myth busting 1

17
1 Myth Busting

description

myth busting 1

Transcript of myth busting 1

11

Myth Busting

22

Our Objective

“Come let us reason together” President LBJ

“Come now and let us reason “Come now and let us reason together” together”

33

together” together”

Isaiah 1:18Isaiah 1:18

“Will you not reason”“Will you not reason”

The QuranThe Quran

“Come let us reason together” President LBJ

“Come now and let us reason “Come now and let us reason together” together”

44

together” together”

Isaiah Isaiah 11::1818

“Will you not reason”“Will you not reason”

The QuranThe Quran

55

Our Objective

The purpose of this presentation is to share with you, the common

man or woman,

Information regarding myths and Information regarding myths and outright lies spread by a small outright lies spread by a small

66

outright lies spread by a small outright lies spread by a small smallsmall groups of people around the groups of people around the country regarding Islam & Muslimscountry regarding Islam & Muslims

members of our members of our

God bless America, a country where every man and woman is

guaranteed the freedom of speech

Despite our absolute respects of Despite our absolute respects of the right of these groups to speak the right of these groups to speak

77

the right of these groups to speak the right of these groups to speak their mind..their mind..

They are spreading falsehood and They are spreading falsehood and instigating irrational fearinstigating irrational fear

We pray to God allmighty to open our eyes and hearts and to guide

us to treat each other with respect and dignity.

We ask Him (may he be exalted) to We ask Him (may he be exalted) to

88

We ask Him (may he be exalted) to We ask Him (may he be exalted) to spread the truth amongst us and spread the truth amongst us and

do away with all forms of ignorance do away with all forms of ignorance and misguidance.and misguidance.

AmenAmen

99

Myths circulated about

Islam and Muslims

1010

Myth #1 “Allah”

The Moon God

The Quran 2:136The Quran 2:136

Say you all: "We believe in Say you all: "We believe in Allah (God), and the revelation Allah (God), and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, given to us, and to Abraham,

Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses Tribes, and that given to Moses

1111

Tribes, and that given to Moses Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to and Jesus, and that given to

(all) prophets from their Lord: (all) prophets from their Lord: We make no difference between We make no difference between one and another of them: And one and another of them: And to God we surrender our will in to God we surrender our will in

IslamIslam.“

Genesis Genesis 3333::2020There he set up an altar and There he set up an altar and

called it El called it El EloheElohe Israel.Israel.

1212

ElohimElohim -- MarriamMarriam--Webster Webster

Gen Gen 11::1 1 Hebrew word God is Hebrew word God is ElohimElohim Free book reveals the Free book reveals the

Bible meaningBible meaning

The Semitic languages are a The Semitic languages are a group of related group of related languageslanguages

whose living representatives whose living representatives are spoken by more than are spoken by more than 467 467 million people across million people across much of the much of the Middle EastMiddle East, ,

1313

much of the much of the Middle EastMiddle East, , North AfricaNorth Africa and the and the Horn of Horn of

AfricaAfrica.

ElohimElohim (( , , אלהיםאלהים, , ֱאל�ִהים ֱאל�ִהים

sometimes transliterated as sometimes transliterated as AleimAleim[[11]]) is a ) is a HebrewHebrew word word which expresses concepts of which expresses concepts of divinitydivinity. It is related to the . It is related to the Hebrew word Hebrew word ēlēl, though , though

1414

Hebrew word Hebrew word ēlēl, though , though morphologicallymorphologically it consists it consists of the Hebrew word of the Hebrew word EloahEloah(( ) ) אלוהאלוה with a plural suffix.with a plural suffix.

MarriamMarriam--Webster Webster defines “Semitic: defines “Semitic:

among relating to, or among relating to, or constituting a constituting a

subfamily of the Afrosubfamily of the Afro--

1515

subfamily of the Afrosubfamily of the Afro--Asiatic Asiatic language family language family that includes Hebrew, that includes Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and Aramaic, Arabic, and

AmharicAmharic

Genesis Genesis 3333::2020There he set up an altar and There he set up an altar and

called it El called it El EloheElohe Israel.Israel.

Linguistically Linguistically

* “Al” in Arabic means “The”* “Al” in Arabic means “The”

1616

* “Al” in Arabic means “The”* “Al” in Arabic means “The”

Just as “EL: in Spanish.Just as “EL: in Spanish.* Genesis : “El * Genesis : “El EloheElohe””

* Arabic “Al * Arabic “Al ElahElah””

= ALLAH.= ALLAH.

The Quran The Quran 22::136136

Say you all: "We believe in Say you all: "We believe in Allah (God), and the revelation Allah (God), and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, given to us, and to Abraham,

Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses Tribes, and that given to Moses

1717

Tribes, and that given to Moses Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to and Jesus, and that given to

(all) prophets from their Lord: (all) prophets from their Lord: We make no difference between We make no difference between one and another of them: And one and another of them: And to God we surrender our will in to God we surrender our will in

IslamIslam.“