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UK: 50% of Muslims want homosexuality outlawed, 31% want polygamy legalized, 23% want Sharia

Apr 11, 2016 1:55 pm By Robert Spencer

And how many of the rest told the pollsters what they wanted to hear?

What will Britain look like in ten years if this is the situation today?

sharia-future UK

“More than half of Muslims want gay sex to be outlawed and nearly a quarter support areas of UK being run under sharia law,” by Alexander Robertson, Mailonline, April 10, 2016:

British Muslims disagree with the rest of the country on a range of key issues such as sexuality, freedom of speech and polygamy, according to new research.

A poll carried out by ICM discovered that more than half of Muslims disagree with homosexuality being legal in Britain, while a quarter support Sharia law being introduced into parts of the country instead of British law.

The full findings will feature in a Channel 4 documentary presented by Trevor Phillips, former head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, on Wednesday.

Entitled What British Muslims Really Think, the programme will investigate the ‘split’ between Britons who follow Islam and the rest of the population.

Among the most startling findings by the research was the attitude of Muslim men and women to the treatment of wives.

A third of those polled said it was acceptable for a British Muslim to keep more than one wife, while 39 per cent said wives should always obey their husbands.

Nearly half of those questioned said it was unacceptable for a gay or lesbian person to teach their child, with the majority also opposing gay marriage.

Former equal rights chief Phillips, who speaks to several members of the Muslim community on their views during the documentary, states that ‘the integration of Muslims will probably be the hardest task’ the country has ever faced.

He told The Sunday Times Magazine: ‘I thought Europe’s Muslims would gradually blend into the landscape. I should have known better.

‘Britain desperately wants us to think of its Muslims as versions of the Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain, or the cheeky-chappy athlete Mo Farah.

‘But thanks to the most detailed and comprehensive survey of British Muslim opinion yet conducted, we know that just isn’t how it is.’

More than 80 per cent of Muslims surveyed said they felt British and were happy living here, yet conceded they were more likely to stay within their own communities, especially when it came to relationships.

The ICM figures reported that more than half mix with non-Muslims each day, normally through work or education, but one in five never enter a non-Muslim household….

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  1. john spielman says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 2:02 pm

    I guess now we know why it’s called BRITAINISTAN!
    Be very careful who who let into your house or your country!

    • balam says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 4:45 pm

      I have never allowed a Muslim in my house because they are basically immoral and can never be trusted with the female members of your family.According to Hadith,once Mohammed-the prophet of Islam visited a family and saw a baby girl crawling and told the mother that he would marry the little girl when she grew a little older.Sadly,he died soon after.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 11, 2016 at 6:32 pm

        I think it’s probably lucky for the poor infant that Muhammed bit the dust when he did.

  2. Mark says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 2:30 pm

    The thing that gets me most is that we have idiots like Dr Rowan Williams (ex Archbishop) saying that we should implement this to aid social adhesion: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7232661.stm

    • mortimer says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 3:07 pm

      Tragically and willfully uninformed about Islam like most of the British elites.

    • Myrtle says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 4:02 pm

      Amen and many are stupid enough to follow such idiots!!!

    • Carolyne says

      Apr 12, 2016 at 6:29 pm

      De. Williams also said that Sharia Law is inevitable in England.

  3. Angry Aussie says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 2:35 pm

    23% want Sharia? That’s an awfully low percentage.

    • Bob says

      Apr 12, 2016 at 6:27 am

      Bear in mind the fact that lying to the kafur is a requirement, or at the very least acceptable!

  4. Frans says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 2:42 pm

    Mr. Spencer, thank you for your wonderful work. Could you please blog about this video: “Afghan MP threatens to cut off journalist nose after she questions his stance on rape” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_tMqoKL4rc)?

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 6:38 pm

      Frans, if you want to send a message directly to Robert Spencer, you can use the “Contact Jihad Watch” box, which–depending on your computer’s configuration–is at the right-hand or bottom of your screen.

      And that terrible story does *not* surprise me.

  5. mortimer says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    -2015 “A Mirror poll showing that 1.5 million Brits see themselves as supporters of ISIS has sparked swift responses from Muslim leaders.”
    -the poll of 2,016 British adults taken over the weekend also found that support for the terror group was up by 2%, to 9%.
    -It found that 3% have a “very favourable view”, up 1% from a year ago – suggesting that around half of Britain’s three million Muslims could be ISIS sympathisers. Another 6% admitted having a “somewhat favourable” view, up from five per cent last year (2014)…

    -CONCLUSION: half of Muslims in Britain are at least ‘somewhat’ in favor of ISIS

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 6:40 pm

      And, of course, these supporters of ISIS are not “Brits” at all, but just Muslims using Britain as a base.

  6. mortimer says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    RELAX…WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

    Little has changed in 2016 from 2010 UK Poll…guess Muslims are not assimilating in UK after all…

    In 2010:

    – 40% of UK Muslims found Muslims wanting Sharia law in the UK.
    – a poll of Muslim students revealed:
    – 33% claim that killing is justified if done to protect religion.
    – 40 percent support the introduction of sharia for British Muslims.
    – 33 percent support a worldwide Islamic caliphate basis
    – 37 percent of young British Muslims want Sharia law in Britain.
    – 36 percent of young British Muslims think apostates should be killed.
    – 13 percent of young British Muslims said they “admired” Al Qaeda.
    – NOP Channel 4 polling came out with these results:
    – 33% of Muslims want Sharia Law as implemented in Saudi Arabia.
    – 28% of muslims agreed they dreamt of Britain becoming an Islamic State.
    – 78% wanted Danish cartoonist prosecuted.
    – 68% want prosecutions for insulting Islam.
    – 62% disagree with the freedom of speech if it insults religious sensibilities.
    – 50% said British people who insult Islam should be arrested and prosecuted.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 6:41 pm

      True, Mortimer–as disturbing as this poll is, it is nothing new.

    • sham says

      Apr 12, 2016 at 12:33 pm

      BRITISH & OTHER NON MUSLIM COUNTRIES NEED SHARIA LAW BEC’S:

      THE PRESENT CRIME RTE OF NON MUSLIM COUNTRIES EXTREMELY HIGH

      Total crimes: Countries Compared

      RANK COUNTRIES AMOUNT

      1 United States 11.88 million
      2 United Kingdom 6.52 million
      3 Germany 6.51 million
      4 France 3.77 million
      5 Russia 2.95 million
      6 Japan 2.85 million
      7 South Africa2.68 million
      8 Canada 2.52 million
      9 Italy 2.23 million
      10 India 1.76 million
      nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Total-crimes

      Murders per Year by Country

      1. India 37,170
      2. Russia 28,904
      3. Colombia 26,539
      4. South Africa 21,995
      5. Mexico 13,829
      6. United States 12,658
      7. Venezuela 8,022
      8. Thailand 5,140
      9. Ukraine 4,418
      juancole.com/

      UN Rape Statistics:

      RANK
      1 United States of America 93883
      2 Australia 18237
      3 United Kingdom 13272
      4 France 10408
      5 Germany 8766
      6 Russian Federation 8185
      wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics
      yellodyno.com/pdf/Rape_Statistics.pdf
      Divorce rate (most recent) by country

      Rank Countries Amount

      #1 United States: 4.95 per 1,000 people
      #2 Puerto Rico: 4.47
      #3 Russia: 3.36
      #4 United Kingdom: 3.08
      #5 Denmark: 2.81
      #6 New Zealand: 2.63
      #7 Australia: 2.52
      # 8 Canada: 2.46
      nationmaster.com/graph/peo_div_rat-people-divorce-rate

      Teenage pregnancy: Countries Compared
      1 United States 494,357 births
      2 Poland 30,413
      3 Germany 29,000
      4 Canada 19,920
      5 France 17,985
      6 Japan 17,501
      7 Australia 11,849
      nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Health/Teenage-pregnancy

      TODAY CRIME RATE OF NON MUSLIMS R HIGH (EVIDENCE SAYS ) ,NOT ME OR ANY MUSLIM…..THAT MEANS THE PRESENT RULES FOR THOSE COUNTRY ARE DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE AND SOCIETY ,THEY SHOULD FOLLOW SHARIA OR THESE STATE GOING TO ” ” MODERN BARBARIANS “””

      • jayell says

        Apr 12, 2016 at 5:16 pm

        These are really very weird figures. You normally explain your stats and express crime rates in terms of crimes per 1,000, 10,000 or maybe 100,000 population, not just in bald figures like this. Then you have to define ‘crime’ in each case and what it is you’re measuring; some countries are more tightly regulated than others, so there might be more or less laws to break. Then you have to look at the crime reporting statistics – for example, only a proportion of women who are murdered or simply just ‘disappear’ in Pakistan (and I believe India as well) are actually reported. Add to this police and other official corruption (rife in muslim countries) which is actualy a crime in itself and also prevents reporting of other crmes, and the picture changes dramatically. In fact, a lot of things that are ‘acceptable’ in muslim couintries are crimes in the West. In short, ‘Sham’ is an apt name for the person posting here, because that’s what his whiole thesis is – a ‘sham’.

      • Carolyne says

        Apr 12, 2016 at 6:36 pm

        If those statistics are correct, and I seriously doubt it knowing the moral character of Muslims and their “Bending” the truth, it only means that crimes such as rape are not crimes in Muslim countries so wouldn’t be listed as such. Factor in pedophilia which is not a crime as well as “Honor killing,” and it is a whole different story.

        When one considers the crime rate in civilized countries to those of barbarian, i.e. Islamic countries where moral laws do not apply, one can see a more accurate picture.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 12, 2016 at 7:02 pm

        sham has spammed this before:

        BRITISH & OTHER NON MUSLIM COUNTRIES NEED SHARIA LAW BEC’S (sic):

        THE PRESENT CRIME RTE OF NON MUSLIM COUNTRIES EXTREMELY HIGH

        Total crimes: Countries Compared
        …………………………..

        sham does not tell us that many things are not crimes at all under Shari’ah, such as marrying a nine-year-old girl, raping Infidels, or “Honor Killing” your daughter.

        Only civilized nations have reputable crime statistics.

        More:

        UN Rape Statistics:
        …………………………..

        Given that Muslims raping their wives, their sex slaves, or any Infidel is not deemed a crime at all, this is meaningless.

        Moreover, the presence of rapist Muslims in the West is now warping statistics here–for instance, over a five year period *every single* stranger rape in Oslo was committed by Muslims immigrants.

        The there are the mass rapes committed by Muslims across Europe on New Year’s Eve.

        More:

        Divorce rate (most recent) by country
        …………………………..

        And now sham considers divorce akin to rape. The thing is that under Islam divorce is easy–for men. All they need do is intone the “Triple Talaq”. But even beaten women at risk for “Honor Killing” find it almost impossible to get a divorce from a Shari’ah court.

        More:

        TODAY CRIME RATE OF NON MUSLIMS R HIGH (EVIDENCE SAYS ) ,NOT ME OR ANY MUSLIM…..THAT MEANS THE PRESENT RULES FOR THOSE COUNTRY ARE DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE AND SOCIETY ,THEY SHOULD FOLLOW SHARIA OR THESE STATE GOING TO ” ” MODERN BARBARIANS “””
        …………………………..

        Muslims are engaged in an orgy of robbery, rape, physical assaults, and Jihad mass murder. I would say these are the modern barbarians, except that their inspiration is more dark ages than modern.

        The fact is that Muslim nations are violent sh*t holes, and sham wants our civilized nations to become more of the same.

  7. Jaladhi says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 3:04 pm

    And 100% of them want murder of non-Muslims by Muslims legal!! Morons!

    • mortimer says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 3:33 pm

      No…

      – 68% want prosecutions for insulting Islam.

  8. Walter Sieruk says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 3:06 pm

    Just on the topic of polygamy. God gave Adam one wife. Further in the New Testament Jesus taught “For this cause shall a man leave father and mother , and shall cleave to his wife…” Matthew 19:5. [K.J.V.]The point is Jesus said “wife.” Not wives. Nevertheless, there are some people who will act as apologists for polygamy by saying that king David and then king Solomon did practice it Those people ,who say this, aren’t taking into account that the only reason that God did tolerate this tradition was not because it was right or that He approved of it. It was because this practice of having many wives was such an entrenched custom in the ancient Middle East, at that time, that God allowed it for the above mentioned kings of Israel. This did not mean that this ancient custom was to keep ongoing of other times and places.

  9. PEER ZULQARNAIN SHAH says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 3:12 pm

    Dear Spencer its not fair, you are just propagating due to certain agenda. We dont expect from scjolar like you to belive in uncredible souce. Please verify ur sources

    Regards

    • Mirren10 says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 3:30 pm

      .”We don’t (sic) expect from scjolar (sic) like you to belive (sic) in uncredible souce (sic).

      ”A poll carried out by ICM discovered that more than half of Muslims disagree with homosexuality being legal in Britain, while a quarter support Sharia law being introduced into parts of the country instead of British law.”

      http://www.icmunlimited.com/

      Of course, as Robert notes, that’s just the one’s who told the truth.

      PEER ZULQARNAIN SHAH’s getting a bit worried.

    • balam says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 5:21 pm

      Peer Shah: It is impossible for a Muslim to face the TRUTH like a man.Your Qur’an represents the CONVENIENT VERSES concocted by Mohammed and attributed to imaginary pre Islamic pagan moon god of Arabs. Can you explain as to why you have a MOON CRESCENT on your Mosques and most of your national flags? A normal mind can never understand your holy book which represents the incoherent outbursts of a very calculated, devious and sick mind.No wonder,Mustafa Kemal AtaTurk called Islam as the ABSURD THEOLOGY OF AN IMMORAL BEDOUIN{MOHAMMED}.Ref: holy terror by Amir Taheri page 187.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 7:17 pm

      PEER ZULQARNAIN SHAH wrote:

      Dear Spencer its not fair, you are just propagating due to certain agenda. We dont (sic) expect from scjolar (sic) like you to belive (sic) in uncredible (sic) souce (sic). Please verify ur (sic) sources
      …………………………………..

      ICM is a reputable polling firm, and the Daily Mail which reported this information is a reputable newspaper.

      Moreover, this information is little different from that gleaned by other polls.

      BBC (2007): 28% of Muslims in the UK prefer Sharia (37% for those younger).

      http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6309983.stm

      This, from 2009:

      “Muslims in Britain have zero tolerance of homosexuality, says poll”

      http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/may/07/muslims-britain-france-germany-homosexuality

      (To be continued, since only links may be included per post.)

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 7:18 pm

      (Continued from above)

      And Muslim sources have similar findings:

      SingleMuslim.com, an online interactive community of more than 500,000 members seeking potential marriage partners, recently polled its members to find out what they think about polygamy.

      The results revealed today (October 26, 2010) show that 26.2 per cent of people who completed the survey believe that polygamy is legal with Islam and that all Muslims have the right to practise polygamy if they choose to.

      http://uk.singlemuslim.com/news_artical.php?goToBrand=uk&aID=5515

      So why pretend that these findings are suspect? Only to try to cast doubt on there being a problem–not, likely, because Peer Zulqarnain Shah actually believes these figures are inaccurate.

      And why would he, in any case? Homicidal hatred of homosexuals, support for loveless polygamy, and–especially–support for the imposition of brutal Shari’ah law are all perfectly Islamic.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 7:33 pm

      And what do we know about Peer Zulqarnain Shah?

      He has spewed his Taqiyya on Jihad Watch before, Two years ago, he wrote this:

      “Spencer (sic) group is based (sic) and presenting a biased views about Islam. No religion in the world teaches violence, The followers of religions exploited the cover of their religion to achieve their vested interests.”

      http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/04/new-robert-spencer-book-arab-winter-comes-to-america-out-today#comment-1036174

      Later in the same thread, he claims that it cannot be Islam which is teaching violence, since Muslims so regularly butcher other Muslims–without mentioning that Islam has the tenet of Takfir, whereby Muslims can declare other insufficiently devout Muslims to be virtual Infidels, and hence Halal to murder.

      But besides this, Shah has written fairly extensively on Jihad terror and Islamic law–so none of the information in this poll is new to him.

  10. D says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 3:17 pm

    That’s 23% too many

  11. Hope says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 4:02 pm

    OK, any Lefties who are visiting this site looking for evidence of Islamofauxbia (there is no such thing): The statistics reported in this article are the facts, plain and simple. This is the truth about what has happened to Europe and it is an accurate prediction of what is about to happen in the USA if we do not stand up and say NO to it now. If you have been defending unlimited Muslim immigration and Islam in general because Barack Obama and Anderson Cooper have told you to, please stop. Look at this situation, look at the facts, and you will see the threat to our freedom and our way of life. We are in serious danger here.

    • Kepha says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 9:26 pm

      Yes there is such a thing as Islamophobia. It happened because there are too many Muslims who approve of violence against the rest of us. People are being highly rational to fear Islam in a situation like this.

    • Hope says

      Apr 13, 2016 at 9:16 am

      To clarify: I say there is no such thing as islamophobia for two reasons.

      1. I have learned from Robert Spencer that the term is nothing more than a made-up word, invented to embarrass and silence decent people who speak out against jihad and islamic supremacy.

      2. A phobia is, by definition, an irrational fear that is out of proportion to the actual threat. Therefore, if a person did fear islam (terror, murder, slavery, rape, subjugation, etc.), that fear would not be irrational.

  12. Angemon says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 5:15 pm

    He told The Sunday Times Magazine: ‘I thought Europe’s Muslims would gradually blend into the landscape. I should have known better.

    ‘Britain desperately wants us to think of its Muslims as versions of the Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain, or the cheeky-chappy athlete Mo Farah.

    ‘But thanks to the most detailed and comprehensive survey of British Muslim opinion yet conducted, we know that just isn’t how it is.’

    The question now should be: what are you going to do about it?

  13. Dude says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 5:37 pm

    “‘the integration of Muslims will probably be the hardest task’ the country has ever faced. ”

    Why can’t people get it through their skulls… they don’t WANT to integrate!

    “More than 80 per cent of Muslims surveyed said they felt British and were happy living here, yet conceded they were more likely to stay within their own communities,”

    Of course they’re happy living in Britain! Who wouldn’t, compared to the hellholes they’ve created in the muslim world. They get their jihad seekers allowance, their sharia courts, their no go zones, police don’t bother them, dhimmis trip over themselves to defend them …what’s not to like?

    • Simone Fields says

      Apr 15, 2016 at 5:21 pm

      Yes, and one of them said on the programme ‘we have got halal on every high street here’.

  14. gravenimage says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 6:26 pm

    UK: 50% of Muslims want homosexuality outlawed, 31% want polygamy legalized, 23% want Sharia
    ……………………………

    This should surprise no one.

    More:

    And how many of the rest told the pollsters what they wanted to hear?
    ……………………………

    Yes–the numbers are certainly much higher than this.

    More:

    Among the most startling findings by the research was the attitude of Muslim men and women to the treatment of wives.

    A third of those polled said it was acceptable for a British Muslim to keep more than one wife, while 39 per cent said wives should always obey their husbands.
    ……………………………

    No one here is startled by this–why are journalists, who are supposed to be better informed than the average person?

    More:

    He told The Sunday Times Magazine: ‘I thought Europe’s Muslims would gradually blend into the landscape. I should have known better.
    ……………………………

    Yes–Philips *should* have known better–but at least he is admitting his error now. That is more than most of those in a position of leadership in Britain and the West are doing, even now.

    More:

    What will Britain look like in ten years if this is the situation today?
    ……………………………

    And that’s the question *no one* wants to ask…

  15. abad says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 7:42 pm

    And yet we having liberal bleeding hearts like Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams cancelling concerts to states that now have LBGT “bathroom laws.”

    I am sure both these performers also endorse the virtues of Islam at the same time.

    Talk about talking out of both corners of the mouth.

    Hypocrites.

    • Kepha says

      Apr 11, 2016 at 9:29 pm

      I understand the U of Toronto did away with LGBT bathrooms after a couple of peeping tom incidents. I foresee a lot of jerks putting on dresses, pretending they’re women, and pestering real females in public restrooms.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 12, 2016 at 7:19 pm

      I like some of Bruce Springsteen’s work. But in the wake of 9/11, he wrote the profoundly disturbing “Paradise”, which appears to be sympathetic to suicide bombing. Here are the lyrics:

      http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brucespringsteen/paradise.html

      And here’s the witless “World’s Apart”, which refers to “Allah’s blessed rain”.

      http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brucespringsteen/worldsapart.html

  16. Matthieu Baudin says

    Apr 11, 2016 at 10:40 pm

    No, they don’t want Polygamy ‘legalised’ they want it ‘institutionalised’. No one is going to prison for having more than one woman produce their assorted progeny. They are not victimised. What they want is to ‘hollow out’ the society that they have chosen to live in, so that they can set up shop in whatever way they chose with total indifference to the values and traditions of those around them.

  17. RICHTHOFEN says

    Apr 12, 2016 at 9:43 am

    I daresay that WAY more than 50% of UK non muslims want it banned, also – the big difference is that those non-muslims do not practice it, whereas had Phillips intended to do anything other than an anti-British piece, as is his traditional want, he would have discovered that it forms an integral part of islam, even though they throw them off buildings – I guess that’s the true meaning of hypocrisy, at which they are very adept – maybe it is only when they are found out. Ramadan is the time to see just how widespread it is – their book forgot to say that same sex intercourse was also haram at that time, so they have carte blanche. If they are so unhappy here, they are free to leave – we won’t try to stop them, unless they try to come back radicalised. I never hear from them why it is that they choose to stay when nothing here suits them – and it’s no good them saying so that they can convert and conquer us, which some of the deluded cult followers seem to think – no chance! So they may as well push off and enrich wherever they came from, or long to be – plenty of choice, but don’t get trampled by the millions of their people stampeding in the opposite direction, to get out – strange, that, isn’t it?

  18. sham says

    Apr 12, 2016 at 12:49 pm

    CHARTERER OF AN IDEAL RELIGION:
    Uniqueness of the Name

    The name for the religion of Islam is much more than just a name because it expresses a deep spiritual meaning as well as an overall outlook on life and concept of worship. The word “Islam” is an Arabic word which means “complete submission to the will of Almighty God”. Other religions are named after their founders, such as Christianity and Buddhism; after a tribe or ethnic group, such as Judaism; or after a specific geographical region, such as Hinduism. Islam, however, is unique because its name represents its outlook on life and reflects its universal nature. Additionally, the name “Islam” was not thought up by its followers or applied by other people, as is the case with the names of other religions, but was revealed by Almighty God. This name expressed nothing new, because submission to the will of God, i.e. “Islam”, has always been the true religion of God. Due to this fact, and since the teachings of Islam are straightforward, profound and logical, Islam is the “Natural Religion” of all human beings. The name of no other religion carries any significant message, or conveys the true sense of its outlook on life, as does the name “Islam”.

    Universality & Continuity of the Message

    The command to worship none other than Almighty God and to submit to His will has been revealed by God to all of His prophets throughout mankind’s long history. The pure essence of the beliefs and teachings that were revealed by God to the Prophet Muhammad are the same as God taught to Abraham, who was one of the earliest and greatest prophets. So actually, Muhammad is the final prophet of Islam — not the first. Additionally, Islam is the true “religion of Abraham”, because Abraham completely submitted himself to the revealed will of Almighty God. Islam is truly unique among the religions of the world because it is addressed to all of mankind. The scripture of Islam, called the Qur’an, repeatedly addresses all human beings by saying: “O mankind!” Additionally, in the Qur’an, Almighty God is never addressed as the God of a particular people or nation. From the very beginning of the mission of Prophet Muhammad, his followers came from a wide spectrum of individuals — there was Bilal, the African slave; Suhaib, the Byzantine Roman; Ibn Sailam, the Jewish Rabbi; and Salman, the Persian. Since religious truth is eternal and unchanging, and mankind is one universal brotherhood, God’s revelations to man have always been consistent and universal. Submission to the will of God, and worshipping Him alone without intermediaries, has always been the only religion acceptable to Almighty God.

    A Straightforward Concept of God

    Unique among the religions of the world, the concept of God in Islam is completely based upon Divine Revelation. Not only is the concept of God in Islam characterized by purity and clarity, but it is also not marred by myths, superstitions or man-made philosophical ideas. In the pure and straightforward teachings of Islam, Almighty God has clearly revealed His unique nature and qualities to man in the way which He wants them to be understood. While other religions have either mixed man-made doctrines with divine revelation, or ignored the divine revelation almost completely, Islam’s concept of God is based totally on what God has said about Himself. Islam’s concept of God can be called pure and straightforward because there is a clear distinction made between the Creator and the created. As such, there is no ambiguity in divinity — it is made clear that there is nothing divine or worthy of being worshipped except for Almighty God. In Islam, calling someone other than Almighty God “Lord” or “Savior” is completely prohibited because such terms compromise God’s uniqueness and because all of our trust should be put in Almighty God — who is the Most Merciful and the Controller of all affairs. The only Creator — Almighty God — is Unique, Eternal and Transcendent above His Creation. Everything else besides Almighty God — meaning anything that you can see or even imagine — is part of God’s creation, and thus not worthy of worship. Almighty God, as He has described Himself in the Qur’an, is Absolutely One and “the Most Merciful of those who show mercy”. Even though God is transcendent above His creation, due to His infinite Mercy He is constantly involved with the affairs of His creatures. Even though God is infinite, unique and incomprehensible, in the Holy Qur’an He has revealed Himself in a way suitable to the finite and limited human mind. By reaching out to man and sending revelations through all of His prophets, God has allowed Himself to be known through His unique and most-beautiful attributes. Because the concept of God in Islam was sent by God specifically for mankind, it appeals to the innate nature of the human being. Due to this fact, Islam does not ask man to accept irrational, ludicrous or man-made doctrines about God. The Islamic concept of God strikes a unique balance between various religions an because is avoids reducing God to just being some remote and impersonal “First Cause” or “Higher Power”, while on the other hand it also teaches that a direct and personal relationship with God can be maintained without believing God to be like His creation or incarnate in it.

    Direct Relationship with God

    In other religions, even the ones which claim belief in “One God”, people often approach God through an intermediary, such as a saint, an angel, the Virgin Mary or Jesus. However, it is only in Islam that a person is required only to pray to God. Some people also nullify a truly proper and direct relationship with Almighty God by mistakenly believing that they have a special relationship with Him simply because they are members of a certain ethnic group, tribe or “chosen people”. Additionally, in Islam there are no priests or clergy — each worshipper, man or woman, has a direct relationship with their Merciful Creator — Almighty God. Since God is the Owner and Sustainer of everything, as well as the only one who can provide true and complete forgiveness, it is completely futile to try to approach Him through anyone else. According to the teachings of Islam, praying to or worshipping anything or anyone besides Almighty God is the greatest sin a person can commit. Even though other religions believe in God, they nullify this belief by making the grave mistake of not always approaching Him directly. Some religions even go so far as to say that human beings, due to their sinfulness, cannot approach God without an intermediary — which mistakenly implies that God is unable or unwilling to forgive human-beings directly. Islam teaches that Almighty God has the power to do all things and that no one should ever despair of His mercy. According to the teachings of Islam, God is always ready to bestow His abundant Grace and Mercy on anyone who turns to Him in repentance. Even people who used to commit the worst sin of worshipping others besides God will be forgiven if they realize what they are doing is wrong and repent. Having a direct relationship with God, and understanding that He alone deserves worship and praise, goes hand-in-hand with the Islamic concept of God. This is because once a proper concept of God is established in the heart and mind, submission to God and complete reliance on Him alone comes naturally.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 12, 2016 at 7:34 pm

      sham has been especially busy with his spamming lately:

      CHARTERER OF AN IDEAL RELIGION:
      Uniqueness of the Name

      The name for the religion of Islam is much more than just a name because it expresses a deep spiritual meaning as well as an overall outlook on life and concept of worship…
      …………………………….

      Yes–Islam means total, mindless submission to the vicious “Allah”. Sickening.

      More:

      Other religions are named after their founders, such as Christianity and Buddhism…
      …………………………….

      Actually, Christ is the Messiah, and salvation is very much what Christianity is about. Christ is not a name like Joe or Sam. No surprise that this Muslim ignoramus understands nothing about that.

      And Buddha means the Enlightened One–again, Buddhism is very much about enlightenment.

      Of course, Muslim ignorance of other faiths would not be much of an issue if Muslims were not trying to oppress and murder us on the basis of non-Islamic beliefs.

      More:

      The command to worship none other than Almighty God and to submit to His will has been revealed by God to all of His prophets throughout mankind’s long history.
      …………………………….

      More appropriation–in the case, the Islamic claim that all the Jewish prophets as well as Jesus were actually Muslim.

      As moronic as this is, it is still too superficially articulate to have been written by the semi-literate sham.

    • Carolyne says

      Apr 12, 2016 at 8:27 pm

      Have you ever considered being a stand-up comic? You really are funny.

  19. Concerned Citizen says

    Apr 12, 2016 at 2:48 pm

    UK: 50% of Muslims want homosexuality outlawed, 31% want polygamy legalized, 23% want Sharia

    Sharia?! Who would want that?!

  20. Tony46 says

    Apr 12, 2016 at 5:45 pm

    50%
    31%, and 23%
    ……and the rest of them are giving us taqiyya…

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