“Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death… Prophet Muhammad was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength.” – Karen Armstrong
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Absolutely true, Madam. But it is good if you convert to Islam knowing all this. May Allah open your heart to worship the God of Abraham, Jesus and Mohammed and purify your heart with rituals against satan so that you can be closer to God.
Thanks.
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Muslims always say What qualifies, so and so person to speak about Islam, what credential does that person have? but you guys have no problem with Karen Armstrong, use her views very often.
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she is recognized as one of the world’s foremost commemorators on religion:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Armstrong
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As long as one saying positive things about Islam no credentials matter, but one who question Islam please provide your academic credentials, hilarious.
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i am glad you are amused. So what exactly are your credentials?
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lol.red herring, Is this post about me or Karen Armstrong?
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my question was about you. I own this blog and I can ask what i like 🙂
So what exactly are your credentials?
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Last time I checked this post was about Karen’s views on Islam. How it become about me?
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last time I checked there was free speech on my blog and I get to ask whatever questions I like. Not happy? You know what you can do 😉
So dude what exactly are your credentials?
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Sorry to disappoint you, I don’t answer irrelevant questions.
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oh well. It is relevant. Clearly you have no credentials yet you deprecate those who have.
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He/She asked a valid question, why are you asking for his/her credentials? Let just say that person doesn’t have any, what difference does it make? you still have to answer why you insist on asking Islamic degree when someone criticizes Islam, especially ‘Intellect’
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he/she got an answer above – see the link.
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wikipedia, really? rofl, real authentic. what next Craig’s list?
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The information in that particular page is quite reliable
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I am sure it is, but can you tell me why it’s reliable?
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Because I have read most of her books and her credentials are well known to the educated public.
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Lol, if you say so. btw, we all are uneducated just because we don’t agree with her views who has no qualification whatsoever.
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If she can write books on islam so can Nabeel, Ali sina etc, please be fair.
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They are free to write whatever they like. You clearly have an axe to grind.
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The rise of Islam will always be a painful puzzle to the missionary mind
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Because they do not discern the Hand of God at work.
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If i remember correctly you tweeted to Nabeel demanding is qualification and whatnot.
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I didn’t demand anything. You remember incorrect. So what’s you beaf? Fundy Christian with too much time on his hands?
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yes, burhan pigs can fly.
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If i remember correctly you tweeted to Nabeel demanding his qualification and whatnot.
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as hominem as expected, PW.
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Glad not to disappoint.
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Karen Armstrong is not forced by her beliefs to demonize Islam a priori
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Unlike many Christians who comment on this blog…
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Tragic figures. Their belief system prevents them from fulfilling the first and second command as formulated by the biblical Jesus
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True!
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Karen Armstrong is not forced by her beliefs to demonize Islam a priori?
ROFL, how do you others have? what nonsense is this? anyway, off i go, I will be back when you guys ready to have intelligent conversation..hmm that might never happen.
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Ok bye bye!
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how do you know others have
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I thought you were going!! Bye bye
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Talk about ad hominem …
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Yeh he’s just a boring hypocrite
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Tell BBC and other MAINSTREAM media not use her as a reliable source, if she is good enough for them she is good enough for us. I don’t remember when BBC turn to said individuals as a reliable source.
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Beerfordear,
These guys are pathetic close minded acts like a teenager, I also stop commenting on this blog. We Christians are not welcome on this blog, no matter how good you behave you are going to treated like a crap if you challenge their faith. Good that you also decided to walk away, take a shower dear.
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Or you don’t have a THICK skin, please i mean no offense.
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Who would have thought that the mere mention of an academic would ruffle so many feathers….
oh thats right….shes the wrong kind of academic, i.e. one who challenges their pre conceived biases
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Johny the Nerd I have just one thing to say to you dear: your name suits you perfectly.
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Patrice they are just juveniles who cannot abide anyone who challenges their silliness.
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Johny the Nerd
No body asks beerfordear to leave the discussion. He opted to leave as do many Christians when cornered. We need you to defend what is said against your illogical religion of God dying which is a blaspheme by you by the way.
The Bible itself said God cannot die, but you said God died, and it does not need Christian qualification to challenge that. I do not have Christian qualification except the little I learnt in high school and pass a course on that and what I am learning here and so I am not qualified to write a book on Christianity.
What I, and most Muslims are doing here is to ask;
Why?
Can God the Almighty died? We can challenge this simple question because the Bible clearly said God cannot die and so many inconsistencies with regards to God.
This video will clearly and graphically reveal most of the questions we are asking.
beerforedear
You compare Nabeel Quraish, Robert Spencer, Aayan Ali Hirsi, etc. who has no qualification to Karyn Armstrong?
Did you not know her? Do you not know she is one of the foremost authority on comparative religion on the surface of this planet? recognised by Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus and all people of faith. All major educational institutions like PBS which gave her awards, BBC, Christian science monitor, CNN, United States Congress, Jewish seminaries etc.
Don’t you know that she also knows Arabic and was hired to research in the middle east for all Abrahamic faiths?
My Good God, she is more than qualified to write a book on any religion, which she did by the way. She wrote books on Judaism and Christianity as well and she was invited by Churches to lecture on religions.
NABEEL QURAISH? ROBERT SPENCER, etc. qualified to write books on Islam? No they are not qualified and have zero(0) knowledge on Islam and have no qualification and do not know Arabic to know its complex structure. They only depend on translation and it does not work that way because most translations are not correct except the Arabic.
Karyn knows Arabic and she always mention the Arabic and decompress it when explaining things and she stayed in the middle east for number of years researching on comparative religion in Islamic Jewish and Christian universities and she is not bound to any religion, that is why she is independent.
Dr. Ali, Dr. Jerald Dirks, Dr. Lawrence Brown are all Muslims who have qualifications in Christianity with some books on Christianity with the two of the having Christian Masters of Divinity at Havard.
That is what we want for a Christian to have knowledge and higher degrees in Islamic studies before he is qualified to write book on Islam because the scholars of Islam spend years to get their knowledge for some liar like Nabeel, Spencer or Aayan Ali to with zero knowledge to lie about their studies.
I do not mind if Nabeel, Shamoun, Spencer pursue a diploma, certificate, degree, Masters degree In Islamic studies, with fluency in Arabic like this man who memorised the Quran and has Mastered Arabic language to the extent of teaching some Arabs Arabic.
Imam John(Yahya) Ederer.
Nabeel, Spencer, Manji etc. are free to write their crap to extort money from some ignorant and half ignorant people but, I bet, a smart Christian like Dr. James White will not spend his money to buy any books from these except he is one of the first people to buy the study Quran because he(James) is wise despite his opposition to Islam.
KARYN ARMSTRONG IS ONE OF THE AUTHORITY IN COMPARATIVE RELIGION ON THE SURFACE OF THIS EARTH. It is clear,
Karyn Armstong.
Thanks.
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bearfordear
You said;
If i remember correctly you tweeted to Nabeel demanding is qualification and whatnot.
I said;
He is not qualified yes, he is not qualified which does not mean demanding anything. People have been writing what they want but we have the right to question how credible the writer is. Nabeel has no credibility because he has no Islamic qualification and can’t speak Arabic but his book full of dreams about David Wood leading him to paradise.
This is the crap, Christians want to hear. Karyn Armstrong on the other hand is an academician recognized by all regions and she spent more than 20 years researching on comparative region and is advisor to so many recognized institutions with regards to comparative region. She is one of the recognized leading authority on comparative region in the whole world. Yes she is qualified to write a book on any religion including Buddhism, Hinduism etc. but Nabeel has no qualification to write on Islam.
Thanks.
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The rise of Islam will always be a painful puzzle to the missionary mind.
yes, burhan pigs can fly. LOL, LOL….LOL
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huh? batman is dead and you are laughing so mean! Did you kill him?
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batmanbraindead God can do anything
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THICK SKIN, GUYS. THICK SKIN.
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Ohh Burn, ddin1 apply some aloe Vera.
hey Pakistani yes, I Killed the batman he is better off dead than be in your country. LOL. by the way this was said by the Muslim girl whose parent are Pakistani, she said I would rather die than marry a Pakistani. I can also play, wink wink. No hard feelings.
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oooookay….
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Oh, I got burned too, no aloh vera here. No hard feelings? none at all.
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Shahid,
You really have a thick skin, but others don’t. I am sorry, batman was very rude to you. Hope you can forgive him. Take care, Friend.
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“intellect” No body asks beerfordear to leave the discussion. He opted to leave as do many Christians when cornered.
No one was cornered, You are the same guy who thought you won a dialogue with me. So that level stupidity expected from you. Not really an Intellect you have a comprehension problem, read again what I wrote. Also, I already told you, don’t remember? TALK TO MY HAND.
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But Jesus was successful because He rose from the dead with power, defeating the devil, and gaining salvation for His people – for all who will repent and trust Him as Savior and Lord.
Armstrong’s statement leaves out the Resurrection and Ascension and growth of the church under persecution and conversion of the Roman Empire.
Islam conquered by the sword; whereas Christianity grew for more than 300 years under persecution (off and on).
Islam relied on human power and strength of military might.
Christianity relied on God’s invisible power to persevere even in persecution and weakness.
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Ken Temple: Islam conquered by the sword
Why did God allow Islam to conquer by the sword?
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Ken Temple
said;
But Jesus was successful because He rose from the dead with power, defeating the devil, and gaining salvation for His people – for all who will repent and trust Him as Savior and Lord.
I correct Mr. Ken
Defeat the devil?
-When the devil is pretty much alive leading people astray from accepting the truth?
-Sin is there as it was in Moses time and no change, except it is on the rise, MORE WORSE and the devil is there tempting people including the Christians to sin as before and they do it worse by having sex with children, peoples wives, stealing Church funds, Church Fathers, Pastors and clergy are the worse offenders. Please for God’s sake don’t tell me they are not Christians. I BEG YOU DO NOT TELL ME THEY ARE NOT CHRISTIANS PLEASE. You are not in their heart or mind please, please I am tired of hearing that.
Where is the defeating of the devil here.
May be you do not know what a devil is. You must go back and learn who the devil is and whether Jesus has conquered him.
When I was child attending Bible Knowledge(BK) classes this is among the things we keep hearing but as one grows, one has to use his intellect to deduce it is a lie.
Ken said;
Armstrong’s statement leaves out the Resurrection and Ascension and growth of the church under persecution and conversion of the Roman Empire.
I corrected Mr. Ken
Roman Empire had to fight and kill each other to add their pagan believe into Christianity. Those who do not believe Jesus is God are killed. Christians persecute other Christians who do not believe in them. It continues till today and because of the law and other in the West.
Catholics and Mormons were tortured and killed in the USA just 80 years ago when the law and order was not strong. All Muslim slaves were false converted.
Ken said;
Islam conquered by the sword; whereas Christianity grew for more than 300 years under persecution (off and on).
I corrected Mr. Ken
God to Malaysia and Indonesia the world’s most populous Islamic country if any Muslim has ever stepped there with sword to convert them. They will tell you no Muslim step there with sword to convert them, yet they are the world’s most inhabitant Muslims indigenous. The Mongols killed Muslims but later the Mongols converted to Islam without any force. It is a fact.
Ken said;
Islam relied on human power and strength of military might.
Christianity relied on God’s invisible power to persevere even in persecution and weakness.
This time a Christian corrected Ken
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Allan Ruhl
February 8, 2016 • 8:15 pm
Hello Mr. Williams,
The difference is that not every Jew practices Judaism. It is the traditional Jewish religion but many jews are secular and some have converted to other religions. In Nazi Germany, if you were a Jew by blood you were rounded up and sent to camps. That is anti-semitism. Edith Stein is a saint in the Catholic Church. She was a jew by birth but converted and became a nun. She was rounded up and sent to Auschwitz where she died solely because of her jewish blood.
In Catholic Spain, it was anti-judaism but not anti-semitism. The jews were told to leave or convert in 1492. Some left, some truly converted, and some falsely converted. The inquisition was set up to expose false converts. There was many true converts as well, some became great priests and nuns. Edith Stein would have had no problem in medieval Catholic Spain since she was a true convert.
That is the difference between anti-judaism and anti-semitism. The rest will be in my post.
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Disease of the heart-arrogance and pride.
Satan(Devil) is the one who help people for their pride and arrogance to reject the truth, especially the truth from God.
Thanks.
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Ken Temple, you are not credible as you are constantly contradicting yourself
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Johnny, You too take care my friend. Actually, I don’t want to give Westerners any reason to invade our country.whatever crap it is, still it is our crap. I am kidding :).
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How often these guys going to repeat this same old refuted claim, I wonder. I have been hearing this since I was 10.Indonesia has around 240 million Muslims, which is more than the population of all the Arab countries put together. In fact, Arabs count for only around 18 percent of all Muslims. By far the greatest concentration of the world’s 1.1 billion Muslims lives in Southeast Asia. Islam has been deeply rooted there for centuries.
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Islam in Indo-Pakistan: Even the history of Aurangzeb, you(Richard Eaton) say, is badly in need of rewriting.Absolutely. Let’s start with his reputation for temple destruction. The temples that he destroyed were not those associated with enemy kings, but with Rajput individuals who were formerly loyal and then become rebellious. Aurangzeb also built more temples in Bengal than any other Mughal ruler.(Published in Tehelka Magazine, Volume 10 Issue 47, Dated 23 November 2013) Source:http://www.tehelka.com/its-a-myth-that-muslim-rulers-destroyed-thousands-of-temples/?singlepage=1
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