Islam: Frequently-asked questions

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Q: What is the meaning of the word, "Islam"?
A: The word, "Islam" means "Submission," referring to submission to the god of Islam.

Q: Is the god of Islam the same as the God of the Torah?
A: The Koran and the Torah present very different gods. They cannot be the same, because everything about them is contradictory, the one to the other.

Q: What is the meaning of the word, "jihad"?
A: "Jihad" means "struggle." It has always and everywhere in Muslim and Arab history referred to warfare to conquer the world for the god of Islam. All the inhabitants of the earth must submit to the god of Islam, or die. At times, populations of other religions have been allowed to exist in Muslim lands, but only for a time, and only under the most horrible of conditions, as less than second-class citizens.

Q: How did Islam begin?
A: Mohammed was a Nestorian Christian clergyman. Around 610 CE, he began to have seizures which frightened him, but his wife thought they were God trying to talk to him. So he continued to foster them, and got messages that led to a great deal of fighting, and the eventual declaration by Mohammed that the god that was speaking through him was the true god, and whoever didn't believe that should die.

Q: How many times is Jerusalem mentioned in the Koran?
A: None. (In the Jewish scriptures: 642.)