Allah is not God.

Submitted by Islam (United States), Mar 17, 2006 at 10:01

There is a big difference between Allah and the Judeo-Christian God (named Yahweh). Allah is the "name" of the Islamic god. There is no Illah (god) but Allah (name of Islam's god). That's what the Quran says. Now, the Jews and Christians do not believe Allah is God. He acts and reflects more .. Iblis than a deity...

While I'm on the subject, why is it that anytime a non-muslim says anything bad about Islam, he/she is described as ignorant. Or "he's taking it out of context."
It's hard to take Quran 5:51 out of context.
O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust.

So, don't think I'm ignorant or uneducated in the way of Islam. I do my research.
Islam rises and falls on Muhammad. He is the religion's sole prophet, Islam's solitary example, Allah's lone conduit. Without Muhammad, Allah, the Qur'an, and Islam would be unknown. Yet the picture the Islamic scriptures paint of this man is not flattering; his words aren't believable. According to the Qur'an and Hadith, Muhammad was a thief, rapist, and terrorist. It's hardly the example you'd want your neighbor to emulate.

Muhammad, Allah, Mecca, and the formation of Islam are completely unknown to secular history. All we know of them is derived from the Qur'an and Hadith. The earliest and most important collection of Hadith is called the Sira, or Biography. Compiled by Ibn Ishaq, the Sira provides the only written account of this man, his god, place and religion within two centuries of his death. There is no other valid source from which Muhammad can be seen, or Islam can be interpreted, differently.

Islam will not quit until it rules the world. It is evil. It is Anti-American. The American ideal is freedom. Islam is submission and sharia.

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