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our daily lives. (The word “Islam” literally means "to submit" or "to surrender" [to
Allah].) We have decided to stand with Joshua: “As for me and my household, we will serve
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(Sura 3:12).
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The Rise of Islam
by Rickard L. Sawyer
Th.M., Th.D., D.Min., N.D. (cand.)
Former Professor of Theology and Comparative Religion
Golden State School of Theology, Oakland, CA ©1983,2003,2004
Pick up any newspaper or
magazine, or turn on any television or radio news report, and within a very
few minutes you will find a reference to “Islam, one of the world’s three
great monotheistic religions,” as if Islam has much in common with Judaism
and Christianity. Unfortunately, you will also hear our national leaders
talking about “our Islamic friends” as if we had much in common with them.
You will even hear so-called “Christian,” Jewish, and even some Muslim
leaders suggesting that the G-d of Islam is the same as the G-d of Avraham,
Yitz'chak, and Ya`akov, the G-d of the Bible and the only true G-d.
Nothing could be
further from the truth. Islam has absolutely nothing whatsoever
to do with Judaism and Christianity, they are not our friends, and until
Messiah returns and abolishes Islam they can never be our friends. The G-d of
the Universe has revealed Himself in the pages of the Bible as the one and
only unique G-d of all, and He says there is no G-d but Himself. As will be
demonstrated in this article, the “god” of Islam is the declared enemy of the
G-d of the Bible and, as such, his goals and objectives are diametrically
opposed to the goals and objectives of the G-d of the Universe.
Those who are the friends of the G-d of the
Universe cannot be friends of those who follow His sworn enemy.
The Qur’an also clearly indicates
that Allah is not be be associated with the G-d of the Bible.
Sura 17.22: “Do not associate with Allah any
other G-d, lest you sit down despised, neglected.” [By his own mouth, Allah
is NOT the G-d of Avraham, Yitzhak, and Ya`akov!]
See also the rest of
Sura 17. The Children of Israel
This article is intended to summarize the
historical ascent of Islam, not what Muslims believe about the
historical ascent of Islam.
Mohammed was born a peasant in 570, was orphaned at an
early age, and was raised by his uncle. At age 25 he married Khadija, a very
wealthy widow merchant 15 years his senior.
The society in which Mohammed grew up was
extremely splintered, with numerous feudal tribes that were constantly at war
with each other. Their religion was filled with desert
jinni, a class of spirit
beings that, according to Muslim demonology, inhabit the earth, assume
various forms, and exercise supernatural powers. They often take human form
and serve their summoner (as in Aladdin’s lamp). It was the privilege and
responsibility of the head of each tribe to select for his own tribe which
jinn they would worship, and many of the tribal wars were fought primarily to
prove that one tribe’s jinn was greater than the other’s.
Traveling as a representative of Khadija’s
(now his) various business interests, Mohammed was exposed to many Jews and
Christians, and became enthralled by their theology, particularly their
concept of a single deity. It occurred to him that if his countrymen could be
united under a single “god,” great progress toward peace could be made for
his people.
Secular history
records that in 610, by which time Mohammed had become the leader of his
tribe, he was in a cave meditating and seeking to discover which of the jinni
was indeed most powerful, and worthy to become the tribal jinn of his family.
Supposedly one of the jinni appeared to him [See
2 Cor. 11:14] and identified himself as Al-Ilah (the G-d), or
Allah, who appointed Mohammed as his “prophet.”[NOTE1]
As the Bible teaches
that all false “gods” are actually demons,[NOTE2] Allah [or whoever it
was that appeared to Mohammed, assuming that someone actually appeared
to him] is therefore a demon posing as a G-d, and
Islam is therefore a religion of demon worship.
Mohammed was extremely disturbed
by the visitation, and for several years he privately expressed to Khadija
and to his closest friends that he was afraid that he was going insane
because of the frequent “visions” he experienced. However, with Khadija's
continuous encouragement, over the next 12 years he was able to gain between
ten and fifteen converts to the worship of Allah. In 622 he was finally cast
out of Mecca and went to
Medina where he found a
receptive audience for his ideas. Through his teaching of honoring only one
“god” and of religious toleration toward others, especially toward the
“people of the Book” (Jews and Christians), by the late 620’s he had
converted nearly all of the area around Medina.
In 632 he returned to Mecca and “converted”
them by force, ruled over them as Caliph (prophet and ruler), and died in 632. Through
their policy of “conversion by the sword” Islam had spread as far as Spain,
India, and most of North Africa by 637.
Key Dates in the History of Islam
570 — Mohammed born
610 — The jinn
Allah appears to Mohammed in the cave [though some Muslims claim it was the
angel Gabriel who appeared to Mohammed, this is simply not possible as
explained here]
610-622 — Mohammed preaching in Mecca; gained 10-15 converts
622 — Mohammed thrown out of Mecca and goes to Medina (250 mi
north of Mecca)
624 — Now the majority religion, Islam gains control of nearly
all of the Arabian Peninsula by the late 620’s
630 — Mohammed returns to Mecca and “converts” them by force
632 — Mohammed rules over Islam as Caliph (prophet and ruler)
- dies
635 — Islam controls Damascus
636 — Islam controls Syria and Israel
637 — Islam expands into India, North Africa, and Spain, but
Charles the Hammer of southern France stops the spread of Islam in France
1038 — Babylon falls to Islam; the center of Jewish learning
moves from Babylon to Spain
Notes:
1. Muslims are divided in opinion as to the source of
Mohammed’s “revelation.” In response to
this article, I have received email from numerous Muslims who insist that
all Muslims believe it was Gabriel who appeared to Mohammed in the
cave and Gabriel who gave the Quran to Mohammed. I have also received
messages from other Muslims who insist that all Muslims believe that
it was Allah who appeared to Mohammed in the cave, and that Allah gave
Mohammed some parts of the Quran and Gabriel gave him other parts. I have
even had some Muslims tell me that Muslims do not believe that either Allah
or Gabriel ever appeared to Mohammed, but rather that they believe that the
“appearances” and “visions” were not real, but were only part of Mohammed's
“state of mind,” which I interpreted as meaning imagination or delusion. [It
is simply not possible that Gabriel appeared to Mohammed, as
explained here.] [RETURN]
2. The following Scripture passages demonstrate that the
worship of false gods is actually the worship of demons:
[RETURN]
Lev. 17:7 -
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No longer will they offer sacrifices to the goat-demons,
before whom they prostitute themselves! This is a permanent regulation for
them through all their generations.'
Deut. 32:17 -
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They roused him to jealousy with alien gods, provoked him with abominations.
They sacrificed to demons, non-gods, gods
that they had never known, new gods that had come up lately, which your
ancestors had not feared.
Psalm 106:37 -
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They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to
demons.
1Cor. 10:20 -
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No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to
demons and not to G-d; and I do not want
you to become sharers in demons.
1Cor. 10:21 -
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You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of
demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table
of demons.
1Tim. 4:1 -
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But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from
the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of
demons,
Re. 9:20 -
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The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of
the works of their hands, so as not to worship
demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of
stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;
[RETURN]
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