Why is it important to study and understand the religions of the world?
To study religion is to delve into how religion interacts with all of these facets of our world. Studying religion increases cultural awareness. Being able to understand key concepts in the major religions of the world develops you as a more broadly educated citizen, whatever your career path.
What do you understand about Islam as a religion?
The word “Islam” means “submission to the will of God.” Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims are monotheistic and worship one, all-knowing God, who in Arabic is known as Allah. Followers of Islam aim to live a life of complete submission to Allah. The Quran (or Koran) is the major holy text of Islam.
Why is it important to properly understand a religion?
Do Muslims get their attitudes from their religion?
What Aslan is saying here is pretty extraordinary. He is asserting that sizeable percentages of Muslims around the world — many of whom have said in multiple polls that they support killing apostates and stoning adulterers to death — don’t get these views from their religion, but their attitudes are somehow inherentin them as people.
Is rationality central to the Islamic sciences and to our faith?
The layman doesn’t speak the same language, doesn’t employ the right terms, in short, doesn’t play by the rules. So yes, rationality is central to the Islamic sciences and central to our faith. Without consistency in language, how are we to understand revelation?
Does Allah need anything like anything?
Bismillah, praise be to Allah the lord of the worlds, He is the creator of all creations, He does not need anything and is not like anything. Allah exists without a place and cannot be imagined in the minds.
Is it permissible to ask Allah for an Islamic Judgement?
Allah exists without a place and cannot be imagined in the minds. We ask Allah to raise the rank of Prophet Muhammad and his kind Aal and companions. Know that It is not permissible to ask those who do not have knowledge an Islamic Judgement, nor is it permissible for the unqualified person to answer.