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Incest is a great sin and a betrayal of trust by someone supposed to be a protector not an offender.
It is religiously, morally and naturally rejected and detested.
Allah revealed His Books as light and guidance to lead all humans out of darkness and to warn
them and guard them against evil. These Books command righteous deeds and forbid shameful
deeds and wickedness.
It is true that Allah does mention in His Books crimes and sins committed by some people.
However, Allah mentions these stories to warn people against committing such sins and crimes,
and not to encourage people to commit them. When a book mentions very indecent stories of
incest or adultery without criticizing or punishing the people who committed them, then the book,
in fact, encourages people to do the same. In the Bible:
Prophet Lot (pbuh) is accused of committing incest with his daughters night after night and there
is no criticism.
Judah committed incest with his daughter-in-law Tamar and Allah rewarded Judah for this crime
with two sons born of incest and one of them was (according to the Bible) a great grandfather of
Prophet Jesus (pbuh), although he was born miraculously without a father!
Reuben committed incest with his father’s concubine Bilhah, without any reaction from his father
Prophet Jacob (pbuh).
What is the moral teaching of these immoral stories? Does any upright person want his or her sons
and daughters to read them?
These fabricated stories have no benefit except spreading immorality and evil on earth and
damaging the reputation of Prophets and righteous people. These stories cannot be the Word of
Allah and cannot be from the teachings of the Prophets.
What the Qur’an Says
Verily, those who like that illegal sexual intercourse should be spread among the believers, will
have a painful torment in this world and in the Hereafter and Allah knows and you know not
(Qur’an. 24:19)
By: Br. Naser Al-Moghamis
Native American Spirituality
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Native American Spirituality
Beliefs of Native Americans,from the Arctic to the southwest
The Inuit
The traditional Inuit (Eskimo) culture is similar to those found in other circumpolar regions:
Northern Russia and the Northern Scandinavian countries. Life has been precarious; there are the
double challenges of the cold, and the continual threat of starvation. (The popular name for the
Inuit, “Eskimo”, is not used by the Inuit.).
Their religious belief is grounded in the belief that anua (souls) exist in all people and animals.
Individuals, families and the tribe must follow a complex system of taboos to assure that animals
will continue to make themselves available to the hunters. Many rituals and ceremonies are
performed before and after hunting expeditions to assure hunting success.
An underwater Goddess Sedna or Takanaluk is in charge of the sea mammals. She is part human
and part fish. She observes how closely the tribe obeys the taboos and releases her animals to the
hunters accordingly. There is an corresponding array of deities who release land mammals; these
are Keepers or Masters, one for each species.
The Angakut or Shaman is the spiritual leader of each tribe. He is able to interpret the causes of
sickness or lack of hunting success; he can determine the individual or family responsible and
isolate the broken taboo. In a manner similar to Shamans in may other cultures, he enters a trance