| WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT ISLAM, THE HOLY QURAN AND MUHAMMED (P.B.U.H) |
IN A TIME WHEN MANY RELIGIONS ARE DECREASING
IN NUMBERS, ISLAM ON THE OTHER HAND IS INCREASING. ISLAM IS THE FASTEST
GROWING RELIGION IN THE WORLD. THIS PHENOMENON INDICATES THAT ISLAM IS
TRULY A RELIGION FROM GOD. IT IS UNREASONABLE TO THINK THAT SO MANY PEOPLE
CONVERTED TO ISLAM WITHOUT CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND DEEP CONTEMPLATION
BEFORE CONCLUDING THAT ISLAM IS TRUE.
Already more than a billion-people strong, Islam is the world’s
fastest-growing religion. ABCNEWS, Abcnews.com
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"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the country." NEWSDAY,
March 7, 1989, p.4
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"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the United States..." NEW
YORK TIMES, Feb 21, 1989, p.1
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Moslems are the world's fastest-growing group..." USA TODAY,
The populationreferance bureau, Feb. 17, 1989, p.4A
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"Muhummed is the most successful of all Prophets and religious personalities.
" Encyclopedia Britannica
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"There are more Muslims in North America then Jews Now." Dan Rathers,
CBSNEWS
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"Islam is the fastest growing religion in North America." TIMES MAGAZINE
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"Islam continues to grow in America, and no one can doubt that!"
CNN,
December 15, 1995
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"The religion of Islam is growing faster than any other religion in
the world." MIKE WALLACE, 60 MINUTES
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"Five to 6 million strong, Muslims in America already outnumber Presbyterians,
Episcopalians, and Mormons, and they are more numerous than Quakers, Unitarians,
Seventh-day Adventists, Mennonites, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Christian
Scientists, combined. Many demographers say Islam has overtaken Judaism
as the country's second-most commonly practiced religion; others say it
is in the passing lane." JOHAN BLANK, USNEWS (7/20/98)
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"In fact, religion experts say Islam is the second-largest religion
in the United States... Islam has 5 million to 6 million members,
followed by Judaism, with approximately 4.5 million..... And Islam is believed
to be fastest-growing religion in the country, with half its expansion
coming from new immigrants and the other half from conversions."
By ELSA C. ARNETT
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Professor Keith Moore, one of the world’s prominent scientists
of anatomy and embryology. University of Toronto, Canada It
has been a great pleasure for me to help clarify statements in the Qur’aan
about human development. It is clear to me that these statements must have
come to Muhammad from Allah, or Allah, because almost all of this knowledge
was not discovered
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"But Islam has a still further service to render to the cause of humanity.
It stands after all nearer to the real East than Europe does, and it possesses
a magnificent tradition of inter-racial understanding and cooperation.
No other society has such a record of success uniting in an equality of
status, of opportunity, and of endeavours so many and so various races
of mankind . . . Islam has still the power to reconcile apparently irreconcilable
elements of race and tradition. If ever the opposition of the great
societies of East and West is to be replaced by cooperation, the mediation
of Islam is an indispensable condition. In its hands lies very largely
the solution of the problem with which Europe is faced in its relation
with East. If they unite, the hope of a peaceful issue is immeasurably
enhanced. But if Europe, by rejecting the cooperation of Islam, throws
it into the arms of its rivals, the issue can only be disastrous for both."
H.A.R. Gibb, WHITHER ISLAM, London, 1932, p. 379.
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"It (Islam) replaced monkishness by manliness. It gives hope to
the slave, brotherhood to mankind, and recognition of the fundamental facts
of human nature." Canon Taylor, Paper read before the Church Congress
at Walverhamton, Oct. 7, 1887; Quoted by Arnoud in THE PREACHING OF ISLAM,
pp. 71-72.
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The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire,
that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which
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"If a man like Muhamed were to assume the dictatorship of the modern
world, he would succeed in solving its problems that
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"How, for instance, can any other appeal stand against that of the Moslem
who, in approaching the pagan, says to him, however obscure or degraded
he
may be 'Embrace the faith, and you are at once equal and a brother.' Islam
knows no color line." (S. S. Leeder, VEILED MYSTERIES OF EGYPT)
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Professor Siaveda , He is also one of the most famous scientists
in the world.
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Professor William W. Hay is one of the best known marine scientists
in the United States. satellite photography and emote-sensing
techniques. Professor Hay replied: I find it very interesting that this
sort of information is in the ancient scripture of the Holy Qur’aan,
and I have no way of knowing where they would come from, but I think it
is extremely interesting that they are there and that this work is going
on to discover it, the meaning of some of the passages. Professor Hay:
Well, I would think it must be the divine being!
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Professor Yushudi Kusan: Director of the Tokyo Observatory,
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Professor Alfred Kroner who is one of the world’s most
famous geologists
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Dr. T.V.N. Persaud is a Professor of Anatomy and Head of the
Department of Anatomy, and a professor of Pediatrics and Child Health,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is the
author or editor of 25 books, and has published over 181 scientific papers.
In 1991, he received the most distinguished award presented in the field
of anatomy in Canada.
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Joe Leigh Simpson, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
at the North Western University in Chicago in the United States of America.
Professor Simpson said: It follows, I think, that not only is there no
conflict between genetics and religion, but in fact religion can guide
science by adding revelation to some traditional scientific approaches.
That there exists statements in the Qur’aan shown by science to be valid,
which supports knowledge in the Qur’aan having been derived from Allah.
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Professor Palmer a scientist from the U.S.
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Professor Tagata Tagasone, formerly Head of the Department
of Anatomy and Embryology at the University of Shiang Mai in Thailand.
He is now the Dean of the College of the Medicine at the University.
From my studies and from what I have learned throughout this conference,
I believe that everything that has been recorded in the Qur’aan 1400 years
ago must be the truth, that can be proved by the scientific means. Since
the Prophet Muhammad could neither read nor write, Muhammad must be a messenger
who relayed this truth which was revealed to him as an enlightenment by
the One Who is an eligible Creator. This Creator must be Allah, or Allah.
Therefore, I think this is the time to say ‘Laa ilaaha illallah’, that
there is no Allah to worship except Allah, ‘Muhammad Rasool Allah’,
Muhammad is messenger of Allah...
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Professor Armstrong, Scientist works at NASA, I am impressed
that how remarkably some of the ancient writings seem to correspond
to modern and recent Astronomy. There may well have to be something beyond
what we understand as ordinary human experience to account for the writings
that we have seen.
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Professor Dorja Rao, It is difficult to imagine that this type
of knowledge was existing at that time, around 1400 years back. May be
some of the things they have simple idea about, but do describe those things
in great detail is very difficult. So, this is definitely not a simple
human knowledge.
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"My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential
persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but
he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the
religious and secular level." Michael H. Hart, THE 100: A RANKING
OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY, New York: Hart Publishing
Company, Inc., 1978, p. 33.
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"No other society has such a record of success in uniting in an equality
of status, of opportunity and endeavour so many and so
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The nation's claim to be a Christian country is about to meet
its first challenge: the number of practising Muslims is set to overtake
Anglican Christians.... There has also been a number of high-profile
conversions to Islam from Christianity. These include Mike Tyson, the former
world champion boxer; Chris Eubank, the British middleweight boxing champion,
who has changed his name to Hamdan; and Cat Stevens, the pop musician,
who calls himself Yousef Islam.... Prince Charles courted controversy earlier
this year when he reaffirmed his claim that when he succeeds the throne,
he does not wish to be the defender of only the Christian faith.
Rajeev Syal and Christopher Morgan Sunday Times (London,
U.K.)
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"I have studied him - the wonderful man - and in my opinion far from
being an anti-Christ he must be called the saviour of
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"Muhammad, the inspired man who founded Islam, was born about A.D. 570
into an Arabian tribe that worshipped idols. Orphaned at birth, he
was always particularly solicitous of the poor and needy, the widow and
the orphan, the slave and the downtrodden. At twenty, he was already
a successful businessman, and soon became director of camel caravans for
a wealthy
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"In little more than a year he was actually the spiritual, nominal and
temporal rule of Medina, with his hands on the lever
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"Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it
asks you to reflect and reason....When I read the Qur'an further, it talked
about prayer, kindness and charity. I was not a Muslim yet, but I felt
the only answer for me was the Qur'an and God had sent it to me." Cat
Stevens (YusufIslam), former British pop star.
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"Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Mecca,
in Arabia the man who, of all men exercised the
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"Muhammad was the soul of kindness, and his influence was felt and never
forgotten by those around him." Diwan Chand Sharma, The Prophets of
the East, Calcutta 1935, p. l 22.
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"People like Pasteur and Salk are leaders in the first sense. People
like Gandhi and Confucius, on one hand, and Alexander,
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Ahmed Versi, editor of the weekly Muslim News, said the growth
of Islam has been constant: "The younger generation of Muslims that
I have encountered is becoming more aware of its Muslim identity
and is therefore practising its faith with vigour."
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"The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the
outstanding achievements of Islam and in the
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"Sense of justice is one of the most wonderful ideals of Islam, because
as I read in the Qur'an I find those dynamic principles of life, not mystic
but practical ethics for the daily conduct of life suited to the whole
world." Lectures on "The Ideals of Islam;" see SPEECHES AND WRITINGS
OF SAROJINI NAIDU, Madras, 1918, p. 167.
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"History makes it clear however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims
sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the point of the sword
upon conquered races is one of the most fantastically absurd myths that
historians have ever repeated." De Lacy O'Leary, ISLAM AT THE
CROSSROADS, London, 1923, p. 8.
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"The Muslim community is much more aware of its religion and the use
that religion plays within its community." Dr Peter Brierley,
executive director of the Christian Research Association, a London-based
charity
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"I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because
of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears
to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence
which can make itself appeal to every age. I have studied him - the
wonderful man and in my opinion for from being an anti-Christ, he must
be called the Saviour of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him
were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in
solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace
and happiness: I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that it would
be acceptable to the Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable
to the Europe of today." G.B. Shaw, THE GENUINE ISLAM, Vol.
1, No. 81936.
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"A growing number of Muslims in America, more than 40 percent
are African-American," Charles Bierbauer, from the Senior Washington
Correspondent
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"The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the
outstanding achievements of Islam, and in the ntemporary world there
is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue."
A.J. Toynbee, CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL, New York, 1948, p. 205.
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"The rise of Islam is perhaps the most amazing event in human history.
Springing from a land and a people like previously negligible, Islam spread
within a century over half the earth, shattering great empires, overthrowing
long established religions, remoulding the souls of races, and building
up a whole new world - world of Islam.
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"The closer we examine this development the more extraordinary does
it appear. The other great religions won their way slowly, by painful
struggle and finally triumphed with the aid of powerful monarchs
converted to the new faith. Christianity had its Constantine, Buddhism
its Asoka, and Zoroastrianism its Cyrus, each lending to his chosen cult
the mighty force of secular authority. Not so Islam. Arising
in a desert land sparsely inhabited by a nomad race previously undistinguished
in human
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"I am not a Muslim in the usual sense, though I hope I am a "Muslim"
as "one surrendered to God," but I believe that embedded in the Quran and
other expressions of the Islamic vision are vast stores of divine truth
from which I and other occidentals have still much to learn, and 'Islam
is certainly a strong contender for the supplying of the basic framework
of the one religion of the future.'" W. Montgomery Watt, ISLAM
AND CHRISTIANITY TODAY, London, 1983, p. ix.
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'I believe in One God and Mahomet the Apostle of God,' is the
simple and invariable profession of Islam. The intellectual image
of the Deity has never been degraded by any visible idol; the honours of
the prophet have never transgressed the measure of human virtue, and his
living precepts have restrained the gratitude of his disciples within the
bounds of reason and religion." Edward Gibbon and Simon Ocklay,
HISTORY OF THE SARACEN EMPIRE, London, 1870, p. 54.
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"He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions,
Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without
a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue; if ever any man
had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed,
for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports."
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"His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high
moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as
leader, and the greatness of his ultimate achievement - all argue his fundamental
integrity. To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than
it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly
appreciated in the West as Muhammad." W. Montgomery Watt, MOHAMMAD
AT MECCA, Oxford, 1953, p. 52.
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"The doctrine of brotherhood of Islam extends to all human beings, no
matter what color, race or creed. Islam is the only religion which has
been able to realize this doctrine in ractice. Muslims wherever on the
world they are will recognize each other as brothers." Mr. R. L. Mellema,
Holland, Anthropologist, Writer and Scholar.
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"It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the
great Prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how he lived, to feel
anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great messengers
of the Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many
things which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read
them, a new way of admiration, a new sense of reverence for that mighty
Arabian teacher." Annie Besant, THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF MUHAMMAD,
Madras, 1932, p. 4.
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The Qur'aan which was revealed 14 centuries ago mentioned facts only recently discovered by proven scientists. This proves without doubt that the Qur'aan must be the literal word of Allah, revealed by Him to the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and it also proves that Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) is truly a Messenger and Prophet sent by Allah. It is beyond reason that anyone fourteen hundred years ago would have known these facts discovered or proven only recently with advanced equipment and sophisticated methods. Moreover, the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) reviewed the Qur'aan with the Angel Jibreel once each year and twice in the last year of his life. Since the Qur'aan was revealed up until this day, there has always been a huge number of Muslims who have memorized all of the Qur'aan, letter by letter. Some of them have been able to memorize all of the Qur'aan by the age of ten. Not one letter of the Qur'aan has been changed for centuries. After reading this, I ask the reader the question…. Is it possible that
anyone could have wrote this book over 1400 years ago?
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