Amongst the holy revelations, perhaps none has received greater eminence and attention than the tomes of The Holy and Magnificent Quran and the Bible. They are believed to be both endowed upon mankind by Almighty God himself as a means of guidance for man and the regulation of his conduct. Both have a vast and densely escalated counts of followers to its name, i.e. the Muslims are associated with Quran, while Christians believe in the bible. The question here is as to which book is the true manual to follow? Is it Quran or Bible that can guide all in a manner that is consistent with science and everyday occurrences?

We, as Muslims, believe that the Holy Christ (Hazrat Eesa) was a messenger of Allah and the Bible was the scripture revealed and endowed upon his nation from Allah. However, regrettably the Bible has been diluted by man ever since its conception and over the centuries, has become infested with many a number of inaccuracies and man-made points and information. The Old Testament is a moniker given to the Hebrew texted book of old that sports Jewish origins. It is more popularly referred to as the Torah, and at present a number of significant changes and transitions in information can be found in the Old Testament and the New Testament, the Gospel. The Bible is present in a number of Languages, so that is used as a basis for the dubious nature of the tome present to us at the moment. However, the English version of the book is also rife with flaws and inaccuracies in knowledge, such as the fact that the World is flat. We all know now that the earth is spherical and this is just a minor mistake in the context of the Bible. Moreover, the volume of the Bible has also been tampered with, as is evident from the fact that the Catholic Bible contains 73 books as opposed by the Protestant Bible, which contains 66 books.

The Quran is a different book. It is the book revealed to Prophet Muhammad and is the book of guidance bestowed upon the Muslims. The word Quran means to recite and it has been done so effectively throughout the ages. The Quran has managed to keep it free from the taint of dilution and is, up till now, free from any inaccuracy and false information. The authenticity of the Quran has been secured due to the fact that it is present in only one language, and that is the dialect of Arabic. It has been and is continuing to be recited by billions of Muslims all across the world on a daily basis. Another factor that has contributed to the integrity of Islam is the one pertaining to the memorization of the Quran by Muslims in different eras or periods. These “Hafiz-e-Quran” have played a major role in maintaining the genuine authenticity of Quran throughout the ages. The Quran is the revelation of Allah towards Prophet Muhammad, and it is clearly mentioned in the Holy Quran.

“Now this Qur’an could not possibly have been devised by anyone save God: nay indeed, it confirms the truth of whatever remains (of earlier revelations) and clearly spells out the revelation (which comes) – let there be no doubt about it – from the Sustainer of all the worlds.” Surah Yunus, 10 :37-38

The Quran is also inclusive of many information that has immense scientific value and significance when compared to the scientific findings at present such as the formation of the embryo in the womb of the mother (Surah 98), deep seas partitions, waters that don’t mix, The phenomenon of Clouds and how they cause raining, how lightening is created through crystals of ice, the planets, stars, moons and their orbiting motions as well as the prospect of space travel (Surah 55:33). These major findings were made by the Quran long before the dawn of Science itself. So, Quran is also effective from a scientific and knowledge based perspective.

More so, the Quran has been the recipient of protection, in terms of integrity and authenticity, from Allah the Almighty as is evident from the following Surah from the Holy Quran:

“Behold, it is We Ourselves who have bestowed from on high, step by step, this reminder: and, behold, it is We who shall truly guard it ( from all corruption)” Surah Al – Hijr, 15:9.

So, in all likelihood and outcomes, Quran emerges as the superior and more genuine guide book when compared to the Bible.

 

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Muslim leaders have rejected an apology by Canterbury MP Richard Prosser over his call for Muslims to be banned from Western airlines.

The list MP's remarks provoked outrage yesterday, although NZ First leader Winston Peters refused to sack him and said he did not have to apologise. However, speaking on Radio New Zealand's Nine to Noon show this morning, Prosser apologised. "I'm sorry ... to the majority of peaceful, law-abiding Muslims who are not involved in terrorism."

He conceded he was "only talking about a very small extremist minority", but his article would not allow the reader to separate the fact that most Muslims were honest and law-abiding. "That's obviously caused some upset, and for that I'm sorry," he said.

The head of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ), Anwar Ghani, said Prosser's apology was not good enough. "I wouldn't call it an apology; it was a softening of the tone, that's all," he said. "It seems to me he still maintains what he said, by and large, and he's simply trying to align his comments with what his leader has said."

He said the damage done by Prosser yesterday had not been reversed by the apology. "He has to come out and say unreservedly that 'I apologise if my act has caused any offence to any of the Muslims in New Zealand'," Ghani said.

But Prosser told RNZ he did not "have any time" for Islam as a religion. "I make no apology for the fact I don't have any time for people who denigrate women or for institutions that suppress human rights." He denied he was being racist. "It is a religion, not a race."

Prosser conceded his article had "a lack of balance" in calling for Muslim men to be banned from Western airlines. "I concede that some of the language that I used wasn't appropriate," he said.He blamed his approach as a "shock-jock" columnist. "My style as a columnist is perhaps something not appropriate any more for my role as an MP."

Prosser said his call for the blanket ban on young Muslims was wrong. He said he should have called for an investigation into the merits of racial profiling.

Stuff.co.nz, 13 February 2013

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Is Obama a Muslim?

With the U.S. presidential elections which are scheduled to be held in next November 2012 are approaching the debate about the religion of the United States President Barack Obama is renewed.

It is explicit that the number of Americans who believe that President Obama is a Muslim is increasing everyday and this belief is causing its believers to announce that they will not give Obama their votes to take over for a second term.

In fact according to an American poll that was conducted and recently published by the Forum on Religion and Public Life by the Pew Research Center, one of the well known American social and religious research entities in the US, that one out of every three Americans who are enrolled in the Republican Party said that Obama is a Muslim.

This conducted poll showed a double increase in the percentage of believers that Obama is a Muslim from the percentage shown by the similar conducted poll when president Obama first came to the White House in 2008.

According to the poll, 17 percent of the Americans who participated in the poll – all of whom are registered voters – considered that Obama is a Muslim, and 49% of them said he is a Christian, while 31% of them unaware of the religious believe of president Obama.

Moreover, the results of the poll showed a decline in the number of Americans who believe that Obama is a Muslim from year 2010, where the percentage dropped from 19% to 17% nowadays, but the percentage has increased significantly among the Conservatives and Republicans by 34%.

This poll also included the same questions about the religious believe and background of the Republican Party nominee to the White House, Mitt Romney, who belongs to a religious group that is commonly called Mormons which is related to Mormonism – a religious minority that is followed only by 1.7% of the Americans, with 76% of them live in the western states of the US and are mostly concentrated in Utah, where they form 58% of the total population of this state.

The questions about Mitt Romney’s religion showed that more Americans know that Mitt Romney is Mormon. In the Poll, 60 percent of the participants have correctly answered the question about his religion, while 9 percent said “other” and 31 percent answered that they didn’t know what his religion is.

Sixty percent of those who said he was a Mormon were comfortable with his religion, 21 percent didn’t care and 19 percent were uncomfortable.

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