Why Islam is not undestood in an objective way in USA ? Do we know the real Islam ?
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no USA does not know the real Islam\nIslam is a peaceful religion but know one realizes it \neveryone listens to the media who tries in every way to teach people that Islam are terrorists
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Islam, the religion of over 1.2 billion in the world, provides humankind with a unified view about the purpose of our creation and existence, our ultimate destiny and our place among other creatures. It is a way of life that is in complete conformance with nature, and with reason, logic and science.\n\nThe Arabic word Islam means voluntary surrender \n\nto the will of Allah and obedience to His commands. Allah is an Arabic word, the proper name of God. Muslims prefer to use the word Allah rather than God. A person who freely and consciously accepts the Islamic way of life and sincerely practices it is called a Muslim.\n\nBASIC BELIEFS \n\nTAWHID is the most important Islamic belief. It implies that everything in existence originates from the one and only Creator, who is also the Sustainer and the sole Source of Guidance. This belief should govern all aspects of human life. Recognition of this fundamental truth results in a unified view of existence that rejects any divisions of life into the religious and the secular. Allah is the sole source of Power and Authority and therefore entitled to worship and obedience from mankind. There is no scope for any partnership with the Creator. Tawhid teaches man that Allah is not born, nor is anyone born of Him. He has no son or daughter. Human beings, like the rest of creation, are His subjects.\n\nRISALAH means Prophethood and Messengership. Allah has not left humanity without guidance for the conduct of our affairs. Since the creation of the first human, Allah has revealed His guidance to mankind through His prophets. The prophets who received books from Allah are called messengers. The message of all the prophets and messengers is one and the same. They urged the people of their time to obey and worship Allah alone and none other. Whenever the teachings of a prophet were distorted by people Allah sent another prophet to bring human beings back to the Straight Path. The chain of Risalah began with Adam, included Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Lot, Jacob, Joseph, Moses and Jesus, and ended with Muhammad (peace be upon them all), as the final messenger of Allah to mankind.\n\nThe revealed books from Allah are: the Torah (Tawrah), the Psalms (Zabur), the Gospel (Injeel) and the Qur’an. The Qur’an was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (p)1, as the final book of Guidance. Among all these books, it is only the Qur’an that remains unchanged, in its original revealed form.\n\nAKHIRAH means life after death. Belief in Akhirah has a profound impact on the life of a believer. We are all accountable to Allah on the Day of Judgment when we will be judged according to how we lived our lives. One who obeys and worships Allah will be rewarded with a permanent place of happiness and bliss in Paradise (Jannah); One who does not do so will be sent to Hell (Jahannam), a place of punishment and suffering.\n\nFIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM \n\nIslam has five pillars or basic foundations of action. Acting correctly and sincerely on these foundations transforms a Muslim’s life into one that is in harmony with nature and thus in conformity with the will of the Creator. Faithful practice of these duties inspires her to work towards the establishment of justice, equality and righteousness in society, and the eradication of injustice, falsehood and evil.\n\n1. SHAHADAH, the first of the five basic foundations, is the declaration, knowingly and voluntarily, of: La ilaha illal lahu Muhammadur rasulul lah. “There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”\nThis declaration is the basis of all actions in Islam, and the other basic duties follow this affirmation.\n2. SALAH (compulsory prayer) is offered five times a day. It is a practical demonstration of faith, and keeps a believer in touch with her Creator. The benefits of Salah are far-reaching, long lasting and immeasurable. It develops in a believer the qualities of self-discipline, steadfastness and obedience to the Truth, leading her to be patient
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My comments are not offered in judgment.  Truth represents things the way they really are.\n\nEven the general Muslim population are living a myth. The so-called religion is only divisive, and anything that divides us as people cannot be construed as religion, ever.\n\nThe word pure simply means whole, honest, without blemish, without flaw, real, genuine.\n\nReligion attempts to formulate our relationships with one another and with God. Relationships are real. Prophets are concerned about how we treat one another and get along with one another. People come closer to God by coming closer to one another.\n\nChurches are big on preaching what to do, but churches (all of them) are human institutions and flawed. Churches are often the worst when it comes to practicing what is preached.\n\nSo a true prophet is interested in our relationships, and in people. Churches are interested in the business side, the money, the rules, the restrictions. God never intended to start any business.\n\nThe so called Muslim religion as practiced is a distortion and an anomaly. It is not religion in the better sense of the use of the word. Any time we purport to hurt someone, anyone, that cannot be justified ever.
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that is the nature of Islam
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First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their concern and questions on my religion.  It brings joy to me to see so many wanting to find the truth.\n\nThat said, there are some importnat notes we most consider.\n\n1. As Muslims we cannot lie about anything, especially about our religion.\n\n2. We have original recorded sources of our religion:\n\nA) The Quran\n\nB) Teachings of Muhammad.\n\nThis is a very unique part of Islam, not available in any other ancient religions.\n\n3. Sometimes "questions" contain misinformation. We must qualify what it is that someone is saying against what they are implying.\n\n4. If you find the answer to your question makes you say, "I didn't know that" or "This is good" are you ready to worship your God and your Lord without and partners?\n\nThis what Islam is really all about. The most important subject is the worship of Almighty God, without any partners or associates or "gods" besides Almighty God.\n\n\nYou speak of an arabic word when you do not know the language nor what the word means.\n\nNow, Islam is an arabic word. In order to understand what it means we must look at it in arabic rather than english.\n\nThe root word is s-l-m. Which has 5 distinct meanings:\nSurrender\nSubmission\nObey\nSincerity\nand Peace.\n\nSo you see, Islam is Surrendering and Submitting to the Will of Allah by obeying His Commandments in sincerity and peace.\n\nLike in English, the verb would be submitt, someone doing this would be a submitter. the er at the end makes it clear that it is an attribute to a person. In arabic, -mu is added but to the beginning of the word. For example, Islam would eb a Mu-islam, or just Muslim. Hajir, means to make pilgrammage, to miagrate, and so forth, a person would be called a muhajir. Once that is understood, then you can see that all "Mu-Islam"s do is surrender, submit, obey Allah in sincerity and peace.\n\nNow, what is this "Allah" that I speak of? "It makes no sense" Well, like in english, you have God and god, Gods or goddess. In arabic, there is ilah, which means god, eliha, which means gods. Howeever, in arabic, it also means someone to be worshiped. Allah is The One and Only God, it cannot be made plural nor genderized. It is not lower case nor upper case. IT is clear. So, Allah is The One and Only God to be worshiped.\n\nNow, from the time of ADam to Muhammad peace be upon them all, there was only one thing being preached, Islam, which you can substitute for "Surrendering, submitting, and obeying the Will of Allah(The One and Only God to be Worshiped) in sincerity and peace" . They all preached this same thing, therfore making them Muslims. This means that What we have today as Islam was actually a way of life, a verb, that was followed by all the prophets of Allah Almighty.\n\nSo once you can understand this, we can see that It isnt Allah's Words that are constatnly changing it is Man's words. Allah keeps on sending the same messege. In arabic the word Man is Insaan which comes from the root word, Nasa(bear with my translations) which means to forget.\nSo what did Adam preach to his children and grandchildren and so forth? To Surrender, submit, obey the Will of the One and Only God to be worshiped in sincerity and peace. (peace be upon Adam)\nWhat did Noah peace be upon him preach to his people?the same thing.\nWhat did Moses peace be upon him preach to his people?the same thing.\nDavid?Soloman?Jacob?Ishmael?Isaac?Abraham?and all the rest?peace be upon them all.the same thing, they all preached the same thing.\n\nSo now, and I dont have time to continue all of this, What did Jesus peace be upon him preach? All the prophets preached that Islam(To Surrender, submit, obey the Will of the One and Only God to be worshiped in sincerity and peace.) was the correct and only way. So why would Jesus peace be upon him say otherwise?Why would he preach otherwise? Of course he didnt.
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We are not attacking Islam- we are defending our country, going after terrorists, and we believed we needed to go to Iraq to aid in that arena- and took Sadaam out in the process for the atrocities he has committed in his time as Dicator of Iraq- killing his own people by tht  thousands and allowing them no freedom.  These terrorists just happen to be Muslim or Islamic.\n\nThere are Islamic people all over the world, including USA- we are not attacking them- some of them are peace loving people, and some are even on our side- even In Iraq, and are glad we are there.\n\nIsrael is one of our allies, and has helped us in time of need as well- for your reading pleasure:)\n\nOn 27 June 1976, an Air France airliner on a flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris, was, after making a stop at Athens, hijacked and flown to Entebbe. Israel was initially willing to negotiate with the terrorists, who belonged to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, while at the same time exploring the military possibilities. On 4 July, the Israeli army, in a daring operation, rescued the hijacked passengers from Entebbe and returned them to Israel. The operation electrified the world and dealt a major blow to Arab terror. The Prime Minister, in a special session of the Knesset, explained Israel's reasons for the rescue mission. Text:\n\nMr. Speaker, Members of the Knesset,\n\nIn a bold, resourceful and sophisticated effort, the Israel Defence Forces have succeeded in carrying out the decision of the government of Israel to save and liberate from captivity the passengers of the Air France plane, who were hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and kept prisoners in Uganda, with their lives in danger. In the battle of liberation, three of the Israeli civilian passengers of the plane were killed and one officer fell in the fight.\n\nThe Israel Defence Forces have achieved one of their most exemplary victories from both the human and moral and the military-operational points of view, a remarkable manifestation of Jewish fraternity and Israeli valour.\n\nTogether with the families who have lost their dear ones, we mourn our dead, uniformed and civilians, victims of the vile Arab terrorism, and send to the wounded our best wishes for their recovery.\n\nhttp://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_entebbe.php
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I would not expect you to have the answers to "real" Islam, so I would not ask you.  I would expect imams who speak arabic to know the real Islam.
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Because Islam exists.
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Bush administration is following wrong policies.\nThey may not be on a crusade but all their present targets are unfortunately Muslims who are rich in natural resources but far behind in technology, hence an easy prey.\nIn the ultimate analysis/conclusion USA will never win since their stance is based on in-justice, inequality and double standards.
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There is a difference between Islamic Fundamentalists and Islamic Fundamentalist  Terrorist's.  The terrorist'sare spread out between all the Muslim Countries, yet there is no country that is terrorist alone.  So we actually have a war against an ideal and not against a particular country.  The terrorist backing is growing and the fact that they use things such as the political cartoons as reasons to get thousands of people to protest over them.  One does not know exactly who the enemy actually is.  That is what terrorism is all about one minute everything looks completely innocent and the next you have been attacked and there is nobody left on sight to go after, they have died completing their mission.  Can we surgically remove all of this cancer on mankind without killing many innocent?  It is not very likely but it is the direction that we have taken this war.  We certainly have the weapons to remove all of the people of this region of the world several times over.  One must wonder if the terrorists are not also playing to the hearts and minds of the rest of the Islamic Fundamentalist's when many of the rioter's of the past week have chanted bin Ladens name and asked for retaliation against the western world to be carried out by him.  It would seem to me that our government certainly must be looking at these incidents very carefully.  I can not speak for the rest of the Western World, however I know that the U.S. has the power to destroy the world several times over and could certainly remove most Islamic Fundamentalist's in one swift blow and it is our restaint in wanting to be fair that keeps this from happening.  Most of today's terrorist activity is being aimed at other Muslims and not at the western world, which raises a whole list of other questions.  The answer to your question is the U.S. is not afraid of standing up to Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorist's, however that does not include the entire Muslim population in the world.
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People in the United States are free to convert to Islam if they so wish. Many have.  Or not if they don't.  Thats the point of freedom of religion.
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to impossible_dream: \n\nFirst, muslims dont think that christians or jews are evil. So your statement is wrong. YOu said that you dont want to know more than that. Therefore, you cant make a statemtn on Islam because it will be extremely biased. Secondly, the one andonly information you have is wrong, and that means you have absolutely no idea about Islam.\n\nMost educated non judgemental people are right. Its what is perceived in the media that causes all the judgements. And you really cant blame them. These so called "muslim" dictators are all over the media, all over the world. Thats why there is a lot of misconception.\nUnfortunately, when a good muslim cleric tries to resolve the problems, people think he is also one of them, since he looks like them, the turban, the beard, the clothes.\n\nPeople should start looking to what people have to say, not what they look like.\n\nHowever, its good to know that some people know that the problems are caused by extremists who have nothing to do with Islam.
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Firstly by appearing the truth of Islam and approving that there is nothing in Quran or the prophet Muhammed's teachings calls for terrorizing others. And secondly to approve that Islam came to orgnize people's life based on respect and giving others their rights. Finally it is very important for American imperialism to realize that the US plans & strategies that led to the war in the middle East is the main reason that Muslims there decided to react against.
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aboat ?  i think islam is a religion not A BOAT !!!
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NO. It is a myth created by the liberal media outlets. Islam is a fanatic religion. I invite anyone to go to any and every arab and muslim country and conduct a poll and ask them what they think of america? what they think of the west? what they think of christians? what they think of jews? i guarantee that majority of every muslim and arab country will answer negatively. \n\nThis is not a matter of opinion, just open your eyes, and take a look at the world. Islam is not being spearheaded by a few "extremists". These extremists are the people, and they are supported by the people. So moderate islam does NOT exist. Sure there are a few muslims that are less interested in terrorism, but for the most part, they are all brainwashed, and will all share the same fate.\n\nI said, the answer is NO!
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Well what do you know! Should we ignore this and say "ALL religions are coming from God? This child could not get this mentality except some older person taught her or him.\n\nHow much prove do we need until we realise that Islam is not a PEACE RELIGION? The September 11 plane crushes as well also redicules their "lucrative appearance of peace".\n\nIt is not only this:\n\nDID ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW THAT THE KORAN ALSO DISPLAYS DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PUNISHING YOUR WIFE? Guess what... By beating and by scourging...what on earth\n\nPlease check for yourself...\n\nPlease don't think I'm American...
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Something to consider about Islam is that they lack any central leadership, unlike Christianity.  When people are looking for a blanket Christian statement, they typically look to the Catholic church, as it is the most organized.  Islam is far more factionalized.\n\nI admit that the muslim mainstream hasn't responded quite in the way that I had hoped.  It seems that non-american, or at least non-western muslims are curiously silent when islamic terrorists strike against the west and it's interests abroad.  Some, like Pakistan in 2001, rejoiced at it.  \n\nIt's difficult to make any broad assertions regarding Islam, because you risk alienating the few who do have respect for the west, and christianity.  It is perhaps up to these few to provide the extinction of the terrorist mindset that for some reason inflames much of the middle east:  That Israel needs to be destroyed, and the West represents pure evil.\n\nRegarding democrats, I think the party has been misled by people like Michael Moore.  I get the idea that if he had been born in Saudi Arabia, it would've been he who piloted one of the jets on 911.\n\nActors, for some reason, become successful and therefore feel entitled to be political analysts.  Of course, we all have the right to protest, but they take it too far.  The media is the most powerful mover of minds of our time, and they weild it like a nuclear weapon.\n\nI believe firmly that whatever the Right's faults, they've got an innate advantage over the Left, in that they cater more to national security than civil liberties, and with good reason.  With terrorists eternally seeking our destruction, there need to be some sacrifices to our ultimate endurance.