بسم
الله الرحمن
الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Three
main faiths on earth: Judaism, followers of Moses (Peace be upon him); Christianity, followers of Jesus (Peace be upon him); Islaam, followers of Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)---all prophets are true believers of ONE TRUE GOD and preached only ONE TRUE RELIGION (i.e. submission to ONE TRUE GOD, that is the true meaning of Islaam) (Ref. Al_Quraan_003:067, 042:013, 003:019, 003:085, 022:078, 005:003, 010:072).
The
non-believers or the followers of other religions fail to understand
the
symphony of FAITH that give rise to conflicts and
wars in our world.
To
them one thing is understandable that we all are crazy about reverting
people
to our own denominations as much as possible. But this does not get
across to
them that why we are divided into different segregations in spite of
believing
in Monotheism.
So
this is short and precise attempt to explain the beliefs and the
conflicts
prevalent among the People of the Book: Jews,
Christians and Muslims.
The
Jews/Yahood
are usually known
as the Children of Israel.
Israel: who is Biblically known as Jacob/Ya’qub.
Jacob was the grandson of Abraham/Ibrahim through his younger son Isaac/
Is’haq.
The
Jews, followers of Judaism, believe in Pentateuch/Torah,
popularly known as Bible’s Old Testament:
the Book originally
revealed in Hebrew- the native
language of Moses (Peace be upon
him).
Biblically,
Moses (Peace be upon him) ’ line of ancestry goes as: Moses
(Peace be upon him)
son of Amram, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Jacob, son of Isaac,
son of
Abraham.
The worship of Yahweh,
the god of the
tribe of Judah (hence the name Judaism), which had played a leading
role in the
emergence of the ancient Jewish state in the beginning of the 10th
Century BC and which provided the dynasty of the Jews’ first
Kings turned into
the single state religion, which later developed as the cult of a
single god,
ruler of the world. In Judaism, there appeared at a very early stage,
the idea
that the people of Israel were God’s “chosen
people”.
The rabbis
(“teachers of the Law”)
completed the compilation of the written source of Judaic beliefs,
second in
importance to the Bible- the Talmud
(3rd to 5th
centuries AD).
Judaic religious
leaders enjoy the strongest influence
of all in Israel. In the USSR Judaism is to be found mainly in an
orthodox
form.
Zionism
(derived
from the name for Mount Zion in the
outskirts of Jerusalem), ideology, policy and system for the
organizations of
the powerful Jewish middle class, which became closely allied with
business and
political circles in the West, particularly in the United States. The
Zionist
Movement has an openly anti-Communist and anti-Soviet thrust. Zionism
came to
link an appeal for the “exodus” of Jews from the
countries, where they were
actually living, with the idea of national unification within their own
state.
Using Judaism to further its own ends, Zionism still possesses
undeniable
political overtones. The links between Zionism and Judaism assumed
definitive
shape back in the 1930s.The reactionary implications of this union come
particularly clearly to the fore in the annexionist policy of the
ruling
Zionist circles in Israel. [A Dictionary for Believers and Non
Believers,
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1985]
The
Christians/Nasara,
followers
of Christ/ Messiah known as Jesus/Isa
(Peace be
upon him) are the most popular religion in our world. Moses (Peace be
upon him)
had prophesied Jesus (Peace be upon him) ’ coming in the
Torah; but when Jesus
(Peace be upon him) came, it were the Jews themselves who took his life
at the Cross
according to the religious beliefs of the Christians.
The
Book revealed upon Jesus (Peace be upon him) was called the Gospel
/
Injeel, originally in Aramaic,
the language that Jesus
(Peace be upon him) spoke.
Only
after Jesus (Peace be upon him) had gone that people realized- he was
the
destined Messiah. During his lifetime only a few believed in him-known
as the Twelve
Disciples.
It
was St. Paul (not included in
the Twelve Disciples) Greek by
birth, who brought a revolution in the spread of Christianity in those
days.
The mythical concepts of Greeks got mixed to the original Christianity
preached
by Jesus (Peace be upon him), such as: the idea of Trinity (Father is
God, Son
is God and Holy Spirit is God) was introduced into Christianity by him.
In
the 4th century AD, Athanasian
and Nicene Creed fixed
four versions of Gospels as authentic, recognized today as the New
Testament Bible, from about 270 different versions
of the Gospels which
were burnt off.
The
Christians we see today believe that
there is nothing wrong in worshipping Jesus (Peace be upon him).
Rather, they
make it a point that only those who worship Jesus (Peace be upon him)
will go
to heaven.
President
Bush is a Christian. Check his religious affiliations at the following
link:
The Christian world
is itching for the moment to
start a conflagration of total annihilation- what they call “Armageddon”
in Palestine. No Armageddon, then no second coming
of Christ!
They are obsessed with this devilish thought of human carnage so
staggering
that the loss of human life and limb of the 1st
and the 2nd
World Wars combined would seem like picnic parties.
The Jews do not
believe in the Christian story of
Jesus (Peace be upon him) coming into the clouds to
draw all surviving believers to himself in mid air and into eternity,
but this
Christian frenzy to bring about a quick return of Christ suits the Jews
in
gaining blind Christian support for Israel. [Arabs and Israel: Conflict
or
conciliation? , Ahmad Deedat]
Islaam,
the most recent of the three faiths, was preached by
Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) who came to unite
all the earlier faiths preached
anywhere in the world since Adam. To him, whether one is a Jew or a
Christian
did not matter, because all true faiths come from One God.
What
he most strongly opposed was idolatry, as it has been opposed by all
prophets
of God since the beginning of human civilizations. Muslims
are
taught to convey this Truth to all people on earth in a most peaceful
manner
through words.
Jihad the
most
misunderstood term in Islaamic context is equated with Terrorism
in today’s world.
The
Warfare/Qitaal is ordained upon
Muslims in situations of
self-defense to guard oneself. It is not prescribed for reversion
purposes.
Muhammad
(Peace Be Upon Him) was the descendant of Abraham’s eldest son Ishmael
through Hagar/Hajra.
Being
an Arab, Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) received the Book Quraan
in Arabic.
Muslims believe that the religious Scriptures of Jews and Christians have been perverted by human hands. Muslims also refuse to call Jesus (Peace be upon him), as the Son of God. Muslims believe in Jesus (Peace be upon him), but assuming him to be a Prophet of God, and not God himself.
Jews
and Christians refuse to accept Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) as a true Prophet of God.
This is the conflict and this is the rivalry among the three monotheistic faiths of our world.
But if you turn away [from my message] I have asked no reward from you; my reward is with God alone, and I am commanded to be one of those who have surrendered themselves to Him (Muslims) (Al_Quraan_010:72).
Ref:
http://www.mail-archive.com/islamcity@yahoogroups.com/msg06410.html