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Catholic owning the koran	Yvonne	Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Question: Dear Brother, My husband and I are both catholics and prior to my husband becoming catholic he was a protestant. When he decided to leave the protestant church he was considering in becoming a muslim until he decided to learn about the catholic faith and so he became catholic.What bothers me though is he still owns a koran and once in awhile reads from it. I have ask him to get rid of it but he refuses. He wants to argue that even catholic theologians have read the koran. Was I wrong in asking him to get rid of it?
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), CCL, LTh, DD, LNDC Dear Yvonne: I praise God that your husband chose the True Church instead of the false religion of Islam. There is no problem with a Catholic owning a Qu'ran, or any other book of other religions, as long as those books are merely for reference in comparative religions. If your husband is looking for inspiration in the Qu'ran, then we have a problem. Of course, many theologians have read the Qu'ran. I have a copy of it myself. But, they, and I, read it for professional academic reasons. Why is your husband reading it, is the question. I guess I have some concern for two reasons: 1) saying that theologians read the Qu'ran is called an obfuscation, an excuse, and not a reason for his reading it. This is defensive behavior and may be a clue that he has not fully let go of his previous interests. 2) for him to "refuse" to get rid of it is really troubling, especially in light of his wife expressing a concern about it. This is another and major clue that he may be really attached to this, not letting go, and still has an interest. If he has let go of his interest in Islam, there should be no problem in getting rid of the Qu'ran. After all, he is Catholic, the Qu'ran is not needed. He needs to realize that the devil likes to encourage us to hang on to things. Whatever his personal interest is in the Qu'ran, which given the obfuscation and refusal to get rid of it suggest an improper interest, the devil will exploit that to try to contaminate and/or ruin his Catholic Faith. Your husband needs to discern why this is so important to him, why is he attached to the Qu'ran, why is he reading it, why doesn't he respect your concerns, why doesn't he focus on reading the Bible and the Catholic Faith. We will pray for him. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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Catholic owning the koran

Yvonne

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

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Dear Brother, My husband and I are both catholics and prior to my husband becoming catholic he was a protestant. When he decided to leave the protestant church he was considering in becoming a muslim until he decided to learn about the catholic faith and so he became catholic.What bothers me though is he still owns a koran and once in awhile reads from it. I have ask him to get rid of it but he refuses. He wants to argue that even catholic theologians have read the koran. Was I wrong in asking him to get rid of it?

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r), CCL, LTh, DD, LNDC

Dear Yvonne:

I praise God that your husband chose the True Church instead of the false religion of Islam.

There is no problem with a Catholic owning a Qu'ran, or any other book of other religions, as long as those books are merely for reference in comparative religions. If your husband is looking for inspiration in the Qu'ran, then we have a problem.

Of course, many theologians have read the Qu'ran. I have a copy of it myself. But, they, and I, read it for professional academic reasons. Why is your husband reading it, is the question.

I guess I have some concern for two reasons:

1) saying that theologians read the Qu'ran is called an obfuscation, an excuse, and not a reason for his reading it. This is defensive behavior and may be a clue that he has not fully let go of his previous interests.

2) for him to "refuse" to get rid of it is really troubling, especially in light of his wife expressing a concern about it. This is another and major clue that he may be really attached to this, not letting go, and still has an interest. If he has let go of his interest in Islam, there should be no problem in getting rid of the Qu'ran. After all, he is Catholic, the Qu'ran is not needed.

He needs to realize that the devil likes to encourage us to hang on to things. Whatever his personal interest is in the Qu'ran, which given the obfuscation and refusal to get rid of it suggest an improper interest, the devil will exploit that to try to contaminate and/or ruin his Catholic Faith.

Your husband needs to discern why this is so important to him, why is he attached to the Qu'ran, why is he reading it, why doesn't he respect your concerns, why doesn't he focus on reading the Bible and the Catholic Faith.

We will pray for him.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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