Sixth Century (CE) PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)?

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So, lahat ng hayop na likha ng Diyos ba ay kinakain mo rin?

Noong panahon ng dinosaurs, lahat pwede.

Ay, di pala uso ang dinosaurs sa religion he he

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The house is a place of peace and serenity, without images or idols of worship, and simple, with a carpet on which to stand or sit, and meditate.
"God forgiveth not (the sin of) joining other gods with Him;...one who joins other gods with God, hath strayed far, far away (from the Right)."
-(NOBLE QURAN 4:116).

"I am the Lord thy God...Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them."
-(EXODUS 20:2-5).

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Allah increases the provision for whom He wills, and straitens (it for whom He wills), and they rejoice in the life of the world, whereas the life of this world as compared with the Hereafter is but a brief passing enjoyment.
{Noble Quran 13:26}

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(A sign for you): all the animals and creatures moving on earth as well as all the birds flying in the air on their wings, exist as distinct species and families just like your own. We have not neglected to include anything in the book (of decrees). Finally, all of them would be gathered before their Lord.
{Noble Quran 6:38}

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“There are no people who went astray after having been guided except for indulging in disputation.”
(al-Tirmidhi)

[jmigs]

moar please. *hopiang baboy for everyone*.

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Islam in China - The Religion of the Pure and True



Islam was translated as Qing Zhen Jiao, “The religion of the Pure and the Real”. At the great Mosque of Xian, Chinese characters proclaim, “May the religion of the Pure and the Real spread wisdom throughout the land.”

For many people it comes as a shock to learn that officially there are at least 20 million Muslims in China, that’s a third of the UK’s total population. Unofficially, the number is even higher, some saying 65.3m and even 100m Muslims in China – up to 7.5% of the population.

Huaisheng Mosque - 7th Century CE


Regardless of the real figure, the reality is that Islam in China is almost as old as the revelation of Islam to the Prophet Muhammad. According to the ancient historical records of the T’ang Dynasty, an emissary from the Kingdom of Al-Medina led by Sad Ibn Abi Waqqas and his deputation of Companions, who sailed on a special envoy to China in c.650 CE, via the Indian Ocean and the China Sea to the famous port of Guangzhou, thence traveled overland to Chang’an (present day Xi’an) via what was later known as the “Silk Route”. Eighty years after the Hijrah pagoda style mosques appeared in China.

Great Mosque of Xi'an - 7th Century CE


First news of Islam had already reached the T’ang royal court during the reign of Emperor Tai Tsung when he was informed by an embassy of the Sassanid king of Persia, as well as the Byzantiums of the emergence of the Islamic rule. Both sought protection from the might of China. Nevertheless, the second year of Kao-tsung’s reign marks the first official visit by a Muslim ambassador.



The emperor, after making inquiries about Islam, gave general approval to the new religion which he considered to be compatible with the teachings of Confucius. But he felt that the five daily canonical prayers and a month of fasting were requirements too severe for his taste and he did not convert. He allowed Sad Ibn Abi Waqqas and his delegation freedom to propagate their faith and expressed his admiration for Islam which consequently gained a firm foothold in the country.

The graves at Lingshan of the Prophet's companions who were delegated to China.


On the foothills of Mount Lingshan are the tombs of two of the four companions that Prophet Muhammad sent eastwards to preach Islam. Known as the "Holy Tombs," they house the companions Sa-Ke-Zu and Wu-Ko-Shun—their Chinese names, of course. The other two companions went to Guangzhou and Yangzhou.

Islam began in an Arab region. On the surface, it seemed to be at complete odds with Chinese traditions and Confucianism, which at the time was the official religion of China. The ancient Chinese people saw their civilisation as the epitome of human development, and had Islam been presented as an alien faith, they would have rejected it completely and seen it as unworthy, with no place in their world.

The Hui scholars therefore searched to find the common ground between Islam and the main faiths of China: Confucianism, Daoism (Taoism), and Buddhism. They became experts in Islamic and Chinese texts, traditions and practices, and without their efforts Chinese Muslim culture would have remained alien and foreign, isolated and far removed from the community.


Statue of the Chinese Muslim Explorer, Zheng He.

Zheng He was one of the world's greatest admirals (Columbus in comparison is a junior school admiral and unlike Columbus he never killed nor brought "natives" from the lands captured in chains but rather animal's and gifts even tough he had a army of 40,000 with him including cavalry which was more than adequate to fight any army. He rather even intervened in one conflict and forced a peace between the tamil king and singhalese king in Sri Lanka and enforced it).

He found the route around Africa to the Atlantic ocean from the Indian ocean, and it was the Europeans who got a map from China (some say through Marco polo) and then Vasco Da Gama sailed the route and claims credit.

The route of the 7th voyage of Zheng He's fleet. His gravestone bears and testifies "ALLAH AKBAR" in Arabic.


The Quran states in unequivocal words that Muhammad was sent only as a Mercy from God to all peoples (21:107), and in another verse:

“We have not sent thee but as a Mercy to all Mankind…” (Noble Quran 34:28)



This universality of Islam facilitated its acceptance by people from all races and nations and is amply demonstrated in China where the indigenous population, of ethnic varieties of Chinese Muslims today is greater than the population of many Arab countries including that of Saudi Arabia.

Chinese Muslims


Today - Thirty four years after the Cultural Revolution, Muslims – and indeed, followers of other religions – are in a much better position. Islamic associations, schools and colleges are being created, mosques are being built, and there is a small but visible Islamic revival. After years of repression, Chinese Muslims are flourishing, organizing inter-ethnic activities amongst themselves and international activities with Muslims abroad.

For further reading:
Islam in China
The land of the pure and true – Muslims in China
Farrukh Travels Into the Muslim History of China

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Ang kulit talaga ni mani. Muslims cannot be called a counterpart of PETA because they are allowed to eat meat except pork.

PETA activists DO NOT EAT MEAT AT ALL! They don't even consume dairy products, and they don't even allow guide dogs to help blind people.

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Dhabīḥah (or Zabiha, Arabic: ذَبِيْحَة‎ ḏabīḥah IPA: [ðæˈbiːħɐ], "slaughter(noun)") is, in Islamic law, the prescribed method of ritual slaughter of all animals excluding camels, locusts, fish and most sea-life. This method of slaughtering animals consists of a swift, deep incision with a sharp knife on the throat, cutting the jugular veins and carotid arteries of both sides but leaving the spinal cord, and thus the capacity to feel pain until death, intact.[1]

The precise details of the slaughtering method arise from Islamic tradition educated by the prophet Muhammad, rather than direct Quranic mandate. It is used to comply with the conditions stated in the Qur'an:

Forbidden for you are carrion, and blood, and flesh of swine, and that which has been slaughtered while proclaiming the name of any other than God, and one killed by strangling, and one killed with blunt weapons, and one which died by falling, and that which was gored by the horns of some animal, and one eaten by a wild beast, except those whom you slaughter; and that which is slaughtered at the altar and that which is distributed by the throwing of arrows [for an omen]; this is an act of sin.
—– Al-Maa'idah 5:3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhabihah

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Just like PETA, they both have ties to terrorist groups.

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