Henry Louis Gates, Jr. asks Dr. Oz about how his Muslim faith affects his sense of self, and Dr. Oz talks about the role of religion in his native Turkey. View Dr. Oz’s full profile.
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Dr Oz, you are a great doctor. I hadn’t seen any positive achievements by Muslims in this country. It was until I watched this video. It is great to have Muslims like you in US. You are so open and honest man. Wish you all the best in your life.
I really respect dr. oz and his views
but sam..are you serious??? Haven’t seen any positive achievements by muslims in America? well first off of course with a comment like that i wouldn’t expect you to be a reader, you must rely on this brainwashing and misleading form of media that is fed to AMericans showing Muslims only in there extremist form, well I’m sure i would be able to say the same about Christians if all they aired on T.V was the kkk, and Timothy Mcvay. Point being Muslims in America aren’t shown in a positive light. If you do look into the religion and its true values and meanings you would understand what Muslims around America are doing everyday that promotes a positive and great achievements. If all that isn’t enough you can thank muslims for ALGEBRA!
Mimi- You are an uneducated fool. 90% of what you wrote is wrong…… KKK and Timothy Mcvay have no history of being Christian. You are rubbish.
So then if you think the kkk and timothy mcvay have no relation to christianity how are you able to think that Osama binladen has any connection to islam! Every religion has extremists John but we shouldn’t base a whole religion off of a few nut jobs….Your an idiot…please have some sense before you go around saying dumb words like “rubbish” you uneducated fool. Timothy Mcvay claimed Christianity and the KKK are an extreme Christian group. Im assuming you don’t agree with their ways so you claim they aren’t of Christian Faith but guess what they claim christianity. Just as muslims don’t agree with extremists but those extremists still claim islam as their religion and have taken the message of such a peaceful religion to a very dark place.
you may be right..Mimi
but all this depends on %ages.
%age of extremists in Islam are 99% & in other relegions it may be hardly 1%,these are the people who make this religion ****.
Further,Algebra/trigonometry/Geometry/Calculas/Asrology etc was invented by Aryans in India & it is all there in Vedas,which are said to be in existence thousands of years B.C. when Al Khwarizmi came to Indus civilsation for loot/Ducaiti.
if you don’t beleive me,refer to full text of vedas,you will find all there.
here is a link for your reference dear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgXq1dHLS0o
The roots of algebra can be traced to the ancient Babylonians, who developed an advanced arithmetical system with which they were able to do calculations in an algorithmic fashion. The Babylonians developed formulas to calculate solutions for problems typically solved today by using linear equations, quadratic equations, and indeterminate linear equations.
“I hadn’t seen any positive achievements by Muslims in this country. It was until I watched this video. ”
Just because you do not know of them does not mean they do not exist. You are so ignorant it’s insane.
SAM… you hadn’t seen any positive achievements by Muslims… so hadn’t seen any Muslim, Bro, look around you and stop watching TV you’ll know what the real Muslims are ;)
I really respect dr. oz and his views
but sam..are you serious??? Haven’t seen any positive achievements by muslims in America? well first off of course with a comment like that i wouldn’t expect you to be a reader, you must rely on this brainwashing and misleading form of media that is fed to AMericans showing Muslims only in there extremist form, well I’m sure i would be able to say the same about Christians if all they aired on T.V was the kkk, and Timothy Mcvay. Point being Muslims in America aren’t shown in a positive light. If you do look into the religion and its true values and meanings you would understand what Muslims around America are doing everyday that promotes a positive and great achievements. If all that isn’t enough you can thank muslims for ALGEBRA!
Why should we thank Al barouni for AlGebra, as these were long back used by Indians even more then 5000BC.
Trignometry (trikonmiti) /Calculas/Pythagoras theoram (sulb sutra)/Molecular sciences/Aviation science (Viman shastra) whatever you can think of are all there in Vedas.
Al Barouni just named himself after AlGebra, because India was there colony at that time.
Just get some knowledge “Mimi”
America was first discovered by Cheng Ho a Muslim Admiral in the Muslim Ming dynasty of China.
Indians made use of the zero symbol first discovered in Banka Island of Sumatra by modern archaeologist (Smith:History of Mathematics).The Malays/ Javanese were very adept in mathematics long before Indian influence. They had meso american pyramids all over the place long before Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism arrived in their countries. In 7th century Indians brought the Malay/ Javanese zero symbol to India and in 9th century this was passed over to the Arabs at Gwalior, India. Indians had name for zero but no symbol so also the Chinese and the Sumerians. Nearest was the Khymer bindu a dot . Mathematics allowed the Malay’ Javanese people to build pyramids such as the Candi Sukoh . A pyramid is not a tomb. It is a profound computer in brick and harnesses the energy of the earth and the air. It is of great astronomical and agricultural use.
Malays patroled the seas of great Persian empires when the latter was Zoroastrian. They were known by the Zoroastrian people as Sayabidja and the Indians as Shavaka and the Ceylonese as Javaka.
Perhaps they sailed around the world before Zheng He.
Feeling pity on your knowledge.
Shavaka in Sanskrit means “New born/baby animal”, of course no one would like to name any race after it.
Further you are fightinh here for zero which was discovered by Arya bhatta (a Vedic).
let me allow you to take a step further.
Arenautic : Vrihad viman shahstra, described in vedas almost thousands of years ago.
Please have a look and listen thoroghly
“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K71W1vGZ1ME”.
Mathematics: Vedic mathematics was developed thousans of years ago, ofcourse calculations to fly an
aeroplane was not possible without calculations.
Universe: when peoples somewhere in world thought/still thinking that earth is laid down as carpet and sky was made above it, please have a look on the understanding of vedic knowledge.
“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRI_v7-9Gw&feature=endscreen&NR=1″
many more to come for you.
have you ever heard of Hindu terrorist :).
think…think… and deeply think..
No I have to admit I haven’t heard anyone calling Hindu terrorst but sure Hindi fanatics burnt muslim mosque with people in it. Kashmiri muslim land is the only location on earth where number of soldiers exceed the local population so they can continue to kill many more Kashmiri muslims. Kashmere was supposed to be allowed to go to referandum according to the U.N after the partition of India. Banghladesh, PAkistan and India got all their countries but not Kashmeres where Indian soldiers butchered more than 100,000 Kashmere civillians for decades. No wonder, why India has been a target for terror acitivities, It is called KARMA and you should be more familiar with it than anyone else on this board. You should only get the same treament if not better than the one you bestow on others.
Actually, algebra originates from the land of the ancient Babylonians and Mesopotamia, now modern Iraq, where is was later used by other mathematicians.
Such an elegant explanation of religion and politics in Turkey. It is my sincere desire that non-muslims will come to understand that Islam is a deep and varied a religion as Christianity and Buddism. A few extremist groups may get all of the press, but they do not represent the majority of Muslims anymore than polygamist Mormans represent Christianity.
- Marie –
a non-muslim American
The facts are as follows, the quran says, if they are not Islam they must die, by any and all means necessary, kill all Jews and like people, Islam will take over the world through population, yea, they usually marry their 1st. cousins, they can kill their women with almost any reason they can think of, their children also. Islam is a very backwoods, barbaric religion based on Mohammed’s interactions with Allah, they can have sex with their animals, who then must be killed, they can’t eat the meat but they can sell it to their neighbors, they can and do have sex with their male young boys, literally every muslim man has been violated by another grown man while in their childhood, the women can be stoned to death for as little as disagreeing with their husband or saying something against Mohammed that they don’t like, there’s just too many reasons to not accept islam as a religion in America, they want to be muslim, then stay the hell in their muslim country!!!!!! One day, and you will see, we Americans have grow tired of this BS from islam and we will show you what Americans are all about, we put up with your BS for a long time, the time is near, we have had enough and we are ready to show you, Beware, the time draweth near!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT’S NOT ISLAMAPHOBIA WHEN THEY REALLY ARE TRYING TO KILL YOU, COME ON, WE’RE WAITING!!!!!!
Lee like LKY shows his complete ignorance about Islam The Quran states the opposite.”Whosoever submits to do good, he shall have his reward .He need not fear .He need not grieve. He shall have his reward from his Lord” Quran uses the word Rabb or Lord to denote your understanding of Ultimate Reality, the Nameless or that aspect of God that is beyond the beyond. In this respect it agrees with Taoism which also states that in the beginning is the One and that if you describe God , it is not the Absolute Reality that you are describing but only your relationship with him.
As a Muslim scientist states God is Absolute Quality at Zero Quantity based on the following Quran chapter
In the name of Allah, Infinitely though inscrutably Gracious, Magnanimous
Say Allah is One, Indivisisible, Unique
Allah is the Eternal Support and Eternally Besought ( of all)
Allah procreates not nor was procreated
And like Allah there is nothing”
Above is the interpretation of the Surah or Chapter called Al Ikhlas
Elsewhere the Quran states “Whosoever saves one life it is as if he has saved all humankind” Furthermore in one of the shorter chapters it states clearly ” Jaheem ummuhu” meaning Hell is his mother denoting that contrary to the tortuous image of Hell that many people have , the Quran teaches that Hell is a Nursing Mother after you have been confronted with your deeds in its most objective form . God will not do injustice to the human , the Quran states, not even by a zarrah or smallest particle.
Both Jesus and Muhammad said that only sword can be used for self defence and aggressive wars are forbidden.
Modern warfare is forbidden to Christians and Muslims . tHIS IS ESPECIALLY CLEAR BY THE WORDS OF MUHAMMAD UNKNOWN TO EXTREMISTS.
TODAY INDIAN POLICE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT BOMBINGS IN INDIA AND EVEN IN BALUCHISTAN , PAKISTAN IS WORK OF THE BJP HINDU EXTREMISTS who hate Gadnhi and whose people assasinated him and burnt Christian missionaries while they were in the car. They pulled down a whole mosque and since independence they have caused more than 100,000 deaths of Muslims.
Hindu extremists also known as saffron terrorists are the problem of the future as Indian becomes a world power.
Lee, im a muslim that was born and rasied in america, so this country is all i have ever known. Reading your words didnt even make me mad, honestly it didnt. The reason why is because there is so many mistakes its funny. I mean literally funny. I shared what you wrote about islam with my family and it took us about 30 minutes to recompose ourselves, so thank you. It seems your entertainment these days is finding the kraziest comments about islam you can find, i say comments because in no way, shape, or form, are they facts, and you hold onto them with dear life just waitng for a forum to spread these comments on. Well hey by all means go ahead and spread them because my entertainment is laughing at you, i would try to teach you and would be more than willing to, but im sure you wouldnt care for a lesson, and guess what thats your right as an american. But guess what, i am educated and i no that my right as an american is to practice whatever religion i want. Im the real american and i did just show you what we REAL americans are about. Again thanks for the laughs though, i appreciate it.
to lee
i am proud to be a Muslim educated girl (in a catholic nuns school by the way) and i am not an american
i don’t know where did u get your information about Islam as Islam is the complete opposite of what you wrote we are forbidden to do any of those things we are obligated to honor all religion and NOT to kill.
the Islamic greeting is may peace be upon you that is what we believe i wonder if u have any historical information as every thing u said is wrong so let me tell you what happened in 1973 when an Egyptian Muslim president called Anuar El-Sadat won a war against Israel and toke back Sinai witch is Egyptian soil but he did’t want anybody else to die so he went to tal abib ans signed a peace treaty that is still effective until now look him up if u don’t believe me this is one between million of stories about great Muslims who just wanted peace i would appreciated if you didn’t use any name calling as i said i am a Muslim and my religion upbringing won’t allow me to respond.
By the way Anuar El-Sadat won a noble price in peace for his efforts
Hello lee
I am muslim and my name is Abrahim.
Did you read islam before or quran ?!
No you are not because we don’t and can not kill anyone because of his religous. (JUST TO KNOW).
Do you know what Islam means in Arabic ?!
it means peace.
Just read the real Islam (NOT THE ONE IN YOUR MOVIES)
and respect us like we respect you
and about the Jews ,read the history of Palestine (my country) in WiKipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict
this link will give you the information about Palestine
and we don’t kill the Jews
we kill the Zionist because they invades Palestine
They are Invaders
goodbye
i hope you Understand Islam before JUDGE about it
You are quite a comedian, you should take it up as a profession, really. If you have anything uneducated to say please add it. The world does no revolve around you as it does not revolve around any person. We are so small in comparison to the world and yet here you are stressing yourself over false things you have been told. If you had even a bit of sanity, you would have researched the real meaning of Islam and then thought twice about commenting because you really have no idea what the hell you’re going on about, and I hope you have a lovely life.
I enjoyed what Dr. Oz said, but I must take exception to secularists giving credit for the Ottoman Empire’s extraordinary tolerance and diversity to anything other than Islam. It is not secularism that created the ancient cosmopolitan city of Istanbul, not secularism that caused Turkey to be a haven for Jews and Christians for centuries. Islam utterly defined the Ottoman way of life, and is entirely responsible for the remnants of hospitality that remain in modern-day Turkey.
one more thing: Sufism is to Islam what a candle is to a lantern — it is what gives the lantern its light and heat and radiance. without a candle, a lantern is an empty, rigid shell that serves little purpose. Sufism is not just one mystical sect of the religion, but the clearest and most complete understanding of the religion. extremists (like the Wahhabis) discount Sufism as an “innovation”, and by doing so, basically wage a war on Islam’s beautiful, polychromatic history.
There are alot ot succesfull Turkish American with muslim background. turkish and Iranian doctors are also very famous all over the world.
Here are some Turkish Americans with muslim background.
Dr. Mehmet Oz,
Nba player Hidayet Turk,
Ribbie william’s wife Ayda field,
Coca Cola’s CEO and President Muhtar Kent.
And there are alot of more.
Regards.
Hi mark
The Names of Muslim you have quoted above are those who have have brought up in a non Muslim Society.
Please name any Muslim nation which is progressing on the basis of Intellectual abilities?
Please name any nation where Muslims are above 15% of total population of country and they are not demanding their seperate home land?
Please advise if any non muslim can pray in Saudi Arabia/Afghanistan in Public, however a Muslim can do in Christian nation?
The quote, Timothy Mcvay claimed Christianity, from Memi is completely false. While there are many attrocities that can be pinned on Christians, this is not one of them and McVay did not claim to be Christian; he said he was an atheist and there is no eveidence to suggest otherwise. People should do research and educated themselves to truth before making such outlandish statements.
Timothy Mcvay was born Catholic. Christan has many branches and one of them is Catholic.
Why do Americans think all the 1.9 billion Muslims are terrorists
Arrogance is what’s going on here fellas
media propaganda leads to American arrogance
Dear Dabbas
Media is reflection of society.
all this depends on %ages.
%age of extremists in Islam are 99% & in other relegions it may be hardly 1%.
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Dear Ali,
“%age of extremists in Islam are 99% & in other relegions it may be hardly 1%.”
That is absolutely rubbish!!! Where did you get that from??? Please be enlightened before you claim facts :O
Your name is Ali, that is an islamic name if I am not mistaken? are you an extremist???
Please people, know facts before posting any comments. I can’t stand it when people give out false information. These blogs should be educational, lets concentrate on educating people with accurate information instead of lashing out with false information. It turns my stomach to think I am living amongs stupidity, ignorance and complexed people who does not have anything better to do but express their worthless opinions just to be heard.
Did you not listened to the definition of the religion Dr. Oz, so carefully described in the interview???
How could any religion be evil, it’s the people who are evil?
Hi Nejla
just to exclude peoples like me I mentioned 99% as extremist.
I am not “fortunate” enough to be among them…
who are you talking about PLZ help me understand u r taking about Muslims around the world from the 7 billion this (7000000000 if u don’t know) people in the world there is 1540000000 Muslims according to your statistics there is 1524600000 terrorist in the world that is 21.78% of the population so u r simply saying that approximately one in five may be a little more are terrorists oh yeah this is about right :D really i wish people would think before just saying nonsense.
The religion of islam states, the quran states, if they are not islam they must die by any and all means necassary, they can lie, cheat, steal, rob, and even kill and they are forgiven by allah as long as it is for the betterment of islam, how do you think nobama can sleep at night???, oh yea, by the way, the KKK was developed and brought about by the democratic party. The islamic religion and the muslim people are both evil, how can one believe the way a muslim does and not be evil???, how can a religion teach the things islam teaches and not be evil??? Anyone who does not educate themselves on the facts of islam is a damn fool for not understanding how backwards and unfit it is for this religion to even be in this world, and those 72 virgins, that got messed up in the translation, it actually meant they are 72 Virginians waiting on their ass’s to stick up in the air , it’s their normal position they were taught by their uncle, cousin, neighbor or some other sick male figure. We already have funding to build a strip club and a BBQ restaurant beside the Ground Zero mosque, the strip club will be named “Mecca Your $ Count”, the PORK BBQ RESTAURANT will be named, “Mecca that PIG on a Sandwich”, how ya like us now??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????.
funny,i don’t find one single comment insulting your religion here.
this a sample how people dont like muslim very much.none of the muslim had to say any anarkis statement.is Mr. LEE really moslem????… if you are…you must read QURAN again dont read it just a few.if you still dont understand pliss dont make any statement that make moslem looks so terorist.
The real american again. And hahahahaha i liked this one. I thought it was very funny. Some people say ignorance is bliss, but after reading your comments i think a better sayin is ignorance is entertaining. And to all the other muslims tryin to convince this person that he is wrong just give up. Islam has the most people converting into the religion than any other religion. So for every LEE out there, there are two people not believing him, checking his comments, then converting into islam. So LEE thinks he is spreading hate, but really he is spreading curiosity. And thats what motivates people to pick up the Quran. So this LEE character has probably made the muslim population grow not decrease. Thanks again LEE.
Muslim and proud!!!
Dr Oz,
Thanks for not being ashamed of who you are.
This shows lots of courage and self-confidence especially these days where many Muslims are discriminated against.
You have shown me (and many others) that religion/faith is a personal choice we shouldn’t be ashamed from, it should affect our lives and jobs positively. Being in the medical field myself, and a Muslim female (wearing hijab) who did my specialty in Australia, I was not ashamed of showing my beliefs and those beliefs gave me extra strength to always do a great job, be a perfectionist and always treat my patients with care, love and compassion. This is the true essence of Islam, its mercy and love.
I was always hoping to set a good example and change public views about Islam through work and deeds more than talk and bitter discussions especially that many westerners don’t have a true understanding about Islam (thanks to the media!!).
I just want to thank Dr Oz again, this video made me feel good about what I did, you have encouraged me, you are much appreciated for this, I will always be a Muslim, and will be proud of it.
ali raza, you seem like your the one sit infront of tv all day long, get your ass of bed, you will get fatter and fatter otherwise, but your brain has been completely controlled by builderberg main stream media.
what made you think that 99% of Muslim are extremists. did you refer it to those people who are fighting back for their country,their dignity and for their religion, for religion i mean if someone try to damage the philosophy of your religion by different strategies), or to those who wants to fight back because he or she has lost his relatives in the bombshell . so if you call them extremists your just a schmuck i think you have no life, no religion.
there would be no war, once those bankers are down, who trying to take over the world by bring NWO..
Dear Ishaq
Please notice the harm we have done to others, whether Americans(WTC)/Australians(bali bombings)/Indian(kashmir) and many more,are unforgettable.
and you think people should appreciate us just because we have handful of broad minded peoples among us.
Remember what ever names are quoted here are of those who have lives in a non muslims society.
and if you think Hijacking/Bombing/kidnapping/killing innocent peoples tantamounts to fighting for country, then I am sure you have poor knowledge.
Have a look on Biography of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.
I am so happy that Dr oz is a muslim he really is my role model and I’m studying medecine and wish to be like him!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the all-time NBA points leader, is a Muslim. Shaquille O’Neal and Hakeem Olajuwan, also in the top 10 all-time scoring list, are Muslims. Do those count as positive achievements? I hope so. And that’s just scratching the surface. Think outside the box.
I love Dr. Oz because he wants to get Americans as healthy and as fit as possible. I could care less what religion he is. Further, I feel religion is such a personal and distinct belief system in each individual that you cannot define a person by it. I think it cheapens ones accomplishments when people are categorized by a broad definition of one religion.
Dear Ishaq
I am a muslim, but really not proud of being a Muslim.
The harm we have done to others, whether Americans(WTC)/Australians(bali bombings)/Indian(kasmir) in unforgettable.
and you think people should appreciate us just because we have few broad minded peoples among us.
Remember what ever names are quoted here are of those who have lived in a non muslims society.
And Diana
just for your information, above 90% muslims lives in Afghanistan(destroying budhist sculptures)/Pakistan(Killing non muslims,supporting terrorism)/Indonesia(bali bombings)/India(parliament attack,mumbai attack), you can have our historical contributions to the society.
Please be practical.
Dear Ali Raza
Please do not disgrace your religion. Please do not lose faith. Please respect your own religion. These are your brothers and sisters, trying to make you realize that you shouldn’t have state the %age thing. Yes,there are so many harm done by Muslim extremists. So, why don’t you start doing your homework, and show to the world the true value of Islam. Take example of Ahmad Deedat. Islam is really about peace. Stop and think, if many Muslim are like you, so how do we suppose to change the mind set of the citizen of earth about Islam?
*excuse my grammar
One thing, you will NEVER CHANGE the MINDSET OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, you as a religion have crossed over the line of no return, you have proven what jislam is all about, we learned everything we needed to learn about jislam on 9-11-01, you want to live in AMERICA, then act like you want to be here, not transform all we have to suit your way of barbaric life, your beliefs are sick, your women are treated like animals, anyone who you don’t like gets the jihad treatment, and you want to be in AMERICA, then adapt to the AMERICAN ways or get the hell out before we AMERICANS put you out, or under!!!!!! oh yea, those 72 virgins are actually 72 inches of earth placed over you, or we can just do as you and blow you up or burn you up, either will suffice!!!!!! you equal to pig dung on the bottom of my shoe!!!!!!
well,its a shame.this is how u americans do it huh???no wonder most of your solutions are wars.when we offer peace,you neglect them and humiliate us.i don’t what i said to deserve your words.i’m sorry my muslims brothers convey jihad in a wrong way that sacrifice a lot of innocence..but that is not the true jihad.i respect your religion,it’s a shame you can’t do the same…and thank god,i DON’T live in america:)
i think each person should respect eachothers religion because each person chooses their religion for their own reason, and as u can tell there are a lot of predjudice people out there all i can say is dont go down to there level just respect ur self and others who respect u,and people who dont respect ur religion just dont answer there time will come when they realize how wrong they r,and notice how low they went to talk bad about other religions,in each religion ther r good people and bad we just have to accept that.and to the people who criticize dont waste ur time on them there not worth it like others here!!!! its just disgusting how low people get they arent worth it and they can get as low as they want but some day theyll regret it!
most of the christians but not all of them judge all the muslims by what they watch on tv….and you get it all wrong who told you that muslim men treat thier women like animals !!i’m a muslim women and live in yemen one of the most conservative countries in the muslim world we have the right to do what ever we want no one can even hit a women ,i’m not denying that some men doesn’t respect thier women but it is forbidden in islam,and we have bad people just like christians do we have killers just like christians do , we have War criminals just like christians… do muslims are not allowed to kill non muslims in any condition except if they are come to fight….muslims are not allowed to prevent christians to do thier religous rituals in any case ….and i’d like you to know that we muslims believes in Christ-peace be upon him-like christians do the diffrence is that muslims believe that jesus is a massenger from god just like muhammed-peace be upon all of them-and we should respect him like we do to all the massengers and we become angry if anyone insult jesus like we do if any one insult muhammed …..and you get it all wrong who told you that muslim men treat thier women like animals !!
Ali Raza, i dont get your point, you are ashamed of being Muslim or you are ashamed of Muslims deeds?? if you are ashamed of the deed itself, i dont blame you,,,,,, BUT, if you are ashamed of your religion itself, i have to blame u,,…….LOOK,, i think you know your religion more than non-muslims do, i think u know its teachings of peace, tolerance and mercy,,,, i also think that u know Islam history that turned the primitive Arab nation to be leading the world (at least at that time),,,,, SO, DO YOU THINK ITS THE MUSLIMS’ FAULT OR ISLAM’S FAULT?? ,,,,,, IF you really believe that it is the people who are to be blamed,, so you, Ali, show the world the real Islam character, dont just be ashamed, take a step forward, may be you are the next Omar Ibn Abd ElAziz or the next Salahuddin, those people among others who kept the way and the spirit of Islam.
ABOVE ALL WHY ANYONE WOULD NEED TO PROVE HIMSELF RIGHT???
because he knows and others beleive that he is wrong.
HAVE YOU SEEN BUDDHIST/HINDUS/SHINTOS PROVING THEMSELVE AS A PART OF SECULAR SOCIETY.
no! never! because every one know that they are!
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/Myths-of-Islam.htm#islammeanspeace
I appreciate Dr. Oz and his broad-mindedness. I wish the Turkish Secularist attitude in general and his attitude in particular were the norm. But having been born and raised in Michigan, not far from Dearborn, which is one of the largest muslim enclaves in the US, I have seen a great deal of islam in action on a daily basis, and from my observations it is a religion of subjugation and total domination. There is NO respect or place for any other belief system from a fundamentalist qur’an-beliving muslim. Infidels must die, and this includes muslims that preach peace and tolerance. Read your own scriptures, and then tell the truth. Religion of peace – please. The peace of the grave, perhaps.
hi,im a muslim,and i very happy bout the fact that dr oz is a muslim..and to ali raza,im not want to argue you,but i dont really agree on the fact that 99% of islam is extremist…all religion whether islam,christian,jews,buddhist are not support terrorism,and the same goes to islam..islam is a peaceful religion…they do not want all muslim to go for terrorism,in fact,they ask all muslim to be in a healthy relationship..not wars…its just that some people who does not want to practise the way of life(islam) by joining in an extremist group..and that not reflect the islam itself…just like dr oz,does he support all type of terrorism?no.in fact,he give some tips on how to go on a healthy diet to the non-muslim viewers..
ALI RAZA, 3 things:
1. It is extremely sad that as a muslim you have disgraced your own religion.
2. I think that you are confusing terrorism and crime with Islam.
3. Before starting to make huge claims like “99% of muslims are extremists”, please do your research… where did you get this number??? Who did the survey? Which nations did it include? How was the number quantified????
If you don’t have any legitimate and educated reason to say what you have said, please do everyone a favour and just keep all of your ‘extreme’ hatred to yourself and don’t try to contaminate other people’s thought…
Not Ali Raza..
you know you are making fool of yourself just like ostrich do.
please be practical, see around.
Some one rightly mentioned above read Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.
“ali raza” must have used the vedas algebra to come up with the 99%. ridiculous mind using ridiculous sources to get to ridiculous conclusions!
Stop arguing..
Please love each other respect each other.
“Love Islam Love Christianity Love Hinduism Love Buddhism and other religions” I
above all “Love, live & Let Live”
all religions of the world teaches humanity and love, these are like different windows facing towards God. but ultimately everyone is praying one “The Almighty”
Then what is this discrimination and differences for, all arguments leads to hatred and non satisfaction….
LOVE LOVE and LOVE every where….. love the differences in cultures,religion and languages… these are colors of the world.
All are brothers and sister except your girl friend and boy friend (on a lighter note)
i totally agree with you:)
i think we could be great friends:D
ur great all are one and have a very positive attitude i think everyone should listen to u !! ;-)
Ali razza, you quoted 99% of Muslims live in afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia and india…
So what happened to all the other Muslims (Saudis, Kuwaitis, bangladeshis, malaysians, Filipinos, singaporeans, etc)
so he prays and fasts right?
hey,i’m still young,turning 18 in 2 weeks time:) *justsaying
so my opinion might not b as smart as u guys do…
i’m a muslim.in my country,we live in in harmony despite our rich culture,races and religion.
i have a best friend,her name is amy and she’s a christian.i love her very much and she feels the same way towards me.
ngiam wei tze is also my best buddy and he’s a buddha.he is very caring and funny.
what i’m trying to say is,its not about your religion.its about you.i have not found one religion one earth who ask their followers to kill the innocents.
i just found religion that demand their followers to protect their religion and its sanctity.
ali raza,i think you really disgrace islam.i don’t think you understand islam at all.
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) teaches us to be tolerate even to non muslim.
he teaches the value of peace.
there are no bad religion,but there are bad people.
for ages,this topic has always been very sensitive.
just look at yourselves.this should be about dr.oz.
not which religion is bad,and which is not.
hey,i can live and even love my non muslim friends and we respect our religion and culture.
and i’m still 17.
what’s your excuse not to do the same???
Lee,
Pig dung of the bottom of your shoe?? What sort of language is that? You’re such a hater, you like to generalize things and rationalize your hate. It looks like you’re hopeless, since I’m afraid you’re happy with your hate. You can’t even tell the difference between a small group and a $2B people community. You don’t even want to accept that every community has bads, as well as goods. You are likely so sure that God does not love muslims. What would you do if you know that is not the case? Will you be sorry? Or don’t you care? Muslims accept and respect Jesus, as well as Moses, that’s what Quran says, so, what you said is not true. Why do you lie? You’re such a ’so-called’ elitist, you are not humanist, therefore I don’t think you carry a typical American sprit. Americans, or normally Christians, as well as Jews are not like you, you don’t represent any of them.
It’s such a shame!
As a Sufi let me underline the fact that Sufism existed with the first humans. It is the kernel of revealed religion but it came to a zenith during the Prophethood of Prophet Muhammad who came between 600 to 1000 years after Prophet Jesus one of the greatest signs of God to humanity who laid his head on the ground in prayer and said those words found in the Bible ” Let this cup of death be taken away by me but if this be not Thy will, let Thy Will be done”
Islam is only the latest divine edition of religion which God promulgated through thousands of Prophets and Messengers of God chosen as role models in all parts of the world. And the saving grace of Islam is that it has its scripture in pristine purity and the evergreen example of the Prophet who said
God loves not the actions of the aggressor
God does not allow destruction of trees, flora and fauna even in self defence (jihad)
God does not allow the use of fire on other humans or lesser creatures (such as we find in modern warfare)
God does not allow the diversion of water channels or its poisoning
God does not allow the killing of elders, women, children, sick people, farmers, anchorites. priests and anchorites
God does not allow the destruction of buildings particularly religious houses of worship
“If Allah did not use some people to stop other people, cloisters, synagogues, churches and mosques in all of which the name of God is frequently extolled would have been destroyed” (Chapter Haj in Quran)
It was Sec Gen of Arab League decades ago who said that the atomic bomb is haram or forbidden , a view that was repeated by Ayatollah Khameini. The fact is that all fire arms are forbidden and that is why
Gandhi and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Frontier Gandhi never wielded any weapons against the so called Christian British colonial armies.
I am an old Sufi and pained whenever Islam is attacked. The extremists are ignoramuses . Pity that the work of the Mossad and the Indian Intelligence conspire to bomb places in Aftghanistan, Pakistan, even India and blame the bombings on Muslim extremists who have excommunicated themselves from their own religion which is why Muslim grave administrators refuse to burn their bodies in Muslim graveyards.
“There is not one animal moving in the earth nor a bird flying with two wings in the sky but they are social organisms / communities like you” Quran
Please read a Jewish Muhammad Asad’s The Message of Al Quran for a proper interpretation of Islam. Although coming from a Jewish Christian family of Germany Muhammad Asad ( Leopold Weiss) was chosen in the 40s and 50s to represent Islam at the United Nations.
His other book “State and Government in Islam” I think available from amazon.com where u can get my book
“The making of a Singaporean Fundamentalist” The fundamental of religion is Love
sorry for the mistake above
Correction is “God does not allow the killing of non combatants”
Prophet Muhammad did not allow minors to join the self defensive battles which is one proof why the nurses in the battles such as Aisha was at least 17-19 years old when she went to nurse the soldiers
All above can be found in jurist of International Court of Justice Justice Weeramantry’s Islamic Jurisprudence. He is a Sri Lankan Christian and one time Vice President of International Court of Justice.
Alli raza if you said that Muslims are terrorists, what did Bush do in Iraq and Afghanistan, he killed half of Iraq and two thirds of Afghanistan, you are a disgrace to the Muslims .. you should read the quran and biography of the Prophet first and then spoke. If you continue in your words you will enter the lowest depths of hell, because by these words you became an apostate.I hope our Lord guide you…
Ali Reza is an idio! Math specially modern Algebra, Trigonometry, Astrology was created my Muslim scientist! PBS itself made a documentary about it! So you are saying that the Scientific Journal of America got it wrong? Then you must be high on weed, because you sound very retarded! Also there been a lot of documentaries on Discovery channel proving that Muslims were the first to create Algebra! Chemistry was also created my Muslim and back then they were known as Al-Chimy. Avicenna a Muslim scholar gave this world a very big scientific knowledge. That is why his statues are all over Europe, Middle East, and Asia! His corpus also includes writing on philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, geology, psychology, Islamic theology, logic, mathematics, physics, as well as poetry.[16] He is regarded as the most famous and influential polymath of the Islamic Golden Age.[17] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna There is no such a thing as terrorist! Terrorist is a made up word that is used in a political circle to crate a monopoly of violence. Learn political science, then come and talk! I’m a university student you are probably an idiot!
wow whoever u are lee go get respect and some knowledge go back to school buddy u need too cuz ur a disgrace to humans in general what the hell who says that to whatever religion it makes me want to throw up man go get a life and watch ur words and if ur going to answer this in a rude way im not going to answer cuz u disgust me
most of the christians but not all of them judge all the muslims by what they watch on tv…. muslims are not allowed to kill non muslims in any condition except if they are come to fight….muslims are not allowed to prevent christians to do thier religous rituals in any case ….and i’d like you to know that we muslims believes in Christ-peace be upon him-like christians do the diffrence is that muslims believe that jesus is a massenger from god just like muhammed-peace be upon all of them-and we should respect him like we do to all the massengers and we become angry if anyone insult jesus like we do if any one insult muhammed …..muslims inventions are recorded in history wether you like it or not and we are proud of the achivments that muslims did Muslim civilisation stretched from southern Spain as far as China. From the 7th century onwards, scholars of many faiths built on the ancient knowledge of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, making breakthroughs that paved the way for the Renaissance.
The discoveries made by men and women in Muslim civilisation have left their mark on the way we live today. 1001 Inventions uncovers a thousand years of science and technology that has a huge but hidden impact on the modern world …
All i can said is that islam gives pace love and guidence to our lifes .islam teches that the is one god to follow the techings of prophet Mohammed saw and to have a happy life whit our children and be nice .and kind to people .If you just pray to Allah swa one time for those that are not muslim you will see that ther is no reson to argue and figth .the problems whit the islamic countries is not islam is political and the figth for the control of the oil .dont weist your time whit non sense .look for the guidence .
HI THERE I LIKED THIS COMMENT AND I TOTALLY AGREE HIM
Hello lee
I am muslim and my name is Abrahim.
Did you read islam before or quran ?!
No you are not because we don’t and can not kill anyone because of his religous. (JUST TO KNOW).
Do you know what Islam means in Arabic ?!
it means peace.
Just read the real Islam (NOT THE ONE IN YOUR MOVIES)
and respect us like we respect you
and about the Jews ,read the history of Palestine (my country) in WiKipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict
this link will give you the information about Palestine
and we don’t kill the Jews
we kill the Zionist because they invades Palestine
They are Invaders
goodbye
i hope you Understand Islam before JUDGE about it
THE TRUTH NOT MANY IN AMERICA KNOW THE REAL ISLAM ITS A GREAT RELIGION….ISLAM NEVER WAS AND ITS WILL NEVER BE THE RELIGION THAT KILL OTHERS………
Attaturk was awesome! He brought so much growth to Turkey. Now the muslims are rising up again and the country is plunging back into the dark ages. Just goes to show, you can throw the monstrosity out of the country but you can’t prise it out of the people. What a disaster.