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An introduction to Islam (post 341)

Following 9/11 in 2001, I was asked to speak about Islam to a few church groups and my Rotary Club and at several Rotary interfaith  meetings in Toronto. Here is a short overview of Muslims and their belief prepared for a non Muslim audience(a reprint).   (1)    Muslims believe in the strict Oneness of God .  God has no gender or shape or form that we can comprehend. God is without any equal, Eternal. Nothing precedes Him, He is without any end. He is the First and the Last. He knows everything….  .   (2) Belief in the prophets, who received  God’s revelations from Abraham to Prophet Mohammed, the last prophet, through whom the Quran was revealed. Jesus is a prophet and not a son of God. God sent his message to other people but those messengers are not mentioned. (3) Belief In the Day of Judgment when everything ends. There is no free pass for Muslims, who will be judged like everyone else based on deeds and...