Why believe in Islam?

Dear Pauline, Greetings

My post has to be read as a response to yasha's post.

Regarding Satan, he is also into politics and all related matters, pitting people against people, nation against nation and was so successful in deceiving the well-educated and civilised Germans that they slaughtered Jews and other weaklings. Satan excited the current American regime to invade Iraq and destroy a people and their country.

What Osama did was wrong. I have no sympathy for him. His action was his own revenge or retaliation and had nothing to do with Islam. Of course Satan deceived him too.

From you: "Pauline questioned : I just don't see how the Satan has been defeated by Islam through its declaration? Christianity also declare that only ONE GOD AND JESUS IS THE SON OF THE LORD."

Satan has been defeated by Islam, since Islam declares One unadulterated God Almighty. Christians do say one but they split that one God, trying to fit Jesus in. 

You appear to be a Unitarian. Is that so? The reason I asked is because you seem to believe in One God Almighty and keep Jesus away as a Son of God, a separate person.

Best Regards

BMZ

pauline35 wrote: The hadith which is the sayings of Prophet Mohammed : TO STAND ONE HOUR IN THE BATTLE LINE IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH IS BETTER THAN SIXTY YEARS OF NIGHT PRAYER. What do you understand from it?

First of all, you should have quoted where you got this hadith from, which book is it in, etc. War is ordained in Islam in self defense. Because sooner or later, every country will be put in a position where it has to go to war in order to defend itself. If its religion says nothing about this, what are they to do? Think of Hitler. If he was never fought, imagine what more evil he could have done. So Islam allows to go to war in self defence and going to war in self defence is better than sixty years of night prayer (if the hadith you quoted is accurate) because this person is putting his life on the line without fear, complete trust in God that if he dies defending Gods religion for the sake of God he will enter heaven. But the guy who sits and prays is in no danger, so they cant be compared. So naturally the man putting his life on the line for God is better then the one who is safe. This is what I understand from the hadith. Think of it this way, the early Christians who were greatly prosecuted, can they be compared with a safe Christian today? No.

Keep in mind, while in war, Muslims arent allowed to kill a woman or a child or any citizen and or even plants. Today with our civilised world we have finally after hundreds of conventions made it unlawfull to kill a civilian, Islam has done this 1400 years ago.

 (Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #1744, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #3015.)

 Allah does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes.  Allah loves just dealers.  (Quran, 60:8)

Listen to Abu Bakr (the first Caliphate or Muslim ruler after the prophet) says to Usama on his campaign to Syria:

For more on Islams War Ethics:
http://members.tripod.com/maseeh1/advices7/id226.htm

Believe me, he dares not sway our Faith and Belief in the One God, the Lord Almighty!

Nor ours either, BMZ.  If I've said it once, I said it 100 times here.  Christians believe in ONE GOD.  NOT THREE GODS!  ONE GOD.  He is made up of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.....but He is still ONE GOD.  You know there are numerous Biblical references to the Holy Trinity, although the word "trinity" is not used....nevertheless, the meaning is there. 

Christians say they believe in one God because they do.  If they believed in 3 Gods, they would say so and try to explain why....but that is not the case.  Whoa, I feel a meltdown coming on....guess that's it for now!  One God, BMZ.....one God.  (Still have my aspirins handy.)