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  1. OttomanScribe

    Permissability of lying in proselytising?

    What is the Christian understanding of deception in the path of proselytising? I am asking because of the recent exposure of Ergun Caner as a fraud (something I have known ever since I heard one of his speeches). Is it okay for a Christian to make up falsities about themselves or their...
  2. OttomanScribe

    Caesar

    In a couple of other threads this has come up so I thought I would consolidate it here. Several people have quoted 'give unto Caesar' to me. I wondered about the applicability of this line in a monotheistic religion. Specifically the deliberate separation between what is God's and what is not...
  3. OttomanScribe

    Similarities

    Greetings! My name is Will, though to my Muslim friends I am known as Zahir. I am a Muslim convert. I share my religious teacher's fascination for Christian theology. I find similarities with the Catholic conception of tradition, Protestant simplicity, but most importantly for this post...
  4. OttomanScribe

    Clothing oneself?

    As an orthodox Sunni Muslim, and a member of a Sufi order, I believe that the primary way to stay on the siratul-mustaqim (straight path) is to follow the way of the Messenger of God (sws). This is not limited to simple belief, but also extends to imitation in all aspects of action. Put simply...
  5. OttomanScribe

    War?

    I am close friends with a pastor from America, she would host gatherings on the lawn of my campus and discuss various things. She observed with mixed feelings my transition from atheism to Islam. After my conversion she invited me to dinner with a few of her Christian friends. I met one of her...
  6. OttomanScribe

    Salvation of those without contact?

    A friend of mine went to study Islamic theology and law in Mauritania (a country in North Africa) and he was surprised in his travels to come upon a village that thought the world was Muslim. They spoke about the Christians, Jews and pagans as though they were an extinct species, unable to...
  7. OttomanScribe

    Progress?

    In order to state my question there needs to be some background so bear with me God willing. I am not proselytising, we don't do that. My understanding of history as a Muslim is not one of progress. The state of human society was improved at various points by the coming of Prophets (as) like...
  8. OttomanScribe

    Permisability of Interest?

    From my own historical knowledge it was my understanding that interest used to be prohibited amongst Christian groups. I see aspects of this prohibition in the NT itself. Yet on the sidebar of this forum I see an add (one of many) for the Commonwealth bank. Am I correct in thinking that there...
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