Thursday, December 30, 2010

Life of Muhammad (founder of Islam)

By Khmer Democrat, Phnom Penh
Expanding our Mind Series

During this time of reflection, family and religious festivities, it's good to be reminded of the fundamental principles, beliefs, philosophies underpinning our times. Here's a biographical sketch of the life of the Prophet Muhammad, founder of the Islam (Cham) religion.

Biographical Sketch:

Life of Muhammad

Muhammad was born in 570 A.D in Mecca, a city in Western Saudi Arabia. He was an orphan, having lost both parents by the age of 6. After age 8 the young Muhammad was raised by his uncle, Abu Talib. In time he joined the trading caravans as a merchant.

At age 25 Muhammad married a wealthy widow by the name of Khadijah, 15 years his senior. The couple had four daughters and two sons who died in infancy. During Muhammad’s life he had a total of eleven wives. He was described as gentle and humble by nature. He loved children and animals.

At age 40, Muhammad fell into a trance in a cave on Mount Hira near Mecca where he claimed to have heard the angel Gabriel speak to him. Muhammad reportedly ran home crying out, “O, Kadijah! I have either become a soothsayer or else I am possessed of the Djin [demon] and gone mad.”

Khadijah and her Christian cousin Waraqah consoled Muhammad, assuring him his vision must be real, and that he was truly God’s prophet. Muhammad had additional revelations of Gabriel speaking to him, but he still had agonizing doubts about their reality. He was even more troubled when the revelations ceased, becoming dejected and entertaining suicide.

It wasn’t until later when his revelations resumed, that Muhammad finally began proclaiming himself as a prophet, and preaching “in the one sovereign God, resurrection, and the last judgment, and the practicing of charity to the poor and the orphans.”

Muhammad was illiterate and recited his revelations orally. It wasn’t until after his death that they were compiled and written down in the Qur’an. Muslims accept the Qur’an as a miracle, believing it is 100% inspired with no human error. Much of what we know as Islam — the lives and sayings of the Prophet — is based on texts from between 130 and 300 years after Muhammad's death.

In the face of rampant idolatry, Muhammad became zealous for Allah. It was his zeal that led Muhammad to take up the sword for Allah. He would spread Islam by conquering the “infidel” (unbelieving) peoples, including Christians and Jews.

Prior to taking up the sword, Muhammad had co-existed peacefully with the many Jewish inhabitants of Medina. But when he realized the Jews rejected his prophetic calling and radical ideas, he became angry, and began treating them cruelly. As a result, some Jews were driven into exile by his militia, while others were executed with their widows and children being sold as slaves.

Prior to his death, Muhammad led several military campaigns. He proved to be a courageous and capable military leader. By the time of his death in 632, Muslims ruled only in Arabia. But within ten years the Arab Muslims conquered Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and then Persia (Iran). In one generation Muhammad and his followers had changed the political landscape of the Eastern world. Today Muslims around the world honor Muhammad as Allah’s one “True Prophet.”


36 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cambodian military and policemen are pushing stupid Khmers out of our way to build big departments for our beautiful Vietnamese people. We are so close to reach 10 millions. Once day, Khmer won't look down on us anymore. Keep up the good work all Vietnamese comrades. We love you!
Cambodians! You have to make space for our up coming Vietnamese. OK!

Campuchia cảnh sát quân sự và đang đẩy người Khmer ngu ngốc ra khỏi con đường của chúng tôi để xây dựng bộ phận lớn cho người đẹp Việt chúng ta. Chúng tôi rất gần đạt 10 triệu. Một lần một ngày, Campuchia sẽ không nhìn xuống trên chúng ta nữa. Giữ thành tốt công việc tất cả các đồng chí Việt Nam. Chúng tôi yêu bạn!
Campuchia! Bạn phải làm cho không gian cho người Việt Nam của chúng tôi sắp tới. OK!

Anonymous said...

Khmer Democrat...who are your audiances? Over 95% of Khmer are Buddhist...why are you put the story of Islam? Don't get me wronge...I have nothing against islam...but you should put the story about lord Buddha! Why many people include Cambodian still choose to follow his teaching after more that 2000 years? Enlighten Khmer over 10 million people that follow this Buddha teaching!

Anonymous said...

Cambodia has today because of Norodom Shihasnuk. The reason is at election 1993 UN ask this ex king to stay longer to make sure Hun Sen exempted the defeat but this ex king was kicked UN out as soon as possible because he tried to gain credits for himself. His mess lead Cambodians suffer until today. He must be responsible.

The Ex king and king today is not patriot at all. They are opportunistic parasite of Cambodia.

When Non Nol kicked him out of power, he was jointed with Khmer Rough to tell Khmer military drop the weapons but when Pol Pot killed Khmers. The king tried to wipe his responsible out. Ex king is no responsible for Cambodians lives that have been lost over two millions Khmer life. Khmers are so suffer today because of him. His politic make Cambodians suffer until today.

Anonymous said...

KI is not respresent free speech as they calims. Some of the common they don't like they delete them as many time happen already.

Anonymous said...

1:48, i think you should read the subtitle a little bit closer - "expanding our mind series", unless you like your little comfortable world, hear nothing, learning nothing.

by the way, isn't Buddhism supposed to be all embracing? why are its adherents so close-minded and defensive of a narrow belief?

-a passerby

Anonymous said...

hey 1.48, so you're against knowledge, learning anything new or anything you don't believe in or you don't understand? wow, you don't have much up there.

Anonymous said...

2:37 and 2:43 - go back and read my comment...help oneself first before one can help others. Here, I just call upon KD - to keep their audience in perspective, where Khmer people have not event understand the religion they follow...should they go on to learn about Islam? Learn about Buddha first before one can to jump to learn about Islam! Unless Khmer Democrate want to call upon Khmer to abandon their Buddhist believe (which only the temple have been lavistly build around the country), they are not pratic Buddhist. Than, you expect Khmer to follow Islam religion event more rigure pratic than Buddhism...have to pray five times a day, do you think Khmers people will do this? For your information, I visited Islam countries, talked to Islam people, and even have islam friends -- they are nice people.

You can miss understand me, but don't miss understood me!

Anonymous said...

I am afraid of Islam, they behead innocent people for their course, jehad, suicidal for their God glory and God promise 12 wives in heaven for them, on earth they can have 4 wives, they breed like rat. They came to Cambodia with their money from midle east to take advantages on our constitution by build expensive mosque in fast alarming rate.

Anonymous said...

2:05 PM I agreed with you comment, it is true King Father lost his sense of humane, he revenge for his personal lost and cause 3 million Cambodian life. But this blog is not about King Father, instead about Islam. Please let comment on the right subject.

Anonymous said...

ចំពោះ ១:៣៣
ពួកអាកន្ទបយួន កុំសង្ឃឹមថា បានច្របាច់បញ្ចូលជាមួយខ្មែរឲ្យសោះ ពួកហ្អែងកំពុងដេកយល់សប្តិ៍កណ្តាលថៃ្ងហើយ! អ្នកដែលភ្លើគ្មានគូប្រៀប និងដែលគ្មានសីលធម៌ផុតលេខនោះ គឺពូជចង្រៃយួនកន្ទបនេះឯង!

To 1:33pm

You idiot Viets should NEVER EVER dream that you can be merged with Cambodians! You idiots are just dreaming in a clear daytime and you are in a big illusion! The most idiot and stupidest in the World is you--Vietcong, the rubbish and the scum of the earth!

Should you want to see me....Welcome!!!!

Find me in Toul Krasang

Anonymous said...

4:17PM Would you please tell me abit detail about your address and real name? We are looking for you! Please provide more true detail about you OK.

Anonymous said...

I can't go anywhere because the goverment post me in here to watch you guys talk and report your IP address and commons to cambodia black list. We spy and using GPS channel to track you guy identities.

Anonymous said...

4:23PM

Wanna know my address and real name? Just like a piece of cake! Y r u so stupid like this? i told u earlier already...I'm in Tuol Krasang. I'm Khmer living on Khmer land....You used the word "WE"....Oh u think I am afraid of you as a group? Oh very fear, very scared! U r just an abandoned shit! man

Haha

Anonymous said...

You still haven't give me your real address and real name yet. Please provide me your detail not fake but real one.

We are waiting for your information. Please don't wast our time give us real detail.

Anonymous said...

Please give us your real address and real name. We don't want to pick the wrong guy.

Anonymous said...

I just wondering, Do Hun Sen eat rice like normal cambodians? He is so rich what do he eat everyday? How many time dose Hun Sen eat per day? Is his foods make from gold and diamon?

We are so hungary at country side. We want to eat like Hun Sen eat everyday. Hun Sen! Can you please give us what you are eating?

Anonymous said...

Hun Xen killed alot of patriots khmars such as at 1997 more than 5000 khmers have been murdered by Hun Xen but why is he still there talking??? Can anyone please explain that to me ?

Anonymous said...

Hey 5:09,I'd think you're retarded viet,in cambodia,there is no real house # or real street # he already toll you where he is!now ues your GPS and go get him baby cat MEOW!!!

Anonymous said...

2:37PM and 2:43PM. I want to remind KI-Media is "Dedicated to publishing sensitive information about Cambodia"...

Islam is sensitive information about Cambodia?

KI-Media and Sam Rainsy are not following their ideas. They do random stuff.

Anonymous said...

You haven't provided me your real detail yet. Therefore I assume you scare of the consequence of being rude, otherwise you have nothing to afraid in provide your detail at all.

Go to sleep ok! Politic is ugly. Please don't involve if you have no back up like Sam Rainsy.

If we want to find you. It is not that hard. online is not a secret place at all. IT tech can track your network and see your info.

Happy New Year! Boys and Girls!

Anonymous said...

If I had 15 wifes,
I would be more humble,
more gentle,
more smarter and
more stronger..

Anonymous said...

Infidels are cool!

Anonymous said...

5:11 PM
Why you asked the address of other anonymous.
Before you ask from someone, you need to give yours first.
Or you want to send some bombs to kill them like the progressive islamic group did in Europe.

Anonymous said...

Islam is good
but BAD muslims use it wrongly for their own interest.
BAD muslims destroy Islam.

Anonymous said...

The Word "Islam"
The "root" of the word "Islam" in Arabic is SALAMA which is the origin of the words Peace & / or Submission, a submission to God and peace to all humanity. It is, thus, no wonder why the salutation in Islam is: "Al-Salamu Alaikum or Peace on You." In this regard, prophet Mohammad ordered his fellow Muslims to salute others Muslims or non-Muslims with peace when he said: "Peace Before Speech"

Anonymous said...

BAD muslims use Islam in the wrong way for their own interest,
because of them,
Islam becomes bad
under the eyes of non-muslims.

Anonymous said...

“At age 25 Muhammad married a wealthy widow by the name of Khadijah, 15 years his senior. The couple had four daughters and two sons who died in infancy.”

So his 1st wife was 40 years old and that would make her to be too old to have 6 children with Muhammad, unless she gave birth every year, and if not her last two or three children would be born retarded.

“During Muhammad’s life he had a total of eleven wives.”

Let’s say among the eleven wives, five were virgin. And among the virgins 2 or 3 of them were under the age of 16, which would make Muhammad an old pedophile.
So what make his followers worship a pedophile?
Long Live Vietnam.

Anonymous said...

Muslims where they go they destroy other culture and other believe that is the principle of muslim.

Mulisms are not respect other culture and other religion at all but they want other respect them or they must beheaded.

I'm so glad that I am not muslim. I only need one wife not 12 wives.

Muslimmen give no value to other women. They are disrepect other relious women badly.

Muslims are selfish.

Anonymous said...

Find! me! find me! You dickhead!

Anonymous said...

Very true Mr 4:09 AM, Islam come to nonmuslim country and build their mosque but nonmuslin in their country face of prosecution for not believe in Islam, for those women and men who married with muslim must convert to Islam. They have not respect of others culture, they want the whole world to be muslin and believe Allah.

Khmer Israel said...

Muslims are wimps!
They are cry babies.

Watch out, when they have the upper hand the sword will decide for you.

Khmer democrate is a wimp by deleting my post. Well, at least I don't see my earlier post. What's matter, afraid of a Muslim loping your head off?

Anonymous said...

I think they way he threaten the others like a childish and naive way should be used for threatening children!

They said they will use GPS to track down those who are against them! Come on! Go tracking down! Hey man! let me tell u something if you don't really understand what tracking system works. If you want to keep track on someone with GPS system, unless the person/people whom u r looking for equipped with special chips!

R u clear enough? If too naive...don't fool around...go to learn more tech before posting any wrong comment on the blog! ស្ទើរណាស់! អាមោក

Khmer Israel said...

Mecca is the capital of world idolatry.

You know that other Muslim countries hates Saudi Arabia? The Royal family live like whores. I think she will be destroy by the monsters she created-radical Islam. They are going to turn on her, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

Anonymous said...

Good thing KI-M posted on Islam from what could be regarded as a standard/non controversial view. What is not posted however is that the Koran believes Jesus was born in an immaculate conception from Mary. It believes that Jesus will return in a second coming. However it refuses to say that Jesus is the Son of God, because the Koran say Allah doesn't have a son. The Bible on the other hand says that God is three in one (Father Son and Holy Spirit) united in total love. the Koran's Allah is one single lonely someone that could NEVER love, because love is a relationship. NO WONDER islamic extremists, like those crazy christian inquisitionists in the middle ages, COULD NEVER NEVER understand that God is love and in Him there is no darkness.

Anonymous said...

>>>>
If I had 15 wifes,
I would be more humble,
more gentle,
more smarter and
more stronger..

8:23 PM
<<<<<<<

8:23PM - hope you do, Kong Sam Eurn.. more humble, gentle, smarter, may be.. but stronger!.. who are you kidding?

Anonymous said...

Why no stories of Jesus at Christmas time?