There is good and bad in every religion !!  The Islamic faith is a sincere, honest religion.....read on for ?
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Peace Be Upon You\n\nFret not young soul. By the will of allah, HE has called you to embrace HIM. It is written that once you embrace islam, all previous sins have been erased and you start a new set of deeds. This can also be anulled many times with pilgramage to mecca. Though one should abstain from transgression inshallah. Allah will always be the most kind, the most courteous. The accepter of repentance and oft forgiving. Otherwise, HE would not be GOD, now would HE? Just! Take care on your path and GOD bless. Salaam!
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i'm speechless, this is the really the best question at yahoo answers so far and u said it all, i cant put it in a better way, nor add to what u said.\nsince we're brainstorming here trying to find reasons, i have this explanation for that.\ni think the main reason for all whats happening is Islam itself, Muslims have this inner satisfaction and calmness, no threat whatsoever, maybe its because of the strong faith we have in God, we sleep everyday knowing that nobody is gonna change our minds about our beloved religion, knowing that we’re strong even only in the heart, knowing that we don’t need to make effort to show how good is Islam, as its spreading so quickly everyday.\nAll that make us relieved watching whats happening around us in the world, yeah sometimes we feel sad for the insults we receive but at the end we feel confident, u can say it’s a gift from God to give us this peace in our hearts.\nI think that’s the difference between us and the people who blame Islam for everything, they feel insecure as this amazing religion is rapidly spreading cause its true and beautiful, so they are the ones who need to make effort to give bad image about Islam while we don’t, not to mention also that Islam tells us to be fair and never give false image about anybody even from of other religions and beliefs.\nBut I tell u what, those accusations only makes Islam becomes more stronger in our hearts, as it gives u an idea about how u could’ve been if u were a non-Muslim which makes u thank God for being a Muslim.\nI don’t know, this is my only explanation for that, correct me if I’m wrong.\nGod bless u and bless us all
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I knew/know there are a lot of good muslims, and a few bad ones that get all the credit for existing.  \n\nJust like there are a lot of good christians/ athiests/ mormons/ jews/ etc, and a few bad ones that get all the credit for existing.
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Islam is a belief.  Islam is not an idiot running around the streets setting fire to everything.\n\nJust like Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, etc.  aren't either.  Yet how many millions of people have been killed in the name of all religions.\n\nYou should see example in your heart, look for it there and let it guide you.
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No religion is as good as or better than Islam.  Islam is the only pure religion accepted by God.  Muslim girls can't marry hindus because the children must be raised Muslims.  Allah is the All-Knowing and the All-Wise.
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The truthfulness or the falsity of a religion lies in the eyes of the beholder.  To a Muslim, Islam is as true as Christianity is to a Baptist.  I am Muslim and I am a student at Baylor University (the biggest Baptist university in the world).  I don't doubt that my religion is true.  However, I do not doubt that a Hindu is as true to his religion as I am to mine, and feels the same way about his religion as I do.\n\nIf you believe that only one specific religion is true, then there is a huge problem you run into.  Let me outline it in simple terms:\n\n1. If God is Almighty and Gracious, then he loves all people equally and he believes in equality.\n2. If there is one true religion, then one religion is better than the other.\n3. If one religion is better than the other, than the followers of this one true religion are closer to God than any other religion.  Therefore,  some people are closer to God than the others simply because they worship some TRUE religion.\n4.  However, if God loves someone more than someone else simply because they were born in a different religion, then God is not fair. \n5.  If God is not fair, can He be Almighty?  \n\nThus, in my humble opinion, it doesn't matter what religion you follow.  As long as you are a moral being, you will attain nirvana, heaven, salvation, or whatever you want to call it.  \n\nGod is not a human.  Thus, he is not limited by human words such as Islam, Christianity, or Jew.  God is beyond all words, beyond all reality and beyond all knowledge.  Thus, it would be an insult to His greatness to claim to know something, anything, about his nature.  All we can know is this: "He is the perfect being beyond whom nothing greater / more perfect can be thought of" (Anselm).  \n\nAll we can do is acknowledge his perfection.  We all do it in different ways in our human language.  God is beyond human language and thus, I don't think he would be involved in such debates as who is from what religion.\n\nJust my two cents.
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Anonymous is so right!!! Islam is a great religion and a way of life. People always think Muslims will bomb something or want to rage a jihad against someone. It's not like that. People like that are extremists!!!!!! Everyday Muslims like me are just like any other people. The only thing that separates me from other teens is my religion. Not every Muslim wants to kill and blow up buildings. I am a Muslim who wants to be happy. I want peace, I want to go to college and become a doctor! I want to leave the US and move to England. I want to be happy among Muslims and non Muslims. So don't judge Muslims, not all of us are cold blooded extremists. And why do people pick on Muslims when people of the Christian religion and the Jewish religion and other religions do dirty things too. People just look for some group of people to pick on. It's not fair.
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Hey my dear frnd The True religion of GOD is ISLAM. Cozeverything thts hapenning now is mentioned in Quran. LIke the disaster hapening now. Its mentioned in Quaran tht Before the world comes to an end people r gonna face various disasters like earthquakes, tsunami, war b/w nations. etc etc.............\n\nCheck this out www.harunyahya.com
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NEVER relate a religon to the type of followers, because you are always going to have the good followers and the bad ones.\n\nwith no doubt i tell you that Islam is a great religon with no contradictions, just like other religons got bad followers we have bad followers too.\n\na terrorist can be a terrorist if he killed someone or kidnapped someone but never if he followed any certain type of religon.
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Oh get off your Islamic high horse all ready. This is a typical statement. Why do Islamics think they are better than everybody else? If they had a true sense of religion, they would treat everyone with kindness and not judge.
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I personally think that religion is what everone thinks they should know to be a good person.  Spirtual I think is not commercialized but what your heart tells you is the right thing.  It is something so wonderful that you and only you knows the secret.
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I think its just like any other religion you can find fanatics in any of them. I keep and open mind. There is good and bad in all religions. My husband is a Desert Storm vet and during the war I was a member of a support group we invited the local Muslim leaders to come and explain the religion, they were very nice. I enjoyed it alot.
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There are good people in all walks of life. Some of the most honest, trustworthy people I have known have been atheists \n\nReligion does not make you good unless you think you are bad already and need to change for the good.
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No, not a muslim. Reason: I attempt to be as rational a being as possible.  You certainly do not need to practice any religion to be a good person, and, as has been pointed out above, no religion guarantees its followers to be good.
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Islam is the most peaceful, holy and accurate religion. \n\nIf there was one grain of evidence that there was a God, I would become a Muslim.  Since there isn't and the body of evidence points towards evolution without any divine actions disrupting or adding to that process, it seems to me that all religions Islam or otherwise cause more harm than good in the world.  So we should remain agnostic and focus on world peace as a spiritual guide.
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I think that there are two types of religious people, there are the "this is my religion and it tells you how to live your life" this is never a good way to look at religion and causes wars and personal persecution on a large scale, so for those people belonging to a religion is a bad thing for everyone. Then there's the "this is my religion and it tell me how to live my life", these people have a positive effect on society because they are living what they believe is a good way of life, such people are normally the Charity workers and the people that give without wanting to receive, for these people belonging to a religion can only be a positive thing. its a good thing to have a personal faith but it does not have to be attached to any religion. In my case I believe in myself and my own existence (its the only thing I can be 100% sure of)
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Yes,that's why we say that Islam is the true religion...Allah revealed it for us ,and it was our prophet's(peace be upon him) miracle