I am a Muslim & makes it me sad that so many people misunderstand Islam.
Terrorists do not represent all Muslims.
Terrorists take what Qur'an says, twist it around & go out & kill people, in the name of Islam.
They make all Muslims look bad.
Also people think that women in Islam have no rights.
Islam gave women countless rights before any Western country or religion.
Why do people think like this....?
It makes me so sad.
@ Daniel - why r u so racist? what makes you say that? what if i said your religion was a "cancer"???
@ Nate - r u Muslim?
@ cape crusader - what do u mean?
@ Lightning from the East - THE VERSES THAT U TOOK FROM THE QUR'AN, WERE REVEALED DURING TIMES OF WAR. ALLAH SAID TO DEFEND YOURSELF. BUT HE ALSO SAID THAT IF THE OTHER SIDE DOES NOT WANT TO FIGHT THEN LAY DOWN YOUR WEAPONS B/C ALLAH DOES NOT LIKE THE STARTERS OF WAR. ALLAH ALSO SAID THAT A PERSON WHO KILLS ANOTHER PERSON, WILL BE PUNISHED ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT, AS IF HE HAD KILLED ALL OF MANKIND. LIFE IS HOLY, TREASURE IT.
THE PROPHET MOHAMMED ALSO SAID THAT THOSE MUSLIMS WHO GO OUT AND KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE, HE WILL NOT EVEN LOOK AT THEM, NEVERTHELESS SPEAK TO THEM, ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT.
@ fistfulURyylols, im a girl
@ Laforge - how can you hold all muslims responsible for what 2 have done? u have to do a lot of research
@ Jack Brown - a Muslim woman does not have to cover fer face. I DONT COVER MY FACE. Hijab is recommended.
@Daniel
Shut the Hell up. If you are so great, then surely your invisible man in the sky can do that.
If you are Atheist, then my point stands strong.
Like you said, Extremists make the whole religion look bad.
If people actually did some RESEARCH FOR ONCE they would realize that we're all just human.
Islam, like Christianity and Judaism and all the rest, is based off of peaceful morals and human nature.
It's people like Daniel that make the world wonder why it even tries.
@Lightning from the East
Really? You want to prove my point that badly, then I won't stop you.
If what you say is so, Tell me then, The correct Interpretation of these verses
1. The Qur'an tells Muslims to kill and go to war to fight for Islam: Quran, chapters (Surahs) 9:5; 2:191; 2:193; 3:118; 4:75,76; 5:33, 8:12; 8:65; 9:73,123; 33:60-62.
2. Fight for Allah: "And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers, (Quran 2:191).
3. Muslims are to battle for Allah: "Those who believe do battle for the cause of Allah; and those who disbelieve do battle for the cause of idols. So fight the minions of the devil. Lo! the devil's strategy is ever weak," (Quran 4:76).
4. Kill those against Islam: "The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter," (Quran 5:33).
5. Beheading: "When thy Lord inspired the angels, (saying): I am with you. So make those who believe stand firm. I will throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then smite the necks and smite of them each finger. 13That is because they opposed Allah and His messenger. Whoso opposeThllah and His messenger, (for him) lo! Allah is severe in punishment," (Quran 8:12).
6. Allah urges war: "O Prophet! urge the believers to war; if there are twenty patient ones of you they shall overcome two hundred, and if there are a hundred of you they shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they are a people who do not understand," (Quran 8:65).
7. Slay non-muslims: "Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful," (Quran 9:5).
8. Allah urges war: "O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination," (Quran 9:73).
9. Allah urges war: "O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil)," (Quran 9:123).
10. Allah urges killing: "...the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease and the agitators in the city do not desist... 61Cursed: wherever they are found they shall be seized and murdered, a (horrible) murdering. 62(Such has been) the course of Allah with respect to those who have gone before; and you shall not find any change in the course of Allah, (Quran 33:60-62).
11. Beheading: "Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its burdens..." (Quran 47:4).
12. Allah loves those who fight for him: "Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure," (Quran 61:4).
Many non-Muslims see it as a religion of perpetual outrage. Everything seems to outrage them. Ever see a Methodist go "Xtreme?" I doubt it. People see the extremists. The same people think Al Sharpton represents all Blacks and Mel Gibson represents all Catholics!
People are just people. But we tend to assume the ones doing bad things are representative of all. Wrong of course. But you asked WHY and I believe that has a lot to do with public perception.
I don't like any religion to be honest because they are very homophobic. And I find Islam doesn't have respect for woman as they have to cover there faces, but that's my opinion.
They fail to realize the great things Islam has done for the world. In many ways, it has been more beneficial to the world than any other religion, even (and especially more so) than Christianity.
They buy into the propaganda that all Muslims are evil, which they aren't.
Islam is highly disciplined. I think that people have, in great part, secularized Christianity.
To be a Muslim requires more strict adherence to principles than MOST Christians I know are willing to exercise.
I think it is no more fair to characterize the Muslims as terrorists than it would have been to classify Native-American killing, slave-holding, holy war making Christians as such. Many Christians are uncritical thinkers that accept any war this country fights. Now, that isn't the same as terrorism, but I doubt the innocent people we kill can tell the difference
What we see is the disparate treatment of women in "modern"Islamic countries in regard to work, education, and dress. That's what makes me sad. Women should have no less rights then men, and no less control over their own lives. Possessing breasts and a hymen is not a legitimate reason for discrimination.
I feel you bro. I am Muslim also and I sometimes feel like I am banging my head against a wall teaching people about Islam. We cannot give up. I am in the United States, and if you are too, we can stop drone strikes, the ethnic cleansing in Palestine, and other tragedies through our vote and civic participation. Reach out to non-Muslims, they don't need to agree with you all the time but if you can get them to understand that you just a person with beliefs just like theirs. Be humble and build bridges. Lets keep working.
As you can tell from some of the comments we have more enemies then friends, but we do have a lot of friends. Stay positive.
I don't think Muslims are bad, even remotely bad. I don't understand why there isn't more of a bridge between Christians and Muslims being that both groups basically believe the same things...
Daniel, i think your joking. If your not go stick your head in a vice. I say that as an agnostic/atheist.
Yup, Bin Laden is pretty nasty. But so were tons of murderous Christians...and, speaking as one, I'm not proud to state Hitler was an atheist. We ALL get bad press.
?O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.? (Sura 5, verse 51).
?And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah DESTROY them; how they are turned away!? (Sura 9, verse 30).
?And the Jews will not be pleased with you, nor the Christians until you follow their religion. Say: Surely Allah's guidance, that is the (true) guidance. And if you follow their desires after the knowledge that has come to you, you shall have no guardian from Allah, nor any helper.? (Sura 2, verse 120).
?And KILL them (the unbelievers) wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers.? (Sura 2, verse 191).
?Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends rather than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the guardianship of) Allah, but you should guard yourselves against them, guarding carefully; and Allah makes you cautious of (retribution from) Himself; and to Allah is the eventual coming.? (Sura 3, verse 28).
?And guard yourselves against the fire which has been prepared for the unbelievers.? (Sura 3, verse 131)
?And when you journey in the earth, there is no blame on you if you shorten the prayer, if you fear that those who disbelieve will cause you distress, surely the unbelievers are your open ENEMY.? (Sura 4, verse 101).
?O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil).? (Sura 9, verse 123).
?Surely We have prepared for the unbelievers chains and shackles and a burning fire.? (Sura 76, verse 4).
?O you who believe! if you obey a party from among those who have been given the Book (The Jews and Christians), they will turn you back as unbelievers after you have believed.? (Sura 3, verse 100).
?And their taking usury (interests on money) though indeed they were forbidden it and their devouring the property of people falsely, and We have prepared for the unbelievers from among them a painful chastisement.? (Sura 4. verse 161).
?Surely Allah has cursed the unbelievers (Jews, Christians and followers of other faiths) and has prepared for them a burning fire.? (Sura 33, verse 64).
?And whoever does not believe in Allah and His Apostle, then surely We have prepared burning fire for the unbelievers.? (Sura 48, verse 13).
well the media does a great job of showing us the BAD in Islam, the evil side. I read alto and have traveled a lot in North Africa so I know of the peaceful side of Islam and how great many of the people are.
Also, in the USA we don't know history and what the US did in those countries that make people hate us in the USA. Like in Latin America, where the US Gov't helped the contras and they in turn killed thousands of innocent civilians but hey, if it stopped the growth of communism then the US govt was OK with it and looked the other way. I understand SOME of the hatred toward the US but I don't understand how people carry it for so long.
also, face it, in the West we know little of Islam until the 9-11 bombing, or the 1991 bombing (same place, WTC).
Assalaam Alaykum. Iam Muslim also and I get what you mean. everything you said is correct. and it is sad.
Daniel is clearly a non open minded moron with no self values.
anyway. you have to understand that the media plays a HUGE role in how our beautiful religion is portrayed.
when you watch the news and listen to the radio stains they all have this "Islamabad"IAhich is ridiculous.
I know alot of people who aren't muslim and they love us just the same
People need to stop being afraid of us. stop assuming that we are evil. we are not.
At the end of the day we are all Gods creation. and our first parents were adam and eve. we are born, we live, and we die
Muslims are nothing more than human.
People could actually try and get out more and try talking to muslims. instead of assuming the worst of us.
In the Muslim faith a Muslim man can marry a child as young as 1 year old and have sexual intimacy with this child, consummating the marriage by 9. A dowry is given to the family in exchange for the woman (who becomes his slave) and for the purchase of the private parts of the woman, to use her as his toy. Even though a woman is abused she can not obtain a divorce. To prove rape, the woman must have (4) male witnesses. Often after a woman has been raped, she is returned to her family and the family must return the dowry. The family has the right to execute her (an honor killing) to restore the honor of the family. Husbands can beat their wives 'at will' and he does not have to say why he has beaten her.The husband is permitted to have 4 wives and a temporary wife for an hour (prostitute) at his discretion. Shariah Muslim law controls the private as well as the public life of the woman.
In the West World ( America ) Muslim men are starting to demand Shariah Law so the wife can not obtain a divorce and he can have full and complete control of her. It is amazing and alarming how many of our sisters and daughters attending American Universities are now marrying Muslim men and submitting themselves and their children unsuspectingly to the Shariah law. The goal of radical Islamists is to impose Shariah law on the world, ripping Western law and liberty in two. In the West radical Islamists are working to impose sharia on the world. If that happens, Western civilization will be destroyed. Westerners generally assume all religions encourage a respect for the dignity of each individual. Islamic law (Sharia) teaches that non-Muslims should be subjugated or killed in this world. Peace and prosperity for ones children is not as important as assuring that Islamic law rules everywhere in the Middle East and eventually in the world.
While Westerners tend to think that all religions encourage some form of the golden rule, Sharia teaches two systems of ethics - one for Muslims and another for non-Muslims. Building on tribal practices of the seventh century, Sharia encourages the side of humanity that wants to take from and subjugate others. Westerners tend to think in terms of religious people developing a personal understanding of and relationship with God, Sharia advocates executing people who ask difficult questions that could be interpreted as criticism. It's hard to imagine, that in this day and age, Islamic scholars agree that those who criticize Islam or choose to stop being Muslim should be executed. Sadly, while talk of an Islamic reformation is common and even assumed by many in the West, such murmurings in the Middle East are silenced through intimidation. While Westerners are accustomed to an increase in religious tolerance over time, Pietro dollars are being used to grow an extremely intolerant form of political Islam in Egypt and elsewhere.
In twenty years there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the President by themselves! Rest assured they will do so... You can look at how they have taken over several towns in the USA .. Dearborn Mich. is one... and there are others...
It is too bad that so many are disillusioned with life and Christianity that they accept Muslims as peaceful.. Some may be but they have an army that is willing to shed blood in the name of Islam.. Peaceful Muslims support the warriors with their finances and their own kind of patriotism to their religion. While America is getting rid of Christianity from all public sites and erasing God from the lives of school children the Muslims are planning a great jihad
Because of what it represents. It doesn't represent "peace." It speaks of love and peace but does the exact opposite. Christianity basically does the same, it hides acts of evil behind the word "love." No offense to anyone.
If you've ever read the entire bible, you'd know that 'god' leads millions in to bloody murderous battles in the old testament then tells everyone "thou shall NOT kill." In Isaiah 45;7 he claims to be the creator of all evil. In Job, he gave Satan the okay to slaughter job's family. He encouraged women to boil and eat their babies during famine. I'm only quoting scripture. Read it for yourself. It's all man made and bogus. Naturally, if you call yourself by one of these religious labels you're going to be frowned upon due to the "reputation" of that particular religion - even though you may be a very nice and loving individual. That's just the way it is.
We think like that because of everyday practice in Muslim countries.
"people think that women in Islam have no rights."
Well, in Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan at least, women have less rights. A woman's witness has only half the value of a man's in a court of law. And the position of women in especially Pakistan and Afghanistan is very repressed compared to Western countries.
And one little nugget about Iranian 'justice'...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atefah_Sahaaleh
And then there is censorship. Just one example: in Turkey, perhaps the most liberal and secular Muslim country in the world, a fundamentalist Creationist managed to get a website about evolution banned. I think that's an awful lot of influence to have.
And then there is the terrorism, of course. 9/11 is not yet ten years ago. 3000 innocent people murdered in the name of Al'lah.
"Islam gave women countless rights before any Western country or religion."
Yes, Islam was the most advanced social system in the world in the year 1000 AD. Unfortunately no advances have been made since.
You, my friend, are blind to your own shortcomings. That is very common among Muslims.
"Truthfully your condemning of our faith would probably have you warned, and if you persisted, would have consequences, of which i am not sure. But there have been cases where people have been put to death for MALICIOUSLY harming the image of our noble master Muhammad, the best creation of God. But you fail to see that Islam means peace, just as when we meet each other and say 'salami alum' 'peace be upon you' to our brothers. We are a tolerant religion, and our communities have and still have many faiths still practicing their own religions in Islamic land. From the time of the prophet up until today."
The preceding quote was received by a Christian Pastor via e-mail from a Muslim. Notice that he says Islam is a religion of peace, yet that there would be "consequences" for me in my condemnation of Islam. He then mentions how people have been killed for harming the image of Mohammed. Quite frankly, Mohammed damages his own image when he marries multiple women, advocates lying, 1 and spreads his religion by the sword.
As if this is not enough, note this
Muslims torture Christian to death
Seminary students tried to force him to convert to Islam
Muslims torture Christian to death
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38509
The Islamic system of salvation based upon works cannot guarantee salvation, but fighting in jihad can, and we could see why Muslims terrorists would be eager to die (and take others with them) for the cause of their religion. It is the only way they can be guaranteed paradise. It is this fundamental principle in Islam that encourages terrorism.
* "Let those fight in the cause of Allah Who sell the life of this world for the hereafter. To him who fighter in the cause of Allah,- whether he is slain or gets victory - Soon shall We give him a reward of great (value)." (4:74, Yusifali).
* "Allah's Apostle said, "Allah guarantees (to the person who carries out Jihad in His Cause and nothing compelled him to go out but Jihad in His Cause and the belief in His Word) that He will either admit him into Paradise (Martyrdom) or return him with reward or booty he has earned to his residence from where he went out," (Hadith Vol. 9, Book 93, # 555).
Why don't so many people like Islam?
