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2006: More Jews converting to Islam
Nurit Palter
Published: 13.07.06, 00:20
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61. conversion to islam
Nasir ,   Palatine US   (08.16.06)
Yisraeli , I don't know where you getting your info get really. Maybe that is your life your are describling your life and with your wife. Islamic marriages are not based on Sex it is important part of marriage. Respect of each other, equal partners, play an important role in the house raising the kids and teaching them. You sound like a jack ass
62. . Are There Stats On How Many Arabs Converted to Judaism?
Nasir ,   Palatine, US   (08.16.06)
emanon , there is small percentage (5%-7%) converting from Islam to Christanity or Judaism. Since Islam is more simple in life than Christanity or Judaism. Plus it more of personal, a personal choice.
63. Converting
Nasir ,   Palatine, US   (08.16.06)
Converting is a personal choice of an individual, regardless of marriage, what a change in life. Islam is a simple way of life, more equal in marriage, inheritance, society.
64. jesus may allah's peace be up on him
abdifatahs ,   twins cities ,USA   (08.16.06)
you sound loser, how come your god did not gave you wisdom, your god sent you astray, you don't worth my feed back, go conferte to judiesm then maybe you may become islam, you handicap, mohamed and allah don't like you and allah prepared you home in hell, so let us see if you can sustain yourself letter,
65. Statehood leading to Collapse?
malik ,   london   (08.17.06)
I hear people hear talking bad against another religion but has any one the bravery to walk up to a Muslim and say it to his/her face, I think not, so peace and by the way you guys got thrashed in lebanon, powerful? i dont think so!!!
66. Jesus v ALLAH and Son of Liberty
Imran Ahmed ,   Lawrence USA   (08.17.06)
I guess the title son of liberty also allows the person to mock and ridicule others. After all freedom of speech is only for sons and daughters of liberty. Also I fail to see the reason and understand the handout part. If not for Jewish ingenuity and business acumen do you know what NY would be ---- like another slum in some third world country.
67. Jews converting to Islam
Ahmed Asgher ,   Bahrain   (08.17.06)
wow. there is so much hatred, misconception and misinformation. everyone accuses the other and runs down their religion without even knowing anything about their own. there is nothing wrong with islam, judaism, christianity or any toehr religion for that matter. just try being a good jew, a good muslim, a good christian or just plain a good human being. there is the challenge. pointing the finger of blame without seeing yur own fault will get us nowhere. please just try to understand yourself better and live a more honourable life. the way The One Creator intended it for ALL of us. may peace come to all hearts.
68. Women's rights?
Choi ,   Philippines   (08.17.06)
LOL. Traitors? If you Jews or Christians do really care about women's rights, why do fuss about them converting or reverting to Islam? Can't you respect them or their decisions? It's their right, is it not? Or does Judaism or Christianity deny these rights. If ever these women committed a sin, then its their affair with God. Let God judge them. Don't judge them for yourselves.
69. to Aviva
agus ,   bangkok, thailand   (08.31.06)
May God granting your wish, When the time comes please let me know.
71. Jews and Islam, which future ?
Houari ,   BELGIUM   (09.01.06)
Please visite this site. www.jews-for-allah.com This is the 4th times I post this link, I hope this time you will inste it. Peace upone you.
72. Islam doesnot treat women like dirt
Javeria ,   Karachi Pakistan   (10.07.06)
Rather Islam is the first religion to recognize the rights of Muslims. I am an educated Muslim women and i feel very protected by my religion. Islam treats women like flowers and has provided us with men as our protectors.I would recommend that one should reserve their comments about something if they donot have proper knowledge about it.
73. re:son of liberty
javeria ,   Karachi Pakistan   (10.07.06)
First of all Jesus (p.b.u.h) is not God nor the son of God. He was a very Holy Prophet set to the people miraculously. You choose to abuse Hazrat Mohammad(p.b.u.h) and lay false claims on him yet we respect your prophet and accept him as our very own. I invite you to read the Holy Quran and than compare it with your Biblical version, also refer to history written by your very own great, christian scholars who will enlighten you on the subject of Jesus not being the God but a human who ate,slept and walked like a human and not a God. And lastly please refrain from degrading Islam without proper knowledge.
74. #39
javeria ,   karachi Pakistan   (11.09.06)
I would really advise all the jews and christians to do their homework before using degrading langauage against women in Islam. First of all women are not treated like animals in Islam rather it was the jews and the christians who treated their women even worse than animals in the past and even now. Islam is the first religion to give inheritance rights to women contarary to the western world which did that in the eighties. You accuse Islam of polygamy yet what do you say about the extra marital affairs that are so very common in your society, what would you say to loads of babies born to unmarried mothers etc. I could really go on on in this but i donot like insulting other people, religions or societies. What Islam really does is give protection to the women. I have been married since the last three years and my husband does not treat me like chattel rather he treats me equally, gives me financial security as well as protection. You the great icons of liberal behaviour cant even feed one woman so obviously you dont like so much the concept of marrying four.A woman covers herself to avoid being a sexual object of lust. I cover myself because i want people to like me because of my brains and nature rather than my body. So stop criticizing Islam and pay attention to your own petty issues.
75. Rights of Women Above Men in Islaam, continuation...
Abu Raad ,   Lahore, Pakistan   (12.06.06)
2) As such, the Mother has right of SOLE CUSTODY in Islaam. It was reported from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar that a woman said, “O Messenger of Allaah, my womb was a container for this son of mine and my lap was a haven for him, and he drank from my breast, but his father is claiming that he should take him from me.” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “You have more right to him (to custody of him) so long as you do not remarry.” (Narrated by Ahmad, 2/182; Abu Dawood, 2276; al-Haakim, 2/225. Classed as Saheeh by al-Haakim). Malik related to me that Yahya ibn Said said that he heard al-Qasim ibn Muhammad say, "A woman of the Ansar was married to Umar ibn al-Khattab. She bore Asim ibn Umar to him, and then he separated from her. Umar came to Quba and found his son Asim playing in the courtyard of the mosque. He took him by the arm and placed him before him on his mount. The grandmother of the child saw him and argued with Umar about the child so they went to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. Umar said, 'My son.' The woman said, 'My son.' Abu Bakr said, 'Do not interfere between a child and its mother.' Umar did not repeat his words." Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "This is what I would have done in that situation." (Al-Muwatta, hadith no. 37.6) We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: In pain did his mother bear him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carrying of the (child) to his weaning is (a period of) thirty months. At length, when he reaches the age of full strength and attains forty years, he says, "O my Lord! Grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favour which Thou has bestowed upon me, and upon both my parent and that I may work righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and be gracious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow (to Thee) in Islam." (Quran 46:15) 3) In Islaam, Woman has RIGHT over the WEALTH of the Man but a man does not have any right over the wealth of the Woman, i.e. her right in share of inheritance from her Father AND her right over what her Husband earns through work AND her right of Mahr for the Marriage. ON MAHR:- “And give to the women (whom you marry) their MAHR (obligatory bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage) with a good heart…” [al-Nisaa’ 4:4] Ibn Katheer, may Allaah have mercy on him, said, summarizing the comments of the mufassireen on this aayah: “The man must definitely pay the dowry to the woman, and he should not resent it.” The mahr is the right of the wife, and it is not permitted for her father or anyone else to take it except with her approval. Abu Saalih said: “When a man married off his daughter, he would take her mahr away from her, but Allaah forbade them to do that, and gave women the right to the mahr they received.” (Tafseer Ibn Katheer)
76. Those rights of Women ABOVE men in Islaam, continuation...
Abu Raad ,   Lahore, Pakistan   (12.06.06)
ON RIGHT OF INHERITANCE FROM WEALTH OF THE FATHER:- “There is a share for men and a share for women from what is left by parents and those nearest related” [al-Nisa’ 4:7] ON Wealth of the Husband :- It was narrated from Jaabir that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said in his Farewell Sermon: “Fear Allah concerning women! Verily you have taken them on the security of Allah, and intercourse with them has been made lawful unto you by words of Allah. You too have rights over them, and that they should not allow anyone to sit on your bed [i.e., not let them into the house] whom you do not like. But if they do that, you can chastise them but not severely. Their rights upon you are that you should provide them with food and clothing in a fitting manner” (Narrated by Muslim, no. 2803.1) “but the father of the child shall bear the cost of the mother’s food and clothing on a reasonable basis” [al-Baqarah 2:233] Hind, the mother of Mu'awiya said to Allah's Apostle, "Abu Sufyan (her husband) is a miser. Am I allowed to take from his money secretly?" The Prophet said to her, "You and your sons may take what is sufficient reasonably and fairly." (Sahih Bukhari volume 3 hadith no. 413) Accommodation. This is also one of the wife’s rights, which means that her husband should prepare for her accommodation according to his means and ability. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “Lodge them (the divorced women) where you dwell, according to your means” [al-Talaaq 65:6] 4) A Woman can wear gold but a man is forbidden to wear gold in Islaam Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "I disapprove of youths wearing any gold because I heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade wearing gold rings, and I disapprove of it for males old or young." (Al-Muwatta hadith no. 48.4) 5) A woman can wear silk clothes but a man is forbidden to wear them in Islaam The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Wearing silk and gold has been made unlawful for the males of my Ummah and lawful for their females. (Tirmidhi hadith no. 808) Now i ask you, Christians and Jews, please show me from the Old testament or New Testament, from the "Torah" or the "Gospel", sayings of Moses(pbuh) or Jesus(pbuh) concerning Women`s rights ABOVE MEN ? Please list them giving REFERENCES to their sayings.
77. @ #2 (&& everyone)
Hiba ,   Chicago, USA   (12.14.06)
Excuse me? I dont get why it is so dang shocking that people convert to Islam. Maybe if you look past the bad, you'll see the good. Islam is made up of 2 billion people. Terrorists make up less than one percent of that. 1% of the Muslim population would be 20 mil. Get my drift? Instead of dissing a religion and classifying it as 'evil' and 'suppressing' and not worth converting to, you should educate yourself instead of making idiotic remarks.
78. ye men of israel
alon ,   usa   (12.21.06)
"ye men of Israel ! Hear these words Jesus of Nazareth a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs which GOD DID BY HIM in the midst of you which you're also know.
79. We're not so different
Omar Kaj ,   Nigeria   (01.17.07)
Donkey? You "DO" know that Muslim women enjoy more inheritance rights than under Hebrew Jewish custom. Regardless to this, we are not so different; it's like French and Spanish: Hebrew and Arabic, Mitzvah and Zakah, El and Allah (God), Ebraham and Ibrahim (Abraham), Kosher and Halal, Torah and Quran, the Wailing Wall and the Kaaba, etc. we have the 10 Commandments in the Torah (simple) and Quran (detailed), etc. So, why are we violating "Thou shalt not kill" or Quranic Surah 5:32 (which too made a brief reference to the "Children of Israel")?
80. #39 the weasel
Omar Kaj ,   Nigeria   (01.17.07)
#39, you are so naive. I don't know about anywhere else, but Muslim women in Arab countries would kill you if you see them not covering their hair, if you're not related to them by blood or marriage. (Based on my experience in Lebanon and Nigeria. It's like seeing them undressed!) Women "DO" go to work, but they're under conditions in, for example, Saudi Arabia because there are young butt-squeezing boys and men in public (unfortunately, they still exist regardless to Islamic police). And speaking of Islam, please refer to CNN for non-Muslims who killed innocent and causing extremist-crased Muslims to kill. And look at this if you think we are blood-sucking murderers: "Because of this, we decreed for the Children of Israel that anyone has killed one person it is as if he had killed the whole mankind." - The Holy Quran 5:32 Only Satan-worshipping hypocrites, both Muslims and non-Muslims, would violate this warning in the Quran. There are other 9 of 10 Commandments in the Holy Quran in various chapters and verses. Visit the Jews for Allah website for explanations. And you're fogetting that Jews "STILL" do "NOT" believe in John (Yahya) or Christ (I'sa; Christian Arabic: Yasue). "FORGIVE THEM LORD FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE" And you don't believe in the eviction and killing of Palestinian refugees, the largest refugee national in the world. And you do not believe in Ishmael or his Arabic-speaking descendent, Prophet Muhammad.
81. #48: Allah = "The [only] God"
Omar Kaj ,   Nigeria   (01.17.07)
1. al- = The 2. Lah = god/God God is also being referred to by this name in the Arabic Bible. So you don't like God, or should I say "Allah", or why do you think Christians, Jews and Muslims are called "ABRAHAMIC"? Please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allah And where did you hear that Phophet Muhammad, an Arabic-speaking descendent of Ishmael, raped a 9-year-old from? An American pastor? One of those people who had never been to the Middle East, that's what.
82. Preference
Mahmud ,   Dacca, Bangladesh   (03.04.07)
Personally, I prefer jews become Muslims, Hindus or Christians than they continue with Judaism. And although in this moment Islam is weak, it is the religion of the future because is the one religion wich establish equality of all the people, independet of their race, ethnicity and caste. It is not exclusive.
84. coverting to islam
Vivian ,   New York   (03.08.07)
Thank you for the informative website!
85. Muslim education
Andy ,   Washington D.C.   (03.08.07)
Judy, Of course Muslims ARE allowed and encouraged to read the bible and Torah.....you see, we are confident of our religious faith, in which Allah's first word sent to humanity was "READ".
86. #21
(03.14.07)
they can't for the following reasons...HONOR KILLING. any of them caught dating or seing a jew from israel has an immediate death sentence on her head. just look at what happened to the muslim druze beauty contestant.....she had to quit her dream.
87. Not a big deal!
Valery Novoselsky ,   Holy Land   (03.14.07)
The number of Jewish converts to Islam is not significant and this trend can be easily explained by very personal reasons. The same with Muslim converts to Judaism. The truth is that these people would not feel comfortable here and better for them to leave for good to other locations in this world.
88. CONVERTS TO ISLAM
Miriam ,   Houston USA   (04.02.07)
good riddance. The nutjobs need to be removed from the gene pool anyway.
89. you pple crack me up
khadijah ,   saudi   (06.01.07)
lol..you pple who say woman have no rights in saudi obviously seen those propagandas from ur CNN and BBC im proud to say, im a MUSLIM women living in saudi and yes, i LOVE living here. our king doenst pay us taxes, we women arent force to work and we have chaffeurs to drive us anywhere we go ..and in case u dont know, 90% of saudis have chauffeurs..and pls, my husband doesnt cage me at home, he allows me to go wherever i want i know what ure gonna talk next..chopping hands behadings..well, in saudi ur hands wun get chopped off if u steal candy or bicycle unless its smthing BIG like jewellery or bank robbery islam is a vast religion and there are bound for pple to misintepret the religion for their own benefits..take alook at taliban who sells opium when they know its forbidden in islam my advice is, stop watching cnn about muslims and start subscribing to a tv channel from saudi oh i forgot..do i forget to mention that most of us saudis have maids? =DD
90. Double standards
May   (06.15.07)
The hatred and hostility displayed here is sickening. It seems to me that the good majority of Muslims are good, benign, law-abiding people. I know that I am, my family is, the wider Muslim community is. Muslims like me hurt when we see people spew senseless hate as many of you seem to find perfectly acceptable. I have no control over what you may think of me, but I feel respect is a two-way street. Peace.
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