ok, day 1 of islam awareness week in hull was about '1 God 3 Faith'. the talk was done by Imam Mahboub and a reverend. i'll try to say what i got from both of them. since the talk was first started by the reverand, so here it is what he said:
christian- they believe in 1 god and Abraham is the start of mankind.
- they believe that Abrahan is the father of the prophet
- trinity starts from Abraham
the Imam talked about:
- people around the world have multifaith but what is common from all the faiths is believing in 1 God. this is what people should focused on.
- he mentioned about the verse in surah al-Baqarah (130-138) about the creation of mankind and the responds made by the angels and the syaitan.
- Allah has mention in the quran in surah Az-zaariyat that the purpose of creating Jin and Human is nothing but to worship Allah.
is religion important he questioned.
well, God create Mankind and He does not say in the quran that He create just the believers. Allah create us without sin but parents are responsible of what religion the children need to believe: Jew or Christian. in islam, we are created as an islam from the beginning and it is all stated in Luhil Mahfuz, the Guarded Tablet.
Human are different from other creations in terms of the freedom of choice. Allah create us, then it is up for us to believe what we learned, what we see. choosing the right path or otherwise. but, as mentioned above, we are created just to worship Allah but people still go astray; enjoying life not according to Islam, we like to build up our sins, we ignore His rules like nothing where in the end He is the one we will meet.
Allah did not create us like the Angels who have always been worshiping Him 24/7. if so, there will be no point of the judgement day if all people are 'saint'.
there were questions asked by the audience and both of them had given their answers.
A question was asked by the audience about the disasters that had/have been happening. Why does it happened if the Muslim believe that Allah is Merciful. is He being fair to mankind.
reverend: he said that when the disaster happened, god is also there with them who suffer. and looking at the aftermath, people of all nation give their hands to help and this portrayed their love for the unfortunate.
imam: life is a test. life has ups and downs. people tend to be happy when their life have been a success but when a crisis interrupts, how do they respond? sad? cursing?
suicide?? this is my analogy by the way. think our life as a see-saw. X sits on one side and ";})();ButtonMouseDown(this);'>Y sits on the other side. depending on their weight, both sitting on the edge will not balance the see-saw. one is up and one is down. X and Y have to try to sit on different length in order for it to balance. it needs effort and patience, so do our lives. it needs effort and patience to be balance. without those 2 mentioned, do you think it is worth living? living without challenge and adventure? how will we improve our patience and determination..if life is all the way easy, one day you are struck by a small test, imagine how you would react..over-stressed as if life has come to end
. but when it happened, god wants to see if you are being acceptable and grateful of the test. how deep is our faith to god who knows us well. Allah want you to acknowledge His existence, can you see it for both condition? test by test given as a warning to be back on path but ignorance pursue and there goes all the test..flying away..living us as the true loser 
if we believe that this life on earth is for the sake of Allah, then every test will bring no tears of despair but tears of fully submission to the one and only. that is what religion is. to believe in god.
wallahu 'alam bissawab. apa yang baik datang dari Allah, yang buruk itu datang dari diri saya sendiri. do leave comments if any of you feel uncomfortable with this. and i do apologize.
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