A Critique of Mawdudi’s view on Islamic Change as a SYSTEMATIC PROCESS

1. Islamic Change as a Change in the Leadership of the Human World

What is Mawdudi’s view of “Islamic Change”? What is, according to him, the nature of transformation brought about by Islam in the individual as well as in the society? These and such other questions will be discussed in the following pages. Due to the radical nature of Islamic change, Mawdudi sometimes calls it “Islami inqalab” 1 or “The Islamic revolution”. But he holds that this revolution is altogether different from all other revolutions2. Removing the misunderstanding of his people who seemed to view formation of an Islamic State as merely a political change, Mawdudi emphasized repeatedly that Islamic change is much deeper than a mere political change3. Mawdudi always underlined the significance of political power 4_ as will be clear from the following lines. Still according to him, in its own nature, a political change as such, remains a superficial change5. Likewise, Islamic revolution is in no way similar to a political revolution6. Just as blood revolution can never be a way of bringing Islamic change. In fact, Mawdudi uses the word “inqalab” (“revolution”) in this context, only to underline that a whole new world is born out of this radical change7.

JESUS :THE GREAT MESSENGER

Surah 2. The Cow:

WE MAKE NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROPHET & ANOTHER:

87. We gave Moses the Book and followed him up with a succession of apostles; We gave Jesus the son of Mary Clear (Signs) and strengthened him with the holy spirit. Is it that whenever there comes to you an apostle with what ye yourselves desire not, ye are puffed up with pride?- Some ye called impostors, and others ye slay!

ISLAM: A CHALLENGE TO RELIGION

by  G. A. Parwez

Introduction

Glossary

Chapter 1:    WHAT IS RELIGION ?

The So-Called Urge for Religion

The Definition of Religion

The Idea of God

What is Religion?

Chapter 2:    THE FUNCTION OF DIN

Deen and Man

The Self

The Quranic Concept of the Self

God and Man

Religion or “Deen”

Islam

Chapter 3:   THE SELF OF MAN AND ITS DESTINY

Self and Physical Body

Self and Memory

Survival of the Self

Man

Hereafter

Immorality

The God of Life

Chapter 4:    DIVINE GUIDANCE

Evidence of Guidance

Wahi and the World of Creation

Man and Wahi

Nubuwwah

Conclusion 

Belief in God without Belief in Revelation

Chapter 5:    REASON AND IMAN

Reason and Its Limitations

The Function of Reason

Reason and Faith (Iman) – The Quranic View

Miracles

Approach to the Quran

Chapter 6:   THE ROLE OF REASON IN DIN

Reason and Passion

Reason and Revelation

Revelation and Values

Iman is Indispensable

Chapter 7:   THE WORKING OF THE DIVINE LAW

God as a Dictator

Divine Will According to the Quran

The Quranic View of God

Chapter 8: THE LAW OF REQUITAL

What is It?

Man and the Law of Requital

Its Working

Chapter 9:    SALVATION

 Religion and Salvation

The Quranic Concept of Salvation

Life: A Struggle

Conclusion

Chapter 10:   SURVIVAL: INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE

Man’s Passion for Life

Life and Death

Will and Action

Immorality and Eternity

Chapter 11:   THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN PERSONALITY

 The Law of Rabubiyyat

Course of Self-development

Chapter 12:   THE RABUBIY’AH ORDER (Quranic ECONOMICS)

The Order of Rabubiyyat: Its Nature and Purpose

Jannah

Allah

The Problem of Subsistence

The Mystical Way

Chapter 13: THE RABUBIY’AH ORDER: ITS AIM AND SCOPE

 The Rabubiyyat Order of Society

Capitalism and the Rabubiyah Order

Means of Production

Period of Transition

Chapter 14:  a: POLITICAL SYSTEM: PART I

Man-Made Systems

Primitive Age

Struggle Between the Rulers and the Subjects

Might is Right

Theory of Contract

Democracy

Democracy’s Failure

UNO’s Questionnaire

Patriotism

Western Thinkers

Moral Standard

Locke’s Mistake

Higher Law

Modern Man in Search of Light

Declaration of Human Rights

Search of Permanent Values

Chapter 15:  b: POLITICAL SYSTEM: PART II

Islamic View of Humanity

Universal Humanity

International Humanity

Freedom, Justice and Beauty

Adl and Ihsan

War and Ideological Differences

Sectarianism

Chapter 16:  MAN AND WAR

The Distant Past

Christianity and War

Quran and War

Law and the Use of Force

Rules of Conduct

Prisoners of War

Is the Abolition of War Impossible?

Chapter 17:  RISE AND FALL OF NATIONS

Quran and History

The Law at Work

The Quranic View of History

Doom of the Nations

Cosmic Process

Chapter 18:  MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT

Man and the Universe

The Quran on Man and Nature

Knowledge

Men of Knowledge

Chapter 19:  WOMAN

Man and Woman: A Comparative Study

Woman (Mother)

Slave Girls

Sex and Society

Chastity

Conclusion 

Religion and Deen

Concept of God

Permanence and Change

Human Personality

Permanent Values

Comparison

Bibliography

Is Islam a Failure?

by G.A. Parwez

This question should worry every student of the rise and fall of the Muslim people. At their dawn they rose high and reached the far ends of the then known world with a speed unknown in history. Equally steep has been their fall, too steep for a recovery. Hard facts of history lead a group of students to the conclusion that while Islam undoubtedly infused a new spirit among the Arabs, enabling them to over-throw the Persian and the Roman empires and become master of the world, it did not have the capacity to keep pace with the times, Islam lagged behind and the steep rise of the Muslims took a precipitous downward trend for good. The experiment has failed and it would, according to M. Abul Kalam Azad, be stupid to give it another trial, see his book India Wins Freedom (page 227). There is another group of students, which though not so out-spoken, finds it hard to reconcile that if Islam sponsors eternal truth and is capable of keeping abreast of the times, why it should have, only a while, come to a dead stop. Skepticism born out of the irreconcilable, shakes the very foundation of their faith in the eternal truth of Islam. The question is important and deserves to be seriously considered and satisfactorily answered.

Only One Question

This article was originally published in Urdu language, titled “Sirf Eik Sawal” by Idara Tolu-e-Islam

Translated byUbedur Rahman Arain

THE QUESTION

It has been a concern for centuries that Muslims irrespective of the sect, group or country they belong to, have left Islam. As a matter of fact this is true for the whole MUSLIM Nation.

Of course it is true, but has any one ever thought about the reasons for it? How come the whole nation has left Islam? It was not for a few days, but centuries! why is all this? This much is clear that we have to think about it and try to analyze the prevailing situation.

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REVERTING ISLAM BACK TO ITS TOLERANT ROOTS

Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour

The loving and tolerant teachings of the Quran and Islam have been perverted over the years by hypocrites who twist the word of God to gain money and power. The consequences include the hateful ideology that has created several terrorist groups. This false doctrine of hate has been spread throughout the Middle East and even in America with Wahabi money, the sect practiced in Saudi Arabia. The story of John Henry below illustrates the dangers and intolerance of most Islamic leaders in the US and hopefully will give you insight on what must be done to make a safer, more peaceful world. To understand this story the reader should know that there is a difference between Islam as a religion and Muslims as human beings who have their own human traditions and human civilization and history. Even Muslims are not the same. They are mainly three sects; the Sunni, the Sufi and the Shiites. In modern times, the Sunni sect has become the most fanatical sect among Muslims. It has four schools; the most fanatic school inside the Sunni sect is the Wahabi sect which is more like a cult. The Wahabi teachings are practiced mainly in Saudi Arabia. The Wahabi cult has hijacked the name of Islam, controlling most of the mosques in the U.S and the West. Because of their recent influence in the Midle East in traditional moderate countries like Egypt, moderate Muslims who follow the Quranist philosophy are increasingly persecuted. The Quranist Muslims are free minded Muslims who believe in Islam as the religion of peace, tolerance, justice, human rights, democracy and freedom of belief and speech. The writer of this article is the founder of this trend in Islam. As a witness he gives here his story in the U.S and Egypt comparing tolerance here and there.

ISLAMIC DEMOCRACY AND MUSLIM TYRANNY:Peaceful Solution For The 21’st Century

ISLAMIC DEMOCRACY
AND
MUSLIM TYRANNY
Peaceful Solution For The 21’st Century

Written by
Ahmed Subhy Mansour (PH.D)

Is Jesus God ?

JESUS HIMSELF DENIED BEING GOD

LUKE 18:19 Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God

LUKE 2:52 Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and men.

JOHN 8:42 I proceeded forth and came from God, neither came I of myself but he sent me.

THE CRUCIFIXION/RESURRECTION OF JESUS

Opponents of Christianity whether people of different religious faiths or simply atheists who try to deny Isaiah 53 (an Old Testament Book) as prophesizing the crucifixion of Jesus always seem to come up short. Christians always seem to have the upper hand, no matter what the alternative explanation for Isaiah 53. With the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls containing all of Isaiah 53 and dating centuries before Jesus, Christians feel as though they have unquestionable proof for their religion.

 

BUT IS IT REALLY TRUE ?

THE TRUE OBEDIENCE TO OUR PROPHET

TO SHUN THE FALSEHOOD AND
TO SPREAD THE TRUTH, ONCE WE KNOW IT,
ARE THE OBLIGATORY SACRED DUTIES OF BELIEVERS.
(See Qurían 22: 30 and 2: 42)

So obey Allah, and obey His Prophet: but if you turn back, the duty
of Our Prophet is but to proclaim (message) clearly and openly.
Qurían 64:12.

By Akbarally Meherally, 2006

Bukhari and Muslim…

 

Until a few decades ago (and even today in some parts of the world), the general consensus was that the SIX collections of Hadeeths, namely the ones collected by Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi, Abu Da’ud, Nasai and Ibn Majah were to be regarded as the authentic collections. That concept was revised by the Islamic scholars of the Hadeeths when some of the narrations from the last four compilers did not stand up to the tests. Only the collections by Bukhari and Muslim were to be regarded as trustworthy – Sahih. When some of the spurious narrations from these two Sahih Hadeeths were questioned, the stringent consensus was that any narration that has been accepted by Imam Bukhari as well as acknowledged by Muslim also was to be regarded as an authenticate record.

“ALLAH” IS THE NAME OF A “MOON-GOD”: ALLEGES A CHRISTIAN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Reproduced below is the incriminating text from the Web Site of
HOME OF THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Truth Seekers, P. O. Box 250, Newport, PA 17074. 
http://www.cultbusters.com

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Note: The Hi-lites are mine. I have inserted appropriate responses after their allegations. My responses are in Blue Ink.

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     Where Did Allah Come From?Dr. Robert Morey (writes):

CHRISTIANS, VIRGIN MARY & JESUS CHRIST IN THE QUR’AN

NEAREST IN LOVE TO MUSLIMS ARE CHRISTIANSTHE QUR’AN (KORAN) REVEALS:

Strongest among men in enmity to the Believers you will find the Jews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the Believers you will find those who say: “We are Christians”; because amongst these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are not arrogant.
Qur’an 5 : 82Say: “O People of the Book! You have no ground to stand upon unless you stand fast by the Torah, the Gospel, and all the revelations that has come to you from your Lord.” It is the revelation that cometh to thee from thy Lord, that increaseth in most of them, their obstinate rebellion and blasphemy. But
sorrow thou not over (these) people without faith. Qur’an 5 : 68

MYTHS AND REALITIES OF HADITH

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE BENEFICENT, THE COMPASSIONATE
‘MYTHS AND REALITIES OF HADITH — a critical study’
Written by Akbarally Meherally
Published by Mostmerciful.com Publishers
5449 Dominion Street, BURNABY, BC, Canada V5G 1E1
Printed in Canada 1422 AH / 2001 AC — ISBN 0-9689162-0-4
Copyright © 2001 by Akbarally Meherally, All Rights Reserved. No part of this book
may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any
means, without the written permission of the publishers.
You can purchase a hard copy of this book directly from the Publishers.
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REVIEW:  I have read the book MYTHS AND REALITIES OF HADITH
written by Brother Akbarally Meherally. I discovered it to be
thought-provoking as a critical material in the field of sciences
of Hadith and as such I found it to be worthy of reading.
Sd/-  D. Fawad
Imam Fawad, Masjid-ul-Haqq, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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PLEASE READ THIS BOOK JUDICIOUSLY AND
WITH AN OPEN MIND TO KNOW THE TRUTH
Contents
Introduction
Qur’an and Hadith: Confusion in Cyberspace
1. The Development of Hadith
The Place of Hadith – Past and Present
Defining Hadith
Did Prophet commend the writing of his “Sayings”?
The Recording of the Qur’an – a Striking Contrast
2.  The Chaos of Category and Classification
Intentional Fabrications
The Classifications
Companions and Acquaintances
A Note on Qudsi (sacred) Hadith
3.  The Ongoing Debate of Authenticity
An Authentic Hadith can be defective
A saying erroneously attributed to the Prophet
Abu Hurayrah the biggest contributor
‘Sahih Al-Bukhari’ Commended and Criticized by Muslim Scholars
Upon Which Verses Rests Your Faith (Imaan): Al-Qur’an or Al-Bukhari?
Futuristic Narrations
Credible or Credulous?
The Need for Caution
4.  Sectarianism and Faulty Hadith
Two Self-contradictory hadiths
Sunnah and Hadith
An Honest Proposition from Dr. J. Lang
5. A Closer Look at Some Dubious Hadiths
The Prophet and knowledge of the Unseen
6.  Hadith Seen as the Weak Link by Non-Muslims
Rejected narrations inserted later in Al-Bukhari?
7.  My Response to Six Passages Sent by a Critic
A Muslim critic emails six passages
8.  The Qur’an on Ludicrous Hadiths
Hadiths that mislead from the Path of Allah
Ridiculous Hadiths that Undermine the Credibility of the Prophets
The Vivid Stories of “Dajjal” and the “anti-Christ” in the Qur’an?
Isra’iliyat Narrations within Hadiths and Commentaries
Hadiths that assert the Qur’an is incomplete
The Qur’an on adultery
9.  Hadith and Qur’an in Contradiction
Eight major areas of contradiction between the Qur’an and Hadith
literature
10.  Further Fascinating Facts and Observations from Muslim
Scholars
Dr. Sayed Abdul Wadud
Dr. Murad Wilfried Hofmann
Dr. Shabbir Ahmed, M.D.
An Islamic Website
My personal Observations
11.  The Future of Hadith
The Crisis
The Corrective
12.  Conclusion

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Rethinking Within Islam -”metaphysical catastrophes:the elevation of the Shari’ah to the level of the Divine, …”

By Professor Ziauddin Sardar

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Note: This is one of those articles on ~ ISLAM ~ that you rarely come across and the reading of which compels your mind to think hard and then seek earnestly the help of Allah (SWT) for the ‘Ummah. Let us all pray that may Allah give us ~ The Muslims ~ the wisdom and the needed courage to restructure our priorities… 

 

The seasoned author – professor Ziauddin Sardar of London, England, is a cultural critic and the editor of Futures: The Journal of Planning, Policy, and Futures Studies. He has authored many books on Islam. His newest book is; 

Ziauddin Sardar’s A-Z of Postmodern Life

(Visions Publications, Feb. 2002).

ARE THERE CONSEQUENCES OF FOLLOWING ‘SECONDARY DOCUMENTS’?

Allah (SWT) Commanded the Prophet: 
“Say (O’ Muhammad), ‘Allah’s Guidance is the (only) Guidance.” (Q. 6: 71). The same Message is repeated in 2: 120

also see Q. 4: 87

History records that there was a prohibition for the writing of the WORDS of the Prophet (anything.. OTHER THAN THE WORDS OF ALLAH) by the Prophet (s.a.s.) himself. Al-Baghdadi records that in Taqyid giving the name of Abu Saeed al-Khudri for the source.

 

However, not withstanding the above record, the major proof for this strict prohibition and its strict observance are discovered within the historical FACT that there are NO written texts of the HADITHS by the Prophet (s.a.s), from the first century of Hijra (i.e. decades after the Qur’an had been complied and distributed), that have surfaced and published.

If someone has such a published document, please do communicate, else the above states facts remain the True Facts.  

 

No doubt… the stated Allah’s Commands are Eternal and cannot be changed. Any order given to the Ummah by the Prophet (s.a.s.) that directly confirms, supports or upholds these Divine Commands can not be REVOKED unilaterally by anyone, especially after the passing away of the Prophet….   

“And whatsoever he (the Prophet) forbiddeth, abstain (from it). And keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is stern in reprisal.”

Qur’an 59: 7

Caution: Allah (S.W.T.) knows, I am hundred percent for the Prophetic Sunnah.  Following the Prophet’s Sunnah is an explicit Command of Allah.  I am a Sunni Muslim. The subject here under is of the legitimization of the “unspoken words” of the Prophet, through the creation of Secondary Documents. Please click link Why my wife and I became Sunni Muslims?

“only begotten son”

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The George Washington University…        During my bible study in 1992, I wrote a letter to department of the New Testament, at the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA. 
My request was to elucidate the popular term from John’s Gospel, the “only begotten son”, in relation to the original Greek text written by the Apostle. 
Below is a copy of the scholarly response that I received, from the University.
The then Assistant Professor of Religion, Paul B. Duff, now enjoys the privileged position of Chair, Department of Religion at the George Washington University: 

Jesus and Mary Magdalene

Today there are in circulation hundreds of articles, dozens of books and a similar number of videos and TV documentaries trying to convince their readers and viewers with more and more New Evidence to establish that there was an intimate relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Several of them go further and seek to provide conclusive evidence that they were married and had a son. The majority of their viewers and readers come from religious backgrounds. However, one crucial fact that they have overlooked is that they DO HAVE comprehensive support within the Old Testament, the Canonical Gospels and the Qur’an.

QUR’AN DOES NOT CATEGORICALLY SAY; JESUS WAS SUBSTITUTED WITH ANOTHER MAN

A Presumptive

Interpretation!

1. Recently I received from an Imam, a complimentary copy of the booklet ‘A BRIEF ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING ISLAM’. This beautifully illustrated publication is published by DARUSSALAM, Publishers and Distributors, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

On page 58 appears the under mentioned English text of a verse from the Holy Qur’an:

…They said, “We killed the Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of God.” They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but the likeness of him was put on another man (and they killed that man)… (Qur’an, 4:157)

Timings Of Salat According To The Quran

Prayer stands with only four others as the fundamental pillars of Islam. Above all other rules and guidelines set for all Muslims, the five pillars of Islam are the ones that set the very infrastructure of the religion, without which, everything else falls apart. How is it then that so much discussion can erupt over marginal, and often ridiculous, questions while a subject as essential and fundamental to the Islamic religion, the Salat, is left untouched? Like everything else underlined in the Quran, the Salat is clearly discussed in the Holy Book, with no ambiguity of any type. And if indeed what sets the Quran apart from other Holy scriptures is the fact that it comes directly from God, why is it then that Believers must search elsewhere for what is already stated entirely on the pages and in the ayaat of the Holy Book?

The History of Hadith

By : Ibrahim Mustafa

 

MUHAMMED FORBIDS THE WRITING OF HADITHS

It has been documneted in Muslim , Ahmed and other sources of Hadith that Muhammad had prohibited the writing of his hadith.  

 

(1) Ibn Saeed Al-Khudry reported that the messenger of God had said,

“Do not write anything from me EXCEPT QURAN. Anyone who wrote anything other than the Quran shall erase it.”

The following historical incident happened about 30 years after the death of the Prophet Muhammed and shows that the Prophet never canceled his order not to write but the Quran. The hadiths books however contained some fabricated hadiths that are considered by the same Hadiths scholars as very weak, trying to indicate that Muhammed changed his view about writing the hadiths. The readers of the hadith to follow, that happened about 30 years after the death of the Prophet, will conclude by themselves that the Prophet Muhammed never authorized the writing of the hadiths since the time he told his followers not to write but the Quran..

Cases Of Corrupting Quranic Truth (Misinterpreted Verses)

Various Quranic verses have been badly misinterpreted. In the majority of cases, these poor interpretations were a result of the scholars attempts to uphold the teachings of ‘hadith’. When a clear contradiction arose between a Quranic script and a ‘hadith’, sadly the interpreters have chosen to corrupt the meaning of the Quranic verse so as to comply with the content of the ‘hadith’!

This issue raises the inevitable question ‘did the prophet preach what is in contradiction to the word of God?’

The answer is that he did not! If there is any contradiction between hadith and Quran it is because the hadith we have today are NOT 100% the words of the prophet …..

Useful Hints For Reading The Quran

RULE ONE

THE STRAIGHTFORWARD MEANING

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As presented in the section (Quran, fully detailed Scripture), we will be accountable on the Day of Judgement to abiding by the law of God which is given to us in the ‘law giving’ verses of the Quran. Because of that, and since God is the most Fair Judge, He has given us these verses in very clear and straightforward language. Nevertheless, and as a reader, you may have often come across the situation where you have just read one of these ‘law giving’ Quranic verses only to find that in the interpretation it has been given a completely different meaning by the interpreter! If you should inquire into the reason behind this discrepancy you will be told that the Quran is very difficult to understand on your own, and that these proficient interpreters have spent many years of their lives in mastering the science of Quranic interpretation and thus their interpretation in fact presents what the verse really is supposed to mean! You may also be told that this is the interpretation given by the prophet himself.

Chronological Order of the Quran

The following lists the chronological order of revelation of the Quran.

People of The Elephant – But Who?

y Max Q : (h_y_p_n_o_t_i_x_2000 @ yahoo.ca)

 

Although I have researched this topic and formulated a hypothesis that can be backed by evidence, this is analysis and opinion of a single individual…I am only human and am prone to mistakes in judgment. It is better if the reader verifies the information I am presenting. I would be glad if someone corrects me if I have made a mistake.

 

The Satanic Versus Unexpurgated

By Ahmad Deedat

THE PEN AND THE SWORD
So far ‘Satanic’ Salman has succeeded in causing the death of 40 Muslim men, widowed Muslim women and orphaned Muslim children with his poisoned pen, proving the old saying (if proof was needed) that “The Pen is Mightier than the Sword!”
Despite all my anger, sorrow and bitterness I still lead with my fellow Muslims in travail – “Stop crying “don’t wail! No more protest marches or book burning!” All our visible signs of pain and anguish are giving the enemies of Islam gleeful sadistic pleasures. I say, STOP IT! Turn the Tables.

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Does the code of the Quran confirm the 24434 format?

It is the opinion of some believers that the code of the Quran (19) confirms that the 24434 format of the Salat has been preserved across the ages. This paper aims in Sha Allah to verify this claim.

With the use of the 24434 format and various other variables, these believers proceeded to form linear arrangments (numbers placed side by side), all of which produced multiples of nineteen.

Consequently, it was declared that these findings are awesome signs which indicate the 24434 to be the correct format for prayer.

It is the aim here to verify mathematically the truth and validity of such findings, and whether these signs truly present divine signs for such a claim or not.

This paper also poses the question of (What is the possibility of obtaining similar results by using a different format than 24434?)

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The Lost Tomb of Jesus

The Lost Tomb of Jesus
The -Paleo-Hebrew door eye- aka -Eye of ascension- adorned Talpiot Tomb.
Directed by	Simcha Jacobovici
Produced by	Felix Golubev Ric Esther Bienstock
Distributed by	Koch Vision, Discovery Channel, and Vision TV
Release date(s)	March 4, 2007
Country	USA/Canada
Language	English
Official website

A series of articles on

Jesus Christ and Christianity Chronology Virgin Birth Ministry • Miracles • Parables Death and resurrection Second Coming Christology Names and titles Relics

Cultural and Historical Background Aramaic • Greek • Race

Perspectives on Jesus Biblical Jesus Religious perspectives Christian • Jewish • Islamic Historicity Historical perspective Jesus myth hypothesis Comparative mythology

Jesus in culture Cultural depictions of Jesus Images This box: view • talk • edit

The Lost Tomb of Jesus is a documentary co-produced and first broadcast on the Discovery Channel and Vision TV in Canada on March 4, 2007 covering the discovery of the Talpiot Tomb. It was directed by Canadian documentary and film maker Simcha Jacobovici and produced by Felix Golubev and Ric Esther Bienstock, while James Cameron served as executive producer. The film has been released in conjunction with a book about the same subject, The Jesus Family Tomb, issued in late February 2007 and co-authored by Jacobovici and Charles R. Pellegrino. The documentary and book’s claims are widely disputed by archaeologists and theologians, as well as language and biblical scholars.

conjecture الظن

1. [4:157]	Waqawlihim inna qatalnaalmaseeha AAeesa ibna maryama rasoola Allahiwama qataloohu wama salaboohu walakinshubbiha lahum wa-inna allatheena ikhtalafoo feehi lafeeshakkin minhu ma lahum bihi min AAilmin illa ittibaAAaalththanni wama qataloohu yaqeenan	وقولهم انا قتلنا المسيح عيسي ابن مريم رسول الله وما قتلوه وما صلبوه ولكن شبه لهم وان الذين اختلفوا فيه لفي شك منه ما لهم به من علم الا اتباع الظن وما قتلوه يقينا
	That they said (in boast), “We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah”;- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-
2. [6:116]	Wa-in tutiAA akthara man fee al-ardiyudillooka AAan sabeeli Allahi in yattabiAAoona illaalththanna wa-in hum illa yakhrusoona	وان تطع اكثر من في الارض يضلوك عن سبيل الله ان يتبعون الا الظن وان هم الا يخرصون
	Wert thou to follow the common run of those on earth, they will lead thee away from the way of Allah. They follow nothing but conjecture: they do nothing but lie.
3. [6:148]	Sayaqoolu allatheena ashrakoo law shaaAllahu ma ashrakna wala abaonawala harramna min shay-in kathalikakaththaba allatheena min qablihim hattathaqoo ba/sana qul hal AAindakum min AAilminfatukhrijoohu lana in tattabiAAoona illa alththannawa-in antum illa takhrusoona	سيقول الذين اشركوا لو شاء الله ما اشركنا ولا اباؤنا ولا حرمنا من شئ كذلك كذب الذين من قبلهم حتي ذاقوا باسنا قل هل عندكم من علم فتخرجوه لنا ان تتبعون الا الظن وان انتم الا تخرصون
	Those who give partners (to Allah) will say: “If Allah had wished, we should not have given partners to Him nor would our fathers; nor should we have had any taboos.” So did their ancestors argue falsely, until they tasted of Our wrath. Say: “Have ye any (certain) knowledge? If so, produce it before us. Ye follow nothing but conjecture: ye do nothing but lie.”
4. [10:36]	Wama yattabiAAu aktharuhum illathannan inna alththanna layughnee mina alhaqqi shay-an inna Allaha AAaleemunbima yafAAaloona	وما يتبع اكثرهم الا ظنا ان الظن لا يغني من الحق شيئا ان الله عليم بما يفعلون
	But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can be of no avail against truth. Verily Allah is well aware of all that they do.
5. [10:66]	Ala inna lillahi man fee alssamawatiwaman fee al-ardi wama yattabiAAu allatheenayadAAoona min dooni Allahi shurakaa inyattabiAAoona illa alththanna wa-inhum illa yakhrusoona	الا ان لله من في السماوات ومن في الارض وما يتبع الذين يدعون من دون الله شركاء ان يتبعون الا الظن وان هم الا يخرصون
	Behold! verily to Allah belong all creatures, in the heavens and on earth. What do they follow who worship as His “partners” other than Allah? They follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie.
6. [49:12]	Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooijtaniboo katheeran mina alththanni innabaAAda alththanni ithmun walatajassasoo wala yaghtab baAAdukum baAAdanayuhibbu ahadukum an ya/kula lahma akheehimaytan fakarihtumoohu waittaqoo Allaha inna Allahatawwabun raheemun	يأيها الذين امنوا اجتنبوا كثيرا من الظن ان بعض الظن اثم ولا تجسسوا ولا يغتب بعضكم بعضا ايحب احدكم ان ياكل لحم اخيه ميتا فكرهتموه واتقوا الله ان الله تواب رحيم
	O ye who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for suspicion in some cases is a sin: And spy not on each other behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, ye would abhor it…But fear Allah: For Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
7. [53:23]	In hiya illa asmaonsammaytumooha antum waabaokum maanzala Allahu biha min sultanin inyattabiAAoona illa alththanna wamatahwa al-anfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda	ان هي الا اسماء سميتموها انتم واباؤكم ما انزل الله بها من سلطان ان يتبعون الا الظن وما تهوي الانفس ولقد جاءهم من ربهم الهدي
	These are nothing but names which ye have devised,- ye and your fathers,- for which Allah has sent down no authority (whatever). They follow nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire!- Even though there has already come to them Guidance from their Lord!
8. [53:28]	Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin inyattabiAAoona illa alththanna wa-innaalththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqishay-an	وما لهم به من علم ان يتبعون الا الظن وان الظن لا يغني من الحق شيئا
	But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against Truth.

19 – Fact or Fiction?

Written By Layth (laytth@hotmail.com)

Disclaimer. The reader is strongly advised to independently verify all information given as per 17:36.

I have recently written an article which referred to the Quran’s mathematical miracle relating to
the number 19. Needless to say, the article has caused many questions to be raised, especially
regarding the factuality or fictionality of the Quran’s relationship to the number 19.

I will attempt to share with the reader my own research and findings regarding this question and
hopefully provide a satisfactory answer.

This paper will deal with the question of whether a pattern relating to the number 19 is a reality in
the Quran or whether it is a fabrication and manipulation of numbers and data.

Meshiha Deghala

 

al-Dajjal (Arabic: الدّجّال, al-dajjāl) (“The Deceiver/impostor”), also known as the false Messiah (see also: Antichrist) is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology, who will appear before Yawm al-Qiyamah (The Day of Resurrection, Judgement Day).

“Dajjal” is a common Arabic word, used in the sense of “false prophet”. But “Al-Dajjal”, with the definite article, refers to “The Impostor”, a specific end-of time deceiver. It is worthy to note that the term Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal (Arabic for “The False Messiah”) is a literal translation of the Syriac term “Meshiha Deghala”, which had been in the common vocabulary of the Middle East and adapted into the Arabic language 400 years prior to the Qur’an via the Peshitta (which uses that term instead of the Greek “antichristos”).

The belief is based around the events prior to the day of judgement around the Second Coming of Christ, when Dajjal shall gather an army of those he has deceived and lead them in a war against Jesus, who shall be accompanied by an army of the righteous.

The Quran doesn’t mention the Dajjal, unlike the Hadith. A couple of Ahadeeth describing the dajjal are as follows:

MUSLIM AMERICANS

MUSLIM AMERICANS:
MIDDLE CLASS AND MOSTLY MAINSTREAM

May 22, 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Overview …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1

Chapter 1: How Many Muslims Are There in the United States?……………………………….9

Chapter 2: Who Are the Muslim Americans? A Demographic Portrait………………………15

Chapter 3: Religious Belief and Practice………………………………………………………………..21

Chapter 4: The Muslim Experience:
Identity, Assimilation and Community…………………………………………………..29

Chapter 5: The Muslim Experience:
Challenges, Worries and Problems………………………………………………………..35

Chapter 6: Political and Social Values…………………………………………………………………..41

Chapter 7: Foreign Policy, Terrorism, and Concerns about Extremism………………………49

Chapter 8: Study Methodology……………………………………………………………………………..57

Survey Topline………………………………………………………………………………………………………75

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Only 40% of U.S. Muslims believe 9/11 was carried out by “Arabs”

Following on a poll of Muslim populations in Morocco, Egypt, Pakistan and Indonesia that showed only 25% of these people accepted the official identification of the perpetrators of 9/11, comes a new poll focused on American Muslims by the respected Pew Research Center in DC.

Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream

May 22, 2007

The first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans finds them to be largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims and Westerners around the world.

The Pew Research Center conducted more than 55,000 interviews to obtain a national sample of 1,050 Muslims living in the United States. Interviews were conducted in English, Arabic, Farsi and Urdu. The resulting study, which draws on Pew’s survey research among Muslims around the world, finds that Muslim Americans are a highly diverse population, one largely composed of immigrants. Nonetheless, they are decidedly American in their outlook, values and attitudes. This belief is reflected in Muslim American income and education levels, which generally mirror those of the public…

…Relatively few Muslim Americans believe the U.S.-led war on terror is a sincere effort to reduce terrorism, and many doubt that Arabs were responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Just 40% of Muslim Americans say groups of Arabs carried out those attacks.

A comprehensive survey by World Public Opinion.org of the University of Maryland reveals that a large number of Muslims don’t buy the official story of 9/11. They also reject, overwhelmingly, violent attacks on civilians. Many of them feel that the US is out to weaken and divide Islam in general, and this affects their views on “al Qaeda”, reflected in the graph below;

What the hell is “al Qaeda” anyway? Nafeez Ahmed’s answer here.

I borrowed the headline from Big News Network.com

 

Afghan Opium Production Timeline

 

1982-1991: Afghan Opium Production Skyrockets

Afghan opium production rises from 250 tons in 1982 to 2,000 tons in 1991, coinciding with CIA support and funding of the mujaheddin. Alfred McCoy, a professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Wisconsin, says US and Pakistani intelligence officials sanctioned the rebels’ drug trafficking because of their fierce opposition to the Soviets: “If their local allies were involved in narcotics trafficking, it didn’t trouble [the] CIA. They were willing to keep working with people who were heavily involved in narcotics.” For instance, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a rebel leader who received about half of all the CIA’s covert weapons, was known to be a major heroin trafficker. Charles Cogan, who directs the CIA’s operation in Afghanistan, later claims he was unaware of the drug trade: “We found out about it later on.” (Weaver 5/1996; Rosen 9/30/2001)

Complete 911 Timeline

New documentary, 9/11 Press for Truth, based on the Complete 911 Timeline.
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1977-1981: The Nationalities Working Group Advocates Using Militant Islam Against Soviet Union

In 1977 Zbigniew Brzezinski, as President Carter’s National Security Adviser, forms the Nationalities Working Group (NWG) dedicated to the idea of weakening the Soviet Union by inflaming its ethnic tensions. The Islamic populations are regarded as prime targets. Richard Pipes, the father of Daniel Pipes, takes over the leadership of the NWG in 1981. Pipes predicts that with the right encouragement Soviet Muslims will “explode into genocidal fury” against Moscow. According to Richard Cottam, a former CIA official who advised the Carter administration at the time, after the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1978, Brzezinski favored a “de facto alliance with the forces of Islamic resurgence, and with the Republic of Iran.” (Dreyfuss 2005, pp. 241, 251 – 256)

Calligraphy

From the Greek word for “beautiful writing,” calligraphy was considered the highest art form in Islam, for several reasons. For one, Muslims believe that Allah used the Arabic language to recite the Qur’an to Muhammad, and for that reason, it has a spiritual meaning for Muslims. Also, using words as artistry avoided the problem of using pictorial images. Whereas decorative writing all but disappeared in Europe with the advent of the printing press, the Islamic world retained it as an art form long after the necessity of writing longhand was removed by modern technology. Calligraphy adorned architecture, decorative arts, coins, jewellery, textiles, weapons, tools, paintings, and manuscripts.

Architecture

Intricate tile designs on the Masjid-i Shah in Isfahan
Courtesy of IslamiCity
www.islamicity.org

The most important building in the Islamic world was the mosque, followed by the royal palace. Mosques, as the centre of worship, were among the first buildings erected in the Islamic world. Many early mosques were in fact converted Christian churches or Zoroastrian fire temples in the newly acquired Islamic lands. Invading armies did not require elaborate buildings in which to pray; as long as they knew the direction of Mecca in order to face it when praying, Muslims were then – and are still today – able to perform their prayer duties. The first mosques Muslims constructed, therefore, were simple squares. As the Islamic empire grew in size and power, mosques became larger and more elaborate. In the areas around the Mediterranean Sea, most mosques followed a so-called “open plan,” with a courtyard in the centre, roofed arcades, and the first minarets – towers that extend vertically from the mosque. Examples of this style include the Great Mosque of Kairouan (7th century), the Great Mosque of Damascus (early 8th century), and the Mosque of Cordoba in Spain (late 8th century). In Iran and Central Asia, a slightly different sort of mosque developed under the influence of Sassanid architecture. Four hallways led out from the open court, and minarets often came down to the ground, instead of resting on the top of the building. The Seljuk Masjid-i Jami in Isfahan (1072-92) and the Safavid Masjid-i Shah (1612-38) exemplify this style of mosque.

The Egyptian Culture Reflected in Worship

By Deborah Howard

Much of our knowledge about ancient Egyptian culture is based on elaborate worship rituals related to death and the afterlife. Egyptians were devoted to their gods and to their pharaohs who were gods on earth, as demonstrated by their willingness to build the pyramids for the safe passage of their leaders into the afterlife.
Understanding the development of Egyptian society and their theological system requires a basic knowledge of the geography of the area. The Nile River Valley and Nile Delta, circa 4000-5000 BCE, was comprised of about 12,000 square miles of arable land. The villages and towns of ancient Egypt were found up and down the length of the Nile with most of the population living below the First Cataract (located approximately at present day Aswan).

THE AMAZING QUR’AN

Calling the Qur’an amazing is not something done only by Muslims, who have an appreciation for the book and who are pleased with it; it has been labeled amazing by non-Muslims as well. In fact, even people who hate Islam very much have still called it amazing.

Dr. Gary Miller

Introduction

One thing which surprises non-Muslims who are examining the book very closely is that the Qur’an does not appear to them to be what they expected. What they assume is that they have an old book which came fourteen centuries ago from the Arabian desert; and they expect that the book should look something like that – an old book from the desert. And then they find out that it does not resemble what they expected at all. Additionally, one of the first things that some people assume is that because it is an old book which comes from the desert, it should talk about the desert. Well the Qur’an does talk about the desert – some of its imagery describes the desert; but it also talks about the sea – what it’s like to be in a storm on the sea.

KORAN AND SELF-REFERENCE

Copyright © Muhammed Asadi
There was a fundamental crisis in mathematics about a hundred years ago, a basic disturbance that affected all of logic till it was repaired. Logicians realized that for centuries they had left out the concept of “Self-reference.” For centuries, Aristotle’s rule of the “Excluded middle” had been used. This rule is a proposition that states, “Every proposition is either true or false.” Somebody was smart enough to question that very proposition. What if that proposition that states that every proposition is either true or false is false? People had overlooked that for centuries. Not so the Koran. If the Koran is what it claims to be then it should be aware of self-reference, as applied to its own statements.Paul Davies, professor or Mathematical Physics at the University of Adelaide in Australia, in his book, The Mind of God (1992), talks about how Self-reference shook the very foundations of logic and how it was resolved (emphasis is mine):

19 Questions for Muslim Scholars

By Edip Yuksel

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These 19 Questions were presented to “Muslim Scholars” at an international conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 7-8,1989. The title of the conference was “World Conference on Finality of the Prophethood & Significance of Hadith”.

CONTENTS

• Which Hadith do you believe besides the Quran?

• Do this verses require a mishmash of narrations?

   

• How reliable is your most authentic hadith?

   

• Why are you so belligerent?

   

• Why do you sanctify those who . . . ?

   

• When did a hungry goat eat the “stoning verse”?

   

• Why do you prohibit gold and silk for men?

   

• Why do you prohibit pictures, music, and chess?

   

• Which animals are lawful?

   

• Why do you insult and oppress women?

   

• Why do you force women to cover their hair?

   

• Why do you make distinction among messengers?

   

• Was Muhammad illiterate?

   

• Who is the messenger mentioned in 3:81?

   

• Will Jesus come back?

   

• What is the crucial age?

   

• How do you pronounce “Shahadah”?

   

• What About Religious practices?

• Can you see the mathematical miracle?

MY JOURNEY FROM THE CHRISTIANITY OF AHLUL SUNNAH WAL JAMAAH TO THE ISLAM OF THE PROPHET

BY

SAIM BAKAR (e-mail: zakaria.salleh@stdform.com.sg)

INTRODUCTION

`My Journey From the Christianity of Ahlul Sunnah Wal Jamaah to the Islam of the Prophet’

This book is dedicated to my Christian brothers Osama bin Laden, the very Christian Imam of the Grand Mosque at Mecca, the Christian Shiah Ayatollahs of Iran, the very Christian Aga Khan and the Ismailis, the Christian Qadiani brothers and the Christian Ahmadiya brothers, the very Christian Tareqah and Christian Sufi brothers, the perfectly Christian Tablighi and the almost one billion other Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah and Shiah people throughout the world who have been duped into being Christians. They think they are Muslim but for over a thousand years they have actually been practising Christianity.

(bush knocked down the towers)

(mos def)
man you hear this bullshit they be talkin
everyday man
its like these motherfuckers is just like professional liars
you know what im sayin?
so wow

Listen!

(hook – mos def) 2X

bin laden didnt blow up the projects
it was you nigga, tell the truth nigga
(bush knocked down the towers)
tell the truth nigga
(bush knocked down the towers)
tell the truth nigga

I pledge no allegiance
nigga fuck the presidents speeches
im baptized by america
and covered in leeches
the dirty water that preaches your soul and your facial features
drowning you in propaganda that they spit through the speakers
and if you speak about the evil that the government does
the patriot act attract you to the type that you love
they try to frame you
and say you was trying to sell drugs
they throw a federal indictment on niggas
to show you love
this shit is run by fake christians
fake politicians
look at they mansions and look at the conditions you live in
all they talk about is terrorism on television
they tell you to listen but they dont really tell you their mission
they funded Al Qaeda, and now they blame the muslim religion
even though Bin Laden was a CIA tactition
they gave him billions of dollars and funded his purpose
Fahrenheit 9/11 thats just scratching the surface.

(hook)

They say the rebels in Iraq still fight for Saddam
but thats bullshit ill show you why its totally wrong
cuz if another country invaded the hood tonight
it’d be warfare through harlem and washington heights
i wouldnt be fighting for bush or white americas dream
id be fighting for my people, survival and self-esteem
i wouldnt fight for racist churches in the south my nigga
id be fighting to keep the occupation out my nigga
you ever clocked someone who talk shit or look at you wrong
imagine if they shot at you and was rapin your moms
and of course saddam hussein had chemical weapons
we sold him that shit after ronald regans election
mercinary contractors fight in a new era
corporate military banking off the war on terror
they controlin the ghetto with a fear of attack
trying to distract the fact that they engineering the crack
so im strapped like (lee malvo?) holdin a sniper rifle
these bullets ‘ll touch your kids and i dont mean like michael
your body ‘ll be sent to the morgue, stripped down and recycled
i fire on (house?) niggas that support you and like you
cuz innocent people get murdered in the struggle daily
and poor people never get shit and struggle daily
this aint no alien conspiracy theory
this shit is real
written underneath the dollar on the masonic seal

(eminem)
i dont laugh at dead presidence
id rather see the president dead
its never been said but i said presidence.

List of messiah claimants

This is a list of people who have been said to be a messiah either by themselves, or by their followers. The list is divided into categories, which are sorted according to date of birth (where known).

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Dajjal

al-Dajjal (Arabic: الدّجّال, al-dajjāl) (“The Deceiver/impostor”), also known as the false Messiah (see also: Antichrist) is an evil figure in Islamic eschatology, who will appear before Yawm al-Qiyamah (The Day of Resurrection, Judgement Day).

“Dajjal” is a common Arabic word, used in the sense of “false prophet”. But “Al-Dajjal”, with the definite article, refers to “The Impostor”, a specific end-of time deceiver. It is worthy to note that the term Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal (Arabic for “The False Messiah”) is a literal translation of the Syriac term “Meshiha Deghala”, which had been in the common vocabulary of the Middle East and adapted into the Arabic language 400 years prior to the Qur’an via the Peshitta (which uses that term instead of the Greek “antichristos”)

The beleif is based around the events prior to the day of judgement around the Second Coming of christ, when Dajjal shall gather an army of those he has deceived and lead them in a war against Jesus, who shall be accompanied by an army of the righteous.

Antichrist

For the Friedrich Nietzsche book, see The Antichrist. For the Gorgoroth album, see Antichrist.

In Christian eschatology the Antichrist or Anti-christ (literally: anti, opposite, for, or as; christ, messiah) has come to mean a person, image of a person, or other entity that is the embodiment of evil. The name antichrist derives from the books of 1 and 2 John, which describe any who denies Christ to be antichrists. The term is also often applied to prophecies regarding a “Little horn” power in Daniel 7, and is used in conjunction with many End Times teachings.

Antichrist is translated from the combination of two ancient Greek words αντί + χριστος (antí + khristos), which can mean anti “opposite” (of) khristos “Messiah” therefore “opposite of Christ” or anti “as” (if) khristos “messiah” thus “in place of Christ”. An antichrist can be opposed to Christ by striving to be in the place of Christ.

The term itself appears 5 times in 1 John and 2 John of the New Testament–once in plural form and 4 times in the singular, and is popularly associated with the belief of a competing and assumed evil entity opposed to Jesus of Nazareth.^[1]

Ahmed Deedat

List of Books

Crucifixion or Cruci-fiction by Ahmed Deedat

Is the Bible God’s Word by Ahmed Deedat

Muhammad THe Natural Successor to Christ -Ahmed Deedat

A Collection of Ahmed Deedat’s Debates High Quality Videos

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GEORGE W. BUSH RESUME

The White House, USA

* ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:
* I attacked and took over two countries.
* I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the Treasury.
* I shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history.
* I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
* I set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
* I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
* I am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.

Jesus Camp

Jesus Camp
Directed by	Heidi EwingRachel Grady
Produced by	Heidi EwingRachel Grady
Starring	Becky FischerMike Papantonio
Music by	Force Theory
Cinematography	Mira ChangJenna Rosher
Distributed by	Magnolia Pictures
Release date(s)	September 15, 2006
Language	English
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Jesus Camp is a 2006 documentary directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi EwingPentecostal summer camp for children who spend their summers learning and practicing their “prophetic gifts” and being taught that they can “take back America for Christ.”. According to the distributor, it “doesn’t come with any prepackaged point of view” and tries to be “an honest and impartial depiction of one faction of the evangelical Christian community”. about a

On January 23, 2007, “Jesus Camp” was nominated for the 2007 79th Annual Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Documentary Feature.It lost out to Davis Guggenheim and Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth.

Sola Scriptura

by:Keith Mathison

 

In the 1980s and early 1990s, a controversy erupted among dispensationalists which came to be referred to as the Lordship Salvation controversy. On one side of the debate were men such as Zane Hodges¹ and Charles Ryrie² who taught a reductionistic doctrine of solafide which absolutized the word “alone” in the phrase “justification by faith alone” and removed it from its overall theological context. Faith was reduced to little more than assent to the truthfulness of certain biblical propositions. Repentance, sanctification, submission to Christ’s Lordship, love, and perseverance were all said to be unnecessary for salvation. Advocates of this position claimed that it was the classical Reformation position taught by Martin Luther and John Calvin. On the other side of the debate was John MacArthur who argued that these men were clearly abandoning the Reformed doctrine of justification by faith alone.³ In addition to the books written by the primary dispensationalist participants, numerous Reformed theologians wrote books and articles criticizing this alteration of the doctrine of solafide.⁴ A heated theological controversy began which continues in some circles even to this day.