"Islam
is the fastest-growing religion in
HILLARY RODMAN
Already more than a billion-people strong, Islam is the world’s fastest-growing
religion. ABCNEWS,
Abcnews.com
"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the country." NEWSDAY,
"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the
Moslems are the world's fastest-growing group..."
1989
"Muhummed is the most successful of all Prophets
and religious personalities. " Encyclopedia
Britannica
"There are more Muslims in
"Islam is the fastest growing religion in
"Islam continues to grow in
"The religion of Islam is growing faster than any other religion in the
world." MIKE WALLACE, 60
MINUTES
"Five to 6 million strong, Muslims in America already outnumber
Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Mormons,
and they are more numerous than Quakers, Unitarians, Seventh-day Adventists,
Mennonites, Jehovah's
Witnesses, and Christian Scientists, combined. Many demographers say Islam has
overtaken Judaism as the
country's second-most commonly practiced religion; others say it is in the
passing lane." JOHAN BLANK,
USNEWS (
"In fact, religion experts say Islam is the second-largest religion in the
million members, followed by Judaism, with approximately 4.5 million..... And
Islam is believed to be
fastest-growing religion in the country, with half its expansion coming from
new immigrants and the other half
from conversions." By ELSA C. ARNETT
Knight-Ridder News Service
Professor Keith Moore, one of the world’s prominent scientists of anatomy and
embryology. University of
development. It is clear to me that these statements must have come to Muhammad
from Allah, or Allah,
because almost all of this knowledge was not discovered
until many centuries later. This proves to me that Muhammad must have been a
messenger of Allah.
"But Islam has a still further service to render to the cause of humanity.
It stands after all nearer to the real East
than
other society has such a record of success uniting in an equality of status, of
opportunity, and of endeavours so
many and so various races of mankind . . . Islam has still the power to
reconcile apparently irreconcilable
elements of race and tradition. If ever the opposition of the great societies
of East and West is to be replaced
by cooperation, the mediation of Islam is an indispensable condition. In its
hands lies very largely the solution of
the problem with which
immeasurably enhanced. But if
rivals, the issue can only be disastrous for both." --H.A.R. Gibb, WHITHER
ISLAM,
379.
"It (Islam) replaced monkishness by manliness.
It gives hope to the slave, brotherhood to mankind, and
recognition of the fundamental facts of human nature." --Canon
Congress at Walverhamton,
71-72.
The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As
regards all
standards by which
human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than
he? " Lamartine, Historie
de la Turquie, Paris 1854, Vol. 11 pp. 276-2727
"If a man like Muhamed were to assume the
dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in solving its
problems that
would bring it the much needed peace and happiness." George Bernard Shaw
"How, for instance, can any other appeal stand against that of the Moslem
who, in approaching the pagan, says
to him, however obscure or degraded he may be 'Embrace the faith, and you are
at once equal and a brother.'
Islam knows no color line." (S. S. Leeder,
VEILED MYSTERIES OF EGYPT)
Professor Siaveda , He is also one of the most famous scientists in the
world.
I think it seems to me very, very mysterious, almost unbelievable. I really think
if what you have said is true,
Professor William W. Hay is one of the best known marine scientists in the
photography and emote-sensing techniques. Professor Hay replied: I find it very
interesting that this sort of
information is in the ancient scripture of the Holy Qur’aan,
and I have no way of knowing where they would
come from, but I think it is extremely interesting that they are there and that
this work is going on to discover it,
the meaning of some of the passages. Professor Hay: Well, I would think it must
be the divine being!
Professor Yushudi Kusan:
Director of the Tokyo Observatory,
I can say, I am very mush impressed by finding true astronomical facts in the Qur’aan.
Professor Alfred Kroner who is one of the world’s
most famous geologists
"Thinking about many of these questions and thinking where Muhammad came
from, he was after all a bedouin.
I think it is almost impossible that he could have known about things like the
common origin of the universe,
because scientists have only found out within the last few years with very
complicated and advanced
technological methods that this is the case.
Dr. T.V.N. Persaud is a Professor of Anatomy and Head
of the Department of Anatomy, and a professor of
Pediatrics and Child Health,
of 25 books, and has published over 181 scientific papers. In 1991, he received
the most distinguished award
presented in the field of anatomy in
"It seems to me that Muhammad was a very ordinary man. He could not read
or write. In fact, he was illiterate.
We are talking about 1400 years ago. You have someone who was illiterate making
profound pronouncement
and statements and are amazingly accurate about scientific nature. I personally
cannot see how this could be
mere chance. There are too many accuracy’s and, like Dr. Moore, I have no
difficulty in my mind in concerning
that this is a divine inspiration or revelation which led him to these
statements."
Joe Leigh Simpson, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
the
between genetics and religion, but in fact religion can guide science by adding
revelation to some traditional
scientific approaches. That there exists statements in
the Qur’aan shown by science to be valid, which
supports
knowledge in the Qur’aan having been derived from
Allah.
Professor Palmer a scientist from the U.S.
We need research into the history of early Middle
Eastern oral traditions to know whether in fact such historical
events have been reported. If there is no such record, it strengthens the
belief that Allah transmitted through
Muhammad bits of his knowledge that we have only discovered for ourselves in
recent times. We look forward
to a continuing dialogue on the topic of science in the Qur’aan
in the context of geology. Thank you very
much.
Professor Tagata Tagasone,
formerly Head of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology at the
From my studies and from what I have learned throughout this conference, I
believe that everything that has
been recorded in the Qur’aan 1400 years ago must be
the truth, that can be proved by the scientific means.
Since the Prophet Muhammad could neither read nor write, Muhammad must be a
messenger who relayed this
truth which was revealed to him as an enlightenment by
the One Who is an eligible Creator. This Creator must
be Allah, or Allah. Therefore, I think this is the time to say ‘Laa ilaaha illallah’,
that there is no Allah to worship
except Allah, ‘Muhammad Rasool Allah’, Muhammad is
messenger of Allah...
Professor Armstrong, Scientist works at NASA, I am impressed that how
remarkably some of the ancient
writings seem to correspond to modern and recent Astronomy. There may well have
to be something beyond
what we understand as ordinary human experience to account for the writings
that we have seen.
Professor Dorja Rao, It is
difficult to imagine that this type of knowledge was existing
at that time, around
1400 years back. May be some of the things they have simple idea about, but do
describe those things in great
detail is very difficult. So, this is definitely not a simple human knowledge.
"My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential
persons may surprise some readers and
may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was
supremely successful on both the
religious and secular level." --Michael H. Hart, THE 100: A RANKING OF THE
MOST INFLUENTIAL
PERSONS IN HISTORY,
"No other society has such a record of success in
uniting in an equality of status, of opportunity and endeavour
so many and so
varied races of mankind. The great Muslim communities of
community in
ever the
opposition of the great societies of the East and west is to be replaced by
cooperation, the mediation of Islam is
an
indispensable condition." (H.A.R. Gibb, WHITHER ISLAM, p. 379)
The nation's claim to be a Christian country is about to meet its first
challenge: the number of practising
Muslims is set to overtake Anglican Christians.... There has
also been a number of high-profile conversions to
Islam from Christianity. These include Mike Tyson, the former world champion
boxer; Chris Eubank, the British
middleweight boxing champion, who has changed his name to Hamdan;
and Cat Stevens, the pop musician,
who calls himself Yousef Islam.... Prince Charles
courted controversy earlier this year when he reaffirmed his
claim that when he succeeds the throne, he does not wish to be the defender of
only the Christian faith.
Rajeev Syal and Christopher Morgan Sunday Times (
"I have studied him - the wonderful man - and in my opinion far from being
an anti-Christ he must be called the
saviour of
humanity. " George Bernard Shaw in "The
Genuine Islam"
"Muhammad, the inspired man who founded Islam, was born about A.D. 570
into an Arabian tribe that
worshipped idols. Orphaned at birth, he was always particularly solicitous of
the poor and needy, the widow
and the orphan, the slave and the downtrodden. At twenty, he was already a
successful businessman, and soon
became director of camel caravans for a wealthy
widow. When he reached twenty-five, his employer, recognizing
his merit, proposed marriage. Even though
she was fifteen years older, he married her, and as long as she lived, remained
a devoted husband.
"Like almost every major prophet before him, Muhammad fought shy of
serving as the transmitter of God's
word, sensing his own inadequacy. But the angel commanded 'Read.' So far as we
know, Muhammad was
unable to read or write, but he began to dictate those inspired words which
would soon revolutionize a large
segment of the earth: 'There is one God.'
"In all things Muhammad was profoundly practical. When his beloved son Ibrahim died, an eclipse occurred,
and rumours of God's personal condolence quickly
arose. Whereupon Muhammad is said to have announced,
'An eclipse is a phenomenon of nature. It is foolish to attribute such things
to the death or birth of a human
being.
"At Muhammad's own death an attempt was made to deify him, but the man who
was to become his
administrative successor killed the hysteria with one of the noblest speeches
in religious history: 'If there are any
among you who worshipped Muhammad, he is dead. But if it is God you worshipped,
He lives forever."
--James A. Michener, "Islam: The Misunderstood Religion," in READER'S
DIGEST (American
edition), May 1955, pp. 68-70.
"In little more than a year he was actually the spiritual, nominal and
temporal rule of
the lever
that was to shake the world." John Austin, "Muhammad the Prophet of
Allah," in T.P. 's and
for
"Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason....When I
read the Qur'an further, it talked about prayer,
kindness and charity. I was not a Muslim yet, but I felt the only
answer for me was the Qur'an and God had sent it to
me." Cat Stevens (YusufIslam),
former British pop star.
"Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Mecca, in
Arabia the man who, of all men
exercised the
greatest influence upon the human race . . . Mohammed . . . " John William
Draper, M.D., L.L.D., A History
of the Intellectual Development of Europe, London 1875, Vol.1, pp.329-330
"Muhammad was the soul of kindness, and his influence was felt and never
forgotten by those around him."
Diwan Chand Sharma, The Prophets of the East,
"People like Pasteur and Salk are leaders in the first sense. People like
Gandhi and Confucius, on one hand, and
Alexander,
Caesar and Hitler on the other, are leaders in the second and perhaps the third
sense. Jesus and Buddha belong
in the third
category alone. Perhaps the greatest leader of all times was Mohammed, who
combined all three functions. To a
lesser
degree, Moses did the same." Professor Jules Masserman
Ahmed Versi, editor of the weekly Muslim News, said
the growth of Islam has been constant: "The younger
generation of Muslims that I have encountered is becoming more aware of its
Muslim identity and is therefore
practising its faith with vigour."
"The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the
outstanding achievements of Islam and
in the
contemporary world there is, as it happens, a crying need for the propagation
of this Islamic virtue..." (A.J.
Toynbee,
CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL, New York, p. 205)
"Sense of justice is one of the most wonderful ideals of Islam, because as
I read in the Qur'an I find those
dynamic principles of life, not mystic but practical ethics for the daily
conduct of life suited to the whole world."
--Lectures on "The Ideals of Islam;" see SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF
SAROJINI NAIDU, Madras,
1918, p. 167.
"History makes it clear however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims
sweeping through the world and forcing
Islam at the point of the sword upon conquered races is one of the most
fantastically absurd myths that
historians have ever repeated." --De Lacy O'Leary, ISLAM AT THE
CROSSROADS,
"The Muslim community is much more aware of its religion and the use that religion
plays within its community."
Dr Peter Brierley, executive director of the
Christian Research Association, a London-based charity
"I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of
its wonderful vitality. It is the only
religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the
changing phase of existence which can
make itself appeal to every age. I have studied him -
the wonderful man and in my opinion for from being an
anti-Christ, he must be called the Saviour of
Humanity. I believe that if a man like him were to assume the
dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems in a
way that would bring it the much
needed peace and happiness: I have prophesied about the faith of Muhammad that
it would be acceptable to the
Europe of tomorrow as it is beginning to be acceptable to the Europe of
today." --G.B. Shaw, THE
GENUINE ISLAM, Vol. 1, No. 81936.
"A growing number of Muslims in America, more than 40 percent are
African-American," Charles Bierbauer,
from the Senior Washington Correspondent
"The extinction of race consciousness as between Muslims is one of the
outstanding achievements of Islam, and
in the ntemporary world there is, as it happens, a
crying need for the propagation of this Islamic virtue." --A.J.
Toynbee, CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL,
"The rise of Islam is perhaps the most amazing event in human history.
Springing from a land and a people like
previously negligible, Islam spread within a century over half the earth,
shattering great empires, overthrowing
long established religions, remoulding the souls of
races, and building up a whole new world - world of Islam.
"The closer we examine this development the more extraordinary does it appear. The other great religions won
their way slowly, by painful struggle and finally triumphed with the aid of
powerful monarchs converted to the
new faith. Christianity had its Constantine, Buddhism its Asoka,
and Zoroastrianism its Cyrus, each lending to
his chosen cult the mighty force of secular authority. Not so Islam. Arising in
a desert land sparsely inhabited
by a nomad race previously undistinguished in human
annals, Islam sallied forth on its great adventure with the slenderest human
backing and against the heaviest
material odds. Yet Islam triumphed with seemingly miraculous ease, and a couple
of generations saw the
Crescent
of
Begum Bawani Waqf,
"I am not a Muslim in the usual sense, though I hope I am a
"Muslim" as "one surrendered to God," but I believe
that embedded in the Quran and other expressions of the Islamic vision are vast
stores of divine truth from which
I and other occidentals have still much to learn, and 'Islam is certainly a
strong contender for the supplying of the
basic framework of the one religion of the future.'" --W. Montgomery Watt,
ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY
TODAY,
'I believe in One God and Mahomet the Apostle of God,' is the simple and
invariable profession of Islam. The
intellectual image of the Deity has never been degraded by any visible idol;
the honours of the prophet have
never transgressed the measure of human virtue, and his living precepts have
restrained the gratitude of his
disciples within the bounds of reason and religion." --Edward Gibbon and
Simon Ocklay, HISTORY OF
THE SARACEN EMPIRE,
"He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's
pretensions, Caesar without the legions of
Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without
a fixed revenue; if ever any
man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed,
for he had all the power without its
instruments and without its supports."
--Bosworth Smith, MOHAMMAD AND MOHAMMADANISM,
"His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral
character of the men who believed in him
and looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his ultimate achievement -
all argue his fundamental
integrity. To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves.
Moreover, none of the
great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as
Muhammad." --W.
MOHAMMAD AT
"The doctrine of brotherhood of Islam extends to all human beings, no
matter what color, race or creed. Islam is
the only religion which has been able to realize this doctrine in ractice. Muslims wherever on the world
they are
will recognize each other as brothers." Mr. R. L.
Mellema,
"It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the
great Prophet of Arabia, who knows how
he taught and how he lived, to feel anything but reverence for that mighty
Prophet, one of the great messengers
of the Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many things which
may be familiar to many, yet I
myself feel whenever I re-read them, a new way of admiration, a new sense of
reverence for that mighty
Arabian teacher." --Annie Besant, THE LIFE AND
TEACHINGS OF MUHAMMAD,
4.
"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in
HILLARY RODMAN CLINTON, Los Angeles Times,
Already more than a billion-people strong, Islam is
the world’s fastest-growing religion. ABCNEWS,
Abcnews.com
"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the country." NEWSDAY,
"The essential and definite element of my conversion to Islam was the Qur'an. I began to study it before my
conversion with the critical spirit of a Western intellectual
.... There are certain verses of this book, the Qur'an,
revealed more than thirteen centuries ago, which teach exactly the same notions
as the most modern scientific
researches do. This definitely converted me."
Ali Selman
"I have read the Sacred Scriptures of every religion; nowhere have I found
what I encountered in Islam:
perfection. The Holy Qur'an, compared to any other
scripture I have read, is like the Sun compared to that of a
match. I firmly believe that anybody who reads the Word of Allah with a mind
that is not completely closed to
Truth, will become a Muslim." Saifuddin
Dirk Walter Mosig, U. S.A.
"The universal brotherhood of Islam, regardless of race, politics, color or
country, has been brought home to me
most keenly many times in my life -- and this is another feature which drew me
towards the Faith." Col. Donald
S. Rockwell,
"Medieval Islam was technologically advanced and open to innovation. It acheived far higher literacy rates than
in contemporary
classical books are now known to us only through Arabic copies. It invented windmills ,trigonometry, lateen
sails and made major advances in metallurgy, mechanical and chemical
engineering and irrigation methods. In the
middle-ages the flow of technology was overwhelmingly from Islam
to
253) Jared Diamond a world renowned UCLA sociologist,
and physiologist won the Pulitzer Prize for his
book: "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
The scientists who participated in these dialogues were all non-Muslims, most
of whom were explaining some
scientific facts which they have realized only very recently and after several
years of research and study. When
they were told that what they have just discovered recently was already
referred to either directly or indirectly in
the Holy Qur'aan more than 1400 years ago, they
showed a great deal of astonishment. Their comments were
varied, but almost all of them confessed that this Qur'aan
could not have come from any human or ordinary
source. Indeed, some of them were convinced and have affirmed that the Prophet
Muhammad, peace be upon him, is a messenger from Allah, to the point that one
of them even embraced Islam
by declaring the Islamic creed otherwise known as the "Shahaadah"
and thus became a Muslim.
The Qur'aan which was revealed 14 centuries ago
mentioned facts only recently discovered by proven
scientists. This proves without doubt that the Qur'aan
must be the literal word of Allah, revealed by Him to the
Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi
wa sallam) and it also
proves that Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi
wa
sallam) is truly a Messenger and Prophet sent by
Allah. It is beyond reason that anyone fourteen hundred years
ago would have known these facts discovered or proven only recently with
advanced equipment and
sophisticated methods. Moreover, the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu
'alaihi wa sallam) reviewed the Qur'aan
with the Angel Jibreel once each year and twice in
the last year of his life. Since the Qur'aan was
revealed up
until this day, there has always been a huge number of Muslims who have
memorized all of the Qur'aan, letter by
letter. Some of them have been able to memorize all of the Qur'aan
by the age of ten. Not one letter of the
Qur'aan has been changed for centuries.
After reading this, I ask the reader the question…. Is it possible that anyone
could have wrote
this book over 1400 years ago?
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