http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/ Discuss inter-faith matters here. en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:46:51 GMT vBulletin 60 http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/images/misc/rss.png http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/ http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/showthread.php?10126-Can-Islam-and-Christianity-really-coexist&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:23:48 GMT Hi. Although I have a little exposure to the basics of Islam and have known a few Muslims, I am largely ignorant about Islam. However, I have studied a good deal of Christian theology. In my Christian theological tradition, there is a certain theological precedent for the separation of Church... Hi. Although I have a little exposure to the basics of Islam and have known a few Muslims, I am largely ignorant about Islam. However, I have studied a good deal of Christian theology.

In my Christian theological tradition, there is a certain theological precedent for the separation of Church and state. Martin Luther is quoted as saying, "I would rather be ruled by a wise Turk [by which he meant Muslim] than a foolish Christian." His point of course was that government was something that required wisdom which is available to pagans, Christians, and Muslims alike--that is, how to uphold justice and suppress wickedness. He did not believe that wise government required true faith, or even the true knowledge of God.

However, my understanding of Islam (again, limited) is that world conquest and the imposition of Islam and Shariah is part of the essence of the faith; that Islamic thought sees the world divided into two houses--the house of Islam and the house of rebellion.

If that is so, how can Islam and Christianity really coexist? ]]> Interfaith Dialogue Calov http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/showthread.php?10126-Can-Islam-and-Christianity-really-coexist http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/showthread.php?10115-Explanation-of-violence-between-muslim-sects&goto=newpost Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:23:14 GMT Muslims are unwilling to dialogue about the incessant violence that plagues their communities. Ofcourse there is nothing unique about the violence in between muslim sects. Christians have massacred each other over the centuries. And jews conservative vs orthodox vs reform despise each... Muslims are unwilling to dialogue about the incessant violence that plagues their communities.

Ofcourse there is nothing unique about the violence in between muslim sects.

Christians have massacred each other over the centuries.

And jews conservative vs orthodox vs reform despise each other, and lets not talk about the chasidim.

So the problem that plagues islam is not one that is unsolvable, in fact, the solution is right before the eyes of muslims - secular western democracy.

One has only to look at india and pakistan as examples of the failure and contrasting success of the islamic model vs the secular western democracy model.

India is far from perfect, in fact in many ways it lags pakistan too.

It has had fractious religious mob wars, it has had sectarian violence.

We cant even be sure that this is a thing of the past, but the secular democratic foundations of the country ensure that it is on a trajectory away from the violence and towards peace and prosperity.

Pakistan on the other hand is mired in sectarian violence that only seems to be getting worse with time.

Shias and sunnis hate each other, and even believe that they inherently follow different religions, and lets not talk about qadianis, who are persecuted violently on the institutional level.

It is time for muslims to take responsibility for the lack of tolerance in their current interpretation of the religion, to purge fractious thought, to discard the hate verses in the Quran to enable them to live in peace with the rest of the world. ]]> Interfaith Dialogue Algebra http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/showthread.php?10115-Explanation-of-violence-between-muslim-sects http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/showthread.php?10086-God-is-the-semitic-definition-accurate&goto=newpost Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:31:35 GMT Perhaps whilst encountering modern man with all his technology a paleolithic man would believe he has encountered God. I have shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that god is not the creator, simply because there is no creation event in the history of this universe. But could there be a powerful... Perhaps whilst encountering modern man with all his technology a paleolithic man would believe he has encountered God.

I have shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that god is not the creator, simply because there is no creation event in the history of this universe.

But could there be a powerful entity, an omniscient, omnipotent entity?

Perhaps, and would not such an entity be worthy of being called God?

I believe it would, especially if it could deliver you from your sufferings if you prayed and beseeched it enough. ]]> Interfaith Dialogue Algebra http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/showthread.php?10086-God-is-the-semitic-definition-accurate http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/showthread.php?10081-The-holiest-book-of-the-Jews-quot-Talmud-quot&goto=newpost Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:28:21 GMT http://www.revisionisthistory.org/talmudtruth.html http://www.revisionisthistory.org/talmudtruth.html ]]> Interfaith Dialogue Zees http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/showthread.php?10081-The-holiest-book-of-the-Jews-quot-Talmud-quot