@otienosmall I'm still waiting for your response on the above question.

Unless your copy pasting was just rhetoric and baseless.

In summary of issue no.2:

What is the meaning of star and crescent is Islam. They are symbols. They are not worshiped. They have no harm to anyone. Quran 41:37 says: "Among His Sings are the Night and the Day, and the Sun and the Moon. Adore not the sun and the moon, but adore Allah, Who created them, if it is Him ye wish to serve." Also the Bible too tells us the use of symbols. Jeremia 31:21 says: "Weka alama za barabara, weka vibao vya kuelekeza. Zingatia vema njia kuu, barabara ile unayoipita. Rudi, Ee Bikira Israeli, rudi kwenye miji yako."

Also remember Muslims worship only One God, His name is Allah. It is clear from the Quran about this. Allah says in sura Fatiha chapter 1:5: "Thee alone do we worship, and Thine alone aid we seek." Also Sura chapter 40:60: And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer)". Quran Sura Al-Ikhlas - The Purity of Faith: In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 1. Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; 2. Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; 3. He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; 4. And there is none like unto Him.

So this is direct! Why do you require someone intermediary! There is no three Gods, there is not two gods, there is no four gods... there is no 100 gods... It is not there in Quran or Hadith. Monotheism is the doctrine of Islam. The claims are baseless.

First, there are so many scientific facts in the Quran which have now been proved by Science. The verses came down more than 1400 years ago to unlearned prophet who didn't have any scientific knowledge... and the verses have now been proved. None of the statements have been disproved.

Secondly, all the souls are in heavens with the creator. They only enter into the foetus at some stage as described by Allah in the verse below: “And verily We did create man from a quintessence (of clay). Then We placed him (as a drop of sperm) in a place of rest, firmly fixed. Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood. Then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump. Then We made out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh. Then We developed out of it another creature (by breathing life into it). So blessed be Allah, the most marvellous Creator” (Quran Sura al-Mu’minun 12-13-14).

The same was explained by the prophet in his statement below as narrated by Sayyiduna Abd Allah ibn Mas’ud (a.s) that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “Each one of you is constituted in the womb of the mother for forty days, and then he becomes a clot of thick blood for a similar period, and then a piece of flesh for a similar period. Then Allah sends an angel who is ordered to write four things. He is ordered to write down his deeds, his livelihood, his (date of) death, and whether he will be blessed or wretched (in religion). Then the soul is breathed into him…” (Sahih al-Bukhari no: 3036)

Thirdly, all babies are innocent until puberty. Remember I wrote here that every child is born in a state Fitra. That means, every baby when born has recognition of God, a Creator imprinted in the soul, as a part of their nature. It's the parents who make that child a Jew or a Christian or a Polytheist or Atheist. Naturally, a child submits to physical laws of universe, the soul too submits naturally to fact that God is his Lord and Creator. But, the parents try to make him follow their own way (read religion) and child at that early age is not strong enough to resist or oppose the will of his parents - customs and upbringing. So if they are killed before the age of puberty, no question on them.

We went down this road, you and me before in June 2016... Do you want to go at it again?

The Quran is NOT a science text book. But it mentions many scientific facts. And it mentions these facts long before they were discovered by science. And yet there are many more things written in it which the scientists of today DO NOT understand yet. Some scientific facts have only became understood in the 19th and 20th century. One of them is embryology. And all along, for over 1,400 years embryology was already written in a Book (from long ago) and the scientists now confirmed what the book says in this subject. Many scientists have said that they believe what is written in the BOOK is accurate according to present knowledge. A knowledge which was not available to scientists until recent centuries. And maybe in another 50 or 100 years to come (we won't be here), the Embryologists of that day will confirm more verses.

3. Issue three: Mary/Maryam

Let me give you some background... amazing background... In the Quran chapter 19 is called surah Maryam. Did you know there is a chapter in the Quran called surah maryam? Who was she? Mother of Muhammad pbuh? No! She was the mother of our beloved Jesus Christ a.s. In honour of her name there is a chapter enshrined in the Quran as surah Maryam. Such an honour is not to be found to Mary mother of Jesus even in your Bible! Did you know that? You have no such book as Mary in your Bible... Pick your Bible, KJV, the Protestant Bible 66 books is starts with Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy ...
then Matthew, Mark, Luke, John... Peter, Paul, James... blah blah. Mary is not one of them
Pick the Roman Catholic Bible, the same thing, Mary is not one of them. BUT! In the Quran, there is a chapter called Maryam.

It says: "Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah hath chosen thee and purified thee- chosen thee above the women of all nations" Quran 3:42

This honour give to Mary (a.s) the mother of Jesus honour is not to be found even in the Christian Bible, whether it is the Protestant version or the Roman catholic version. You can check them both, you cannot find anything like it.

The chapter continues: "O Mary! worship Thy Lord devoutly: Prostrate thyself, and bow down (in prayer) with those who bow down.
This is part of the tidings of the things unseen, which We reveal unto thee (O Messenger!) by inspiration..." Quran 3:42 This is the news given to Mary the mother of Jesus Christ a.s about the birth of the holy son She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" Quran 3:47. In the Biblical language, to know means, sex, i.e. sexually. In the Quran it says "no man has touched me". The reply to this is Allah said: "Even so: Allah createth what He willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!" Quran 3:47

The story in the Quran calls Mary "the daughter of Imran". Her mother, mentioned in the Quran only as the wife of Imran, was barren for a long time, she prayed to God for a child. She said if you give me a child, she vowed to dedicate him to service in the Temple. However, she bore a daughter instead, and named her Mary. So she took her to temple and one of the priests in the temple, Zakariya became the guardian of Mary a.s. I understand why Christians would be offended... Can you think for a moment if this were from Muhammad pbuh, it is amazing how Quran does not mention his own mother, not his wife, not his daughter... Not the name of mother of Muhammad is mentioned... amazing! Even his father's name is not mentioned! Who was his father, where was he born, where did he die... nothing like that. Jesus Christ a.s is mentioned in the Quran several places... Muhammad's birth is not mentioned at all! Muhammad pbuh is mentioned only 5 times, Jesus Christ a.s mentioned 25 times... Moses a.s mentioned 136 times... It is amazing!

So Mary (a.s) being mentioned frequently in the Quran, that does not make her a goddess... just like Moses mentioned the most in the Quran does not make him a God. So I don't know what is your point in your post...

Besides, the Quran instructs Mary a.s. to worship only allah, her creator!

My question is do MANY FACTS "carry" questionable stories? are FACTS democratic? When you have 99% FACTS do they mean that the 1% questionable occurrences get validated by the 99% FACTS?
And that is why I asked what your take on this little tale is

First, is clarification. Judgement Day will happen after the Resurrection. Everybody is waiting for it. That Day is called the Day of Reckoning.

Secondly, if judgement you mean reckoning, then yes reckoning starts immediately after death. And that reward and punishment will come after the reckoning. Allah says: “So, by your Lord, (O Muhammad pbuh), We shall certainly call all of them to account. For all that they used to do” [Quran al-Hijr 15:92-93]. “Then surely, We shall question those (people) to whom it (the Book) was sent and verily, We shall question the Messengers” [Quran al-A’raaf 7:6]

Thirdly, this reckoning will be in two stages: (1). The first stage is in the grave, after death. (2). The second stage of the reckoning will be after the Resurrection.

I hope i answered your question

From that hadith, it is understood that death is the minor judgement for the dead... and the resurrection is major judgement.

It was narrated from Aisha (r.a) that the Prophet (pbuh) said: “It has been revealed to me that you will be put to trial in the grave.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (1049) and Muslim (584).

What makes you to think that death and aging are bad things?

Everyday I realize that we subscribe to a decadent anthropology courtesy of wazungus.

And aging is good because of the birth and pleasures of life it facilitates.

If it's just a matter of pain, then much of human life at whatever stage has some pain.

The other day I learnt that I can die with every breath. That is, to live well is to die well.

So I hope my practice of death will become an everyday joy.

The body is the flower. Flowers are meant to wither. Yet before they wither, their sight and scent confounds.