An 
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    Questions Muslims are requested
    to ask themselves:

     * Did Muhammad preach that it is
     acceptable for Muslims to lie about
     Islam when interacting with
     non-Muslims?

     * Is Allah all-powerful, or does he share
     ultimate powers with Satan?

     * Is it true that Allah does not have
     control over all ultimate powers?

     * Does Allah possess the ability to
     eternally destroy Satan ~ and, if so,
     why does he not do this? 

     * Are there logical and positive
     answers to all conceivable questions
     about Islam?

     * Does Allah welcome questions about
     Islam asked by non-Muslims ~ or is he
     afraid of being exposed as a 
     charlatan? 

     * Does Allah see it as an insult when
     questions are asked about Islam that
     have no decent answers?

                     

     * Can your holy book, the Qur'an, only
     be properly understood by persons
     who comprehend the Arabic language
     ~ and do you read and write that
     language? 

     * Is Allah capable of doing anything
     he desires ~ and could he easily cause
     the Qur'an to be properly published
     in all languages should he see this as 
     a good thing? 

     * Is it not an intellectual mistake for
     Islam to not properly translate the
     Qur'an into all world languages? 

     *Does Allah want only Arabic persons
     to understand and practice Islam?

     * Does Allah see every non-Muslim as
     an imperfect human being; if so, why 
     does he create them?

     * Is it reasonable to see that Allah is
     imperfect himself by causing imperfect
     things to happen? 

     * Does Islam expect ~ even demand 
     under threat of eternal damnation ~
     that you emulate the values and
     actions of the Prophet Muhammad?

     * Was Muhammad a mass murderer?

     * Did Muhammad use murder and
     threats as means to win converts?

     * Did Muhammad marry and have
     intimate physical relations with Aisha,
     a girl of 9 years?

     * Is it just plain wrong for adults to have
     sexual relations with young children ~
     and does this apply to all periods of
     human history, not just the current
     era?

     * Does Allah approve of adults now
     living to have sexual relations with
     young children ~ and has Allah ever
     changed his mind about this?

     * Did Muhammad raid caravans to 
     steal items of value as one way to
     reward soldiers of his army?

     * Did Muhammad have a number of
     wives whom he believed should be
     physically abused (beaten) to make 
     them obey him?

     * Did Muhammad preach that certain
     crimes should be punished by stoning
     to death? 

     * Did Muhammad preach that 
     non-Muslims should be subjugated or
     murdered, even beheaded? 

     * Did Muhammad preach that Muslims
     should not be friendly toward Jews
     and Christians? 

     * Did Muhammad preach that  Allah
     changes his mind from time to
     time? 

     * Does Islam's holy book, the Qur'an,
     indicate that Allah changed his mind on
     certain teachings? 

     * Does the Qur'an have many passages
     that contradict each other?

     * Does it seem reasonable that an
     all-powerful, all-knowing, supreme
     deity would change his mind from time
     to time? 

     * Is Allah capable of making mistakes? 

     * Did Allah stop changing his mind
     when Muhammad died ~ or has he
     continued changing his mind from time
     to time?

     * If Allah were to reveal a 2012 edition
     of the Qur'an, would it be very different
     from the edition revealed to 
     Muhammad?

     * Is it possible that Allah no longer
     wants Muslims to kill infidels?

     * Is it possible that Allah no longer
     wants Muslims to not be friendly and
     tolerant toward Jews and Christians?

     * Is it possible that Allah no longer
     wants all persons to be Muslims?

     * Is it possible that Allah no longer
     wants husbands to beat their wives?

     * Did Muhammad report that he was
     sometimes controlled by Satan?

     * Is it possible that Allah is now totally
     controlled by Satan, 24-7?

     * Can you be a true Muslim if you do
     not follow Muhammad's example and
     live your life the way he lived his? 

     * Are you sometimes controlled by
     Satan?

     * Did Jesus serve as a prophet of the
     same God that Muhammad spoke for?

     * Did Jesus expect his followers to kill
      non-Christians?

      * Did Jesus ever raid caravans or
     engage in acts of violence?

     * Is there any passage in the Bible that
     speaks of Jesus killing anyone for any
     reason? 

     * Does Christianity teach the Ten
     Commandments including "Thou
     shalt not kill?" 

     * Did Allah change his commandments
     between the time of Jesus and the time
     of Muhammad?

     * Did Muhammad preach that Muslims
     should treat all other persons as they
     would like to be treated themselves?

      * Did Abraham and Moses preach the
     same value system as Muhammad?

      * Do the concepts of love and justice
     apply to both Muslims and non-
     Muslims? 

      * Do you feel obligated by your religion
     to do everything in your power to
     establish Sharia law in the United
     States?

     * Where Sharia and the Constitution
     disagree, do you feel obligated to 
     violate the Constitution?

     * Do you believe in freedom of religion
     or do you believe every person in
     America should be a true Muslim? 

     ** Do you believe in uninhibited free
     speech or do you believe it is wrong to
     criticize anything about Muhammad
     and Islam? 

     * Can you be both a good American ~ 
     who supports the Constitution as now
     written ~ and also a true Muslim? 

      * If you do not look to Muhammad as a
     role model and obey the teachings of
     Islam, is it not a lie to call yourself a
     Muslim? 

     * Can you be a true Muslim if you do
     not practice holy war? 

     * Do you expect to go to Paradise if you
     do not kill infidels and raid caravans as
     Muhammad did? 

     * Do you avoid making friends with
     Jews and Christians in order to be a
     true Muslim? 

     * Which teachings of Islam do you
     ignore and which teachings do you
     practice?

     * How do you know that the teachings
     of Muhammad's Qur'an are still
     current and that they have not been
     changed according to Allah's thinking
     in 2012?

     Note: Roughly 1,380 years have
     passed since Muhammad died. He
     lived 62 years. The 1,380 years are
     equal to 22+ of Muhammad's lifetimes.
     With Allah changing his mind many
     times during Muhammad's years on
     Earth, it seems reasonable to think that
     Allah has continued to change his
     mind from time to time and that this
     would mean many, many changes over
     22+ of Muhammad's lifetimes. Would a
     current edition of the Qur'an not be
     very different from Muhammad's holy
     book? Would it not be appropriate for
     the people of Islam to ask Allah to
     reveal a 2012 edition of the Qur'an?
     (And in all of the different languages
     used by human beings on Earth?)
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