The UK has banned a prominent American Muslim preacher from entering the country over social media posts in which he criticised the West’s support for Israel.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood revoked travel authorisation for Dr Shadee Elmasry just days before he was scheduled to arrive in Britain on Sunday, to give talks in Birmingham, Bolton and Ilford.
Elmasry had posted: "They are all in this (fake or real) state of shock that the people of Gaza finally punched back (after 50 years).
“In contrast, the very same people would celebrate a similar kind of attack from Ukraine against Putin.”
Literally nonsense, but some of it comes from “Muslim scholars” so it’s not like it’s all Western spin. Why don’t you read the Qur’an, really, and tell me what you think about it? 🤔
You don’t have to read it all in one go, but if there’s something you personally disagree with I’m all ears (eyes?): https://archive.org/details/the-great-quran/page/29/mode/1up
This is written in the context of persecution/defensive war, hence the mention of dominance and being struck first (like, the whole Surah is, it even talks about how some believers should act as guards while prophet Muhammad is doing the recitation in case shit happens) and it’s as noble as it could be. It’s basically what would and should happen if, for whatever reason, Palestinians had an upper hand over the Western colony called Israel: grant the unbelievers protection if they surrender and seek it (cause they’re not attacking you anymore), have cordial and fair dealings with those of the unbelievers who have acted righteously with you, fight those who corrupt the land and seek to dominate you even if you don’t want to because you’re afraid simply because it’s right…
I don’t understand what the problem is. It even says “take the (no longer combative) polytheists to a place of safety, for these are ignorant people”. Could you imagine how much nicer the world would be if everyone conducted themselves this way in war? And, again, prophet Muhammad and his OG followers were persecuted (like prophet Isa and his OG followers, of course, these things happen all the time), that’s the whole setting of these passages…
PS.: okay, you posted this because it follows your previous post where you said the Qur’an said it’s “okay to murder those who disagree with you”, but THE PICTURES YOU POSTED HERE disagree with you. Come on, man. The whole point of belief is that you cannot force it on anyone, people do it out of free will. And Surah 109 states it pretty clearly: “O rejecters, I do not serve what you serve nor do you serve what I serve, nor will I serve what you serve nor will you serve what I serve. To you is your religion/system, and to me is mine.” COME ON, MAN. 😔
It literally says to only allow “polytheists” to travel freely within the borders of an Islamic nation for four months. It says to take them away to attempt to convert them to Islam “so that he may hear the words of allah”
Could you explain what Jizya is?
Nobody can “convert you to Islam”, you either submit to God or you don’t, and if you don’t (and that might mean not believing in giving charity and simply sharing from what God gives you, forgiving debts, believing charging interest is a sin, etc., which is what Muslims already do), you pay tax. You wouldn’t have had to defend the incipient and persecuted Muslim community that the message of God was meant for through prophet Muhammed either, because you know, you don’t want to submit to God/“convert to Islam” so what do you care? And you’re not being forced. And this is after losing a war/battle these people started! Seems more than fair to me. 🤷
I’ll leave you with this: "And they only divided after the knowledge had come to them, due to resentment among themselves. And had it not been for a predetermined decision from your Lord, they would have been judged immediately. Indeed, those who inherited the Book after them are full of doubts.
For that, you shall preach and be upright, as you have been commanded, and do not follow their wishes. And say: “I believe in all that God has sent down as a Book, and I was commanded to be with justice between you. God is our Lord and your Lord. We have our deeds and you have your deeds. There is no argument between us and you. God will gather us all together, and to Him is the ultimate destiny.” (42:14-15)
See ya around. ❤️👋
Christians generally do this apart from maybe the interest part- although it still isn’t really right to charge interest unfairly.
Yeahhhh, that’s reason to be afraid of Islam. People don’t want an extra protection tax because they don’t follow Mohammed.
Would Christians be allowed to evangelise in this society? Can a Muslim convert to a Christian without being murdered for it?
The whole message of Christianity and Jesus as a whole is that you cannot work to gain heaven through deeds. By this logic, Buddhists and Hindus will also go to heaven because many of them are upright people.
Isaiah 64:6
The only reason you believe the message of Jesus said that deeds, the Day of Judgment and Heaven are disassociated is Roman nonsense added on, and the original message can still be found in the Bible itself! And yes, why can’t they? Even so called atheists, and even Christians and Jews who “reject prophet Muhammad” (due to an ideological misunderstanding and not in spirit) might, because if they were righteous God could just understand their ideological differences as an honest skill issue, the result of the trauma of living under Western “Judeo-Christian values” and beliefs, further complicated by Western propaganda, and look past it. They say these things with their mouths but their hearts are closer to God than that of many so-called believers, after all. Is God not Merciful, Understanding? I wouldn’t be surprised if John Brown ended up in Heaven, I’d be more shocked if he weren’t there, for instance. I doubt Greta considers herself Muslim but she certainly does a lot of Muslim shit, and I wouldn’t be surprised if she goes to Heaven too. Again, you show me your faith without deeds and I’ll show you my faith through my deeds. 🤷
You know you just quoted James, right?
James 2:18-23
James - the Brother of Our Lord made it clear. Faith was completed by his works. His works justified him, and they only complimented his faith, essentially proving it. He still needed faith. The works didn’t save him, they just showed the regenerative Spirit of God within him, thus justifying him. You need walls, a roof and a foundation to build a house. A Christian looks like a house. If you had someone who thought they can save themselves, you’d have a house with no foundation, and it’ll quickly be swept away.
1 Corinthians 3:11-15
Of course, I do it all the time! He was an OG and close to the messenger of God, it’s more than valid 🙏. And I think you’re having a bit of a reading comprehension moment: James clearly states that faith without deeds is empty, it’s useless, and he gives the example of demons who understand the unseen and the fact God exists, but it doesn’t make them any less devilish! “Even they have faith”, says James, but it doesn’t matter because, since they don’t do good deeds, they’re still demons. And he says how Abraham’s faith was only given weight through his deeds, because yapping and sophistry is a thing but if you truly believe in God’s mercy and the Hereafter, if God tells you to sacrifice your son to Him, why wouldn’t you? Don’t you have faith he’ll be in Paradise, waiting for you? Indeed, just like Jesus said, “you’ll recognise them by their fruits”, everything else is wind. And this is a letter countering Paul the fed’s position, which was always the Roman position and became Church dogma which is why we’re arguing today and why you posted Paul’s nonsense (Corinthians)…