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ISLAM:
WHY
SHOULD I
CARE?
©Rev. Clinton Chisholm, September, 2014
Basics for Memory
The Religion:
Islam
The Followers:
Muslims
(‘s’ as in ‘sing’ not as in
‘prism’)
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The Deity:
Allah
(Arabic for God)
The Holy Book:
Qur’ an (The Hadith, traditions
of the Prophet are critical for Muslims
as well)
The Holy Prophet:
Muhammad (pbuh= peace
be upon him, used when any
prophet is mentioned)
The Five Pillars of
Islam
1. The Creed (Shahada/Kalimah)
“There is no god but Allah.
Muhammad is the messenger of
Allah.” (ilaha illa Allah. Muhammad
rasul Allah)
2. Prayer, 5 times per day
3. Fasting during the 9th Islamic
month, Ramadan, honouring the
arrival of the Qur’an
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4. Almsgiving (Zakat ) = 2.5% of
income, after outstanding debts
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj ) at
least once for each mature Muslim
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A Comparison/contrast
between Christianity’s Great
Commission and Islam’s
Great Command, Jihad
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THE NATURE OF THE GREAT
COMMISSION (Mt. 28. 16-20)
1.The Imperative Dimension:
‘Make Disciples’
2. The All-inclusive Dimension:
‘…of all nations’
Not caring about the lost
means you are either
SINFULLY UNCONCERNED or
SIMPLY UNCONVERTED.
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THE NATURE OF ISLAM’S
JIHAD
Though Jihad has a spiritual nuance
the physical nuance is more dominant
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1. The Imperative Dimension:
re non-Muslims
 “And slay them wherever ye catch
them, and turn them out from
where they have turned you out;
for tumult and oppression are
worse than slaughter.” (Sura 2.191)
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“Mohammed said: Whoever
changes his Islamic religion, kill
him.” (Hadith 9.57)
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2. The All-inclusive Dimension:
 Islamic view of the world
Dar al Harb
(infidels rule)
Dar al Sulh
(transitional turf)
Dar al Islam
(Muslims rule)
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“When the Crusaders arrived in
Jerusalem, barely four hundred
years had passed since that city,
along with the rest of the Levant
and North Africa, had been
wrested by the armies of Islam
from their Christian rulers, and their
Christian populations forcibly
incorporated in a new Muslim
empire.” (Bernard Lewis, The Arabs in
History, 1993, pages 163-164)
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“I have been ordered by God to
fight with people till they bear
testimony to the fact that there is
no God but Allah and that
Muhammad is his messenger If
they do it, their blood and their
property are safe from me …”
(Muhammad, cited in Behind the Veil, 32)
“Islam must rule the
world and until Islam
does rule the world we
will continue to
sacrifice our lives.”
 (Al-Badr spokesman
Mustaq Aksari, CNN,
9/19/2001)
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Failed Suicide Bomber Interview, Youtube
The Cruciality of Jihad for
Muslims
“For the Muslim who fears that
the scales may be weighted
toward his eternal damnation,
jihad provides the only true
eternal security. For the Muslim in
fear or without hope, death in
jihad is not only a viable option- it
may be the only option.”
(Ergun & Emir Caner, Unveiling Islam,
2002,195.)
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