Mufti Muhammad Ibn Muneer is reflecting traditional Islamic theology: “Abraham was not a Jew, nor was he a Christian, but he was a Muslim hanif, and he was not one of the idolaters.” (Qur’an 3:67) It is a mainstream Islamic belief that the Biblical prophets were all Muslims who taught Islam. Their followers twisted their […]
New York: Muslim cleric says non-Muslims “are not your friends, and are not allowed to be treated as your friends”
“O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as friends. They are friends of one another. And whoever is a friend to them among you, then indeed, he is of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.” (Qur’an 5:51) No doubt Pope Francis is on his way to New […]
New York Muslim cleric: “Trying to take Jihad from the Quran and the Sunnah is trying to take sweetness out of honey”
It is clear in the video that he is referring to violent jihad. And he rebukes those whose sensibilities are jarred by the violence and inhumanity of Islamic law: “Your feelings have no value, no worth, in light of the Quran and Sunnah. If you don’t believe and understand that, then maybe Islam is not […]