Questions for Muslims

“Marhaba. Ismi Yakub.” Hello, my name is Jacob, happy to meet you,

I’ve been meeting a lot of Muslims in Britain and America and other countries and I've been talking to them about their faith. And most of them are quite enthusiastic about sharing with me the beliefs of Islam, the teachings of Mohammed in the Quran, and why they feel I should believe it. Often they will point to things like the moral disintegration of Western society, with which I agree, and they will point out many other things. They will claim we have the same God, and it’s even been pointed out that the Quran speaks more about Jesus than it does Mohammed.

My next question concerns the teaching of the Quran on “Ummah” – unity among Muslims, that you are one nation and one people. Now Christianity does not require Christians to be one nation and one people,

But I have another question. Slightly more than half the world's population are women. We all know that in Saudi Arabia a woman can’t even drive a car. We all know that Islam allows up to four wives although Muhammad himself had many more.

But I have another question. The question is on “Jihad” – “holy war”. Western Muslims like to say, “Jihad is a struggle within oneself to keep the five pillars of Islam within your own life.” It is a holy war within your own self.

Are you one nation, one people, or are you a divided nation and a divided people who needs a common enemy to create the illusion? Are you really a nation of peace and tolerance? Then why will you not give the same freedom to Christians and Jews that you demand here?

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“Marhaba. Ismi Yakub.” Hello, my name is Jacob, happy to meet you,

I’ve been meeting a lot of Muslims in Britain and America and other countries and I've been talking to them about their faith. And most of them are quite enthusiastic about sharing with me the beliefs of Islam, the teachings of Mohammed in the Quran, and why they feel I should believe it. Often they will point to things like the moral disintegration of Western society, with which I agree, and they will point out many other things. They will claim we have the same God, and it’s even been pointed out that the Quran speaks more about Jesus than it does Mohammed.