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I just came across this post, http://wazua.co.ke/forum.aspx?g=posts&t=28870 and five years down the line I have come to see the beauty of Islam. What a beautiful people. I took a course on Muslim Ministry and felt the need to study Islam from a Muslim perspective and wah...so much lies have been peddled by Christian leaders. So much to write about but from experience; Doing business with a Muslim you are 99% sure of getting your share of profit/proceeds. Also when it comes to a people who are content and at peace and very calm in threatening situations look no further - our Muslim brethren. Hospitality - you'll never find them 'hiding food'. One told me chakula ni mavi as in si kitu ya kunyima mtu. And by the way, Al Shabab, ISIS, etc has nothing to do with Islam. These are CIA criminal outfits just like Mungiki. Naona nikisema Shahada....Inshallah
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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Coolbull wrote:I just came across this post, http://wazua.co.ke/forum.aspx?g=posts&t=28870 and five years down the line I have come to see the beauty of Islam. What a beautiful people. I took a course on Muslim Ministry and felt the need to study Islam from a Muslim perspective and wah...so much lies have been peddled by Christian leaders. So much to write about but from experience; Doing business with a Muslim you are 99% sure of getting your share of profit/proceeds. Also when it comes to a people who are content and at peace and very calm in threatening situations look no further - our Muslim brethren. Hospitality - you'll never find them 'hiding food'. One told me chakula ni mavi as in si kitu ya kunyima mtu. And by the way, Al Shabab, ISIS, etc has nothing to do with Islam. These are CIA criminal outfits just like Mungiki. Naona nikisema Shahada....Inshallah @coolbul, you are right. Islam is the most misunderstood religion. Partly due to ignorant Muslims. Largely because of the biased media who portray Islam negatively, intentionally. As a result the person who has not studied Islam would get the wrong picture. Otherwise, we can talk of so, so much good in Islam, we cannot exhaust. And if you would take the shahadah, you would be doing yourself all good because you would be returning back to the religion of Ibrahim who was neither a Christian nor a Jew and yet God loved him so much. Kudos!
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/23/2007 Posts: 604
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AlphDoti wrote:Coolbull wrote:I just came across this post, http://wazua.co.ke/forum.aspx?g=posts&t=28870 and five years down the line I have come to see the beauty of Islam. What a beautiful people. I took a course on Muslim Ministry and felt the need to study Islam from a Muslim perspective and wah...so much lies have been peddled by Christian leaders. So much to write about but from experience; Doing business with a Muslim you are 99% sure of getting your share of profit/proceeds. Also when it comes to a people who are content and at peace and very calm in threatening situations look no further - our Muslim brethren. Hospitality - you'll never find them 'hiding food'. One told me chakula ni mavi as in si kitu ya kunyima mtu. And by the way, Al Shabab, ISIS, etc has nothing to do with Islam. These are CIA criminal outfits just like Mungiki. Naona nikisema Shahada....Inshallah @coolbul, you are right. Islam is the most misunderstood religion. Partly due to ignorant Muslims. Largely because of the biased media who portray Islam negatively, intentionally. As a result the person who has not studied Islam would get the wrong picture. Otherwise, we can talk of so, so much good in Islam, we cannot exhaust. And if you would take the shahadah, you would be doing yourself all good because you would be returning back to the religion of Ibrahim who was neither a Christian nor a Jew and yet God loved him so much. Kudos! You're very right especially on ignorant Muslims. Some I have had to pick truths from the Koran or quote a Muslim scholar and show them. The media is a case of who pays the piper. All in all, I seem so captivated as I turn the pages of the Holy Koran (on my phone). My eyes kinda pop out....you mean this is written. Yeah, Abraham/Ibrahim was neither Jew nor Christian yet God loved him. The only challenge so far is learning Arabic.....how necessary is it?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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Coolbull wrote:AlphDoti wrote:Coolbull wrote:I just came across this post, http://wazua.co.ke/forum.aspx?g=posts&t=28870 and five years down the line I have come to see the beauty of Islam. What a beautiful people. I took a course on Muslim Ministry and felt the need to study Islam from a Muslim perspective and wah...so much lies have been peddled by Christian leaders. So much to write about but from experience; Doing business with a Muslim you are 99% sure of getting your share of profit/proceeds. Also when it comes to a people who are content and at peace and very calm in threatening situations look no further - our Muslim brethren. Hospitality - you'll never find them 'hiding food'. One told me chakula ni mavi as in si kitu ya kunyima mtu. And by the way, Al Shabab, ISIS, etc has nothing to do with Islam. These are CIA criminal outfits just like Mungiki. Naona nikisema Shahada....Inshallah @coolbul, you are right. Islam is the most misunderstood religion. Partly due to ignorant Muslims. Largely because of the biased media who portray Islam negatively, intentionally. As a result the person who has not studied Islam would get the wrong picture. Otherwise, we can talk of so, so much good in Islam, we cannot exhaust. And if you would take the shahadah, you would be doing yourself all good because you would be returning back to the religion of Ibrahim who was neither a Christian nor a Jew and yet God loved him so much. Kudos! You're very right especially on ignorant Muslims. Some I have had to pick truths from the Koran or quote a Muslim scholar and show them. The media is a case of who pays the piper. All in all, I seem so captivated as I turn the pages of the Holy Koran (on my phone). My eyes kinda pop out....you mean this is written. Yeah, Abraham/Ibrahim was neither Jew nor Christian yet God loved him. The only challenge so far is learning Arabic.....how necessary is it? It is not necessary to learn Arabic, but if you can, then the better because some words have no direct translation into English and it looses the flavour during translation. In the meantime the translation is ok. Internet is very dangerous as it is full of imposers websites who prey on the innocent. Better the hardcopy Quran translation for reference. If you get hold of the book of hadiths, Sahih Bukhari for example, you will enjoy reading the stories of those people how amazing they were.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/17/2009 Posts: 1,049
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Not many have much knowledge about Hinduism or Buddhism. However these religions don't need to sell themselves as fountains of peace. Just as absolute power corrupts leaders, so does absolute fanaticism blind the people from logic
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/17/2009 Posts: 399 Location: Where everyone knows you
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I hate religious threads. They don,t lead anywhere. Everyone has their own ingrained belief which they cannot change.
Anyway, as Coolbull asked the question below
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The only challenge so far is learning Arabic.....how necessary is it? Unquote
Learning Arabic is not necessary. I think.
Their are over a BILLION Muslims in the world. A very small % is from Arab speaking countries.
The majority are from countries like Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Africa etc.
These Muslims don't know Arabic.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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Nandwa wrote:Not many have much knowledge about Hinduism or Buddhism.
However these religions don't need to sell themselves as fountains of peace. An interesting observation is that most monotheistic non-ethnic religions are always out on the prowl to proselytise people. When was the last time you heard a hindu guy encourage you to believe what he/she does? All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/17/2009 Posts: 1,049
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masukuma wrote:Nandwa wrote:Not many have much knowledge about Hinduism or Buddhism.
However these religions don't need to sell themselves as fountains of peace. An interesting observation is that most monotheistic non-ethnic religions are always out on the prowl to proselytise people. When was the last time you heard a hindu guy encourage you to believe what he/she does? Sure, they are the least likely to engage in religion inspired violence. Not so elsewhere Just as absolute power corrupts leaders, so does absolute fanaticism blind the people from logic
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/23/2007 Posts: 604
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AlphDoti wrote:Coolbull wrote:AlphDoti wrote:Coolbull wrote:I just came across this post, http://wazua.co.ke/forum.aspx?g=posts&t=28870 and five years down the line I have come to see the beauty of Islam. What a beautiful people. I took a course on Muslim Ministry and felt the need to study Islam from a Muslim perspective and wah...so much lies have been peddled by Christian leaders. So much to write about but from experience; Doing business with a Muslim you are 99% sure of getting your share of profit/proceeds. Also when it comes to a people who are content and at peace and very calm in threatening situations look no further - our Muslim brethren. Hospitality - you'll never find them 'hiding food'. One told me chakula ni mavi as in si kitu ya kunyima mtu. And by the way, Al Shabab, ISIS, etc has nothing to do with Islam. These are CIA criminal outfits just like Mungiki. Naona nikisema Shahada....Inshallah @coolbul, you are right. Islam is the most misunderstood religion. Partly due to ignorant Muslims. Largely because of the biased media who portray Islam negatively, intentionally. As a result the person who has not studied Islam would get the wrong picture. Otherwise, we can talk of so, so much good in Islam, we cannot exhaust. And if you would take the shahadah, you would be doing yourself all good because you would be returning back to the religion of Ibrahim who was neither a Christian nor a Jew and yet God loved him so much. Kudos! You're very right especially on ignorant Muslims. Some I have had to pick truths from the Koran or quote a Muslim scholar and show them. The media is a case of who pays the piper. All in all, I seem so captivated as I turn the pages of the Holy Koran (on my phone). My eyes kinda pop out....you mean this is written. Yeah, Abraham/Ibrahim was neither Jew nor Christian yet God loved him. The only challenge so far is learning Arabic.....how necessary is it? It is not necessary to learn Arabic, but if you can, then the better because some words have no direct translation into English and it looses the flavour during translation. In the meantime the translation is ok. Internet is very dangerous as it is full of imposers websites who prey on the innocent. Better the hardcopy Quran translation for reference. If you get hold of the book of hadiths, Sahih Bukhari for example, you will enjoy reading the stories of those people how amazing they were. I guess the hadiths are in English? Where can get them? Jamia Bookshop?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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Even our African traditional religions were very honourable and ensured very cohesive societies. The religion of the arabs (islam) is no superior to our African traditional religions.
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