In Part 2 of Out of Context, Pastor Baughman asks me about verses & incidents of violence in the Quran and Sunnah.
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Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research will be dedicated to answering these questions in depth and will be launching in October insha'Allah!
Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VCZ9sTc8S98&list=PLutdSTmJ7bAJQaNrfGlijtvLsDcERufni&index=2
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I'm at a restaurant eating and there's a dad sitting with his two girls. I overhear there conversation. The girls are asking about everything and anything. I'm fascinated by their curiosity.
One of the girls looks at me and asks, "Daddy, why is she wearing that?"
Her dad responded with something that made my heart so warm. He said, "There are different religions and cultures and languages. We have to learn about them."
He then proceeded to share a personal experience of when he lives abroad and learned to speak Spanish.
This reminded me of a Harvard research that I was reading about. "Children exposed to racism tend to accept and embrace it as young as age 3, and in just a matter of days."
Moral of the story: This is how you teach love, acceptance, understanding and respect. It starts from an early age. Kids listen and imitate their parents' views and behaviors. You are their role model.
#love #acceptance #lifelessons
In 1513, the Spanish monarchy banned the almalafa (hijab) for "Old Christian" women (as opposed to newly converted Muslims) on the pretense that dressing like Muslims is an affront to the Christian faith. Before this royal decree, it was not uncommon for both Muslim and Christian women to dress in the "Moorish style" with their heads covered.
Arabic titles for Mary mother of Jesus ( peace be upon her)
Qānitah: Mary is so called in sura 66:12.[21] The Arabic term implies the meaning, not only of constant submission to God, but also absorption in prayer and invocation, meanings that coincides with the image of Mary spending her childhood in the temple of prayer. In this way, Mary personifies prayer and contemplation in Islam.
Siddiqah: She who confirms the truth or She who has faith. Mary is called Siddiqah twice in the Quran (sura 5 (Al-Ma'ida), ayat 73–75 and 66:12).[21][41] The term has also been translated, She who believes sincerely completely.
Sājidah: She who prostrates to God in worship. The Quran states: "O Mary! Worship your Lord devoutly: prostrate yourself".[42] While in Sujud, a Muslim is to praise God and glorify Him. In this motion, which Muslims believe to be derived from Marian nature, hands, knees and the forehead touch the ground together.
Rāki’ah: She who bows down to God in worship. The Quran states: "O Mary! Bow down in prayer with those men, who bow down." The command was repeated by angels only to Mary, according to the Muslim view. Ruku' in Muslim prayer during prayer has been derived from Mary’s practice.
Tāhirah: She who was purified.[4]
Mustafia: She who was chosen. The Quran states: "O Mary! God has chosen you and purified you and again he has chosen you above all women of all nations of the worlds".[4]
Sa’imah: She who fasts. Mary is reported to fast one-half of a year in some Muslim traditions.
Many other names of Mary can be found in various other books and religious collections. In Hadith, she has been referred to by names such as Batul, Adhraa (Ascetic Virgin), and Marhumah (Enveloped in God's Mercy).[43]
Vol. 2, No. 2 (September 2002): Pharaoh’s Hardened Heart
https://jsr.shanti.virginia.edu/back-issues/vol-2-no-2-september-2002-pharaohs-hardened-heart/
Articles
Pharaoh’s Hardened Heart: Cruel and Unusual Punishment and Covenantal Ethics
Shaul Magid, Jewish Theological Seminary
Pharaoh’s Hardened Heart: Some Christian Readings
Stanley Hauerwas, Duke Divinity School
“I am Your Lord Most High”: Pharaoh and the Sin of Hubris in the Qur’an
Vincent J. Cornell, University of Arkansas
https://craigconsidinetcd.com/2016/04/01/10-great-prophet-muhammad-quotes-on-christians/
Hijab Kristen dan Yahudi
Postingan ini khusus untuk teman-teman Muslim dan Muslimah di Indonesia yang hobi mengklaim bahwa tradisi hijab itu "eksklusif Islam." Karena "gagal paham" menganggap atau bahkan berkeyakinan bahwa hijab adalah "properti" umat Islam belaka, maka tidak jarang mereka sering "sensi", ngamuk, dan "mayah-mayah" kalau melihat non-Muslim memakai jilbab seraya menuduh mereka telah melecehkan dan menghina Islam. Atau, jika tidak, mereka menganggap kaum non-Muslimah yang "ujug-ujug" (tiba-tiba) berjilbab "sudah mendapat hidayah".
Sudah sering saya bilang bahwa, dalam konteks sejarah, tradisi hijab itu sudah ada jauuuhhhh sebelum Islam lahir di Mekah. Tradisi berhijab ini, misalnya, sudah dipraktekkan oleh masyarakat Assyria kuno ribuan tahun sebelum "bayi Islam" lahir di abad ke-6/7 M. Di kemudian hari, umat Yahudi dan Kristen (yang sama-sama lahir di Timur Tengah) melanjutkan tradisi ini seperti disebutkan dalam berbagai kitab suci mereka.
Belakangan, "si bungsu" Islam juga ikut-ikutan "kakak-kakak" mereka. Dalam sejarahnya, peradaban Byzantium dan Persia-lah yang memperkenalkan tradisi hijab ini ke komunitas Arab. Jika kini kita melihat banyak umat Kristen dan Yahudi yang tidak berhijab itu semata-mata lantaran proses sejarah dimana kedua agama ini sudah lama mengalami "proses pembaratan", sesuatu yang tidak dialami oleh Islam.
Karena tradisi hijab ini juga menjadi bagian dari sejarah, tradisi, dan kebudayaan umat Kristen dan Yahudi, maka tidak mengherankan jika ada sejumlah kelompok agama Kristen dan Yahudi masa kini yang masih memelihara dan mempraktekkan tradisi hijab ini seperti komunitas Kristen / Katolik Ortodoks di berbagai negara, belum termasuk kaum perempuan Arab Kristen di Timur Tengah seperti Lebanon, Suriah, Iraq, Palestina, Mesir, Yordania, dlsb. Foto di bawah ini hanyalah sekelumit contoh dari penampilan kaum perempuan Kristen di Irak yang tidak hanya berhijab tetapi juga sepertinya sambil menenteng Kitab Injil berbahasa Arab.
Begitu pula, komunitas Yahudi juga banyak yang berhijab (bahkan berniqab / berburqa seperti kaum Muslimah Saudi atau Qatar) seperti kelompok Sekte Burqa Heradi di Israel misalnya. Mereka menyebutnya "frumka" yang diperkenalkan oleh Bruria Keren, seorang tokoh agama Israel yang mengklaim bahwa tradisi hijab itu aslinya dari Yahudi, dan karena itu ia mengkampanyekan perempuan Yahudi untuk berhijab. Selain komunitas Yahudi Heradi, juga ada sekte Yahudi Lev Tahor di Quebec, Kanada (seperti foto di bawah ini) yang mengajarkan dan mempraktekkan tradisi hijab. Silakan diperhatikan dengan baik dan seksama tata-busana dari "kakak pertama" Yahudi dan "kakak kedua" Kristen ini. Sama persis kan dengan ukhti/ikhwat Muslimah?
Nah sekarang, saya tanya: hijab itu properti siapa, hayo?
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/pluralism-and-the-najran-christians_b_9235554.html
