If anyone here has read and understands the Koran, or understands or is of the religion of Islam, I need to ask you for some help, if you will. I'm stuck writing this report for World History, which covers some information (a little packet of 8 pages and then a series of questions over the 8 pages) and then we are required to write a page and a half+ on the four questions. (There's also an Ancient greek speech with 3 questions requiring a page and a half+, but I'm not starting on that yet). So if anyone would offer some help, here are the questions I need help with.

NOTE: I'm not asking you to do this assignment for me. I'm asking for bits of information or insight so I can make this stupid essay long enough for the teacher. I can answer the questions, just not with enough flavor to make length.

What is the (Koran's) attitude toward Christianity and Judaism?

Are the principles expressed in the Koran closer in spirit to the teachings of the Old or the New Testament?

What is the status of Women, and why?

What future life is promised the believer? What are the obligations of a follower of Islam?

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I don't know anything about it, but Wikipedia is great (in case you didn't know about it).

Isn't it Qur'an?

1) They all must die.

2) The little known "Post-modern Testament"

3) They all must die, because only then will men inherit the earth.

4) Something about virgins. Or goats. Obligations are a trip to Mecca and virgins. Or maybe goats.

Apart from that, you might want to travel to your local mosque and ask them. I suspect they might be better authorities than a group of people playing a text-based online game...

You obviously know nothing about Islam.

Me? What gave it away... The Post-modern Testament, right? Or the suggestion to contact people who are more likely to be conversant in the religion?

I'm sorry to say this, but insulting a religion is not even funny. It is pathetic to see people do that, because it just shows them as stupid and not knowing anything about religion at all.

I happened to do a report on the Koran, Q'oran however you want to spell it in highschool. (theres about 5 different spellings, by the way)

I don't know much about Islam out side of the Koran. And I'm sure anyone knows, the traditions and such written and followed after the main document often vary in practice. I also only read the first half, but I'll tell you what I know.

What is the (Koran's) attitude toward Christianity and Judaism?

In the Koran, a person can be a Christan Muslim or a Jewish Muslim, or just a Muslim. As long as a person follows the 5 main pillars of faith. (fasting, prayer, charity, pilgramige, Belief in Mohamad as the prophet of G-d) then they are muslims. Anyone who refused to be a muslim must be converted or killed. But if you want you can still practice things of your old faith as long as you do Muslim things also.

Are the principles expressed in the Koran closer in spirit to the teachings of the Old or the New Testament?

This sounds like a loaded question to me. Old testement's spirit in my opinion would be obedience and social consiousness. The New testement being that of love and acceptance. The Koran, being one of Obedience and Acceptace. So if I had to pick one, I'd pick the old testement since its almost word for word the same in the begining except change the word Issac into Ishmael. But in the later half its appears to be much more open to outsiders as the new testement is. Sounds like an opinion question to me.

What is the status of Women, and why?

Women are the helpmates of men, and are to be protected by them for they are the mothers of the nation. Adam and Eve situation doesn't hurt either.

What future life is promised the believer? What are the obligations of a follower of Islam?

Don't know much about the future life. I'm inclined to believe there isn't much mention of it, or that its a life of purity. 70 virgins sounds like a Oral tradition thing to me, but could be wrong.

Obligations would be the 5 pillars, plus some extra stuff, like not eating dirty animals (pigs) and tons of other obligations


And do some research, just becarefull of the source. Many people will confuse the beleifs of the religion with whats written explicitly in the book. Not sure if Judaism is the only relgion that keeps those ideas repeatedly seperate when teaching people.

EDIT: Just thought I should make this idea clear. Islam that you hear about in public opinion, though practiced by a large number of people, sounds, in writing, to be very different than Islam proposed in the Koran, though I have some friends who dissagree with that. But I've also been told that any translation of the Koran should not be taken at face value because it is against Islamic law to translate it.

Those of you who posted irrelevant, or downright pointless to topic answers just to be retards, I salute you, because you are in essence the lowest bit of useless I have ever seen. Not only did you not know anything about the topic, you chose to let others see you know nothing about the topic by spouting off useless BS and making me want to punch you. Thanks Daganev, for helping, as I've written both essays, and they barely skid past the page minimum. *whew*

Of course you miss out the most important bit, "Apart from that, you might want to travel to your local mosque and ask them." If he wanted to know about it, go to the people who know about it. I also PMed him a helpful link and some quick summaries based on my (admittedly incomplete, but most likely above average) knowledge of Islam.

You call it an insult, I call it a joke. I found it mildly amusing, you didn't. *shrug* Lighten up a bit.