Two of my brothers are from Turkey, Muslim, and are also Freemasons. I am Christian and sometimes Christianity does not accept joining and sometimes forbids people from joining the fraternity. They are great men, intelligent, and faithful to their religion. Case in point, I had brats bratwurst...
I am a Freemason. I worship one single God. I admire the religion of Islam and Judaism. I consider myself Christian, however that is because I believe in the teachings of Jesus. I feel that modern Christianity is not so good anymore... the focus is gone.
So... I maybe more Muslim in someways than some modern Christians
:) It is because you have to be Free Born - not born a slave. Freemasonry is very old, slavery was very common when it began.
You are also Free to think for yourself. There is no dogma in Freemasonry. So then, I can talk about Islam or any other religion w/o upsetting anyone - something not possible in a Church or Mosque
Where else can Muslims, Jews, and Christians discuss their religions with understanding and without getting upset? IMHO the "people" of the faiths need to talk to eachother, not the religious leaders of the faith - who have a vested interest in keeping us apart.
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For example, my church would not want me to go to a Mosque. However I did. They would not want me to listen to more truth. Some people would not walk into a Mosque (or Church) because they are afraid. However, Freemasonry is a vehicle which allows us to understand each other w/o prejudice.
However, because of this, Christian church leaders (some of them) do not like Freemasonry because they are afraid that they can lose people. For example, in talking to my Muslim brothers from Turkey, I may receive more truth from them and convert to Islam. So then, my church leader would tell everyone that Freemasonry is bad so that nobody joins it.
So I have a question. There are biblical scholars which have found translations and miscopied text of the gospels. Which brings up the question of the Bible being inerrant. Is there similar problems with the Quran? I truly admire the way that Islam chose one version of the book and stopped the translations.
Is it possible that the Quran contains any errors? Did Allah guard its writing, transcribing, etc, to ensure it was completely error-free? If errors are possible, to what extent might an error exist (i.e. could it contain only typos? Or might it contain a completely wrong/misunderstood teaching...
My background isn't in Islam it is in Christianity. This question has to do with how the fields of study and interpretation differ in their handling of texts. While the terminology I know to ask with may not be directly applicable, I'm asking specifically to learn what terminology is relevant and...
pitting our answer against that is tricky. ours is much simpler (and thus much more useful in a Q&A perspective), but the linked article brings up a lot of valuable detail that ours doesn't even touch on.
afaik, one of the criteria used in the "official" random post selector (when the SE team does the self-evaluation) is that the question needs to have been answered. so at least the one unanswered question wouldn't have made the cut.
i think there's also criteria regarding how recent the answer needs to be.
وَتِلْكَ الْقُرَى أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِداً
18.59. And (that was the case with) all those townships that We destroyed when they were given to wrong. We had surely appointed a time fixed for their destruction.
It's undeniable that most natural disas...
an opinionated question- 2 downvotes within ten minutes
nice job people
note- i was not one of the downvoters
Are you kidding? What about the floods in Pakistan and the tsunami of 2004? The famine in Somalia? What about places with people who close their hearts to Allah "more" and yet are fine? Take off your blinders and admit that we cannot know what is a punishment and what is a test. — Ansari7 mins ago
Quoting from here
Close boring, trivial, mindless, uninteresting, etc. questions.
It's taken me a long time to get here, but your really need to shut
down any question that wastes your top-users time and energy. Flag
these questions. Vote to close when you get the privilege. Comment....
@NesreenA - you were absolutely right. Sorry for being defensive. It just troubles me when people think that Freemasonry is more than it really is - and you didn't even say anything about it at all! :) Salaam
@MarcGravell as muslims EVERYTHING we do refers to the holy Quran, as this is the only indisputable guaranteed source of truth, everything else is just guesses. Look at kuffar scientists talking about the change in weather, first it was global cooling, then global warming, now it's man made climate change... whereas as Muslims, we know this is all part of Allah's plan for " the land of the Arabs to once again becomes meadows and rivers".
There are no 'realities of world events', only Allah's will. read the Quran and you'll understand the real 'reality'. — Muhammed J2 mins ago
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now now boys, if your gonna go any further i suggest you take it up to the chat room — NesreenA6 mins ago
comments are not for chit chatting!
this place is
Very good answer.... I need to learn from the way you present them brother. — Muhammed J2 mins ago
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she is basically like hitler, super racist and hates every other religion in the world
and celebrities retweet her all the time talking about their hatred for her
@goldsuedo may be offensive to canadians- Before @justinbieber was famous Canada didn't exist. It was an irrelevant planet. No one knew about it until he told us.
The Prophet SAAWS strictly prohibited the drawing of beings with souls; there are many hadiths in Bukhari and Muslim to support this.
Most people believe this commandment came after the angel Jibrael said he would meet the Prophet but then did not show up. Later, Aisha found a puppy hiding in th...
Two of my brothers are from Turkey, Muslim, and are also Freemasons. I am Christian and sometimes Christianity does not accept joining and sometimes forbids people from joining the fraternity. They are great men, intelligent, and faithful to their religion. Case in point, I had brats bratwurst...
Is it possible that the Quran contains any errors? Did Allah guard its writing, transcribing, etc, to ensure it was completely error-free? If errors are possible, to what extent might an error exist (i.e. could it contain only typos? Or might it contain a completely wrong/misunderstood teaching...
Assalammu allikum,
I would like to know the procedure for taking the Bath/Ghusal.
Jazak Allah Khair
وَتِلْكَ الْقُرَى أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِداً
18.59. And (that was the case with) all those townships that We destroyed when they were given to wrong. We had surely appointed a time fixed for their destruction.
It's undeniable that most natural disas...
Based on a discussion here and here, should questions that can be googled be disallowed?
How are Muslims informed by their religion to view large-scale natural disasters? In Islam, does God control those phenomena?
I can thank someone for a great answer or question by upvoting, is there some way to thank someone for an edit or for protecting a question?
