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A closer examination of Muhammad’s life and the Quran shows that both are opposed to all that God declares pure and holy. Join author John Tharp, who has traveled the world and studied these texts side by side, as he explores
• why it’s no accident that the Ten Commandments were omitted from the Quran; • which facts show Muhammad’s life and teachings are not pure and holy; • how Islam’s teachings contribute to a world full of turmoil.
Tharp also examines the secrets that Muslims don’t share with people outside of their religion, as well as the future implications of the continuing conflict between Islam and Christianity.
Cross the boundaries that divide Christianity, Islam and, other world religions to determine how and why they are different and why these differences are important. You’ll develop a deep understanding of how satanic deception breeds hostility against those who live a godly life in The Quran.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781462007486 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | iUniverse, Incorporated |
| Publication date: | 04/19/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 182 KB |
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The Quran
God's Word or Satan's Great Deception?By JOHN W. THARP
iUniverse, Inc.
Copyright © 2011 John W. TharpAll right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4620-0749-3
Chapter One
Marked for Deception
Whether one believes in Satan, is not the issue of this book. Throughout the years evil has been depicted in terms of satanic involvement. This fact is acknowledged by the Old Testament, New Testament and the Quran. As such, satanic evil leaves an unmistakable mark on everything it touches. So it is with the Quran, the mark of satanic evil is there, if you look beyond the surface, you will find it. The main instrument of evil is the lie. Within the New Testament the Greek work for "lie" is "Pseudos" meaning falsehood; lie, lying. It comes from the Greek word Pseudoma, meaning to utter an untruth or attempt to deceive by falsehood, falsely, lie. Evil then takes the lie of deception it is promoting and hides it inside doctrinal points of truth, thereby, making it harder to see and find. The Quran and Islam is this type of deception. In comparison, the Quran is like a bad tree in an orchard, one must wait for the fruit to know for sure if the tree is bad. At times, the deception is hard to find and one must wait for the fruit to determine the kind of doctrine it is. The Holy Bible tells us that you will know the tree by its fruit, for the fruit marks the tree's true identity. We are now finding that the fruit of the Quran is bitter and hard to swallow, so it is with a bad tree. Satanic deception has corrupted the Islamic tree from its roots.
The unmistakable marks of satanic deception, is found within the pages of the Quran and seen in the life of Muhammad. The Quran, Islam and Muhammad all show forth the character of satanic deception. All three appeal to the worldly sensual side of this life. In one form or another, the precepts taught in the Quran, appeals to the lust of the human flesh, lusts of the human eyes and the pride of human life, all of these put together, are the totality of mankind without the truth of God in his life.
1 John 2:16
"16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."
When a close examination of Muhammad's life and the Quran is made, we see that they are diametrically opposed to all that God declares pure and holy. God set forth the Ten Commandments as the standard for purity and holiness. It is no accident that the Ten Commandments have been omitted from the Quran. The Quran and Sunna declare Muhammad to be holy and pure. Notwithstanding, Muhammad's life and teachings do not hold up to that standard. In fact his life, and religion, was and is, contrary to the Ten Commandments of God. The course of study at the Faculty of Islamic Theology, University of Tehran, reveal that Muhammad was an idolater, murderer, liar, thief, child molester, and adulterer.
The evidence of his idolatry is found in the idol ritual worship that surrounds the Kaaba. The black stone and the rituals assigned came from the pre-Islamic paganism of Mecca where Muhammad was raised. They are nothing more than idol worship. Islamic documents discussed in this book, reveal how Muhammad, in an attempt to appease his family, was offering to include, "within his new religion," a form of idol worship that required human sacrifice. Human sacrifice, in particular children, came from the historical culture of the Middle East. It is a practice forbidden by God in Leviticus 18:21 and Deuteronomy 12:31.
Leviticus 18:21 "21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD."
Deuteronomy 12:31
"31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods."
In addition, Muhammad tried to bargain with the Jews in Medina on how much of Judaism was going to be in his religion. When they rejected him and his religion, he put Ramadan in, in place of the Day of Atonement. In Islam there is no need of atonement for sins.
He became a murderer when the peoples of Arabia rejected him and his religion. Shortly after the rejection he came out of the cave and declared that God had instructed him to spread the faith with the sword. For this reason Islam was known for centuries as the religion of the sword. A fact that somehow has been deleted from present day public school history books. It was then that he [Muhammad] began attacking the caravans that moved between Mecca and Syria, killing the caravan workers and stealing the merchandise. He became a liar as his new religion which was supposed to embrace peace and life, in reality brought turmoil and death.
According to the documents and teaching of the Faculty of Islamic Theology of the University of Tehran, Muhammad's youngest wife was six when he married her; however, he waited until she was nine to consummate the marriage. This qualifies him as a child molester. By his own standards, Muhammad was an adulterer, and his tendency for not practicing what he preached, can be seen in his marriages and his teaching concerning marriage. The Quran, allowed for men to have up to four wives. After his first wife died, Muhammad married nine women and one of them a child of six. It is clear that Muhammad and Islam, as put forth in the Quran and Sunna and espoused by Islam, does not fit the description of a holy man and a holy religion of God.
Satanic deception breeds hostility. It is usually occasioned by a negative reaction to God's people. The godly life, of God's people, provokes jealousy, anger and resistance on the part of those opposed to it. It can become open hatred.
Chapter Two
Then and Now
The knowledge that Muslims share with non-Muslims concerning Muhammad and Islam, is confusing to say the least. Although they proclaim Muhammad to be an infallible man and "the perfect" prophet of God, the facts of his life do not support that declaration. The reality of actions and events that make up the sum total of Muhammad's life are contrary to Islam's proclamations. The Quran itself, records a direct contradiction between what Muhammad preached and practiced. Laying aside the life of Muhammad and concentrating on the book, he did not write, the Quran. Not being able to read or write Muhammad could not have known if what was written down was what he said. In contrast, the Torah of the Hebrew Bible was written by Moses. Now we begin to see why the world is in such turmoil over Muhammad's teachings, -or- were they his teachings?
Ali Bekr, his successor, delayed writing any of Muhammad's sayings for over one year after Muhammad's death. The Quran, as a book, did not appear until the third successor, Uthman released it, after much bickering over actual words of Muhammad. We also know that Ali Bekr, ordered, the prophets' sayings to be written down as good as memory could serve. One fact cannot be overlooked; it was not until 1924 A.D. that a Quran acceptable to the Islamic world was produced. The importance of this is Islam believes the Quran is the protected, infallible, incorruptible, and final word of God. This final Quran took over 1000 years to become acceptable to Muslims. We also know that the Sunna, a book that was to have recorded the exemplary life of the prophet, was plagued with miss quotes that served the political or religious interests of others. The relative importance of this is magnified due to the importance of these two books, (Quran and Sunna) to Islam. They represent in bodily form the major sources of practice and beliefs for Muslims.
Nevertheless, whatever Muhammad said or did the fact remains, the world has been and continues to be, under siege by the followers of Muhammad. As of this date no nation or peoples have been excluded from Islam's reign of terror. For I assert strongly that because of the teachings of the Quran, there is no such thing as a peaceful Muslim. When one reads Surah 60:1 you quickly come to understand the riots and destruction over a cartoon and the words of the Pope. All who do not embrace Islam are enemies of Allah.
Surah 60:1
"O ye who believe!
Take not My enemies
And yours as friends
(Or protectors)-offering them
(Your) love, even though
They have rejected the Truth
That has come to you.
And have (on the contrary)
Drives out the Messenger
And yourselves (from your homes),
(Simply) because ye believe
In Allah your Lord
If ye have come out
To strive in My Way
And to seek My Good Pleasure,
(Take them not as friends),
Holding secret converse
Of love (and friendship)
With them: for I know
Full well all that ye
Reveal. And any of you
That does this has strayed
From the Straight Path."
It was not radical Muslims rioting and burning over the picture in a cartoon of Muhammad or over the words of the Pope. It was the "peaceful everyday Muslims." An article released by the Associated Press, as late as June 22, 2008, reported Islamic schools in Alexandria and Fairfax, Virginia taught the children in grades K-12 that, it is permissible for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts from Islam. That Muslims are permitted to take the lives and property of those deemed polytheist. The text book used in these schools came from Saudi Arabia where the same curriculum is taught.
An identical account was reported in an article by Amy Gardner, staff writer for the Washington Post on June 24, 2008. She reported that:
"At issue are recent reviews of teaching materials concluding that some textbooks used by the Islamic school in Fairfax contain language intolerant of Jews and other groups as well as passages that could be construed as advocating violence."
This school has a history of such teachings. On May 3, 2004, WorldNetDaily.com, posted an article titled "Look who's Teaching Johnny about Islam" by Paul Sperry. Mr. Sperry, an investigative reporter, found that the consultant that was, "... shaping classroom education on Islam in American Public Schools" recently worked for a school funded and controlled by the Saudi government, which propagates a rigidly anti-western strain of Islam." Mr. Sperry identified this consultant as Susan L. Douglas. The following are items quoted from Mr. Sperry's article.
"WorldNetDaily has learned that up until last year Douglas taught social studies at the Islamic Saudi Academy in Alexandria, VA., which teaches Wahhabism through textbooks that condemn Jews and Christians as enemies of Islam. Her husband, Usama Amer, still teaches at the grades 2-12 School, a spokeswoman there confirmed. Both are practicing Muslims"
"Douglas, routinely described as a "scholar" or "historian," has edited manuscripts of world history textbooks used by middle and high school students across the country. She's also advised state education boards on curriculum standards dealing with world religion, and has helped train thousands of public school teachers on Islamic instruction."
"Christians and Jews repeatedly are labeled as infidels and enemies of Islam who should not be befriended or emulated, and are referred to in eight-grade textbooks as 'apes and pigs,'" the report said. In addition, it found that "some Saudi government-funded textbooks used in North American Islamic schools have been found to encourage incitement to violence against non-Muslims."
"Critics complain that Douglass, who taught at the Saudi academy for at least a decade, has convinced American textbook publishers and educators to gloss over the violent aspects of Islam to make the faith more appealing to non-Muslim children. The units on Islam reviewed by WorldNetDaily appear to give a glowing and largely uncritical view of the faith."
"The Council on Islamic Education, (CIE) is a Los Angeles-based Muslim activist group run by Shabbir Mansuri, who has been quoted in the local press saying he's waging a 'bloodless' revolution to fight what he calls anti-Muslim bias in public schools and promote Islam in a positive light in American classrooms. Mansuri, who consults with Saudi education ministers at his center, claimed in a 2002 op-ed piece that Islam has been on American soil "since before this nation was founded."
"Three major U.S. publishers of world history texts—Houghton Miffin, McGraw Hill, and Prentice Hall—have all let Mansuri and Douglass review their books. In fact, Houghton Miffin's seventh grade text, "Across the Centuries," was republished according to CIE's suggestions."
"In the past, most K-12 texts devoted no more than a few pages to Islam. But thanks to CIE's efforts since 1990–including lobbying state education boards—grades-school texts units on Islam have flourished. "Across the Centuries," for one, spends more than 30 pages on Islam and includes colorful prose and graphics."
"But it offers a sanitized version of Islam, critics say."
"For instance, the text softens the meaning of "jihad" – a concept interpreted in Abdullah Yusuf Ali's "The Meaning of the Holy Quran" to mean "waging war," or "fighting in Allah's cause"—with dying while fighting in the cause the highest form of jihad."
"Holy war is not part of the definition found in the "Across the Centuries" textbook, however. 'An Islamic term that is often misunderstood is jihad,' the text says on page 64. The term means to 'struggle,' to do one's best to resist temptation and overcome evil."
"It's a sugar-coated definition, says Edward White, associate counsel for the Thomas More Law Center, Mich.-based public-interest law firm which has fought what it sees as Islamic indoctrination in U.S. public education."
"Even scholar John L. Esposito, considered by critics to be one of Islam's leading apologists, has written that "jihad means the struggle to spread and defend Islam"—through "warfare" if necessary.
This situation is not unique to the United States it is also present in the United Kingdom.
On July 29, 2008, The Fox News Channel show "Fox and Friends" reported that a survey was taken in England among Muslim students. The survey was taken among British Muslim students on United Kingdom campuses. What they found is, that 32% of the students say killing for Islam is justifiable, 40% support Sharia Law in United Kingdom courts and 33% support a worldwide Islamic state. This survey was taken between January 22 and February 14, 2008 and was conducted by YouGov/Center for Social Cohesion.
Within this survey we find the teachings of the Quran. Within this survey we see the example displayed in the life of Muhammad. This survey reveals the attitude behind the present day war between Muslims in general, radical Muslims, in particular, Jews and Christianity. The "Holy Jihad" is in the Quran and Muhammad is known to have started the religion of the sword. This religion finds its beginning preaching peace and ends in blood and war. Islam continues that tradition today, encompassing the entire world. This religion teaches that peace can only be obtained by conflict. All peoples are to submit to Islam or suffer the conflict and hostility that will be put upon you. Look at Surah 8:59-60 and the footnote that explains how you are to understand the individual Muslim responsibility to it.
Surah 8:59-60 Pages 428-429
"59 Let not the Unbelievers Think that they can Get the better (of the godly), They will never frustrate (them). 60 Against them make ready Your strength to the utmost Of your power, to strike terror Into (the hearts of) the enemies Of Allah and your enemies And others besides, whom Allah doth know. Whatever Ye shall spend in the Cause Of Allah, shall be repaid Unto you, and ye shall not Be treated unjustly."
"There are always lurking enemies whom you may not know, but whom Allah knows. It is your duty to be ready against all, for the sacred Cause under whose banner you are fighting."
Surah 8:38-39 Page 423
38 "Say to the Unbelievers, If (now) they desist (from Unbelief), Their past would be forgiven them; But if they persist, the punishment Of those before them is already (A matter of warning for them).
39 "And fight them on Until there is no more Tumult or oppression, And there prevails Justice and faith in Allah Altogether and everywhere; But if they cease, verily Allah Doth se all that they do."
(Continues...)
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Table of Contents
Contents
Preface....................ixIntroduction....................xiii
Marked for Deception....................1
Then and Now....................6
Snared in War....................24
Muhammad....................31
The Quran....................38
Muhammad's Gabriel....................62
The Satanic Plan Through Mohammed....................75
Contradictions within the Quran....................86
The Holy Bible....................102
Why the Satanic Deception....................113
Conclusion....................138
Bibliography....................157