AT: Muhammad claimed that he was the only one who had prescribed the five times daily prayers as a gift from Allah for believers. Well, not so fast. He got that idea from Salman the Persian. Zoroastrianism, the ancient pre-Islamic religion of Iran, long before Islam, had praying five times a day. The only difference is that Zoroastrians did not face a specific direction. They faced in any direction. Muhammad wanted Muslims to face Mecca.
Salman Farsi (Salman the Persian) was another opportunist who flocked to Mohammad seeking his favor. In return, he shared with Muhammad a great many Zoroastrian teachings, which Muhammad adopted, as he did with information from the Bible.
Look at some of the similarities between the Zoroastrian’s prayer times and false sects of so-called Islam. Names were slightly changed, but the basic concepts are there. Hadithic prayer times are near dawn (fajr), just after noon (dhuhr), in the afternoon (asr), just after sunset (maghrib) and around nightfall (isha’a).
Followers of Zoroastrianism believe that there is only one god, called Ahura Mazda, and a rival called Ahura Mainyu, the spirit of evil forces. They believe that there is an eternal battle between good and evil, where good will ultimately be victorious, and that humanity has to participate in the battle.
Muslims believe that there is only one God (Allah) and no other God. They believe that the purpose of human life is to live according to Allah’s wishes. This pie-in-the-sky paradise of Allah, Muhammad intimated, includes, among other things, rivers of milk and honey as well as 72 virgins for every male. The invasion of Persia was only the start of the tenacious scourge of Islam. The followers of Islam believe that Muhammad was the “seal of prophets” – i.e., the last and greatest of all messengers of Allah.
A Quick Review of History
Nearly 1,400 years ago, the followers of Muhammad (united and ready to die) came from the Arabian desert and conquered Iran (Persia), one of the greatest and most ancient of empires. With that, they did their best to destroy one of the most benevolent religions of all time, Zoroastrianism, often called the mother of all revealed religions. MORE
I fatwa in their general direction.
There’s only one cure for Islam, and that involves massive fire.
The religion of peace not original? Stolen from other pagan religions with a brief acknowledgement of Abraham?
Oh my my! Oh hell yes! Put on that party dress! (Many thanks to Tom P. for my cultural appropriation)
@ Mithrandir – Look up:
https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Mithra-Christianity-Zoroastrianism.html
Do you think Tolkien spoke to this?
Civilized people have no use for Islam.
Ancient religions frequently borrowed from each other. The Babylonians had a Great Flood legend (complete with an Ark which landed on a mountaintop), long before the Biblical version starring Noah and his family.
http://www.livius.org/articles/misc/great-flood/flood3/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/hebrew-bible/the-animals-went-in-two-by-two-according-to-babylonian-ark-tablet/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/13/ark-before-noah-irving-finkel-review
It’s a plagiarized, bastardized religion borrowing from Judaism and Christianity as well as Iranian Islamic. Mohammed was no prophet.
Mithrandir,
“Nuke them from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”
mickey m,
Mo-ham was no prophet, but he was a profit.
this guy, muhammed……probbly one of the worst persons ever to live….right up there with hitler and hillary…….
world-class pieces of shit, the lot of them……but apparently, this muhammed piece of shit has done way more damage, even than hitler…..we will have to wait to see if hillary can do better…..
He was an Opportunist with a severe case of Narcisism. This afforded him the opportunity to Lie to low I.Q individuals and become a False Profit.
There is only one God, capital G, all the rest are little gods.
And petty ones at that.
Why they changed the name from Moslem to Muslim…
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/524
“This is a gift from me to you. Now do it or I’ll fry your ass forever!”
Sweeeeeet…
And Sylvia, that’s why I call them “moslems”.
VV,
You got that exactly backwards.