Do Muslims believe in Satan?
By liquorice
@liquorice (3887)
November 27, 2008 9:05am CST
I've been watching a great film called Brick Lane, which is a story set in the (Muslim) Bangladeshi community of Brick Lane in London. One of the main characters lost a baby boy many years before, and one of her neighbours, speaking about this, says something like "Satan always takes the beautiful babies".
This statement surprised me as I thought that it was only Christianity that believed in an evil being called Satan or the devil, who ruled over an eternal hell. So I'm interested now in whether Muslim people believe in Satan, and if so, then what are the beliefs about him? Thanks.
2 responses
@corleone82 (415)
• Malaysia
28 Nov 08
True Muslim believes that Devil or Satan is exist as it is one of the God's creature. However Devil world and human's world are different. And Devil always being cursed by God and never did any good things. Beside that, Devil never stopped trying to seduce human to do all the bad things that disobey all the rules that God has created.That's the basic principle in Islam. However, in the film that you stated maybe it's already mixed the religion and the custom of the society. In Muslim world, some society still believes that any problem is related to Devil,ghost and etc. Hopefully this simple explanation can make it clear.
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@liquorice (3887)
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30 Nov 08
Thanks a lot for your reply coreleone82. It's really interesting that Muslims believe that Satan is one of God's creatures, and not a separate force. I didn't know about the Devil world that's different to the human world. Is that a similar idea to hell, or something different?
It's similar to Judaism I think that Satan tries to seduce humans to do bad things, but (if I've got it right), in Judaism he only does this to get humans to make the right choice. Not sure if that's the same in Islam. From what you say it's sounds as if he is said to be created by God, but has since turned bad.
Yes, maybe you're right about the film, I suppose that even within one religion people have lots of different beliefs, and maybe the characters in the film come from a society that believes in the Devil, evil and hell. Thanks.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
27 Nov 08
wow this is a wonderful question. now you got me wondering. i love learning about different religions and cultures. i'll be reading all your answers here.
@liquorice (3887)
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28 Nov 08
Thanks for your answer, and for saying nice things about the question!
I love learning about different religions/cultures too, and I'm hoping that somebody will be able to teach me something here. (No disrespect to the respondents so far, lol!!)
I'd love to know what the Muslim take is on this subject, maybe a Muslim person, or somebody who's knowledgeable about Islam will be able to help. 
