Saturday, February 28, 2009

Koran

The Koran taught me a little about their culture, how they live, and their spiritual rituals, of course, their religion. The Muslims do their best to convert others to their religion and they defend their religion as best as they can. They also don't really like Westerners and especially don't really like Christians. They think or believe that Christians disturb the peace in their country and maybe even through out the world. They relate them selves to Adam just like Christians do.
They also think that people who are unbelievers and choose not to believe are stupid. In the Koran, it says that Allah blinds their hearts so they cannot come back or follow him. My question is, if Allah blinds their hearts then how can non believers, if they want to, convert to Allah?
In the Koran it mentions a little bit about creation. It also has a few details about Moses and some of the miracles that he did just like in the Bible. The Koran points out Satan and how Satan is the devil. The Muslims think that Jesus was a great prophet but not the "Prophet"and that God or Allah meant Muhammad was the "Prophet." The Koran has some similarities like the Bible.
The women are treated kind of like property but the men don't abuse them. They women don't have much of say or don't have many rights as the men. The women take care of the household and children, but the men make all of the decisions. Tells them what they can or can't do. Also women aren't valued as equal to men, in other words, women are viewed as not equal to men.
In Christian homes, women have equal rights, they have freedom of speech, but in a way, kind of a little bit under the men. The Bible says, women to submit to their husbands and men to love their wives as the Jesus loved the church. The men have a big responsibility and have kind of the final say, but women are still in charge of themselves and make most of the decisions with out talking to their husbands.
The Koran and the Bible are both books to discuss about.