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Sister Sumaiyah,  If your testimony is true, I feel pity for you!!! ( I do not want to believe this testimony! because it is a Moslem testimony!!Like other cults, they lie a lot. ) In the name of God, they are keep on killing people and terrorise people.  What kind of God is that? What an image they have in front of the world.How much oil money they paid you to become the victim of a false God? Islam is growing because of the oil money! not because of the true God!!!  These new convert’s God is therefore is oil money. Once the oil gets empty, then you show me Islam is growing or shrinking? Jesus do not want  money hungry followers. Moslem countries are still pumping a great portion of their oil money to convert some of the money hungry English people in to Islam. What a pity! Thank you for you left the Christianity. Your testimony to me is like a rich man’s daughter got leprosy!!! How can you run away from a real living God to a false God?  Many times we want to manipulate God as a gene of the Arabian stories!! When it doesn’t work like that, we turn our back to the living God and become atheist or find other false Gods where Satan receive you gladly. They are losers!! They want to show faces to God and find fault with God as if they are perfect. But Jesus still loves you unconditionally which you never see in Islam. For them it is eye for eye and tooth for tooth.  No forgiveness ! I had a talk with a few Moslems and they can not understand about forgiveness and Jesus died for our sins. They says Jesus did not died on the cross but some one else with the same name Jesus died.Then how the prophecy of Christ can be full filled? In the old Testament, it is clearly explained that the Messiah has to suffer and die and third day He has to rise from the dead. When He comes at the second time ,He comes as lion of Judah. God is love, only love nothing but love!!!

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Testimony of Jenni Rauhala (Sumaiyah) Bismillaahi-ar-Rahmaani-r-Raheem! As-Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatu Allaah wa Barakaatuhu! I wanted to add one more reversion story to the many already on your page. I was born in Finland, Northern Europe, about 20 years ago. My parents were Evangelic Lutheran, though not very strict about it. We went to the church a couple of times a year, mainly during Christmas time. I believed in God but not as the church teaches. As a kid this was no problem and I didn’t think about it. Like almost all of the kids in Finland I also went to a so called confirmation camp. It takes about a week. 15-year-old teens spend one week away from their families just learning about christianity, doing religious stuff and hanging out with the youthful and sometimes witty priests. Many teens get their "religious awakening" there because finally you have time to think about religion and nobody is calling you boring because of it.I also realized that I am a Believer. But not a believer in the church doctrine. After the camp I started studying christianity harder trying to understand it. I even went through study period of the bible that lasted several months. That course qualified me to teach the bible to the younger kids. I worked for the church for like a year but already during that I knew christianity wasn’t the Truth.But in the beginning I thought there was some hope that christianity might be it and I studied other branches of christianity. Then went on to study judaism. That phase did not last for too long as the way they see Jesus (Alaihi as- Salaam) is kind of distorted. A couple of years earlier I had read the translation of the meanings of the Qur’an in my native language. I read it again. And got hooked. Yes this is what I was looking for, One True God!Then I started slowly getting some Muslims as friends. I visited a family in Turkey and there learnt some things about praying and hygiene and so forth. Internet also played a major role as I got to know sisters of my age that lived close by me. I started visiting these sisters. They had all been christians like me. I wa certain that Islaam is the Way. I started high school and Al-HamduliLlaah, on my class there was a girl who also was interested in Islaam. We ordered books together from Saudi Arabia. We visited together London and many of its mosques. We were studying Islaam so much and teaching each other what we knew. We even took the Shahadah on the same day, wal-hamduliLlaah! As my interest in Islaam grew the more my parents got alerted. They were ready to throw me out of their house. Or do anything. I was a minor so I could not wear hijaab though I so passionately wanted to. Things got worse and worse everyday but I told them I’d rather give them up than Islaam. As I reached the age of consent and started wearing hijaab, things got out of hand and I left home without telling them. I got married abroad to a good Muslim brother, Masha’Allaah. An imam advised me to get in touch with my parents and I was talking with them on the phone only two weeks after leaving home. I didn’t know severing kinship ties was a sin but al-hamduliLlaah I was told by that imam.After being married for two months I returned home. I stayed with my parents for some time and then returned to my husband’s country. We have been married for almost two years now. Just today my mum was telling me that it is such a good thing there are so good men as my husband. As you can read, things have gotten better, al-hamduliLlaah. My mum has even started reading the Qur’an. Please make du’aa that she’ll also receive this Guidance from Allaah (SWT)! [sister Sumaiyah] Before you buy.

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Does it change worshiping of hate in quran? I=P – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Testimony of Jenni Rauhala (Sumaiyah) Bismillaahi-ar-Rahmaani-r-Raheem! As-Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatu Allaah wa Barakaatuhu! I wanted to add one more reversion story to the many already on your page. I was born in Finland, Northern Europe, about 20 years ago. My parents were Evangelic Lutheran, though not very strict about it. We went to the church a couple of times a year, mainly during Christmas time. I believed in God but not as the church teaches. As a kid this was no problem and I didn’t think about it. Like almost all of the kids in Finland I also went to a so called confirmation camp. It takes about a week. 15-year-old teens spend one week away from their families just learning about christianity, doing religious stuff and hanging out with the youthful and sometimes witty priests. Many teens get their "religious awakening" there because finally you have time to think about religion and nobody is calling you boring because of it.I also realized that I am a Believer. But not a believer in the church doctrine. After the camp I started studying christianity harder trying to understand it. I even went through study period of the bible that lasted several months. That course qualified me to teach the bible to the younger kids. I worked for the church for like a year but already during that I knew christianity wasn’t the Truth.But in the beginning I thought there was some hope that christianity might be it and I studied other branches of christianity. Then went on to study judaism. That phase did not last for too long as the way they see Jesus (Alaihi as- Salaam) is kind of distorted. A couple of years earlier I had read the translation of the meanings of the Qur’an in my native language. I read it again. And got hooked. Yes this is what I was looking for, One True God!Then I started slowly getting some Muslims as friends. I visited a family in Turkey and there learnt some things about praying and hygiene and so forth. Internet also played a major role as I got to know sisters of my age that lived close by me. I started visiting these sisters. They had all been christians like me. I wa certain that Islaam is the Way. I started high school and Al-HamduliLlaah, on my class there was a girl who also was interested in Islaam. We ordered books together from Saudi Arabia. We visited together London and many of its mosques. We were studying Islaam so much and teaching each other what we knew. We even took the Shahadah on the same day, wal-hamduliLlaah! As my interest in Islaam grew the more my parents got alerted. They were ready to throw me out of their house. Or do anything. I was a minor so I could not wear hijaab though I so passionately wanted to. Things got worse and worse everyday but I told them I’d rather give them up than Islaam. As I reached the age of consent and started wearing hijaab, things got out of hand and I left home without telling them. I got married abroad to a good Muslim brother, Masha’Allaah. An imam advised me to get in touch with my parents and I was talking with them on the phone only two weeks after leaving home. I didn’t know severing kinship ties was a sin but al-hamduliLlaah I was told by that imam.After being married for two months I returned home. I stayed with my parents for some time and then returned to my husband’s country. We have been married for almost two years now. Just today my mum was telling me that it is such a good thing there are so good men as my husband. As you can read, things have gotten better, al-hamduliLlaah. My mum has even started reading the Qur’an. Please make du’aa that she’ll also receive this Guidance from Allaah (SWT)! [sister Sumaiyah] Before you buy.

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Testimony of Jenni Rauhala (Sumaiyah) Bismillaahi-ar-Rahmaani-r-Raheem! As-Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatu Allaah wa Barakaatuhu! I wanted to add one more reversion story to the many already on your page. I was born in Finland, Northern Europe, about 20 years ago. My parents were Evangelic Lutheran, though not very strict about it. We went to the church a couple of times a year, mainly during Christmas time. I believed in God but not as the church teaches. As a kid this was no problem and I didn’t think about it. Like almost all of the kids in Finland I also went to a so called confirmation camp. It takes about a week. 15-year-old teens spend one week away from their families just learning about christianity, doing religious stuff and hanging out with the youthful and sometimes witty priests. Many teens get their "religious awakening" there because finally you have time to think about religion and nobody is calling you boring because of it.I also realized that I am a Believer. But not a believer in the church doctrine. After the camp I started studying christianity harder trying to understand it. I even went through study period of the bible that lasted several months. That course qualified me to teach the bible to the younger kids. I worked for the church for like a year but already during that I knew christianity wasn’t the Truth.But in the beginning I thought there was some hope that christianity might be it and I studied other branches of christianity. Then went on to study judaism. That phase did not last for too long as the way they see Jesus (Alaihi as- Salaam) is kind of distorted. A couple of years earlier I had read the translation of the meanings of the Qur’an in my native language. I read it again. And got hooked. Yes this is what I was looking for, One True God!Then I started slowly getting some Muslims as friends. I visited a family in Turkey and there learnt some things about praying and hygiene and so forth. Internet also played a major role as I got to know sisters of my age that lived close by me. I started visiting these sisters. They had all been christians like me. I wa certain that Islaam is the Way. I started high school and Al-HamduliLlaah, on my class there was a girl who also was interested in Islaam. We ordered books together from Saudi Arabia. We visited together London and many of its mosques. We were studying Islaam so much and teaching each other what we knew. We even took the Shahadah on the same day, wal-hamduliLlaah! As my interest in Islaam grew the more my parents got alerted. They were ready to throw me out of their house. Or do anything. I was a minor so I could not wear hijaab though I so passionately wanted to. Things got worse and worse everyday but I told them I’d rather give them up than Islaam. As I reached the age of consent and started wearing hijaab, things got out of hand and I left home without telling them. I got married abroad to a good Muslim brother, Masha’Allaah. An imam advised me to get in touch with my parents and I was talking with them on the phone only two weeks after leaving home. I didn’t know severing kinship ties was a sin but al-hamduliLlaah I was told by that imam.After being married for two months I returned home. I stayed with my parents for some time and then returned to my husband’s country. We have been married for almost two years now. Just today my mum was telling me that it is such a good thing there are so good men as my husband. As you can read, things have gotten better, al-hamduliLlaah. My mum has even started reading the Qur’an. Please make du’aa that she’ll also receive this Guidance from Allaah (SWT)! [sister Sumaiyah] Before you buy.

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Some people answer this question and my answer is – The Holy Bible is my source, but time to time I used the sources from Christian Church official documents. for example this original article reprint from Christian Church WEB<http://www.gods-open-door.org/QnA/index.html . I personaly like this article for clear explanation of the Christian position. From <http://www.gods-open-door.org/QnA/index.html: Abraham never went to Mecca Islam is the Moon god cult: Dear Ray. Thank you for your nice email. I printed it at the end so others can read it if they want to. Answer to Ray: Islam was not brought down from heaven nor was it invented by Muhammad. It originated in the pre-Islamic culture of Arabia long before Islam was invented by Muhammad. Islam did not mean "submission" but was meant to designate a type of heroic strength of a warrior in battle. Muhammad derived the religion of Islam and the Koran from the Sumerian and early Arabian cult of the Moon god. The Moon god cult is traced back to 5000 years before Christ, and was very prominent in Abraham’s city of Ur. During the period from 2200 to 2100 B.C. the great ziggurat of the moon god at Ur was built. And Abraham never went to Mecca at all, so he did not build the Ka’bah with Ishmael as the false Muhammad would have people believe. He came from the city of Ur in the area of present day Iraq and traveled north over the route known as the Fertile Crescent, across the Syrian Desert into and through Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. The reason why Muhammad required a religious pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in the life-time of each Muslim, is because it was a great source of revenue for Islam and the merchants of the city of Mecca. Today it has blossomed into a fantastic money maker for the cult of Islam and the merchants of Mecca. That is why Muhammad changed the requirement for bowing in prayer five times a day. He originally required Muslims to bow facing Jerusalem, and later when both the Jew and the Christians refused to make one big religion out of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Muhammad changed the direction of prayers to face Mecca. All this and much more is pointed out very well by Robert Morey in his book "The Islamic Invasion" copyright 1992, and Published by Harvest House Publishers. I highly recommend that every Muslim and every Christian read Robert Morey’s book so that they can learn the truth about Islam. This book also gives a complete analysis of the Hadith, the companion book to the Koran. Morey shows how that Allah is in fact the ancient Moon god of Arabian Desert lore, together with Allah’s three daughters, al-Lat, al-Manat, and al-Uzza. The daughters of Allah represented the stars and the moon. The crescent moon is the symbol of Islam, and the crescent moon is on top of spires on all mosques and minarets, and on the flags of the Islamic nations. The Muslim fast of Ramadan is in the month that begins and ends with the appearance of the crescent moon in the sky. With all that evidence of the presence of the moon god in the culture of Islam, it is readily shown that Islam in fact, does worship the moon god. So what? You might say. So what if we worship the moon god? The word of God in the Old Testament of the Bible, constantly warned against the worship of the moon god. For example Deuteronomy 4:19, 17:3. 2 Kings 21:3,5; 23:5, Jeremiah 8:2; 19:13, Zephaniah 1:5. This was regarded as an abomination in the sight of God. Take for example the scripture of Deuteronomy 17: verses 2 through 7: "If there is found among you within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, a man or a woman who has been wicked in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing His covenant, Who has gone and served other gods and worshipped them, either the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven , which I have not commanded, "And it is told you, and you hear of it, then you shall inquire diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination has been committed in Israel,Then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed that wicked thing, and shall stone to death that man or woman with stones. Whoever is deserving of death shall be put to death on the testimony of two or three witnesses; he shall not be put to death on the testimony of one witness. "The hands of the witness shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from among you." I have merely skimmed the surface in citing the above instances of Islam simply dripping with the signature of the moon god whose name was ‘Sean’ and then shortened to Sin’ and then Muhammad’s tribe known as the Quraysh adopted Him as the one god among 360 in the Ka’bah who they wanted to worship. There were 360 idols in the Ka’bah, one for every day of the Arab year, 360 days, 360 idols of false gods. It was easy for the people of Mecca to change the name of any one of their gods. Many changed them to their own family name. But I won’t tell you how the moon god ‘Sin’ became the god ‘Ali Lah’ which was later shortened to Allah. You get the book which I mentioned and find out for yourself. Islam claims that god could not have a son, so Jesus could not be God’s Son. How is it then that your Allah and the moon god ‘Sin’, the same god, had the same three daughters, al-Lat, al-Manat, and al-Uzza? If it were really true that God could have no son, then how could God be Almighty. God is almighty and nothing is impossible for God. I said ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE GOD OF THE CHRISTIANS. Today our God not only has one son, He has millions of sons. This is because of the edicts of God as told by the words of God through His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus said very clearly in Matthew 12:50: "For whosoever shall do the will of My Father which is in heaven, the same is My brother, and sister and mother". Now if God is My Father doesn’t that make me His Son? Jesus told Christians to pray to God by saying: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name…" The Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 8:14: "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God…" Since that time, of course, Multi Millions of Christians have become ‘Born Again’ from above, and all are now the Sons of God. Not only that, but Christians have Eternal Brotherhood with Jesus Christ, for Jesus Christ is the first amongst many brethren. Who else can claim a brotherhood with God? In the gospel of John in the Bible in the first Chapter, the verse 12: "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right (and power) to become children of God, to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." This wonderful open invitation of Almighty God is available to all men, everywhere, men and women of all races, including Arabs, and people who formerly were Muslims, and Hindus, and Confucians, and Jews, and Island Peoples, and the word is "Whoever". Yes Mister Ray, the invitation is even open to You! Again, Jesus made it so simple when He said: "He who believes in Me, has Eternal Life." John 6:47.  I am aware that some very nice Muslim people are not happy to read about the truths of Islam as I have set them down. However in America we are fortunate to have freedom of speech and freedom of press. You can compare that with conditions in most Islamic countries where you dare not say anything contradictory about Islam, Allah, or the government, or way of life. Under the harsh ‘Sharia’ laws of Islam, which are derived from the seventh century civilizations of that barbaric age, to say anything derogatory, will subject the person to severe punishment such as mayhem, murder, dismemberment and amputations, eye gouging, execution and death, banishment, deprivation of food, necessities of life, life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness. Not so in America. In America you have freedom of choice without intimidation, fear of reprisal, or deprivation. Here we may worship the God of our choice. We are not forced to worship a false god, or worship a statue, graven, molten, or carved image, of a false god. Americans do not have to have any religious worship at all, if they don’t want to. It is a matter of choice and that right of choice is protected by our laws and the mores of our society. One of the driving forces behind Christian Evangelism are the commands of Jesus to preach the gospel. In Matthew 24:14 Jesus spoke and said: "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come". It is patently clear that not all who hear will believe. But the main thing is that everyone shall be given the opportunity to hear and to decide for themselves as to whether they believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, or they do not. Jesus made it so simple to have all of our sins washed away in one moment, and to become "Born Again" from above; ie: to become a son of God, and a member of the family of God. The alternative is to spend eternity in the Lake of Fire. He made it simple when He said in John 6:47: "He who believes in Me has Eternal Life." However your religion, and your way of life, can always be the subject of criticism and public observation. A person can follow a false god, creed or religion. That is his prerogative, and it well may be a case of the blind leading the blind so that both will fall into the ditch. Some are marching proudly right into the mouth of hell. That is their choice. In the final analysis, in America your way of life, your religion and your choice of God, is subject to public criticism, and is subject to being tested by what is the Truth. Or by what other people think is the Truth. So, although some very nice, well meaning people may be offended or hurt by the criticism or observations of others, we are … read more »

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