Salaheddin Islamic Centre in Scarborough, Ontario shared under the section “Islamic FAQ”of its website an online guide to Islam authored by Daniel Masters and Dr. Zakir Naik.
Here are excerpts from the Salaheddin Islamic Centre online guide (accessed March 6, 2017):
What is Islam? Islam is the name of the religion, or more properly the ‘way of life’, which God has revealed…
Islam specifically means being in the state of submission to God, worshipping Him Alone, and reverently accepting and obeying His Law. Through this submission, the peace, security, and wholesome well-being implied in its literal meaning is achieved…
The message of Islam is meant for the entire world… Islam has always been a universal message for all people…
Islam is without doubt the best religion and the only religion that is from The Creator of the universe.
But the media is in the hands of the Westerners who are afraid of Islam. The media is continuously broadcasting and printing information against Islam…
When any bomb blasts take place anywhere, the first people to be accused without proof are invariably the muslims. This appears as headlines in the news…
If a 50 year old muslim marries a 15 year old girl after taking her permission, it appears on the front page but when a 50 year old non-muslim rapes a 6 year old girl, it may appear in the news in the inside pages as ‘News briefs’….
Islam… guides us towards practical ways of achieving righteousness and eliminating evil from our individual and collective lives… Islam is guidance from the Creator Himself. Therefore, Islam is also called the natural religion of Man…
All major religions teach that theft is an evil act. Islam teaches the same. So what is the difference between Islam and the other religions? The difference lies in the fact that Islam, besides teaching that robbing is evil, shows a practical way of creating a social structure in which people will not rob…
Islam prescribes chopping off the hands of the convicted robber. “As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands: a punishment by way of example, from Allah, for their crime: and Allah is Exalted in power, full of wisdom.” (Quran 5:38)
The non-muslim may say, “Chopping off the hands in this 20th century. Islam is a barbaric and ruthless religion!”
America is supposed to be one of the most advanced countries in the world. Unfortunately it also has one of the highest rates of crime, theft, and robbery.
Suppose the Islamic Law is implemented in America i.e. every rich person gives Zakat ( 2.5% of his savings in charity above 85 grams of gold every lunar year), and every convicted robber has his or her hands chopped off as a punishment.
Will the rate of theft and robbery in America increase, remain same or decrease? Naturally it will decrease. Moreover the existence of such a stringent law would discourage many a potential robber.
I agree that the amount of theft that takes place in the world today is so tremendous that if you chop off the hands of all the thieves, there will be tens of thousands of people whose hands will be chopped off.
The point here is that the moment you implement this law the rate of theft will decline immediately. The potential robber would give it a serious thought before jeopardizing his limbs.
The mere thought of the punishment itself will discourage majority of the robbers. There will barely be a few who would rob. Hence only a few person’s hands would be chopped off but millions would live peacefully without fear of being robbed.
Islam prohibits the molestation and rape of women. It enjoins hijab and prescribes capital punishment for a convicted rapist…
The extent of hijab for a woman is that her complete body should be covered. The only part that can be seen, are the face and the hands up to the wrists. If they wish to cover, they can even cover these parts of the body…
The Quran says that Hijab has been prescribed for the women so that they are recognized as modest women this would prevent them from being molested…
Dresses that expose more than they conceal, are an indirect temptation to the opposite sex for teasing, molestation and rape. The Quran rightly says that the hijab prevents women from being molested…
Suppose the Islamic Law is implemented in America. Whenever a man looks at a woman and if any brazen or unashamed thought comes to his mind, he lowers his gaze. Every woman wears the Islamic Hijab, that is the complete body is covered except the face and the hands up to the wrists. After this if any man commits rape, he gets capital punishment. The question is, will the rate of rape in America increase, will it remain the same or will it decrease? Naturally it will decrease. Islamic Law gets results…
Two female witnesses is equal to male witness only in financial transaction… In case you cannot find two men, then one man and two women would suffice… in financial transactions, two men are preferred. Islam expects men to be the bread winners of their families. Since financial responsibility is shouldered by men, they are expected to be well versed in financial transactions as compared to women.
Two female witnesses equal to one male witness even in the case of murder. However, some scholars are of the opinion that the feminine attitude can also have an effect on the witness in a murder case.
In such circumstances a woman is more terrified as compared to a man. Due to her emotional condition she can get confused. Therefore, according to some jurists, even in cases of murder, two female witnesses are equivalent to one male witness.
In all other cases, one female witness is equivalent to one male witness. In all other cases, one female witness is equivalent to one male witness…
The seeming inequality of male and female witnesses in financial transactions is not due to any inequality of the sexes in Islam. It is only due to the different natures and roles of men and women in society as envisaged by Islam…
Islam is derived from the word ‘salaam’ which means peace. It is a religion of peace whose fundamentals teach its followers to maintain and promote peace throughout the world.
Thus every muslim should be a fundamentalist i.e. he should follow the fundamentals of the Religion of Peace: Islam. He should be a terrorist only towards the antisocial elements in order to promote peace and justice in the society…
Why eating pork is prohibited in Islam?… Consumption of pork causes several diseases… Pork has very little muscle building material and contains excess of fat… The pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth…
The pig is the most shameless animal on the face of the earth. It is the only animal that invites its friends to have sex with its mate. In America, most people consume pork. Many times after dance parties, they have swapping of wives; i.e. many say “you sleep with my wife and I will sleep with your wife.” If you eat pigs then you behave like pigs…
Why a muslim man is allowed to have more than one wife?… Restricting each and every man to have only one wife is not practical. Even if every man got married to one woman, there would still be more than thirty million females in U.S.A who would not be able to get husbands (considering that America has twenty five million gays)…
Suppose my sister happens to be one of the unmarried women living in USA, or suppose your sister happens to be one of the unmarried women in USA. The only two options remaining for her are that she either marries a man who already has a wife or becomes ‘public property’. There is no other option. All those who are modest will opt for the first… it is mainly to protect the modesty of women…
Why alcohol is prohibited in Islam? Alcohol has been the scourge of human society since time immemorial. It continues to cost countless human lives, and causes terrible misery to millions throughout the world. Alcohol is the root cause of several problems facing society…
Alcoholism is not a disease – it is Satan’s handiwork. Allah in His Infinite Wisdom has warned us against this snare of Satan. Islam is called the natural religion of Man. All its injunctions are aimed at preserving the natural state of man. Alcohol is a deviation from this natural state, for the individual as well as for society. It degrades man to a level below that of the beasts he claims to be superior to. Hence the consumption of alcohol is prohibited in Islam…
Meat slaughtered by Islamic way remains fresh for a longer time due to deficiency of blood in the meat as compared to other methods of slaughtering.
The swift cutting of vessels of the neck disconnects the flow of blood to the nerve of the brain responsible for pain. Thus the animal does not feel pain. While dying, the animal struggles, writhers, shakes and kicks, not due to pain, but due to the contraction and relaxation of the muscles deficient in blood and due to the flow of blood out of the body.