use this article to present the love, mercy and salvation of Jesus Christ to Muslims, and compare Christianity with Islamic teachings. I hope we can lead many souls to Him. I pray God will use this article to His glory. Blessed be His Name! 

Muhammad the man (570-632AD)

In approximately 570AD, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Muhammad was born. His father, Abdullah, died two months after he was born. His mother Aminah, died when he was just six. His grandfather, Abd-al-Muttalib, would raise him. However his grandfather died when he was eight, therefore his uncle, Abu Talib, became his guardian for the remainder of his youth.   

During Muhammad's teenage years, up until the age of 25, his vocation was that of a poor shepherd boy.   

Muhammad alleged that the angel Gabriel visited him when he was only three and gave him a new heart; all sin was drained from him.

• He claimed to have been a descendent of Ishmael.  

• Believed in reincarnation (see Heb. 9:27.) 

• Claimed to have once been married to Mary, mother of the Lord Jesus Christ.

• In Robert Morey's book, Islamic Invasion, p 72, he states that Muhammad tried to commit suicide on Mount Hira.   

• On 8 June 632AD he died, however some believe that he was poisoned
• http://www.islamreview.com/articles/whyallah.shtml

Each year millions of Muslims visit his tomb, where they wail and mourn for their founder. They have no hope whatsoever of his resurrection.   

Please note, however, the following verse from the Koran, which does state a bodily resurrection: 

"And peace be on me, the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life again" (Qur'an 19:22-33.)

Muhammad the "prophet"

Muhammad would claim that Gabriel had appeared to him, while praying in a cave.  

Within three years of this angelic visitation, Muhammad started to preach his new Islamic gospel. Ten years later, he had only accumulated sixty to seventy converts, and these included his wife, his cousin, his uncle, a slave and some close friends. Initially, Muhammad and his followers were mocked and ostracised, but it was in Medina in 622AD that Muhammad had a better reception (John Bagot Glubb, The Empire of the Arabs, 1963.)

In Joseph Dahmus' book, The Middle Ages: a popular history, he states the following concerning Mohammed's early years, and the rejection of Jewish rabbis for his prophetic claims:   

"The majority of Mohammed's first converts were men below the age of forty who's motives for accepting his gospel ranged from sincere religious conviction to the hope of material and political gain to strengthen Mohammed's position and to inaugurate himself with the Jews he directed his followers to turn to Jerusalem when they prayed he had introduced a fast to correspond with the Hebrew Day of Atonement and he designated Friday when the Jews were preparing for the Sabbath as the holiest day of the week he was ridiculed by the rabbis for his ignorance of the Scriptures. Replaced the Day of Atonement with Ramadan and announced that it was to Abraham, who he said was not a Jew, whom God had given the true religion."  

(Please note, during Ramadan, the faithful will abstain from food, drink and sexual relations between dawn and sunset, and are also expected to control their tongue and temper (What is Islam: a Holistic Vision, 2006.)  

"Each time Muhammad received a revelation he would suffer physical symptoms, like heavy sweating or go into a trance like state. He reported that he frequently felt as if he was going to have his soul snatched away. Many of those who rejected belief in what was happening to the prophet accused him of being mad, or suffering from a disease, such as epilepsy" (Ruqaiyyah Maqsood (Teach Yourself World Faiths.)  

Historical accounts of Muhammad's seizures describe him as being agitated, with perspiration, which poured down his face. He would fall to the ground and foam at the mouth. Sometimes when inspiration came upon him, he felt as if it were like the painful sounding of a loud bell.  

"Muhammad was initially quite unsure as to the source of his revelation. He thought it possible that a demonic spirit might possess him. It was his wife, Khadija, who convinced him that Allah, was speaking through him and who encouraged him to be obedient to the revelations. This does not sound like a true prophet of God. Khadija made no claims to be a prophetess, so how did she know?" (Ron Rhodes.)    

"Muhammad's inspiration and religious experiences are remarkably similar to those found in some form of spiritism. Shamanism, for example, is notorious for fostering periods of mental disruption as well as spirit-possession. Significantly Muhammad experienced Shamanlike encounters and phenomena. Further, many authorities have noted that spirit possession frequently leads to the kinds of experiences that Muhammad had" (John Ankerberg and John Weldon.) 

His adopted mother believed he was demon possessed. 

He announced he had spoken to other prophets from the past, including, Jesus (not only a prophet; God incarnate, John 1:14), Moses and Abraham.

Claimed he was woken from sleep and taken by a miraculous beast to Jerusalem. From the site of the Old Jewish Temple on Mount Zion, a way was opened for him through the heavens until he approached the Throne of God, in a region which even he and the angel Gabriel, who was accompanying him, were not allowed to enter (Ruqaiyyah Maqsood, Teach Yourself World Faiths.)

Apparently during this heavenly visit, God gave Muhammad the divine ritual for prayers. To this day, millions of Muslims still follow this creed.

It should be pointed out to the reader that Muslim scholars dispute this account as being literal.

Maulana Muhammad Ali, Islam's greatest scholar, explains that the seven heavens which Muhammad alleged to have seen, could in fact be just a large number or even possibly three (please see 2 Cor. 12:1.)

Ali further goes on to declare that Mohammed, in fact, saw nothing at all while being raptured to heaven?!?

It may also be of interest to the reader, that the city Jerusalem is NEVER mentioned ONCE in the entire Koran! 

In the Bible, Jerusalem is mentioned 2301 times. In the Koran the word Israel is mention 44 times. My conclusion would be that the God of the Bible is far more interested in the land of Israel than the god of the Koran.

Muhammad, after many victorious battles, would increase his prestige; subsequently his fame soared and more converts were added to his new movement. By 630AD Muhammad had a following of ten thousand. However, much violence was used to launch the birth of this new religion. 

Muhammad stated it was the duty of all Muslims to fight against all unbelievers. (More on this later.)

Muhammad made numerous references to the Scriptures (both Testaments) showing that he did not regard them as having been corrupted or abrogated by the Koran.

In Von Kreme's book, The Orient under the Caliphs, he states the following:

"As a prophet and reformer of his people Muhammad could not be otherwise than a revolutionary; for his religious propaganda introduced not only a complete change in the political situation but also had an equally important bearing on the social conditions. For his followers he was all in all (emphasise added). He remained ever true to the principle, set up by him, of the equality and close brotherhood of all Muslims."

Please also see what Ockle wrote in 'History of the Saracens':  

"With the Koran in one hand and the Scimitar (short Oriental sword) in the other, the impetuous and indomitable Arab achieved a series of splendid victories, unparalleled in the history of the nations. For in the short space of eighty years, that mighty range of Saracenic conquest embraced a wider extant of territory that Rome had mastered in the course of eight hundred years."

Interestingly, Muhammad never appointed a successor to replace him after his death; many Arabs and followers simply fell away. This revolt in the Islam world is known as The Great Apostasy.

In 632AD Muhammad died in Medina, possibly of pneumonia.

Muhammad the husband

At 25 he married a rich 40-year-old women. They had six children: four girls and two boys. 

Both sons died in infancy. He would go on to marry another eleven times, and have two concubines. Two of his wives were Jewish, one was a Christian. However, one six-year-old Aisha would later become his bride when she was only nine; he was fifty-two! He would also marry his adopted son's wife.  

"The Prophet was engaged to me when I was a girl 6 years old...I was playing in a swing with some of my girlfriends... Unexpectedly Allah's Apostle came to me in the afternoon, and my mother handed me over to him.  At that time I was a girl of 9 years of age" (The Hadith, Bukhari Vol. V, No. 234 Narrated Aisha.)  

"The Prophet....married Aisha when she was a girl of 6 years of age and consummated that marriage when she was 9 years old" (Bukhari Vol. V, No. 236.)  

Many writers believe Mohammed was a misogynist at heart, and only used women for sexual gratification. 

"Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers (Allah false god), nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all" (Dan. 11:37.) 

The reader can easily see, how Mohammed is a type of antichrist (a Catholic priest once told me that he thought Mohammed was the antichrist, but if that was so, why would his pope kiss the Koran) not only from the Prophet Daniel, but also from the NT:

"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST"

(1 John 4:1-3.) 

Islamic literature also offers the reader information about his hatred of women: 

The Prophet said, "I was shown the hellfire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who were ungrateful" (The Hadith, Bukhari Vol. I, No. 28.)

Allah's Apostle...said, "O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of hel-fire were you women....I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you" (Bukhari Vol. I, No. 301.)

The Prophet then said..."I also saw the hellfire, and I had never seen such a horrible sight.  I saw that most of the inhabitants were women" (Bukhari Vol. II, No. 161.)

Some scholars state Muhammad actually had sixteen wives, two concubines and four lovers (Twenty Three Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammed, 1985.)

Interestingly, the Koran only allows men to have four wives!

Beliefs

Red = Muslim

Black = Traditional Christianity

Allah, the south Arabian moon god, is a monotheist (Alfred Guillaume, Islam, 1954.) 

In the Old Testament God has many names - Elohiym, Adonai, El Shaddai, Jehovah, Yahweh and El-Olam. However, His eternal name is, I AM (Exodus 3:14.) 

Jesus Christ said in John 8:58 that He was the "I AM." (This is the Tetragrammaton for the eternal Jehovah God.) This part of Scripture not only points to the Holy Trinity but also to the Deity of Christ. (More on this later.)

It must also be understood that the word Allah does not mean Almighty God in the Judeo-Christian understanding. Allah is one of 365 fourth century pagan deities, which was picked up by Muhammad and incorporated into his new movement (Robert Morey, The Islamic Invasion.)

Many Middle Eastern Muslims have no knowledge of this. Furthermore and much more worryingly, some Arabic Bibles have replaced the word Jehovah for Allah. This is blasphemy and very dangerous!

Jesus is no more than a glorified prophet or messenger of Allah (Sura 2:136.)

As with all cults and false religions, the true character and nature of the Lord Jesus Christ is heavily camouflaged. The apostle Paul had no doubt in his mind just who the Lord Christ is, when he wrote his epistle to the Philippians 2:10,11:

"That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."  

Jesus, in His full majestic glory, will be worshiped by all of His creations in the presence of His Father and His Church.

Also the apostle John recorded these inspired words from the Lord Himself: 

"I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death" (Rev. 1:18.)  

And may we quote the Koran itself, to show the Deity of Christ.  

The account of the birth of Jesus is recorded in Sura 19:19: 

"He said, "I am the messenger of your Lord, to grant you a pure son." 

Now, the Arabic word for pure or righteous is (afeefah), which means in English FAULTLESS, HOLY, SINLESS - and as only God is sinless, one doesn't need to be a scholar to appreciate that Mohamed correctly understood Jesus to be Deity.

For further irritable evidence as to the true nature of the Lord Jesus Christ and who He claimed to be, please see our article 'Who is Jesus Christ?'

Deny that Jesus was ever crucified. Muhammad said that Jesus never died for anybody (Sura 4:157.) Amazingly, the Koran is silent on when the Lord did eventually die and where He was buried! However there is a shrine, in Srinagar, Kashmir, where Ahmadiya Muslims allege Jesus is buried.

There are two problems with this statement. First, numerous secular archaeologists and even the Jewish Talmud acknowledge that Jesus Christ did actually die on a Roman Cross, in the outskirts of Jerusalem, on 14 Nisan 30AD.

Also, Josephus, a first century Roman historian, who wrote The Antiquites of the Jews, says the following: 

"He [Christ] won over to Him many Jews and Gentiles and when Pilate at the suggestion of the principle men among us had condemned Him to the cross, those who had loved Him first did not forsake Him."  

And the Roman historian, Tacitus, wrote the following:  

"Their originator [Christ] had been executed in the reign of Tiberius by the governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate."  

With such an abundance of information to affirm this, the Koran is totally nullified. 

Thirdly and much more importantly than any of the above sources, the Word of God speaks in over 20 passages in the Old and New Testaments that the Messiah would suffer and then die for the sins of the world. In Psalm 22:16 we read the following Messianic prophecy, written some five hundred years before Jesus was born, and before the Roman Empire with their barbaric crucifixions existed:

"They pierced MY hands and MY feet."

Please also see Isaiah 53:5; Zechariah 12:10; Matt. 27:44; Mark 15:25; Luke 24:20; John 19:23; Acts 2:36; 4:10. There are many other passages of Scripture that teach His crucifixion, death and resurrection. 

They refer to Him as the Son of Mary (Sura 4:157). [Muslims pay Mary great respect. Once a year Muslims visit Roman Catholic Churches and will pray before Marian shrines that Catholics have all year round.]

The reader may be interested to know that the title Son of Mary only ever appears in the New Testament once, and that can be found in Mark 6:3. His correct and eternal title, Son of God, appears in over 40 places (Luke 22:70; John 1:18. )

Please see 'Who is Jesus Christ'? for more information on this.

Deuteronomy 18:15 is used to teach that Muhammad was this prophet foretold in the Holy Bible.

Deuteronomy 18:15: 

"The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken." 

Please note the following points from this messianic prophecy, which unequivocally proves that Muhammad is NOT the prophet that Moses is speaking of. 

a) From your midst, from your brethren. What midst is Moses speaking of? Israel. Who are his brethren? One of the twelve tribes of Israel, Mic. 5:2. Therefore He would have to be Jewish. b) Him shall you hear. Jesus said: "If you love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:15). No Old Testament Prophet ever appealed to his Jewish audience with words like this. Whenever a prophet of God spoke, he would only declare God's word, never his own. 

The Scripture repeatedly echoes the reaction and shock of the multitudes in each of the Gospels, when reacting to how He taught and what He taught (Matt. 7:28, 29; 13:54; Mark 1:22 and Luke 4:36.) 

Please note that Jewish rabbis would only ever quote one another; they would never allow their own authority to influence the Jews of their day. Jesus totally dismantled this Babylonian doctrine and taught as One who had Divine authority, because He was Divine (Phil. 2:6.)

Many Suras speak of God's love, but none speak of God loving the undeserving or the unrighteous as a merciful God would do. God loveth not those who do wrong (Sura 3:57.)

In Matthew's Gospel, the Lord Jesus said the following:

"Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect" (Matt. 5:43-48.)

This segment of Holy Scripture is called common grace. God loves all His creation and takes great interest in what goes on in His earth. The Lord God of the Bible is a personal loving, compassionate, sensitive, and yes, judgemental and punishing Lord.

"For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth" (Heb. 12:6.)

Tragically, the god of the Koran seems to have little or no interest in his creation or his children.

Sura 5:41: The Jews are people who will listen to any lie. Christians are enemies (Sura 5:14). No true Muslim is to befriend Christians or Jews (Sura 5:51.)

Anti-Semitism and anti-Christianity has sadly long existed. 

The Bible makes it abundantly clear that salvation is of the Jews (John 4:22.) 

The apostle Paul wrote in Romans 11:1:  

"I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin."  

Further on Paul would write:  

"And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee" (Rom. 11:17-21.)   

It should be clear for all to see that Paul is teaching that if Israel falls, the Church falls, and if the Church falls, Jesus has failed; this we know cannot happen. 

Therefore, God will sustain Israel until His Son returns, and then a third of all Israel will be saved (Zach. 13:9.) 

The Koran states that forgiveness of sin depends on so called good deeds that outweigh evil deeds. [This is rather similar to how the Roman Catholic Church understands and teaches salvation.] 

This teaching couldn't be further from the Holy Scriptures. In Galatians 2:16 we read:  

"For by the works of the law NO flesh shall be justified."  

Time and time again, God has revealed that man cannot be saved by His own works, but by Grace alone, through Faith alone, in Christ alone (Eph. 2:8 10.) 

The Koran seems to teach, however, that sinful men will one day be able to stand in front of their god and enter Heaven. 

In Matthew's Gospel 22:9-14, the Lord Jesus Christ clearly affirmed this will not be so: 

"And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.  So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen."   

The meaning to this parable is simple: the king represents God the Father, who has sent out the gospel first to the children of Israel. Sinful men have killed His messengers and also His beloved Son. So by this stage the general call to salvation has gone out to Gentiles as well. Many respond, but one man has the audacity to stand in the presence of the King in his own righteousness (Is. 64:6 and Luke 5:8.) This is seen as a great affront to the Lord. He has already provided the garments (imputed righteousness), so there was no excuse for this person to stand in the King's presence clothed with his own filthy garments. Yet this is precisely what the Koran teaches concerning Muslims and their salvation. The Christian message of salvation, however, is this: the sinner is given Christ's perfect Divine righteousness, one that is not of his own (Rom. 4:4,5.) The sinner is now clothed with His Saviour's splendid and eternal righteousness and this is what God the Father will look at for all eternity. Sadly, salvation in the Bible and the Koran couldn't be further apart! 

Muhammad said that the Koran was sent to confirm the Bible. Yet the also teach in Sura 2:75 that the Holy Bible is called 'The Word of God.' Amen to that!   

Well the later is certainly correct, but the former cannot possibly be so. Any serious Bible or Koran student will know straight away that both Books are very different, and that the Holy Bible is far superior in accuracy, i.e., geologically, scientifically, historically, and prophetically. 

When the apostle John penned his last inspired Word of God, he quoted the Lord Jesus: 

"For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."    

The Bible was finished and completed in 96AD. No other book, author, poet or scholar is needed. It is finished!!  

In the paradise of the Koran it tells of enjoyments of the wine and woman type (Sura 7:90.) It may be of interest to the reader that jihad and its afterlife rewards are not literal, but spiritual. Maulana Muhammad Ali, an Arabian Muslim Scholar, reveals this shattering truth. Therefore, according to Ali, all of the suicide bombers in Israel, (9/11), Bali, Africa, Madrid and 7/7, not only died in vain, but also will never receive their virgin brides. This may explain why most Muslims don't carry out their jihad? 

Interestingly, nothing is mentioned on the fellowship or eternal worship of Allah. In the Bible, Jews (Old Testament saints) and Christians (New Testament saints) are pictured worshiping God for all eternity and throwing their crowns at His feet (Rev. 4:10.) 

Later in this messianic epistle 22:15 we read: 

"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without [outside] are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie." 

Clearly such antics as the above will not be tolerated in front of a Holy God. Yet sadly the god of the Koran seems to be quite content with such immorality.  

Heaven is a parable, and hell is a metaphor; it's not a literal place of torment, nor is it eternal; it is similar to the non-biblical doctrine of Catholic purgatory (pp. xx, xxi - Suras 6:129, 11:106 107.) Strangely Muhammad thought that he would need to spend some time in hell/purgatory before entering Paradise (Sura 19:71, 72.) 

French diver, Jacques Cousteau, once told how he heard screaming voices coming from beneath the seabed of Cuba. 

Biblical scholars have long believed that Hell is deep under the earth. One can only shudder when contemplating what Cousteau actually heard!  

The Lord Jesus Christ spoke of Hell and its eternal torment more times then the joys of eternal bliss in Heaven. Unfortunately, all cults and false religions, dismiss the realities of Hell and subsequently make Jesus a liar (Matt. 8:12; 13:42 50; 24:51; Mark 9:24 and Luke 13.28.) Also by perverting the Holy Scriptures, souls are lost for all eternity. 

Jesus' graphic and terrifying portrayal of Hell is recorded in all the Gospel's for a reason: man needs to know that his un-confessed sin will be punished if he refuses to put it to Christ's account. God has only ever sent one Saviour. 

When Christ died on the cross, He bore our sins (2 Cor. 5:21.) When the sinner believes in Christ for salvation, he receives the Lord's imputed righteousness (Rom. 4:5.) 

The god of the Koran is totally unknowable! 

Jesus, the image of the invisible God (Col. 1:15) showed numerous affections towards His disciples, His followers, unbelievers, and even His crucifiers. The God of the Bible is very knowable, and very loving (John 3:16-18.) 

"Seek ye the LORD while he may be found; Call ye upon him while he is near" (Isaiah 55:6.)   

Women are the weaker vessel. She is not man's equal, nor his companion, but exists for his pleasure; beat them [lightly] (Sura. 4:34.) 

It may be of interest to the reader that Charles Darwin taught this very same thing. 

Darwin declared that women were inferior to men, and that the white race was superior to all others. Is this chauvinistic discrimination taught in today's universities, I wonder?? 

Women in the Bible have always been given a special role within God's plan for man. When Christ rose on the third day, the first person He appeared to was Mary Magdalene (John 20:11.)  

Apologists have often taught that this was done to remove the stigma that women had long lived with since the fall/deception of Eve (2 Cor. 11:3.) 

All are now equal in the eyes of God (Gal. 3:28.)   

Muslims like to use the gospel of Barabbas [an apocryphal 2nd century book] to prove that Jesus was only a prophet. 

This fictitious book was rejected by every Church father and no Church council ever seriously considered including it into the Canon of Scripture.  

More facts on Islam

It is estimated that there are about 1.3 billion Muslims worldwide, approximately 29% of the world's population. 

One out of every five persons on earth is Muslim. 

There are 250 million Muslims in the Middle East, within 21 nations. Israel, the only democratic state in the region after Iraq, is only six million strong.

Arabs make up only 18% of the World's Muslim population (What is Islam: a Holistic Vision, 2006.) 

Less than 15% of Muslims live in the Arab world; a fifth are found in sub-Saharan Africa; and the world's largest Muslim is in Indonesia. Substantial parts of Asia, and almost all the Central Asian republics, are Muslim. 

Significant Muslim minorities are found in China, India, Russia, Europe, the United States, and South American (Discover Islam, 2005.) 

Allah is the Muslims only god.  

All Muslims pray five times a day facing Mecca (Sura 2:150.) Every Muslim at least once in their life must attend Mecca. This area is strictly off limits to non-Muslims. During both gulf wars, allied warplanes were forbidden to fly over this area. 

Individuals must give 2.5% of their wage to the poor without anybody knowing. 

Reasons for Islamic growth - financial support. Their religion is a rational, universal, simple comprehensive and easy to obey religion. Many times when family members have converted to Christianity, relative's will not only condone publicly stoning their relatives, but will lead the stoning themselves. 

Islam is way of life. It encompasses the cultural, economic, political, social and religious dimensions. If you became a covert, your taxes were immediately eliminated, as was your tithe. If you didn't covert, you faced death! 

More black men from the UK and US are turning to Islam, then any other religion.  

Prime Minister Tony Blair, according to some press reports, has removed the Lord's Prayer from the walls of Downing Street (it has been there centuries) and replaced it with Koran verses.

King Hussein I, on black September, in 1970, murdered 20,000 Palestinians.

Further atrocities like this have occurred in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Kuwait Muslim killing Muslim.

Everybody has two angels. One records good deeds, the other bad deeds.

75% of all Muslim women are circumcised. This brutal act is very painful. Sexual relations with their husband will forevermore be extremely sensitive. Women have no rights and are treated as third class citizens. In Saudi Arabia women are not allowed to drive. The Koran teaches that women are only here to please their husbands (only one) and to bear his children. Many women die each year in Islamic countries under the control of their tyrant husbands. Prosecutions against such acts are very rare. Also when divorces occur, the husband nearly always keeps the children, while the wife retains nothing. In the UK alone, there have been several high profile honour killings. One account recently made the news, when a Muslim father murdered his own daughter to stop her marrying a non-Muslim man.

In Algeria, 29 Muslim women were executed for not wearing their veils.

There are more Muslims in Britain than Plymouth Brethren, Methodists and Baptists combined. (Please note that Saudi Arabia personally finances the enormous costs in building their global mosques. Yet nowhere in Saudi Arabia does a single Church or Synagogue exist!)

In Michigan, USA, Muslim mosques have been granted legal permission to broadcast their call to prayer, even though local non-Muslim residences tried to ban it, citing noise pollution (Times Newspaper, 1/5/04.) 

The London Economist said the following, concerning the wealth of Islamic countries:

"They could purchase the bank of America in just six days; IBM Corporation in forty-three days and all major world companies that are on the stock market, in fifteen years."

In Saudi Arabia a 15-year old boy was publicly hung for his Christian faith.

Christmas Eve, 2003, a Christian was publicly stoned to death in Basra, Iraq, under the watchful eye of British solders. Why? Because he too, was a Christian (Saturday Times, 3 January 2004.) 

(I wrote to the then British Defence Minister about this murder on 7th January 2003, but never received a response.) 

In the Saturday Times, 28 August 2004, a 26-year-old Pakistani Christian, Nasir Masih, was tortured to death by Pakistani police in Saddar. According to pressure group CLAAS: The police in Pakistan are biased against Christians and fair treatment is impossible.

Thousands of Muslims rioted throughout the UK, in protest of Salmon Rushdie; a fatwa is still placed on his head! Rushdie lives under 24 hour armed special branch protection. He is expected to contribute half towards the enormous cost of protecting him.

Muslim youths have also demonstrated in Trafalgar Square against the institution of democracy, demanding that Britain adopt the feudal Islamic system of government.  

In 2003, the British government finally started deportation proceedings against Egyptian born, Abu Hamza. Every Friday, Hamza, can be found outside his north London, Finsbury Park mosque, preaching his gospel, while hooded and masked Muslims keep watch over him and his flock. Press reports claim he has Al-Quada links and some have even obtained secret recordings of him inciting and encouraging suicide bombers within the UK. 

(He has since been arrested and imprisoned for seven years for preaching hatred against other faiths, and is also fighting extradition to America, upon his release.) 

Abu Bakr (father in law of Mohammed) taught that the only assurance of salvation was to be shaheed; this is a Muslim who dies killing infidels in a jihad - he becomes an instant martyr, and 72 black haired female virgins await him. Upon this act, the suicide bomber/martyr can then vouch for the admittance of 70 members of his family to enter heaven. However this now seems symbolic, not literal (Ali.) What do female bombers receive?  

Some people have said that Muslims, which are martyred for their faith, are no different than the Christians from the early church that was also martyred. Two things should be said to this:  

1) The early church never killed themselves or others for not converting to their religion. They were killed for not worshipping foreign and pagan gods.

Also their death was not based on a blind faith but was foundered on the fact that they had personally seen the risen Christ and talked with Him.

2) Muslims today have never seen Allah or their prophet so their faith is a blind one.

Interesting how Muslims send their sons to die for Allah, when God sent His only begotten Son to die for the sin of the world (John 1:29.)

The late Yassar Arafat once said: "Peace for us means destruction of Israel."

In Arafat's Palestine (he was an Egyptian, not a Palestinian), all children are taught that it is their sole duty to kill all Jews if they ever wish to enter Paradise.

This brainwashing starts in junior school. If this happened in the west, welfare officers would be called in, and these vulnerable children would be taken straight into care. For detailed evidence of this (three briefcases full), please see A Piece of Dirt, by Dr. Peter Ruckman. Photographs of children using guns, grenades, and automatic weapons are seen as the norm.

On 24 March 2004, a 16-year-old boy with learning difficulties was manipulated to murder innocents Jews http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3515710.stm

However and thankfully for him, Israeli solders noticed him acting suspiciously and were able to save his life and others by detonating the bomb. After his lucky escape, his sister being interviewed on ITV 1 News spoke about his heroism and how she would love to one day, be a suicide bomber herself. Interestingly, her mother had more sense than both her children, for she said that this terrorist group who had put her son up to this cowardly attack, should themselves die for their beliefs.

Dr. Ruckman in his book states how it is the duty of every Muslim in Palestine to kill all Jews who don't leave (A Piece of Dirt). However, it may be of interest to the reader that the Koran states that Allah promised to give Palestine to the Jews (Sura 7:129; 7:161; 5:21;17:104.)

And this is also echoed by Muslim Professor Khaleel Mohammad, who lectures at the San Diego State University in America, when he addressed the second Jerusalem Summit, which is held at the King David Hotel, in the city. He told his audience: "The Holy Land belongs to the Jews and not to the Moslems", his text from the Koran to prove this - (Sura 5:21.)

Since 1921 Muslims (thirteen times), have publicly declared that their goal is to drive out the Jews of the land that God promised them (Ruckman, Bible vs. Koran.)

Numerous Popes have also agreed with the Palestinians to retain all the land.

Therefore, Arafat and his cohorts are in violation of the Koran. Nevertheless, Osama Bin Laden uses Bakr's ideology to mastermind the US attacks of 9/11/2001 and Madrid 11/3/2004.

In March 2002, three separate and horrific terrorist acts occurred:

The first involved: The Washington Sniper, John Allen Muhammad, with his young accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, carried out their joint jihad: they killed between them 10 people. Muhammad was sentenced to death in October 2004. Malvo was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The second: Islamic fundamentalists murdered over 200 people, in Bali.

And third: Over 800 Russians were taken hostage while enjoying a night out at the theatre. Tragically 120 died. 

Such atrocities occurred on three separate continents. Terrorism knows no boundaries!

7/7, London, England, four suicide bombers commit murder, resulting in the death of over 50 people. Politicians of all persuasions are quickly assembled to denounce this evil and twisted interpretation of Islam, yet as we have already seen, Muhammad and his father in law both advocated this type of terrorism, and if one needs further evidence of this, they aught to visit Islamic nations, and enquire how non-Muslims are treated there. I would say that western Islam is apostate, (evident by the lack of jihad's carried out by Britain's 1.4 million Muslims) but middle-eastern Islam is traditional and historical.

Also numerous atrocities and genocide occur in Sudan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Kuwait.  

This mostly goes unnoticed and unreported by the worldwide secular media.  

The only reason why Muslims commit such barbaric acts of terror, must be because they have no concept or assurance of salvation whatsoever, whether it is for Muhammad or Bin Laden (Sura 19:71, 72.)  

Questions for Muslims?

Why didn't Muhammad perform the kind of miracles that Jesus, Moses, and Paul did, if he was greater than Jesus? It may be of interest to the reader that Muhammad NEVER performed one miracle during his entire prophetic ministry?

Jesus, as God incarnate, forgave people their sins (Matt. 9:6); walked on water (Matt. 14:25); raised the dead (Luke 7:14); happily received worship (Matt. 9:18); and made several prophecies concerning judgment and destruction in the last and final days (Matt. 7:21-23; Luke 21:6.) 

Why didn't Muhammad ever offer sacrifices to Allah?  

Why does the Koran teach that Noah and his family were all saved in the flood, and then later on, one of Noah's son's drowns?

And why do freemasons, upon being inaugurated into satanic freemasonry, bow down before the Koran?

Bible facts

Muslims will often state that the Koran has never been altered and is still in its original form. In Ron Rhode's book, Reasoning from the Scriptures, he says the following: 

"However, historical sources prove there were several differing texts circulating in Syria, Armenia and Iraq prior to the final revision produced by Uthman.

Muhammad's long-time secretary, Zaid, was called in by Uthman to oversee the final and definitive authorised version of the Koran. All other copies of the Koran were then burned so there could be no challenge to the authorised text. Why would Caliph Uthman produce an authorised version of the Koran if the Koran had been perfectly preserved from the beginning?" 

The Psalmist, probably King David, said the following: "Thy word is true from the beginning" (Ps. 119:160.) 

The Scripture has continually proven to be 100% accurate, i.e., with archaeological digs, which are also recognised by extra-biblical accounts. Numerous scholars (secular and religious) affirm that the Bible, as we have it today, is 99.9% accurate when translated or revised. 

Peter Ruckman says the following about this: 

"The Koran had only one writer, completing his work in less than thirty years, whereas the Bible had over forty writers writing two thousand years apart and writing on three continents. Collusion between the various writers of the Bible would be impossible; collusion between Mohammed and himself would certainly be a possibility, one will have to admit" (The History of the New Testament Church, Vol. 1, pg. 319.) 

The reader may also be interested to know that there are no manuscripts for the Koran whatsoever? Therefore this means that there is no way to date, authenticate, or reconstruct the Koran. 

FACT we know that if all 5,664 Greek New Testament manuscripts, and 20,000 Latin, Ethiopic, Slavic, and Armenian New Testament manuscripts were lost, we could still rebuild the Bible, with the 85,000 Scriptural verses that the early Church fathers sent to one another. In their letters they quote every passage in the New Testament, except for 8 verses. However, the same cannot be said of other so-called holy books, i.e., the Koran etc.

I must also share with the reader the fact that it took over a hundred years after the death of Mohammed for the Koran to be written. Yet on the other hand, the whole of the New Testament was written between 45-65AD, only 35 years after Jesus had died (with the exception of the Book of Revelation), which was written 60 years after the Lord had ascended.

One final comment must be said about authenticating Muhammad and his Koran: when Muhammad claimed to have meet with Allah in a cave, there were no witnesses present to affirm this, therefore his prophetic claim is impossible to validate. And with no public miracles either to certify his office as prophet, why should anybody then or now take him seriously?  

The Bible, therefore, is completely in a league of its own (Rom. 1:2.)

No other Book has inspired multitudes of missionaries to travel thousands of miles and even sacrifice their own lives, for the good of God's Kingdom!  

Major sects of Islam

There are three groups that make up Islam.

The first are the Sunnis. In the Middle East Sunnis comprise 90% of all Muslims. This group believes that Muhammad's successor should be elected.

The second group are the Shiites. They believe that a descendent must come through Muhammad's bloodline. They also believe the Muslim "jesus" will return and lead a conquest of the world for the Shiite version of Islam.

The third group is the Nation of Islam. This movement is exclusively for black people only. However, mainstream Muslims frown upon them and declare them to be heretics. This would be how orthodox Christians recognise Jehovah Witnesses.

Louis Abdul Farrakhan now heads this movement. His notorious hatred of Jews and whites is well known to all. He once said:

"Hitler was a wickedly great man" (Time, 28/2/94.) 

I wonder if Farrakhan would have lasted five minutes in Hitler's Nazi Europe? However, he is not without controversy within his own movement, for Malcolm Xs' widow claimed he was involved in her husband's murder (Marsh, From Black, ps 94-95.)

Confusion or deliberate ignorance? 

The "Jesus" of the Koran is not the Jesus of the Holy Bible. The tragic thing is, a lot of Christians believe that He is. 

George W. Bush, said in a press conference in London, November 2003 how he believed the God of the Bible is the same as the god of the Koran; Tony Blair also agreed with him.

The regrettable thing is Bush, Blair and any serious Christian, can easily differentiate between the teachings of the Bible and the Koran. The leaders of the free world have no excuse for this ignorance; both have religious advisers.

And on the 24th March 2006, former Prime Minister Blair gave a passionate speech to the Foreign Policy Centre, titled, "Not a Clash between civilisations, but a clash about civilisation."

The following transcript is taken from the English Churchman, 26th May & 2nd June 2006:

"The most remarkable thing about reading the Koran [he read it for the first time after 9/11] -  in so far as it can be truly translated from the original Arabic [there is no original Arabic for the Koran] is to understand how progressive it is. I speak with great diffidence and humility as a member of another faith [Roman Catholic now.] I am not qualified to make any judgments [yes you can, see John 7:24; 1 Thess. 5:21.] But as an outsider, the Koran strikes me as a reforming book, trying to return Judaism and Christianity to their origins [no religion can do this, nor is it needed], rather as [the] reformers attempted with the Christian Church centuries later. It is practical and way ahead of its time in attitudes to marriage, women and governance" [please see the Hadith Bukhari vol. v, no. 234 Narrated Aisha.] 

Mr. Blair, according to the Churchman, thought Islam's growth and grip on Christian nations was "breathtaking." 

The transcript continues: 

"Over the centuries it founded an Empire, leading the world in discovery, art and culture. We look back to the early Middle Ages, the standard bearers of tolerance [not sure this is true] at the time were far more likely to be found in Muslim lands than in Christian." 

There is no doubt that the Lord Jesus Christ is the most controversial, misunderstood, hated, mocked, sneered at, detested and rejected Man to ever live. The really sad thing is; He is the most wonderful Saviour sinful man could ever wish for. And much more importantly, He is the only Saviour that Heaven will ever send (Matt. 28:18 and Acts 4:12.)

General comments

There are thirty thousand religions in the world today. However, that can quickly be narrowed down to just two. One of them is called self-salvation where the individual becomes their own saviour. And this subsequently now puts them in competition with Jesus Christ, who Himself claims to be the only Saviour of the world.

So the sinner/saviour will boldly proclaim:

'I live a good life; I go to church; I follow the commandments; I follow the golden rule; I love my neighbour; I do the best I can; I don't do this bad thing and I don't do that bad thing.'

The other religion/relationship/way is the Cross, in which the sinner is invited to accept the Christian gospel where God became Man (John 1:14; 1 Tim. 3:16); came looking for that which was lost (Luke 19:10); died a substitutionary death, and by His precious blood we are saved (Heb. 10:18; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19.) He later rose from the dead (Rom. 10:9,) and is now seated next to the Father (Heb. 10:12.)

And to further help explain these two different ideologies, may I quote the following, from a small, but helpful book by Godfrey Robinson & Stephen Winward, Here is the Answer, 1949, ps.72, 73:

"If we [the writers] may misquote but apply the substance of Paul's words: 'What fellowship has a religion of grace [Christianity] with a religion of merit [Islam]? Or what is there in common between the way of the descending God, and the ways of ascending man? We have here not only the real distinction between Christianity and all other religions, but also the distinction between real Biblical Christianity and its many perversions. Christianity is not only the way to God; it is primarily the way of God down to man. There is only one such way."

So the sinner is left with just two options.

1. Try to save yourself through good works and deeds (Rom. 4:4, impossible) and this would account for the 29,999 religions of the world today.

2. Trust in the finished work of a perfect Saviour (The God-Man) and now live with full peace and assurance that Christ has redeemed you from your sins.

Reader, the choice is yours? Jesus or Muhammad, the Bible or the Koran, salvation by grace or salvation by works? You must decide, and decide you must!  

Personal thoughts 

For me, Jesus is not only in a league of His own, for He has thousands upon thousands of hymns dedicated to Him and sung daily around the globe (Muhammad and Allah have none), but if you type the name Jesus into any major search engine you will discover that over 36,800,000,000 (Yahoo) 23,800,000,000 (Google) entries come up. Muhammad 1,970,000,000 (Google) and (Yahoo) 4,130,000,000. 

Now for some, such statistics mean very little, and even with a margin of error accepted, it is still interesting that the Name of Jesus outdoes the name of Muhammed by 30/1.    

Finally, let us remember the date, 2009? That's right. Jesus died 2009 years ago (give or take a year or so.) There isn't a civilised nation in the world today that isn't living in 2009. His birth date, not Muhammad's, is celebrated every day, although probably not consciously. Finally more men and women have voluntarily and peaceably laid their lives down to this Great God of ours (Phil. 2:6), then any number of Muslims, Buddhists, Moonies, Hare Krishnas, Ron Hubbard, or any other guru for that matter, combined together. More people have been given hope that Christ will not only redeem them but will give them a reason to live and serve Him. Christ fulfils the sinners life in ways that no guru ever could. I pray you would trust Him? 

Friends, this is the best time for Bible believing Christians to reach out to Muslims and offer them the true way of salvation, during this dark period of terror in Britian. If we don't love them, who will?  Please help us to help them! 

Wise words  

Sir Monier Williams:

"They all begin with some flashes of light and end in utter darkness. There is a gulf between the Bible and the so-called sacred books of the East which severs the one from the other utterly, hopelessly, and forever a veritable gulf which cannot be bridged over by any science or religious thought." 

Conclusion

Some have claimed that Muhammad is a good role model for people to follow.

Muhammad's dying words were:

"Lord, destroy all the Jews and the Christians...Gabriel come close to me" (A Sprenger, Das Leben und die Lehre des Mohammad, Berlin 1861, Vol. III, pgs. 211,522.)

The Lord Jesus, nailed naked to a Roman cross after six painstaking hours, cried out:

"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34.)

May I ask, which is your preferred role model and which one would you be willing to trust your eternal soul to?

Sources

Dr. W. R. Martin, Kingdom of the Cults

Dr. P. S. Ruckman, The Holy Scriptures vs. the Holy Koran

E. Decker, www.saintsalive.com

Plus numerous sermons, and press articles

James G. Battell, 2004

Updated, November 2009

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