What Does Islam Think of the Jews?

Allah is an Arabic name that combine the names Allat and Uzzah in one. both were pagan gods that Arabs worshipped before Islam.

I do not like the way religious people make such sweeping comments with the word "Pagan". Pre-Islamic ways were Astrological, and the Kaaba contained the twelve Astrological symbols we all know. The Moon and its symbolism was represented, and they called it Allah. Every symbol had a prominent family responsible for it, and the twelve families took it in turn to clean the sanctuary. The Qureshi family was responsible for the Moon. But the Sun had a more prominent position.

In 7th Century Iran the High Priest was alarmed of the spread of Christianity, and warned the Emperor Yazdigerd to adopt a theocracy basic on ideologies of the state and not free will and human rights, as the people were converting too fast. This Priest called Salman Parsi was thrown out, and he was employed by the Qureshi family to teach their son, Halabi. Salman taught Halabi the art of war, and how he could take Mecca, banish all the other eleven symbols, kill Astrologer in Arabia and perform a miracle when the Sun is darkened. Salman knew when the Eclipse was about to take place over Mecca, and Halabi became recognised as a Mohammed.

Like Judaism and Christianity, Islam is considered an Abrahamic religion.

Muslims believe that God revealed his direct word for humanity to Muhammad (c. 570–632) through the angel Gabriel and earlier prophets, including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Muslims believe that Muhammad is the last prophet, based on the Qur'anic phrase "Seal of the Prophets" and sayings of the prophet of Islam himself, and that his teachings for humanity will last until the Day of the Resurrection. Muslims assert that the main written record of revelation to humanity is the Qur'an, which is flawless, immutable, and which Muslims believe is the final revelation of God to humanity.

Muslims hold that Islam is the same belief as that of all the messengers sent by God to humanity since Adam, with the Qur'an, the text used by all sects of the Muslim faith, codifying the final revelation of God. Islamic texts depict Judaism and Christianity as prophetic successor traditions to the teachings of Abraham. The Qur'an calls Jews and Christians "People of the Book", and distinguishes them from "Polytheists".

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Thanks, Jon. I didn't have time to respond to Sidiwda, who, I am sure is quoting correctly from the Qur'an, even though those quotes seem to be at odds with the basic tenets of Islam as I've always understood them. Despite the claim that the Qur'an is "flawless," contradictions have been known to creep into religious texts occasionally.

In our Iranian texts we know that Salman actually taught Halabi Qureshi (aka Mohammed) to attack his own people to gain power, by using an old Iranian tactic that the Sassanians used - namely that they surrounded the city and starved it to death. Our texts mention that Salman taught Halabi that he was the true heir to Abraham as his ancestor were from Abraham's first wife, who was Egyptian.

So this whole mess we are in is all about Abraham's sons. Big deal. And how many people have died for this. Abe has a lot to answer for. So many good Arab Astrologers and wise men were killed.

What goes around, comes around. The biggest challenge for the Saudis will be when all this really comes to the fore as Old Iranian texts become more available once these Islamists are out. Remember Persia was the Empire of the world at that time and many Iranian have all this info, and will surely show it to all. Arabian were always friends to the ancient Iranians, and the fought along side Cambyses when he conquered Egypt.

The Koranic quotes that I use are direct from the Koran.

The Koran is in Arabic. Your quotes are not. You would be quoting from a translation, which is interpreted from the Koran, and interpretations can at many times be bat@!$%# insane.

Ali, maybe I'm not understanding the concept of "dialectic determinism," but for me, "determinism" has always been described as an opposite of Free Will. In Judaism, the Abrahamic religion I am most familiar with, free will is considered one of the defining characteristics of humanity. We are free to make choices and mistakes, with the understanding that there are consequences to every choice. How does idealism interfere with that?

In Zoroastrian dualism everything has its opposite. To oppose this, the idealists sought to come up with a set of unversal statements that are unargueable. The 7000 year Holy book of Iran called Zend-Avesta, which by the way has great links to the Rigveda, contains what remains of the old thoughts from the old Iranians. It refers to the Good Mind that is Wise in the person.

The old Iranians were interested in the ways to solving the problems in the here and now, and creating heaven on Earth. And with that Good attitude they created the very process of determining what needs to be done to realise that which is Good. The process of determining was that, the Good Thought must become Good Words to share, then the Good Words to share must be applied into Good Deeds. That is the determinism.

Much of these thoughts later found their way into other younger religions and philosophies, but no one in Iran accused them of plagiarism. Anyway the curious mind, and dialogue was deemed to be the path to finding truth. Just like we are doing now. This is a far cry from the idealism that states there is one book and one thought and that's it.