I am posting these questions here on the religious discussion site to know about others,I mean how they react against these 19 questions.
These 19 Questions were presented to “Muslim Scholars” at an international conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 7-8,1989. The title of the conference was “World Conference on Finality of the Prophethood & Significance of Hadith”.
1- Which Hadith do you believe besides the
Quran?
2- Do this verses require a mishmash of
narrations?
3- How reliable is your most authentic
hadith?
4- Why are you so belligerent?
5- Why do you sanctify those who . . . ?
6- When did a hungry goat eat the “stoning
verse”?
7- Why do you prohibit gold and silk for men
8- Why do you prohibit pictures, music,and
chess?
9- Which animals are lawful?
10- Why do you insult and oppress women?
11- Why do you force women to cover their
hair?
12- Why do you make distinction among
messengers?
13- Was Muhammad illiterate?
14- Who is the messenger mentioned in 3:81?
15- Will Jesus come back?
16- What is the crucial age?
17- How do you pronounce “Shahadah”?
18- What About Religious practices?
19- Can you see the mathematical miracle?
I might not be able to reply ur answers very soon becuz I am somewhat busy in exams but as soon as I got a chance I will reply.
Has this got something to do with Rashad Khalifa and his submission sect? Did he not claim to discover a mathematical formula in the Quran to prove that it was the word of God(number 19)? I believe he also claimed that he was a messenger of God as well?
Hi, Camille
u are right, this is all about rashad khalifa and its sect, I am very eager to find the reaction of other people over here, especially those who think they have the knowledge of religion.
Can anyone answers these questions from a sunni or shea muslim's point of view...
Quesion no. 4,5 and 19 are certainly not well defined. can u explain them?
P.S. I checked www.submission.org. I am afraid of hurting religious feeling of sect members, but that does not seem to make much sense.
P.S. Ah, on checking the site, I came to know about mathematical miracle. The have found 19 as divisor everywhere. Then they write significance of 19. a) It is a prime number b) It is sum of 10 and 9 and difference of its squres. Property b) is followed by any odd number. Difference of squres of n+1 and n is 2n+1. Highschool algebra. Nothing unique with 19 and then they go on to tell that this implies that god is one. But when did you expect religious people to be logical?
[This message has been edited by PG (edited March 09, 1999).]