{"id":408,"date":"2023-04-10T18:33:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T18:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/?p=408"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:06:12","slug":"western-christianity-or-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robertandrews.org\/LIFE\/western-christianity-or-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Christianity or Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Ramadan is from Feb 17 until March 18, 2026.\u00a0 The period lasts 29-30 days.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">The 27<sup>th<\/sup> Day is the most sacred. This is March 16, 2026.\u00a0 This is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qadr_Night\">Qadr Night<\/a>, and is the day that Islam believes the first verses of the Quran were revealed.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Western Christianity and Islam are more parallel than many care to admit.\u00a0 Islam just uses different words and names for people, places and things.\u00a0 Some of the stories differ slightly, some added, and some deleted, but very similar.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Some people use the word Car, Automobile, or Horseless Carriage \u2013 In Christian religions, there is only one God. The same is true of Islam.\u00a0 Allah is simply the Islamic translation for the name God &#8211; as the name Jehovah is used in the Bible to refer to God, or Dio which is used in the Vatican.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Both religions state that God is great, and there is only one God. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Islam states that Mohammad is a Prophet of God, not the ONLY Prophet of God. They acknowledge Jesus as a Prophet, although not necessarily the Son of God.\u00a0 Jesus is mentioned 97 times in the Quran.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Parallels: There are many parallels in the two religions.\u00a0 The creation of Adam, the Tree of Life, Noah and the Flood, the Story of Abraham (Ibrahim), Joseph, Moses, David and Goliath, and much more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Adhan &#8211;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adhan\"><strong>WHAT IS THE ADHAN?<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\">There are five Prayer Times in Islam.\u00a0 This group of prayers is called The Adhan.\u00a0 They are all based on position of the sun and shadows.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>1. FAJR &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Kuk6HgOH9yQ\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Between dawn and sunrise<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\">For Beatitudes, this will show 6:00 am on Channel 1-2 during Ramadan<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>2. DHUHR &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Nq3Fa-mwNeE\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Dhuhr usually happens after lunch.\u00a0 At Beatitudes, this video will play at about 12:30 PM after a 1\/2 hour informative video.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>3. THE AUSER (Asr) PRAYER &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IoOSSoL-U7E\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Late afternoon:\u00a0 For Beatitudes, this will show at 5:00 pm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>4. MAGHRIB &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wmoxCD7vl_c\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\">At sunset:\u00a0 For Beatitudes, this will show at 7:00 pm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><strong>5. ISHA &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/g9l4u_EIqOI\">CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\">At nighttime:\u00a0 For Beatitudes, this will show at 8:30 pm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramadan is from Feb 17 until March 18, 2026.\u00a0 The period lasts 29-30 days. The 27th Day is the most sacred. This is March 16, 2026.\u00a0 This is Qadr Night, and is the day that Islam believes the first verses of the Quran were revealed. 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