{"id":16804,"date":"2015-10-23T08:10:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T14:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=16804"},"modified":"2015-10-19T09:26:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T15:26:40","slug":"eps-33-a-muslim-talks-about-allah-what-he-says-will-surprise-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/eps-33-a-muslim-talks-about-allah-what-he-says-will-surprise-you\/","title":{"rendered":"EPS 33: A Muslim talks about Allah, what he says will surprise you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16810\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Usama-Awan.png\" alt=\"Usama Awan\" width=\"271\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Usama-Awan.png 271w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Usama-Awan-136x150.png 136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><br \/>\nMy guest is a young man who reflects the mission of this project called Spark My Muse. That\u00a0mission is to be the spark of light and love I (and we) want to see the world.<\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s a mission you can support, please spread the word about what&#8217;s happening here and contribute a little bit to help me meet the financial burden of keeping this effort\u00a0going.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please\u00a0to help today.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=KVNWHBFV8MHF6\" target=\"_blank\">Do that HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fusamathemuslim.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-33-a-muslim-talks-about-allah-what-he-says-will-surprise-you%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/usamathemuslim.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=16804-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/usamathemuslim.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"usamathemuslim.mp3\">Download<\/a> (66.8MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('16804-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_16804-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_16804-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fusamathemuslim.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-33-a-muslim-talks-about-allah-what-he-says-will-surprise-you%2F&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-2&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe to Spark My Muse <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/spark-my-muse\/id988423690?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D16804\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/spark-my-muse\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/spark-my-muse\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/spark-muse-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe to Spark My Muse\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to Spark My Muse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Usama Awan is a medical Student at Ohio State and a Ahmadiyya Muslim that escaped religious persecution in his native Pakistan with his family when he was a young boy.<\/p>\n<p>Contact him here: muslimperiscope@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter @MuslimPeriscope<\/p>\n<p>Ahmadiyya muslims are a moderate minority sect in the Muslim world and they believe their messiah came already.<\/p>\n<p>The Messiah of the Ahmadiyya sect was Hazrat Mirza Ghulan Ahmad. He was a teacher and he was not divine.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmadiyya believe in an established Khilafat is not a physical dominion but a dominion of the heart.<\/p>\n<p>The website about his sect of Islam<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.alislam.org<\/p>\n<p>2:30<br \/>\nUsama addresses some misconceptions about Islam.<\/p>\n<p>About his wanting to change the perception of Muslims by going live on Periscope to answer questions.<\/p>\n<p>3:40<br \/>\nUsama\u2019s story of leaving Pakistan because of religious persecution.<\/p>\n<p>His sect believes in a Messiah of Muslims (who died in 1908) and this belief makes his sect targets for persecution from other Muslims in the Muslim world.<\/p>\n<p>6:00<br \/>\nCurrent leader (the Caliph) is Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad and lives in London. He advocates for peace.<\/p>\n<p>8:00<br \/>\nAbout the belief in Jesus by Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>Three goals of the Muslim Messiah:<br \/>\n1. Revive the teachings of Islam and bring Muslims back to the true teachings of Islam<br \/>\n2. To spread the truth about religion and to get humankind back to its Creator<br \/>\n3. To unite all religions<\/p>\n<p>10:30<br \/>\nWorshipping the one true God and Creator.<\/p>\n<p>Allah means God in Arabic. Arab Christians refer to God is Allah because it is the word for God.<\/p>\n<p>12:00<br \/>\nSome of God\u2019s attributes.<\/p>\n<p>13:00<br \/>\nHow names summarize us poorly.<\/p>\n<p>14:00<br \/>\nGod as male?<\/p>\n<p>15:00<br \/>\nWhat Islam is not:<\/p>\n<p>Terrorism is forbidden.<br \/>\nLife is precious, no matter the faith belief of the person.<\/p>\n<p>19:30<br \/>\nAsking Usama, \u201cDo you think most Muslims understand the truth?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1.6 billion Muslims in the world but most have lost the true teachings of Islam\u2013like a body without a beating heart.<br \/>\nThe Muslim Messiah is there to get the heart of Islam to beat again.<\/p>\n<p>20:40<br \/>\nThe Quran is (usually) misunderstood. It is written in parables and must not be taken literally in ways that it is commonly.<\/p>\n<p>The Calif (leader) is the ultimate authority on the Islamic teachings and there to resolve disputes.<\/p>\n<p>23:00<br \/>\nWhat is the same about people is far more than what is different.<\/p>\n<p>23:30<br \/>\nThe big curveball question:<br \/>\nWas Mohammad violent and in favor of killing unbelievers?<\/p>\n<p>The wars of Mohammad and were they fought in self-defense?<\/p>\n<p>24:00<br \/>\nHow the wars in (pagan\/polytheistic) Mecca started around 610 AD.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad moves to Medina and the faith starts to spread.<\/p>\n<p>27:00<br \/>\nBook by Karen Armstrong the life of Mohammad as a historical figure.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karen_Armstrong<\/p>\n<p>A history of God<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0345384563&amp;asins=0345384563&amp;linkId=MUSO5KJ7JDBOGLZ4&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=Muhammad%3A%20A%20Biography%20of%20the%20Prophet&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=thbloflicode-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;linkId=AMQSUPT6RID32ZD7\" target=\"_blank\">Name Your Link<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thbloflicode-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=081296618X&amp;asins=081296618X&amp;linkId=2VADEMIQ5XYGLZPF&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The religious context in Mecca: It was pagan and in the city of Medina there were some Jews.<\/p>\n<p>28:00<br \/>\nThe Kaaba, the black box, in Mecca was surrounded by idols and worshiped in a yearly pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16815\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kaaba-HD-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Kaaba HD (3)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kaaba-HD-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kaaba-HD-3-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kaaba-HD-3-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kaaba-HD-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kaaba-HD-3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>29:00<br \/>\nReligious or spiritual figures are reviled by those in power (Moses, Jesus, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>30:00<br \/>\nThe economic factors that cause wars throughout history.<\/p>\n<p>30:30<br \/>\nAbraham and his son Ishmael.<\/p>\n<p>31:00<br \/>\nThe Quran says that Abraham is told by God to leave to go to Mecca and leave Ishmael and his mother to make a great nation.<\/p>\n<p>32:00<br \/>\nThe family fight in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>33:00<br \/>\nExclusive truth is claimed by both Christianity and Islam and what can we do about it?<\/p>\n<p>35:00<br \/>\nUsama says that his sect of Islam does not claim to have the only way to God. Many prophets have come over time and have told God\u2019s truth.<\/p>\n<p>36:00<br \/>\nThe return of God is a message in every culture.<\/p>\n<p>37:00<br \/>\nAnswers the question: What\u2019s the point of being a Muslim if all paths get to God?<\/p>\n<p>The Five Pillars (of Islam) help you lead a godly life.<\/p>\n<p>38:00<br \/>\nJihad means to struggle and keep Satan away.<\/p>\n<p>39:00<br \/>\nThe Grace of God. Prayer helps us but it is not for God\u2019s benefit or to get his favor. It establishes a link to God.<\/p>\n<p>When people ask, \u201cIf God exists why doesn\u2019t he just show himself?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Belief is to hone in on \u201cspiritual frequency\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>41:00<br \/>\nWorshiping God in Spirit and in Truth.<\/p>\n<p>(from Lisa) Christians sometimes think of God as a Christian or of Jesus as a Christian.<\/p>\n<p>44:00<br \/>\nFinding common ground to love the world as God wants us to.<br \/>\nConversations. Service projects. Work together. Volunteer together.<\/p>\n<p>Protecting each other and respect each other and focus on the common ground.<\/p>\n<p>Mary the mother of Jesus is revered in Islam.<\/p>\n<p>46:00<br \/>\nTo serve God and bring glory to God we need to bring peace and love into the world together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fusamathemuslim.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-33-a-muslim-talks-about-allah-what-he-says-will-surprise-you%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/usamathemuslim.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=16804-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/usamathemuslim.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"usamathemuslim.mp3\">Download<\/a> (66.8MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('16804-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_16804-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_16804-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fusamathemuslim.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-33-a-muslim-talks-about-allah-what-he-says-will-surprise-you%2F&quot; 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