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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">NAKAKALINLANG KATANUNGANG HINGGIL SA ISLAM NG MGA HINDI MUSLIM</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">COMMON FALLACIOUS QUESTIONS ON ISLAM OF NON-MUSLIMS</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>1].</strong> <em>Bakit ang parusa sa Islam ay kamatayan para sa pagpaslang (murder), tulad ng pagpugot ng ulo ng isang kriminal at pagkatapos pugutan, sumisigaw pa sila ng: Allahu Akbar!? Bakit kinakailangang sumigaw pa sila at tila ba tuwang-tuwa pa sa kanilang ginawa na parang sadista?</em> (Why is death the punishment for murder in Islams, like chopping-off the head of the criminal and after which they will even shout loudly: Allahu Akbar!? Why is there a need to shout as if they are very joyful with what they have done like a sadist?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>2].</strong> <em>Hindi ba bawal sa Islam ang Idolatriya? Eh bakit pag magdarasal kayo, humaharap kayo at sinasamba ninyo ang itim na Ka’abang bato sa Makkah? Hindi ba malinaw na idolatriya iyan? (Is it not that Islam prohibits idolatry?</em> Why, when you are praying, you face and you worship the black Ka’abah stone in Makkah? Is it not a clear manifestation of idolatry?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>3].</strong> <em>Bakit ang inyong relihiyon ay pinapayagan kayong kalalakihan na mag-asawa ng sobra sa isa? Yan ay isang di-makatarunang bagay at pagtrato sa ating kababaihan at yan ay isang hayagang porma ng panganalunya. At hindi ba ito ninyo iniisip na kung gaano kasakit ang emosyon at damdamin para sa isang babae?</em> (Why does your religion allows your men to marry more than once? That is unjust and an unfair treatment of our womenfolk and that is one form of open adultery. Did you not even think how painful is this for the emotions and feelings of a woman?) </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>4].</strong> <em>Bakit mahigpit na ipinagbawal sa Islam ang pagsamba sa diyus-diyusan, samantalang sa Kristiyanismo ay hindi naman kami istrikto diyan o binibigyan namin ng pansin subalit may biyaya din naman kaming natatanggap?</em> (Why is it strictly forbidden in Islam to worship many gods (polytheism), while in Christianity we are not strict with it neither we give it importance, and yet we also receive blessings?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>5].</strong> <em>Bakit kinakailangan sa Islam magdasal ng limang beses (5 beses) sa isang araw? Kami bilang Kristiyano, madali at simple lang, kahit isang beses lang sa isang linggo, okay lang, at okay din naman kami at nakatatanggap din kami ng mga biyaya mula kay Lord.</em> (Why is there a need to pray five times (5X) a day? For us Christians, it is just very easy and simple, even just once in a week, it is just okay, and also we are just okay and besides we receive the blessings too from the Lord.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>6]. </strong> <em>Alam nyo kaya kayong mga Muslim nagsasalah ng maraming beses sa isang araw ay para lamang makaiwas sa trabaho. Imbis na makasama namin kayo sa trabaho ay nandoon pa kayo sa salahan nagsasalah. Sa tingin ko ginagawa lang ninyo ito ay para makaiwas lang sa trabaho.</em> (You know, you Muslims are praying many times every day in order to escape the work/duty. Instead of working with us together, you are still there doing your Salah. In my view or perception you are doing this so that you can do away with the work.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>7].</strong> <em>Hindi tayo karapat-dapat sa isa’t isa, dahil hindi tayo compatible sa isa’t-isa. Iba ang relihiyon mo at iba naman ang sa akin. At tiyak ko rin iba yung diyos mong sinasamba kaysa sa akin, na kung kaya papaano tayo magkakaroon ng masayang pamilya, matagumpay at mapayapa?</em> (We are not meant for each other, because we are not compatible. Your religion is not the same as mine. And surely your god is different from mine. So how can we have a happy family, successful and peaceful one?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>8].</strong> <em>Bakit kayong mga Muslim ay maraming bawal tulad na lamang sa mga pagkain at inumin – bawal ang dugo, bawal ang karneng baboy, bawal ang alak at marami pang ibang bawal. Samantala sa amin hindi naman ito pinagbabawal at sa palagay ko binibiyayan din naman kami ni Lord.</em> (Why do you Muslims have many things prohibited like in the case of food and drinks – eating blood is forbidden, pork is forbidden, liquor is forbidden and many others, while for us these are not forbidden and I think we also receive blessings from the Lord.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>9].</strong> K<em>ung bawal ang pagkain ng baboy, eh bakit ba kinakailangang likhain ng Diyos ang baboy? Para ano pa? Ano ang saysay nitong mga baboy? Na kung kaya, kung ako sa inyo kumain na lang kayo ng mga bagay na nabanggit.</em> (If eating pork is forbidden, then, why was there a need for swine to be created by God? What for? What benefits would there be for these swine? So, if I were you, better eat them.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>10].</strong> <em>Bakit kinakailangan pa ninyong magpahaba ng balbas? Kami bilang Kristiyano ay malayang pumili kung ano ang gugustuhin namin. Kasi kapag isipin mo at pag masdan na ang hindi puwede sa inyo ay puwede naman sa amin, at sa tingin ko pareho naman tayong may biyaya at ginabayan. Na kung kaya ano ang silbi niyang balbas? Nakapapangit pa nga ng mukha at magmumukhang marungis pa eh.</em> (Why do you have to grow your beard long? We as Christians are free to choose what we want for ourselves. Because if you think and observe that the things not allowed for you are allowed for us, and yet both of us receive blessing and guidance, just the same. So what is the benefit of that beard? Besides, that makes you look ugly; it also looks dirty and lousy).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>11].</strong> <em>Gusto ko sanang mag-Muslim, kaso lang ang nagpipigil sa akin ay sa tuwing magdarasal ay kailangan pang maghugas-hugas ng dalwang paa. Dahil dito natatakot ako baka mapasma pa ako. Siguro puwede namang hindi palagi maghugas tuwing magsasagawa ng salah.</em> (I would have wanted to become a Muslim, but what prevents me is that for every prayer one has the need every now and then to clean and wash some body parts and the two feet. Because of this I am afraid that I may get sick (pasma). Perhaps, it does not always need to wash before performing prayers).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>12].</strong> <em>Bakit ba kayong mga Muslim, inaangkin ninyo na ang inyong relihiyong Islam ay relihiyon ng kapayapaan? Sa obserbasyon o pagsusuri ko mukhang ang mga Muslim ang nagpapagulo sa mundo. Huwag ka lang magagalit kabayan. Tanong ko lang.</em> (Why are you Muslims claiming that your religion is the religion of peace. In my observation or evaluation, it seems the Muslims are the ones causing chaos in the world. Please do not get angry my fellow countrymen. It is just my question).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>13].</strong> <em>Kung ang Islam ay relihiyon ng kapayapaan, tulad ng inyong pag-angkin, eh… bakit kadalasan sa mga pahayagan palagi na lang ang mga Muslim ang nababanggit na sangkot sa teroristang pangyayari?</em> (If Islam is the religion of peace, like what you claim, then, why is it that in most of the news, Muslims are always mentioned to have a hand in terroristic activities?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>14].</strong> <em>Gusto ko na talagang maniwala na marami mula sa mga Muslim ay may kinalaman sa mga teroristang gawain base na rin sa mga pahayagan. Sa isang balita sa bansang India, ganito ang pagksabi, “Hindi lahat ng Muslim ay terorista subalit lahat ng terorista ay Muslim”</em>. (I am inclined to believe that really many among the Muslims have connections with terroristic acts based on the news reports. In one of the news item in India, this is what it says, “Not all Muslims are terrorist but all terrorist are Muslims).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>15]. </strong> <em>Nauna ang Kristiyanismo kaysa sa Islam, di ba? pero kung bakit biglang dumami ang mga Muslim ay dahil sa ang relihiyong Islam ay lumaganap sa pamamagitan ng puwersa ng sandata at espada.</em> (Christianity came before Islam, right? but why Islam all of a sudden increased in its followers is because it was spread by means of military force and the swords).</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>16].</strong> <em>Bakit ang inyong mga kababaihan ay balot na balot ang kanilang mga katawan. Sa palagay ko kabayan, huwag ka lang magalit ha, siguro para sa akin hindi na kailangan yung mga ganyang istilo ng pananamit sa ngayong makabagong panahon, eh kasi makaluma yung mga ganyan sa panahon ngayon. </em> <strong>(</strong>Why are the bodies of your womenfolk so closely covered? For me I think kabayan, please do not get me wrong or angry with me, perhaps for me there is no need to wear those styles of dress in the modern times of our present generation. Those styles are old-fashioned nowadays). </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>17].</strong> <em>Bakit sa inyong relihiyong Islam, ang babae ay hindi malayang pumili ng kanilang isusuot na damit kung ano ang gusto nila? Kasi, tila ba wala na silang kalayaan at karapatang pumili at magsuot ng kung anuman ang gugustuhin nila. Masyado namang mahigpit ang inyong relihiyon. Papaano iyan, di ba ang diyos ay diyos ng kagandahan at gusto Niya ang maganda? Paano ako makakapagpuri ng magandang katawan ng isang babae na nilikha ng Diyos kapag ito ay palagi na lang natatakpan? Hindi tuloy ma- appreciate ko ang kagandahang likha ng Diyos.</em> (Why is it in your religion, women are not free to choose to wear the dress that they want? It seems as if they have no right and freedom to choose and wear the dress of their choice. You religion is too strict. How is that? Is it not that God is the God of beauty and therefore He loves beautiful things? How can I appreciate the beauty of a woman’s body as a creature of God if she is always covered? I can no longer appreciate the beautiful creation of God in a woman).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>18]. </strong> <em>Alam nyo sir, wag lang sana kayong magagalit, sa tingin ko sa Islam, hindi patas ang inyong batas. Mukhang makalalaki lang. Ang tinutukoy ko rito ay hinggil sa pag-aasawa. Hindi naman fair, kasi ang lalaki puwedeng mag-asawa ng sobra sa isa subalit ang babae ay hindi naman pinapayagang magkakaroon ng dalawang asawa (na lalaki). Anong masasabi mo hinggil dito? Kasi para sa akin pag puwedeng mag-asawa ang lalaki ng sobra ng isa, dapat ang babae ay payagan din sana na malayang magkaroon ng dalawang asawa (o husband) nang sabay-sabay.</em> (You know sir, please do not be angry, the way I see in Islam, the law is not equal. It seems favoring men only. What I am referring to is about marriage. It is not fair that your man can marry more than one while women are not allowed to have two husbands. What can you say about this? Because for me if men can marry more than one, women must also be allowed to freely marry two husbands simultaneously).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>19].</strong> <em>Talagang hindi patas ang batas sa Isalm lalo na sa kakabaihan. Kasi ang lalaki malayang gumala kung saang lugar gusto niyang pumunta. Malaya siyang magdrive ng sasakyan, at marami pang iba. Bakit ang babae limitado ang kanyang pagkilos tulad ng sa Saudi Arabia? Hindi ba malinaw ito na ang babae ay parang second class citizen lamang?</em> (Really, the law in Islam is not fair especially for women. Because man can move or roam around in any place freely that he likes to go to. They can freely drive cars, and many others. Why are women limited in their mobility or actions like in Saudi Arabia? Is this not clear that women are just like second class citizens only?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>20].</strong> <em>Hinggil ulit sa kabaihan, oo na, tanggap ko na, na ang mga kababaihan ay nagtatalukbong ng buhok. Ok lang ito, pero kasi hindi ko kayang tanggapin na pati ba naman ang mukha ay tinatakpan pa, at mata na lang ang nakikita. Papano mo pa sila makikilala?</em> (On women again, yes, I accept, that women must cover their hair with veil. It is fine and okay, but I cannot accept that women’s faces have to be covered and only the eyes can be seen. How can you recognize their faces?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>21].</strong> <em>Tanong ko lang, di ba ang propeta nyo na si Muhammad ay siyang modelo ng kamusliman? Eh bakit niya naging asawa ang isang batang babae na si A’isha na siyam na taong gulang (9 years old). Hindi ba, isa itong porma ng “Corruption of minor”, eh propeta pa mandin siya?</em> (Just my inquiry, is not your Prophet Muhammad a model for all the Muslims? How come he married a young girl, A’isha, who was a nine (9) years old? Is this not a form of “Corruption of minor”, and yet he is a prophet?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>22].</strong> <em>Sa dami nang beses ninyong pagdarasal sa isang araw, hindi ba kayo nanghihinayang sa daming negosyo at kikitain na nawawala? Dahil tuwing pagdating ng oras ng Salah lahat ng tindahan at iba pang mga istablisamento ay sarado</em>. (With your many prayer (Salah) performances in a day, do you not feel any regret for the amount of businesses and incomes lost? It is because every time when the Salah time comes all stores and other establishments are closed).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>23]. </strong> <em>Curious lang ako, ano ang pagkakaiba ng Bibliya at Qur’an ninyo?</em> (I am just curious, what is the difference between the Bible and your Qur’an?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>24]. </strong> <em>Di ba kinopya lang ang Qur’an ninyo sa Bibliya namin?</em> (Isn’t your Qur’an merely copied or plagiarized from our Bible?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>25].</strong> <em>Ang Bibliya ay nauna sa Qur’an ninyo, tama? Na kung kaya ang nauna ay siyang orihinal kaysa sa nahuli o yung sumunod?</em> (The Bible was ahead of your Qur’an, correct? Therefore, the thing that came first is more original than the last one or the one that follows it.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>26].</strong> <em>Papaano kami makapaniniwala sa inyong Qur’an, kasi nung sa panahon ni Caliph Uthman, kung hindi ako nagkakamali, ay nagkaroon ng sunugan ng Qur’an?</em> (How can we believe in your Qur’an, since in the era or time of Calip Uthman, if I am not mistaken, there was burning of the Qur’an.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>27].</strong> <em>Kung ang relihiyong Islam ay kompleto ang katuruan, at angkop sa lahat ng panahon at ito rin ang sinasabi ninyong napapanahong relihiyon sa ngayon para sa sangkatauhan, eh bakit sa panahon lang ito ni Muhammad naganap o nagsimula? Sana noon pa sa unang propeta mula kay propeta Adan. Dapat ibinigay na kaagad ng Diyos ang tinatawag ninyong Islam sa una pa lang. Bakit ngayon lang?</em> (If your religion of Islam has complete teachings and is relevant for all time and you are saying also this is a timely religion of today and for all humanity, why did it start only in the time of Muhammad? It could have come since the very beginning, in the time of Prophet Adam. It should have been given immediately by God, the Islam that you call, from the very beginning. Why only now?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>28].</strong> <em>Kung ganap, kumpleto at gabay ang katuruan ng Qur’an (bilang salita ng Diyos), at ito ay angkop sa lahat ng lugar. panahon, sitwasyon at henerasyon, bakit sa haba-haba ng kasaysayan ng sibilisasyon ng mundo saka pa lang ibinaba at inihinayag ng Diyos and Qur’an noong nakaraang 1400 taon? Sana, sa unang una pa lang dapat ibinigay na kaagad ng Diyos.</em> (If the teaching of the Qur’an is complete and guidance, and it is also relevant for all place, time, situation and generation, why is it, during the long period of civilization of the world, that only in the last 1400 years ago did God reveal the Qur’an? God should have revealed it immediately in the very beginning).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>29].</strong> <em>Kung ang Islam ay nakasulong (advanced) sa makabagong agham o siyensiya, bakit ang mga Muslim ay huling-huli sa mga siyentipikong tuklas (discoveries) at teknolohohiya?</em> (If Islam is advanced in modern science, why are the Muslims lagging so much behind modern scientific discoveries and technology?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>30].</strong> <em>Bakit ang Qur’an ay sa wikang Arabik? Paano ito mauunawaan o maiintindihan ng di-Arabo? Sana ang Diyos ay sa English na lang Niya ipinahayag kasi mas marami ang gumagamit ng salitang English sa ngayon at halata na mas popular ang English kaysa sa Arabik.</em> (Why is the Qur’an in Arabic language? How can this be understood by the non-Arabs? God should have revealed it in English because many people are using this language today and it is also obvious that English is more popular than Arabic).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>31].</strong> <em>Mahirap yatang magdasal sa Islam, kasi kailangan maghugas-hugas ka ng katawan, paa at ibang parte bago magdasal, tapos limang beses (5 beses) araw-araw at kinakailangan pa sa wikang Arabik. Ang Diyos naman ay nakakaintindi ng iba’t iba at anumang klase ng wika. Puwede bang sa sarili kong wika na lang ako tuwing tatawag at mananalangin? Hindi naman siguro na kailangan sa tuwing pakikipag-ugnayan sa Kanya na sa Arabic pa? Eh, papaano na pag ang nagdarasal ay isang Hapon?</em> (It is hard to perform worship (prayer) in Islam because there is a need to wash your body, feet and other parts every now and then before every prayer, and then it has to be done five times (5X) every day and it has to be said in the Arabic language. I think God understands the different and whatever kind of languages. Can I use my own personal language every time I call and supplicate? What about if one happens to be Japanese?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>32].</strong> <em>Bakit masyadong istrikto ang inyong relihiyon pagdating sa dasal, dapat ay eksaktong limang beses at dapat sa bawat buong maghapon? Ang tanong ko, bakit lima? At hindi apat o anim na beses? Ano bang meron sa lima na wala sa apat o sa anim?</em> (Why is your religion so strict when it comes to prayer and it has to be done five times during the entire day? My question is, why five times and not four or six times? What there is in a five that is not found in a four or a six?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>33]. </strong> <em>Di ba ang Saudi Arabia ay isang maka-Diyos at relihiyoso bansa, at naghihikayat pa ng di-Muslim tungo sa Diyos? Kabayan, papaano naman kami magsasagawa ng pagsamba sa Diyos kung hindi naman kami pinapayagang mga Kristiyano na magkakaroon ng Simbahan dito sa Kaharian?</em> (Is it not Saudi Arabia is a godly and religious country, and even inviting non-Muslims towards God? Kabayan, how can we perform our duty to worship God if we Christians are not allowed to have our own Church here in the Kingdom?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>34]. </strong> <em>Ang mga bansang di-Muslim tulad ng sa Europa, America at iba, na kung saan ang mga Muslim ay malayang pinapayagayang magtayo at magkaroon ng kanilang sariling moske samantala, sa Saudi Arabia, hindi kami pinapayagang magkakaroon ng aming sariling Church o Simbahan? Hindi naman ata ito fair?</em> (The non-Muslim countries like in Europe, America and others allow Muslims freely to erect their own mosques while Saudi Arabia does not allow us to have our own church? Is this not unfair?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>35].</strong> <em>Bakit kaya kahit saan lupalop sa mundo, Muslim talaga ang gumagawa ng gulo? Dahil ba sa kulang sila sa edyukasyon? O ganoon na talaga kayo? Para sa mga Muslim bigyan nyo naman ng kaunting kahihiyan ang sarili nyo sa ngalan ng relihiyong Islam.</em> (Why is it that in whichever part in the world, really the Muslims are the ones doing the trouble? Why, is it because of lack of education? Or is it they are really like that? For all the Muslims, please practice a bit of shame for yourselves in the name of your Islamic religion).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>36]. </strong> <em>Di ba dito sa Saudi Arabia ang pangangaral ng relihiyon ay usaping maka-Diyos at gawain? Bakit kaming mga Kristiyano ay di-pinapayagang mangaral nang malaya sa kapwa namin mga Kristiyano? Hindi naman kami mangangaral sa mga katutubo na taga-rito.</em> (Is it not that in Saudi Arabia religious preaching is a godly subject and work? Why are we Christians not allowed to freely preach to our own fellow Christians? We are not preaching to the natives of this place at all?).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>37]. </strong> <em>Sa Islam pala, base sa aking pagbabasa ng polyeto ng Islam, ay naniniwala rin pala ang mga Muslims sa mga banal na kasulatan tulad ng (inihayag kay Lord Jesus na tinatawag Ebanghelyo). Ang tanong: Kung kayong mga Muslim ay naniniwala sa inihayag kay Hesukristo, bakit hindi pinapayagan ang mga Kristiyano magdala at mangaral ng Bibliya nang lantaran dito sa Saudi Arabia? Bakit dahil ba natatakot kayo na baka itong Kaharian ay magiging bansang Kristiyano?</em> [In Islam, based on my reading of Islamic literatures, Muslims also believe in the Scriptures like (the one revealed to our Lord Jesus, called the Gospel). The question is: If you Muslims do believe in what was revealed to Jesus Christ, then why are Christians not allowed to bring and preach the Bible openly here in Saudi Arabia? Why is it because you fear that this Kingdom might become a Christian country?]</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>38].</strong> <em>Di ba naniniwala rin kayo kay Hesukristo tulad ng inyong paniniwala sa propeta ninyo na si Muhammad. Pero nainiwala rin kayo na si Muhammad ay ipinanganak ng pangkaraniwang pagsilang, ngunit si Hesukristo ay ipinanganak ng himala. Si Hesukristo ay nakagawa ng maraming himala at si Muhammad ay kakaunti lang. Si Muhammad ay namatay at nalibing sa Madinah subalit si Hesukristo ay umakyat ng langit at hindi namatay kundi nasa langit siya ngayon at buhay? Kung ganoon, masasabi natin na mas mataas si Hesus kay Muhammad?</em> (Is it not that you believe in Jesus Christ like in your belief of Prophet Muhammad. But you also believe Muhammad was born normally while Jesus was born miraculously. Jesus Christ performed many miracles and Muhammad just a few. Muhammad died and was buried in Madinah while Jesus ascended up to heaven and did not die and now he is in heaven and alive. If that is so, then Jesus is superior to Muhammad?).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>39]. </strong> <em>Ang Diyos ay mabait at punong-puno ng kabaitan, Siya ang Ama natin, na kung saan nagpapahiwatig ng pagmamahal at habag sa Kanyang mga anak. Ang tanong ko, kung mahal Niya tayo bakit pa Niya kinakailangang lumikha ng Impiyerno? Mamahalin Niya tayo pagkatapos paparusahan din pala sa bandang huli.</em> (God is good and full of goodness; He is our Father that shows love and mercy for His children. My question is: if He loves us, why He created Hellfire? He loves us and that He will also punish us in the end).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>40].</strong> <em>Sa inyong pagtalakay hinggil sa pagkakaisa ng mga Muslim, iyong binanggit at binigyang-diin na walang sekta sa Islam. Pero madalas kong naririnig sa TV at nababasa sa mga pahayagan ang pagkakaiba at pag-aaway sa loob at sa pagitan ng Sunni at Shi’a. Kung kaya ito ay kontra sa inyong pag-angkin na walang sekta sa Islam.</em> (In your lecture about unity of Muslims, you indicated or emphasized there is no division in Islam. But I often hear from TV news and read in the newspapers about the difference and in-fighting between the Sunni and Shi’a. So you are contradicting your claim that in fact there are no sects or division in Islam).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>41].</strong> <em>Nabasa ko sa Qur’an ninyo, sa Surah Baqarah ba iyon, na nabanaggit na ipinag-uutos ang pagpatay sa mga di-Muslim, ang sabi: “Patayin mo sila (na mga di-Muslim) kung saan mo man sila matatagpuan.” Bakit ganoon, masyado namang brutal ang inyong relihiyon?</em> (I read in your Qur’an, I think in Surah Baqarah; the command to kill non-Muslims is mentioned, which says: “Kill them wherever you find them.” (2:191). Why is it so, your religion is too brutal?) [Note: the Tagalog translation (of Qur’anic verse) is an intentional misquotation and out of context usually by non-Muslims to malign and make Islam / Qur’an appear in bad light].</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>42].</strong> <em>Nabasa ko sa Qur’an ninyo, sa Surah Aali Imran (3:97) ba iyon, na nabanaggit na ang Peregrino (ang Hajj) ay tungkulin ng sangkatauhan sa Allah (Diyos), para sa may kakayanan. Pero ang tanong ko ay ito, bakit ang mga di-Muslim na tulad namin ay hindi man lang pinapayagang pumasok ng Makkah? Papaano naming masusunod itong kautusan? Tapos sisisihin kami? Patas ba iyan?</em> (I read in your Qur’an, I think in Surah Aali Imran (3:97); it is mentioned that Hajj is a duty that mankind owes to Allah, those who can afford the expenses. But my question is like this, why are the non-Muslims like us not even allowed to enter Makkah? How can we then obey this command? Then, they will blame us? Is that fair?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>43]. </strong> <em>Maraming relihiyon at lahat ng mga ito ay nag-aangkin na iyon ang tama at nagtuturo ng kabutihan at matuwid na daan. Pag ganoon, e di mas mabuti pa siguro pag-isahin na lang ang lahat ng relihiyon. Kasi pag iisa lang ang relihiyon ng sangkatauhan, doon mo pa lang makikita ang tunay na pagkakaisa, pagsasama-sama, pagkakapatiran, pagkakaunawaan at kapayapaan.</em> (There are many religions and all of them are claiming that each and every one of them teaches about goodness and straight path. If that is so, then, it is perhaps better to combine them all in one religion. Because if there is only one religion for all mankind, that is the only way you can see the true unity, harmony, togetherness, brotherhood, understanding and peace.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>44].</strong> <em>Kabayan, hinggil sa usapang kaligtasan at relihiyon, sa aking pananaw hindi naman siguro ang iyong relihiyon ang nagliligtas sa tao kundi ang kanyang tapat na relasyon at pagka deboto sa Diyos.</em> (Kabayan, speaking of salvation and religion, in my view perhaps it is not your religion that saves man but his sincere relation and devotion with God.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>45]. </strong> <em>Isa sa mga ayaw na ayaw ko sa inyong relihiyon, Kabayan, wag ka lang magalit, tanong ko lang, hinggil sa pag-aasawa ng kababaihan. sa aking nakikita ang inyong kalalakihan (Muslim) ay puwedeng mag asawa ng aming kababaihan (Kristiyana), ngunit ang aming mga kalalakihan Kristiyano ay di nyo pinapayagang makapag-asawa ng inyong mga kababaihan (Muslimah). Ang ok sa inyo, hindi naman ok para sa amin. Hindi naman patas</em>. (One of the things that I do not really like in your religion, Kabayan, please don’t be angry, just my inquiry, is about marrying your women. What I see is that your Muslim men can marry our Christian women, but our men cannot marry your Muslim women. What is okay for you to marry from us is not okay for us to marry yours. It’s unfair.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>46].</strong> <em>Isa sa mga nalalaman kong kulturang gawain sa Islam ay hinggil sa Dote, na ang babae pala sa Islam ay para bang “binibili” nila para lang maging asawa. Pinapakasalan sa halagang may presyo o bayad na salapi. Sa pananaw ko rito ang babae pala ay para bang isang ordinaryong bagay o produkto na iyong bibilihin. Ang mahalaga kasi basta nagmamahalan at nagkakasundo ang dalawa, okay na, kasi ang pinakamahalaga riyan ay yung “nagmamahalan” (“Love”) nila o silang dalawa. Anong saysay ng Dote kapag hindi naman sila nagkakasundo at nagmamahalan?</em> (One of the things I learn in Islam is the cultural practice of giving Dowry for the woman which is just like “buying” her to get married to. They wed or marry women for a certain amount or price of money. In my view or opinion, a woman is just an ordinary thing or product that you have to buy. The most important thing is that they both love and agree, which is okay because the most important thing or element is that both “Love” each other. What is the benefit of a dowry if they both do not agree and love each other?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>47].</strong> <em>Hinggil sa paksang Diyos ay pagmamahal sa Kanyang mga anak. Hindi ba ang Diyos ay Pagmamahal (God is Love), eh kung nagmamahal talaga sa atin ang Diyos na Ama, bakit paparusahan Niya tayo sa naglalagblab na impiyernong apoy? Hindi ba God is Love ika nga, tapos sinasabi pa na ang Diyos ay maawain daw. Hindi ko talaga ma-gets. Mukhang salungat ang ganitong klaseng katuruan.</em> (Concerning an issue about God is Love, love for His children, is it not that “God is Love”, because if God the Father really loves us, then, why does He need to punish us in burning flame of Hell? And while they say that God also is merciful. I don’t really understand it. It seems that this kind of teaching is contradicting.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>48].</strong> <em>Bakit ang mga Muslim pag nagkatay ng hayop, kinakailangang gilitan pa ang leeg nito ng isang bagay na matalas tulad ng kutsilyo? Sa tingin at pakiramdam ko parang napakasakit nun, masyadong brutal at barbaric para sa kinatay na hayop.</em> (Why do Muslims when slaughtering an animal, have to put on guillotine i.e. by cutting the neck using a sharp object like a knife? The way I look and feel, it is very painful which is too brutal and barbaric for the animal.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>49]. </strong> <em>Alam mo Kabayan, yung amo kong Arabo napakabait at napakamaunaawain niya sa amin, eh palibhasa kasi nakalabas nitong Kaharian at nakapag-aral sa abroad sa Amerika hindi tulad ng mga iba, napakasama ng ugali.</em> (You know Kabayan, my Arab sponsor is so good and very understanding to us, it’s because he has gone outside this Kingdom and has studied abroad in America unlike many other Arab sponsors who have a very bad character).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>50]. </strong> <em>Alam mo Kabayan, sa tagal ko nang nagtrabaho sa Saudi, may 15 years na ako, wala pa akong nakikitang mabait na Arabo. Masasama ang mga ugali nila, kung magtrato sa trabahor para ka bang alipin.</em> (You know Kabayan, with my 15 long years of working in Saudi, I have not yet seen a good Arab. They have bad character and treatment of foreign worker as if you are slave.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>51].</strong> <em>Alam mo Kabayan, maganda yung inyong relihiyon, may disiplina at isinasabuhay talaga ang katuruan, tulad ng pag sa buwan ng Ramadhan ay talagang nag-aayuno kayo. Pero pero para sa akin, hindi ko kaya ang inyong ginagawa na iyan at hindi ko masunod ng masinsinan at tapat.</em> (You know Kabayan, your religion is beautiful; you are disciplined and really practicing your fasting dutifully and sincerely. But, personally, I have no capacity to manage what you are practicing; in other words I cannot do what you are doing so obediently and sincerely).</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">COMMON FALLACIOUS QUESTIONS ON ISLAM OF NON-MUSLIMS</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>1].</strong> <em>Bakit ang parusa sa Islam ay kamatayan para sa pagpaslang (murder), tulad ng pagpugot ng ulo ng isang kriminal at pagkatapos pugutan, sumisigaw pa sila ng: Allahu Akbar!? Bakit kinakailangang sumigaw pa sila at tila ba tuwang-tuwa pa sa kanilang ginawa na parang sadista?</em> (Why is death the punishment for murder in Islams, like chopping-off the head of the criminal and after which they will even shout loudly: Allahu Akbar!? Why is there a need to shout as if they are very joyful with what they have done like a sadist?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>2].</strong> <em>Hindi ba bawal sa Islam ang Idolatriya? Eh bakit pag magdarasal kayo, humaharap kayo at sinasamba ninyo ang itim na Ka’abang bato sa Makkah? Hindi ba malinaw na idolatriya iyan? (Is it not that Islam prohibits idolatry?</em> Why, when you are praying, you face and you worship the black Ka’abah stone in Makkah? Is it not a clear manifestation of idolatry?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>3].</strong> <em>Bakit ang inyong relihiyon ay pinapayagan kayong kalalakihan na mag-asawa ng sobra sa isa? Yan ay isang di-makatarunang bagay at pagtrato sa ating kababaihan at yan ay isang hayagang porma ng panganalunya. At hindi ba ito ninyo iniisip na kung gaano kasakit ang emosyon at damdamin para sa isang babae?</em> (Why does your religion allows your men to marry more than once? That is unjust and an unfair treatment of our womenfolk and that is one form of open adultery. Did you not even think how painful is this for the emotions and feelings of a woman?) </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>4].</strong> <em>Bakit mahigpit na ipinagbawal sa Islam ang pagsamba sa diyus-diyusan, samantalang sa Kristiyanismo ay hindi naman kami istrikto diyan o binibigyan namin ng pansin subalit may biyaya din naman kaming natatanggap?</em> (Why is it strictly forbidden in Islam to worship many gods (polytheism), while in Christianity we are not strict with it neither we give it importance, and yet we also receive blessings?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>5].</strong> <em>Bakit kinakailangan sa Islam magdasal ng limang beses (5 beses) sa isang araw? Kami bilang Kristiyano, madali at simple lang, kahit isang beses lang sa isang linggo, okay lang, at okay din naman kami at nakatatanggap din kami ng mga biyaya mula kay Lord.</em> (Why is there a need to pray five times (5X) a day? For us Christians, it is just very easy and simple, even just once in a week, it is just okay, and also we are just okay and besides we receive the blessings too from the Lord.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>6]. </strong> <em>Alam nyo kaya kayong mga Muslim nagsasalah ng maraming beses sa isang araw ay para lamang makaiwas sa trabaho. Imbis na makasama namin kayo sa trabaho ay nandoon pa kayo sa salahan nagsasalah. Sa tingin ko ginagawa lang ninyo ito ay para makaiwas lang sa trabaho.</em> (You know, you Muslims are praying many times every day in order to escape the work/duty. Instead of working with us together, you are still there doing your Salah. In my view or perception you are doing this so that you can do away with the work.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>7].</strong> <em>Hindi tayo karapat-dapat sa isa’t isa, dahil hindi tayo compatible sa isa’t-isa. Iba ang relihiyon mo at iba naman ang sa akin. At tiyak ko rin iba yung diyos mong sinasamba kaysa sa akin, na kung kaya papaano tayo magkakaroon ng masayang pamilya, matagumpay at mapayapa?</em> (We are not meant for each other, because we are not compatible. Your religion is not the same as mine. And surely your god is different from mine. So how can we have a happy family, successful and peaceful one?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>8].</strong> <em>Bakit kayong mga Muslim ay maraming bawal tulad na lamang sa mga pagkain at inumin – bawal ang dugo, bawal ang karneng baboy, bawal ang alak at marami pang ibang bawal. Samantala sa amin hindi naman ito pinagbabawal at sa palagay ko binibiyayan din naman kami ni Lord.</em> (Why do you Muslims have many things prohibited like in the case of food and drinks – eating blood is forbidden, pork is forbidden, liquor is forbidden and many others, while for us these are not forbidden and I think we also receive blessings from the Lord.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>9].</strong> K<em>ung bawal ang pagkain ng baboy, eh bakit ba kinakailangang likhain ng Diyos ang baboy? Para ano pa? Ano ang saysay nitong mga baboy? Na kung kaya, kung ako sa inyo kumain na lang kayo ng mga bagay na nabanggit.</em> (If eating pork is forbidden, then, why was there a need for swine to be created by God? What for? What benefits would there be for these swine? So, if I were you, better eat them.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>10].</strong> <em>Bakit kinakailangan pa ninyong magpahaba ng balbas? Kami bilang Kristiyano ay malayang pumili kung ano ang gugustuhin namin. Kasi kapag isipin mo at pag masdan na ang hindi puwede sa inyo ay puwede naman sa amin, at sa tingin ko pareho naman tayong may biyaya at ginabayan. Na kung kaya ano ang silbi niyang balbas? Nakapapangit pa nga ng mukha at magmumukhang marungis pa eh.</em> (Why do you have to grow your beard long? We as Christians are free to choose what we want for ourselves. Because if you think and observe that the things not allowed for you are allowed for us, and yet both of us receive blessing and guidance, just the same. So what is the benefit of that beard? Besides, that makes you look ugly; it also looks dirty and lousy).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>11].</strong> <em>Gusto ko sanang mag-Muslim, kaso lang ang nagpipigil sa akin ay sa tuwing magdarasal ay kailangan pang maghugas-hugas ng dalwang paa. Dahil dito natatakot ako baka mapasma pa ako. Siguro puwede namang hindi palagi maghugas tuwing magsasagawa ng salah.</em> (I would have wanted to become a Muslim, but what prevents me is that for every prayer one has the need every now and then to clean and wash some body parts and the two feet. Because of this I am afraid that I may get sick (pasma). Perhaps, it does not always need to wash before performing prayers).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>12].</strong> <em>Bakit ba kayong mga Muslim, inaangkin ninyo na ang inyong relihiyong Islam ay relihiyon ng kapayapaan? Sa obserbasyon o pagsusuri ko mukhang ang mga Muslim ang nagpapagulo sa mundo. Huwag ka lang magagalit kabayan. Tanong ko lang.</em> (Why are you Muslims claiming that your religion is the religion of peace. In my observation or evaluation, it seems the Muslims are the ones causing chaos in the world. Please do not get angry my fellow countrymen. It is just my question).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>13].</strong> <em>Kung ang Islam ay relihiyon ng kapayapaan, tulad ng inyong pag-angkin, eh… bakit kadalasan sa mga pahayagan palagi na lang ang mga Muslim ang nababanggit na sangkot sa teroristang pangyayari?</em> (If Islam is the religion of peace, like what you claim, then, why is it that in most of the news, Muslims are always mentioned to have a hand in terroristic activities?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>14].</strong> <em>Gusto ko na talagang maniwala na marami mula sa mga Muslim ay may kinalaman sa mga teroristang gawain base na rin sa mga pahayagan. Sa isang balita sa bansang India, ganito ang pagksabi, “Hindi lahat ng Muslim ay terorista subalit lahat ng terorista ay Muslim”</em>. (I am inclined to believe that really many among the Muslims have connections with terroristic acts based on the news reports. In one of the news item in India, this is what it says, “Not all Muslims are terrorist but all terrorist are Muslims).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>15]. </strong> <em>Nauna ang Kristiyanismo kaysa sa Islam, di ba? pero kung bakit biglang dumami ang mga Muslim ay dahil sa ang relihiyong Islam ay lumaganap sa pamamagitan ng puwersa ng sandata at espada.</em> (Christianity came before Islam, right? but why Islam all of a sudden increased in its followers is because it was spread by means of military force and the swords).</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>16].</strong> <em>Bakit ang inyong mga kababaihan ay balot na balot ang kanilang mga katawan. Sa palagay ko kabayan, huwag ka lang magalit ha, siguro para sa akin hindi na kailangan yung mga ganyang istilo ng pananamit sa ngayong makabagong panahon, eh kasi makaluma yung mga ganyan sa panahon ngayon. </em> <strong>(</strong>Why are the bodies of your womenfolk so closely covered? For me I think kabayan, please do not get me wrong or angry with me, perhaps for me there is no need to wear those styles of dress in the modern times of our present generation. Those styles are old-fashioned nowadays). </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>17].</strong> <em>Bakit sa inyong relihiyong Islam, ang babae ay hindi malayang pumili ng kanilang isusuot na damit kung ano ang gusto nila? Kasi, tila ba wala na silang kalayaan at karapatang pumili at magsuot ng kung anuman ang gugustuhin nila. Masyado namang mahigpit ang inyong relihiyon. Papaano iyan, di ba ang diyos ay diyos ng kagandahan at gusto Niya ang maganda? Paano ako makakapagpuri ng magandang katawan ng isang babae na nilikha ng Diyos kapag ito ay palagi na lang natatakpan? Hindi tuloy ma- appreciate ko ang kagandahang likha ng Diyos.</em> (Why is it in your religion, women are not free to choose to wear the dress that they want? It seems as if they have no right and freedom to choose and wear the dress of their choice. You religion is too strict. How is that? Is it not that God is the God of beauty and therefore He loves beautiful things? How can I appreciate the beauty of a woman’s body as a creature of God if she is always covered? I can no longer appreciate the beautiful creation of God in a woman).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>18]. </strong> <em>Alam nyo sir, wag lang sana kayong magagalit, sa tingin ko sa Islam, hindi patas ang inyong batas. Mukhang makalalaki lang. Ang tinutukoy ko rito ay hinggil sa pag-aasawa. Hindi naman fair, kasi ang lalaki puwedeng mag-asawa ng sobra sa isa subalit ang babae ay hindi naman pinapayagang magkakaroon ng dalawang asawa (na lalaki). Anong masasabi mo hinggil dito? Kasi para sa akin pag puwedeng mag-asawa ang lalaki ng sobra ng isa, dapat ang babae ay payagan din sana na malayang magkaroon ng dalawang asawa (o husband) nang sabay-sabay.</em> (You know sir, please do not be angry, the way I see in Islam, the law is not equal. It seems favoring men only. What I am referring to is about marriage. It is not fair that your man can marry more than one while women are not allowed to have two husbands. What can you say about this? Because for me if men can marry more than one, women must also be allowed to freely marry two husbands simultaneously).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>19].</strong> <em>Talagang hindi patas ang batas sa Isalm lalo na sa kakabaihan. Kasi ang lalaki malayang gumala kung saang lugar gusto niyang pumunta. Malaya siyang magdrive ng sasakyan, at marami pang iba. Bakit ang babae limitado ang kanyang pagkilos tulad ng sa Saudi Arabia? Hindi ba malinaw ito na ang babae ay parang second class citizen lamang?</em> (Really, the law in Islam is not fair especially for women. Because man can move or roam around in any place freely that he likes to go to. They can freely drive cars, and many others. Why are women limited in their mobility or actions like in Saudi Arabia? Is this not clear that women are just like second class citizens only?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>20].</strong> <em>Hinggil ulit sa kabaihan, oo na, tanggap ko na, na ang mga kababaihan ay nagtatalukbong ng buhok. Ok lang ito, pero kasi hindi ko kayang tanggapin na pati ba naman ang mukha ay tinatakpan pa, at mata na lang ang nakikita. Papano mo pa sila makikilala?</em> (On women again, yes, I accept, that women must cover their hair with veil. It is fine and okay, but I cannot accept that women’s faces have to be covered and only the eyes can be seen. How can you recognize their faces?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>21].</strong> <em>Tanong ko lang, di ba ang propeta nyo na si Muhammad ay siyang modelo ng kamusliman? Eh bakit niya naging asawa ang isang batang babae na si A’isha na siyam na taong gulang (9 years old). Hindi ba, isa itong porma ng “Corruption of minor”, eh propeta pa mandin siya?</em> (Just my inquiry, is not your Prophet Muhammad a model for all the Muslims? How come he married a young girl, A’isha, who was a nine (9) years old? Is this not a form of “Corruption of minor”, and yet he is a prophet?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>22].</strong> <em>Sa dami nang beses ninyong pagdarasal sa isang araw, hindi ba kayo nanghihinayang sa daming negosyo at kikitain na nawawala? Dahil tuwing pagdating ng oras ng Salah lahat ng tindahan at iba pang mga istablisamento ay sarado</em>. (With your many prayer (Salah) performances in a day, do you not feel any regret for the amount of businesses and incomes lost? It is because every time when the Salah time comes all stores and other establishments are closed).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>23]. </strong> <em>Curious lang ako, ano ang pagkakaiba ng Bibliya at Qur’an ninyo?</em> (I am just curious, what is the difference between the Bible and your Qur’an?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>24]. </strong> <em>Di ba kinopya lang ang Qur’an ninyo sa Bibliya namin?</em> (Isn’t your Qur’an merely copied or plagiarized from our Bible?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>25].</strong> <em>Ang Bibliya ay nauna sa Qur’an ninyo, tama? Na kung kaya ang nauna ay siyang orihinal kaysa sa nahuli o yung sumunod?</em> (The Bible was ahead of your Qur’an, correct? Therefore, the thing that came first is more original than the last one or the one that follows it.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>26].</strong> <em>Papaano kami makapaniniwala sa inyong Qur’an, kasi nung sa panahon ni Caliph Uthman, kung hindi ako nagkakamali, ay nagkaroon ng sunugan ng Qur’an?</em> (How can we believe in your Qur’an, since in the era or time of Calip Uthman, if I am not mistaken, there was burning of the Qur’an.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>27].</strong> <em>Kung ang relihiyong Islam ay kompleto ang katuruan, at angkop sa lahat ng panahon at ito rin ang sinasabi ninyong napapanahong relihiyon sa ngayon para sa sangkatauhan, eh bakit sa panahon lang ito ni Muhammad naganap o nagsimula? Sana noon pa sa unang propeta mula kay propeta Adan. Dapat ibinigay na kaagad ng Diyos ang tinatawag ninyong Islam sa una pa lang. Bakit ngayon lang?</em> (If your religion of Islam has complete teachings and is relevant for all time and you are saying also this is a timely religion of today and for all humanity, why did it start only in the time of Muhammad? It could have come since the very beginning, in the time of Prophet Adam. It should have been given immediately by God, the Islam that you call, from the very beginning. Why only now?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>28].</strong> <em>Kung ganap, kumpleto at gabay ang katuruan ng Qur’an (bilang salita ng Diyos), at ito ay angkop sa lahat ng lugar. panahon, sitwasyon at henerasyon, bakit sa haba-haba ng kasaysayan ng sibilisasyon ng mundo saka pa lang ibinaba at inihinayag ng Diyos and Qur’an noong nakaraang 1400 taon? Sana, sa unang una pa lang dapat ibinigay na kaagad ng Diyos.</em> (If the teaching of the Qur’an is complete and guidance, and it is also relevant for all place, time, situation and generation, why is it, during the long period of civilization of the world, that only in the last 1400 years ago did God reveal the Qur’an? God should have revealed it immediately in the very beginning).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>29].</strong> <em>Kung ang Islam ay nakasulong (advanced) sa makabagong agham o siyensiya, bakit ang mga Muslim ay huling-huli sa mga siyentipikong tuklas (discoveries) at teknolohohiya?</em> (If Islam is advanced in modern science, why are the Muslims lagging so much behind modern scientific discoveries and technology?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>30].</strong> <em>Bakit ang Qur’an ay sa wikang Arabik? Paano ito mauunawaan o maiintindihan ng di-Arabo? Sana ang Diyos ay sa English na lang Niya ipinahayag kasi mas marami ang gumagamit ng salitang English sa ngayon at halata na mas popular ang English kaysa sa Arabik.</em> (Why is the Qur’an in Arabic language? How can this be understood by the non-Arabs? God should have revealed it in English because many people are using this language today and it is also obvious that English is more popular than Arabic).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>31].</strong> <em>Mahirap yatang magdasal sa Islam, kasi kailangan maghugas-hugas ka ng katawan, paa at ibang parte bago magdasal, tapos limang beses (5 beses) araw-araw at kinakailangan pa sa wikang Arabik. Ang Diyos naman ay nakakaintindi ng iba’t iba at anumang klase ng wika. Puwede bang sa sarili kong wika na lang ako tuwing tatawag at mananalangin? Hindi naman siguro na kailangan sa tuwing pakikipag-ugnayan sa Kanya na sa Arabic pa? Eh, papaano na pag ang nagdarasal ay isang Hapon?</em> (It is hard to perform worship (prayer) in Islam because there is a need to wash your body, feet and other parts every now and then before every prayer, and then it has to be done five times (5X) every day and it has to be said in the Arabic language. I think God understands the different and whatever kind of languages. Can I use my own personal language every time I call and supplicate? What about if one happens to be Japanese?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>32].</strong> <em>Bakit masyadong istrikto ang inyong relihiyon pagdating sa dasal, dapat ay eksaktong limang beses at dapat sa bawat buong maghapon? Ang tanong ko, bakit lima? At hindi apat o anim na beses? Ano bang meron sa lima na wala sa apat o sa anim?</em> (Why is your religion so strict when it comes to prayer and it has to be done five times during the entire day? My question is, why five times and not four or six times? What there is in a five that is not found in a four or a six?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>33]. </strong> <em>Di ba ang Saudi Arabia ay isang maka-Diyos at relihiyoso bansa, at naghihikayat pa ng di-Muslim tungo sa Diyos? Kabayan, papaano naman kami magsasagawa ng pagsamba sa Diyos kung hindi naman kami pinapayagang mga Kristiyano na magkakaroon ng Simbahan dito sa Kaharian?</em> (Is it not Saudi Arabia is a godly and religious country, and even inviting non-Muslims towards God? Kabayan, how can we perform our duty to worship God if we Christians are not allowed to have our own Church here in the Kingdom?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>34]. </strong> <em>Ang mga bansang di-Muslim tulad ng sa Europa, America at iba, na kung saan ang mga Muslim ay malayang pinapayagayang magtayo at magkaroon ng kanilang sariling moske samantala, sa Saudi Arabia, hindi kami pinapayagang magkakaroon ng aming sariling Church o Simbahan? Hindi naman ata ito fair?</em> (The non-Muslim countries like in Europe, America and others allow Muslims freely to erect their own mosques while Saudi Arabia does not allow us to have our own church? Is this not unfair?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>35].</strong> <em>Bakit kaya kahit saan lupalop sa mundo, Muslim talaga ang gumagawa ng gulo? Dahil ba sa kulang sila sa edyukasyon? O ganoon na talaga kayo? Para sa mga Muslim bigyan nyo naman ng kaunting kahihiyan ang sarili nyo sa ngalan ng relihiyong Islam.</em> (Why is it that in whichever part in the world, really the Muslims are the ones doing the trouble? Why, is it because of lack of education? Or is it they are really like that? For all the Muslims, please practice a bit of shame for yourselves in the name of your Islamic religion).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>36]. </strong> <em>Di ba dito sa Saudi Arabia ang pangangaral ng relihiyon ay usaping maka-Diyos at gawain? Bakit kaming mga Kristiyano ay di-pinapayagang mangaral nang malaya sa kapwa namin mga Kristiyano? Hindi naman kami mangangaral sa mga katutubo na taga-rito.</em> (Is it not that in Saudi Arabia religious preaching is a godly subject and work? Why are we Christians not allowed to freely preach to our own fellow Christians? We are not preaching to the natives of this place at all?).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>37]. </strong> <em>Sa Islam pala, base sa aking pagbabasa ng polyeto ng Islam, ay naniniwala rin pala ang mga Muslims sa mga banal na kasulatan tulad ng (inihayag kay Lord Jesus na tinatawag Ebanghelyo). Ang tanong: Kung kayong mga Muslim ay naniniwala sa inihayag kay Hesukristo, bakit hindi pinapayagan ang mga Kristiyano magdala at mangaral ng Bibliya nang lantaran dito sa Saudi Arabia? Bakit dahil ba natatakot kayo na baka itong Kaharian ay magiging bansang Kristiyano?</em> [In Islam, based on my reading of Islamic literatures, Muslims also believe in the Scriptures like (the one revealed to our Lord Jesus, called the Gospel). The question is: If you Muslims do believe in what was revealed to Jesus Christ, then why are Christians not allowed to bring and preach the Bible openly here in Saudi Arabia? Why is it because you fear that this Kingdom might become a Christian country?]</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>38].</strong> <em>Di ba naniniwala rin kayo kay Hesukristo tulad ng inyong paniniwala sa propeta ninyo na si Muhammad. Pero nainiwala rin kayo na si Muhammad ay ipinanganak ng pangkaraniwang pagsilang, ngunit si Hesukristo ay ipinanganak ng himala. Si Hesukristo ay nakagawa ng maraming himala at si Muhammad ay kakaunti lang. Si Muhammad ay namatay at nalibing sa Madinah subalit si Hesukristo ay umakyat ng langit at hindi namatay kundi nasa langit siya ngayon at buhay? Kung ganoon, masasabi natin na mas mataas si Hesus kay Muhammad?</em> (Is it not that you believe in Jesus Christ like in your belief of Prophet Muhammad. But you also believe Muhammad was born normally while Jesus was born miraculously. Jesus Christ performed many miracles and Muhammad just a few. Muhammad died and was buried in Madinah while Jesus ascended up to heaven and did not die and now he is in heaven and alive. If that is so, then Jesus is superior to Muhammad?).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>39]. </strong> <em>Ang Diyos ay mabait at punong-puno ng kabaitan, Siya ang Ama natin, na kung saan nagpapahiwatig ng pagmamahal at habag sa Kanyang mga anak. Ang tanong ko, kung mahal Niya tayo bakit pa Niya kinakailangang lumikha ng Impiyerno? Mamahalin Niya tayo pagkatapos paparusahan din pala sa bandang huli.</em> (God is good and full of goodness; He is our Father that shows love and mercy for His children. My question is: if He loves us, why He created Hellfire? He loves us and that He will also punish us in the end).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>40].</strong> <em>Sa inyong pagtalakay hinggil sa pagkakaisa ng mga Muslim, iyong binanggit at binigyang-diin na walang sekta sa Islam. Pero madalas kong naririnig sa TV at nababasa sa mga pahayagan ang pagkakaiba at pag-aaway sa loob at sa pagitan ng Sunni at Shi’a. Kung kaya ito ay kontra sa inyong pag-angkin na walang sekta sa Islam.</em> (In your lecture about unity of Muslims, you indicated or emphasized there is no division in Islam. But I often hear from TV news and read in the newspapers about the difference and in-fighting between the Sunni and Shi’a. So you are contradicting your claim that in fact there are no sects or division in Islam).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>41].</strong> <em>Nabasa ko sa Qur’an ninyo, sa Surah Baqarah ba iyon, na nabanaggit na ipinag-uutos ang pagpatay sa mga di-Muslim, ang sabi: “Patayin mo sila (na mga di-Muslim) kung saan mo man sila matatagpuan.” Bakit ganoon, masyado namang brutal ang inyong relihiyon?</em> (I read in your Qur’an, I think in Surah Baqarah; the command to kill non-Muslims is mentioned, which says: “Kill them wherever you find them.” (2:191). Why is it so, your religion is too brutal?) [Note: the Tagalog translation (of Qur’anic verse) is an intentional misquotation and out of context usually by non-Muslims to malign and make Islam / Qur’an appear in bad light].</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>42].</strong> <em>Nabasa ko sa Qur’an ninyo, sa Surah Aali Imran (3:97) ba iyon, na nabanaggit na ang Peregrino (ang Hajj) ay tungkulin ng sangkatauhan sa Allah (Diyos), para sa may kakayanan. Pero ang tanong ko ay ito, bakit ang mga di-Muslim na tulad namin ay hindi man lang pinapayagang pumasok ng Makkah? Papaano naming masusunod itong kautusan? Tapos sisisihin kami? Patas ba iyan?</em> (I read in your Qur’an, I think in Surah Aali Imran (3:97); it is mentioned that Hajj is a duty that mankind owes to Allah, those who can afford the expenses. But my question is like this, why are the non-Muslims like us not even allowed to enter Makkah? How can we then obey this command? Then, they will blame us? Is that fair?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>43]. </strong> <em>Maraming relihiyon at lahat ng mga ito ay nag-aangkin na iyon ang tama at nagtuturo ng kabutihan at matuwid na daan. Pag ganoon, e di mas mabuti pa siguro pag-isahin na lang ang lahat ng relihiyon. Kasi pag iisa lang ang relihiyon ng sangkatauhan, doon mo pa lang makikita ang tunay na pagkakaisa, pagsasama-sama, pagkakapatiran, pagkakaunawaan at kapayapaan.</em> (There are many religions and all of them are claiming that each and every one of them teaches about goodness and straight path. If that is so, then, it is perhaps better to combine them all in one religion. Because if there is only one religion for all mankind, that is the only way you can see the true unity, harmony, togetherness, brotherhood, understanding and peace.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>44].</strong> <em>Kabayan, hinggil sa usapang kaligtasan at relihiyon, sa aking pananaw hindi naman siguro ang iyong relihiyon ang nagliligtas sa tao kundi ang kanyang tapat na relasyon at pagka deboto sa Diyos.</em> (Kabayan, speaking of salvation and religion, in my view perhaps it is not your religion that saves man but his sincere relation and devotion with God.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>45]. </strong> <em>Isa sa mga ayaw na ayaw ko sa inyong relihiyon, Kabayan, wag ka lang magalit, tanong ko lang, hinggil sa pag-aasawa ng kababaihan. sa aking nakikita ang inyong kalalakihan (Muslim) ay puwedeng mag asawa ng aming kababaihan (Kristiyana), ngunit ang aming mga kalalakihan Kristiyano ay di nyo pinapayagang makapag-asawa ng inyong mga kababaihan (Muslimah). Ang ok sa inyo, hindi naman ok para sa amin. Hindi naman patas</em>. (One of the things that I do not really like in your religion, Kabayan, please don’t be angry, just my inquiry, is about marrying your women. What I see is that your Muslim men can marry our Christian women, but our men cannot marry your Muslim women. What is okay for you to marry from us is not okay for us to marry yours. It’s unfair.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>46].</strong> <em>Isa sa mga nalalaman kong kulturang gawain sa Islam ay hinggil sa Dote, na ang babae pala sa Islam ay para bang “binibili” nila para lang maging asawa. Pinapakasalan sa halagang may presyo o bayad na salapi. Sa pananaw ko rito ang babae pala ay para bang isang ordinaryong bagay o produkto na iyong bibilihin. Ang mahalaga kasi basta nagmamahalan at nagkakasundo ang dalawa, okay na, kasi ang pinakamahalaga riyan ay yung “nagmamahalan” (“Love”) nila o silang dalawa. Anong saysay ng Dote kapag hindi naman sila nagkakasundo at nagmamahalan?</em> (One of the things I learn in Islam is the cultural practice of giving Dowry for the woman which is just like “buying” her to get married to. They wed or marry women for a certain amount or price of money. In my view or opinion, a woman is just an ordinary thing or product that you have to buy. The most important thing is that they both love and agree, which is okay because the most important thing or element is that both “Love” each other. What is the benefit of a dowry if they both do not agree and love each other?)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>47].</strong> <em>Hinggil sa paksang Diyos ay pagmamahal sa Kanyang mga anak. Hindi ba ang Diyos ay Pagmamahal (God is Love), eh kung nagmamahal talaga sa atin ang Diyos na Ama, bakit paparusahan Niya tayo sa naglalagblab na impiyernong apoy? Hindi ba God is Love ika nga, tapos sinasabi pa na ang Diyos ay maawain daw. Hindi ko talaga ma-gets. Mukhang salungat ang ganitong klaseng katuruan.</em> (Concerning an issue about God is Love, love for His children, is it not that “God is Love”, because if God the Father really loves us, then, why does He need to punish us in burning flame of Hell? And while they say that God also is merciful. I don’t really understand it. It seems that this kind of teaching is contradicting.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>48].</strong> <em>Bakit ang mga Muslim pag nagkatay ng hayop, kinakailangang gilitan pa ang leeg nito ng isang bagay na matalas tulad ng kutsilyo? Sa tingin at pakiramdam ko parang napakasakit nun, masyadong brutal at barbaric para sa kinatay na hayop.</em> (Why do Muslims when slaughtering an animal, have to put on guillotine i.e. by cutting the neck using a sharp object like a knife? The way I look and feel, it is very painful which is too brutal and barbaric for the animal.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>49]. </strong> <em>Alam mo Kabayan, yung amo kong Arabo napakabait at napakamaunaawain niya sa amin, eh palibhasa kasi nakalabas nitong Kaharian at nakapag-aral sa abroad sa Amerika hindi tulad ng mga iba, napakasama ng ugali.</em> (You know Kabayan, my Arab sponsor is so good and very understanding to us, it’s because he has gone outside this Kingdom and has studied abroad in America unlike many other Arab sponsors who have a very bad character).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>50]. </strong> <em>Alam mo Kabayan, sa tagal ko nang nagtrabaho sa Saudi, may 15 years na ako, wala pa akong nakikitang mabait na Arabo. Masasama ang mga ugali nila, kung magtrato sa trabahor para ka bang alipin.</em> (You know Kabayan, with my 15 long years of working in Saudi, I have not yet seen a good Arab. They have bad character and treatment of foreign worker as if you are slave.)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>51].</strong> <em>Alam mo Kabayan, maganda yung inyong relihiyon, may disiplina at isinasabuhay talaga ang katuruan, tulad ng pag sa buwan ng Ramadhan ay talagang nag-aayuno kayo. Pero pero para sa akin, hindi ko kaya ang inyong ginagawa na iyan at hindi ko masunod ng masinsinan at tapat.</em> (You know Kabayan, your religion is beautiful; you are disciplined and really practicing your fasting dutifully and sincerely. But, personally, I have no capacity to manage what you are practicing; in other words I cannot do what you are doing so obediently and sincerely).</span></p>
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