Like some other people already said in this thread, it's just a little
too convenient that
none of the information contained in the article can be verified or confirmed. Add to that accusations of fraud and deceit and one can have a hard time figuring out the kind of gullible sucker it would take who would gobble it all like some Thanksgiving turkey. And secondly, all this is just a poor attempt at creating yet ANOTHER conspiracy theory (a particularly LAME one, that is) by twisting and ignoring the facts as they happened.
I'd really
love to do a point-by-point dissection of the whole article but there's just so much garbage in there I don't know where to begin. So I singled out some key phrases and will reply appropriately, such as:
'Some of Muhammad’s writings were placed in the Koran, others were never published. They are now in the hands of high ranking holy men (Ayatollahs) in the Islamic faith.'
Before starting off, I'll just reiterate what I said about the Qur'an and it's preservation as it was from another thread:
I suppose that will remove all doubt one might have regarding any kind of tampering, manipulation or omission with/from the Qur'anic text. Unless and until you accuse each and every "haafiz" (one who has memorized the entire Qur'an by heart) throught the centuries, from the very companions of The Prophet of Islam 1400 years ago right until this very day (which would account for millions, literally, including *me*) as being players in this huge "conspiracy", your argument falls flat on it's ass.
"A light control was kept on Muslims from the Ayatollah down through the Islamic priests, nuns and monks. The Vatican also engineers a campaign of hatred between the Muslim Arabs and the Jews. Before this, they had co-existed peacefully.
The majority of the world's Muslims throughout the ages were Sunni Muslims, while the Ayatollah is something associated with the Shiite sect that are heavily at odds with the Sunnis. Furthermore, unlike Christianity, there
is no concept of priesthood in Islam - there never has been one. Even an Ayatollah among Shiites is merely a respected, learned scholar on Islamic studies and jurisprudence and so, they have
never been able to attain the level of absolute authority and ultimate leadership in Islamic matters like say, the Pope.
"What has this got to do with Islam? Note Bishop Sheen’s
statement: "Our Lady’s appearances at Fatima marked the turning point in the history of the world’s 350 million Muslims. After the death of his daughter, Muhammad wrote that she "is the most holy of all women in Paradise, next to Mary."
I guess this bloke forgot to mention a few other names - Aasiya (the wife of the Pharoah who adopted monotheism and was persecuted for it) and all of the Prophet's wives are the "most holy of all women in Paradise" next to the Prophet's daughter
s (yes, he had more than one) and Mary.
Ah, the cornerstone, the bread-and-butter of any good conspirary theory - throw out that which doesn't apply or can be perceived as a threat that can literally OBLITERATE the already non-existent credibility of said "theory".
"He believed that the Virgin Mary chose to be known as Our Lady of Fatima as a sign and a pledge that the Muslims who believe in Christ’s virgin birth, will come to believe in His divinity.
Uhh, come again? Muslims believe in Christ's virgin birth as one of the miracles of God and think of Christ as nothing more than one of God's most powerful messengers. In fact, the phrase "Isa (Jesus), the son of Maryem (Mary)" is repeated countless number of times in the Qur'an. Not to mention there are just as many hadith (narrations attributed to The Prophet) where the Prophet himself is quoted to have implied that Jesus holds
no share in Divinity and anyone who thinks to the contrary is an apostate and a disbeliever in Islamic creed. There are countless such narrations attributed to the Prophet's companions who also have reiterated and explained on this very fact.
(No offense to Christian brothers, I'm just explaining Islamic beliefs to counter TSOG's outlandish "theories" so let's not get off-topic here, please)
"Bishop Sheen pointed out that the pilgrim virgin statues of Our Lady of Fatima were enthusiastically received by Muslims in Africa, India, and elsewhere, and that many Muslims are now coming into the Roman Catholic Church."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
If this does not expose the cock-and-bull story depicted in this article,
nothing will.
Statues or pictures that seek to depict the likeness of
any of Islam's revered figures - be they God's Prophets or the daughters, wives and companions of the Prophet of Islam or even Mary, aren't exactly "welcomed" by the Muslim community. I thought the whole "cartoon controversy" had made at least that much clear.
Indian Muslims are particulaly some of the strongest and most vocal opponents of the creation and/or worshipping of idols, statues or pictures that seek to depict the likeness of Islam's revered figures. I won't even dare you to try and tell me that these people would "enthusiastically recieve
pilgrim virgin statues of Lady Fatima", because you can't. I know better than every single poser on this board and elsewhere who would claim otherwise because I
am an
Indian Muslim.
The Arabs thought they were honoring the daughter of Muhammad, which is what the Jesuits wanted them to believe.
I don't even know how that makes any sense, since it was Mary who gave the virgin-birth and NOT Lady Fatima as she was married to The Prophet's cousin brother Ali and gave birth to two sons, Hasan and Hussain, so HOW THE HELL did the Vatican conspirators "wanted them" to think of Lady Fatima as the virgin Mary when they are NOTHING alike is
totally beyond me. And if I might add, despite the revered position of the daughter of the Prophet in Islam, she too holds absolutely
no share in Divinity and is not worshipped by Muslims.
So TSOG, instead of simply "standing by" your proposed theory, why not be a sport and get cracking on an appropriately sufficient reply now, will ya? And please, no more of your asinine links, because in doing so, you come off as being just as gullible of being fed whatever crap your "sources" cook up for you as the masses you accuse of being manipulated by government-controlled media. As if you need your conspiracy theorists to think for you instead of doing that yourself.
Its nice to know SOMEONE has their facts straight, and straight from the horses mouth as they say (no offense to Muslims as being akin to horses).
