What it means to be a Muslim
To be a Muslim today, or any day, is to live in agreement with the will and pleasure of Allah, Being a Muslims means being in full submission of Allah. If one takes joy and pride in Islam it is easy to be a Muslim since Islam is "the straight path" leading to paradise (Jannah); this was Imam Ali response to my first question “what it means being a Muslim in this day and age”? I had the pleasure of visiting a mosque by the name of Bin Baz masjid. I spent some time with Imam Ali, through speaking with Imam Ali and attending the Islamic service I realized just how vast the differences are between Christianity and Islam. The differences that will be explored are the nature of god, the death of Jesus Christ and sin. When setting up the meeting with Imam Ali, I was instructed on how to dress by his wife. I was asked to dress modestly when entering the mosque. Imam Ali’s wife did not wish to be interviewed, but was present during the entire interview.
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I noticed all the women body language immediately changed from slouching to sitting completely up-right and at full attention. I looked around to see where and whom the voice was coming from, but I did not see anyone, so I listened in closely at some points even closing my eyes during the lecture, which I later learned is called khutbah, which is the name of the lecture giving by the Imam. A khutbah can be witnessed on Friday afternoon’s prayer gathering called (Jummah), which is Arabic for Friday.
Ali spoke about the return of Jesus Christ. Ali spoke of Jesus Christ being the link between Judaism, Islam and Christianity. He called Judaism, Islam and Christianity the three last versions of Islam, with Islam being the true version. Ali said when Jesus Christ taught it was Islam not Christianity; he also said that Christianity and Judaism is a distortion of
To be a Muslim today, or any day, is to live in agreement with the will and pleasure of Allah, Being a Muslims means being in full submission of Allah. If one takes joy and pride in Islam it is easy to be a Muslim since Islam is "the straight path" leading to paradise (Jannah); this was Imam Ali response to my first question “what it means being a Muslim in this day and age”? I had the pleasure of visiting a mosque by the name of Bin Baz masjid. I spent some time with Imam Ali, through speaking with Imam Ali and attending the Islamic service I realized just how vast the differences are between Christianity and Islam. The differences that will be explored are the nature of god, the death of Jesus Christ and sin. When setting up the meeting with Imam Ali, I was instructed on how to dress by his wife. I was asked to dress modestly when entering the mosque. Imam Ali’s wife did not wish to be interviewed, but was present during the entire interview.
The …show more content…
I noticed all the women body language immediately changed from slouching to sitting completely up-right and at full attention. I looked around to see where and whom the voice was coming from, but I did not see anyone, so I listened in closely at some points even closing my eyes during the lecture, which I later learned is called khutbah, which is the name of the lecture giving by the Imam. A khutbah can be witnessed on Friday afternoon’s prayer gathering called (Jummah), which is Arabic for Friday.
Ali spoke about the return of Jesus Christ. Ali spoke of Jesus Christ being the link between Judaism, Islam and Christianity. He called Judaism, Islam and Christianity the three last versions of Islam, with Islam being the true version. Ali said when Jesus Christ taught it was Islam not Christianity; he also said that Christianity and Judaism is a distortion of