“If you didn’t convert to Islam they we shop you’re head off!!”
This is the tip of the ice berg for me, so many people think of Islam as a violent and bloody religion and every single time they talk about Islam all that comes in people heads are the WTC towers and killing bombs and so on.
For those who only read about Islam from news sites and news papers I ask you to go and get some real books about Islam.
A couple of minutes ago I was reading an article on digg.com about some Danish people drawing more cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed (May Peace Be Upon him) they say he is not a prophet and his is a killer, and so and so.
Just to let you all know I’m not from Al-Qeda or any extremist group I’m just a normal 23 guy who works as an administrator in a small company and would like to correct some of the wrong ideas about Islam.
Now let me talk about the Quran; some people take verses from the Quran that talk about war and think that Muslims like WAR.
The truth is we only go to war if people attacked us 1st (so it’s the basic nature of resistance) we don’t set around and say “Hey I’m bored let’s go to war” it’s just a stupid thing to think that we like to kill.
“Do you cut people head off if they don’t convert to Islam?”
Ahhhh.. NO why would we??
In the Quran there is a verse that talked about NOT to force people into Islam they if they want to convert they are free, if they don’t then it’s there choice.
“Why do you get mad when people make fun or “draw cartoons” of your Prophet?”
Because of respect, if you respect some one how can you make fun of? In fact it’s not only the Prophet Mohammed that we don’t like to make fun of, we Respect Jesus and Moses and Abraham and Suleiman every prophet that was sent from god (Allah) we respect and we don’t like to make fun of.
If you make fun of someone then you really don’t respect them.
“What is Allah?”
Allah is god; but the word Allah is the Arabic word for God but some Muslims like to use the Arabic word but the truth is:
Allah = God
God = Allah
Simple math :)
“Is there freedom of speech in Islam?”
Yes there is, Islam in its nature is open to any argument we like to hear other people point of view and talk, but there is some extremist groups that think they are the only people who are right (some times they even want to kill Muslims who don’t agree with them) and others opinion doesn’t matter. (But then again there are extremist groups everywhere in this world).
Those extremist are the ones making Islam and any other religion they represent look bad.
“What’s with the Sona and Shia?”
To make it simple it’s like the protestants and orthodox they all Christians but with small differences.
Same goes for the Sona and Shia they both Muslims but with small differences (but then again you have to be a Muslim to know all about that)
Before the war of Iraq Sona and Shia terms was so much popular now they are using it to start an internal war between the two groups. (But I’m here to talk about Islam not the war of Iraq and the aftermath of it)
“Do Muslims hate Jews or Christians?”
No, we only hate Israel and what they are doing to the Palestinis (and it’s a loooong subject).
“But Israel belongs to the Israelis?”
And America belongs to the Indians.
“What about women rights?”
Yes we have women rights but why do you mix between women rights and NAKED women, the west think that just because Muslim women don’t wear bikini and micro jeep and expose there beauty to all people then they have no rights.
I think women rights is about educating women and not make them take there cloth off! And thank god we have many great Muslim women who are doctors, engineers, poets etc etc.
“Then why do you hide your women? (It’s silly)”
A woman is a valuable thing, and her beauty is also valuable, now if you had a treasure would you show it to everyone and anyone? Eventually some one would like to HAVE SOME.
Women can wear what they want in front of each other or husband or brothers sisters father uncles etc etc and so on, but they are not allowed to expose there beauty to strangers.
Islam wants women to be pure, but now days some people just want to make women some kind of a product like a painting or something which is wrong a women is so much more, it’s not a sexual object.
“I hear you guys still ride on camels?”
Yes I’m using my Camel everyday to go to my work, in fact I don’t have a computer I write on stone and eat sand and my house is made of wood and mud..
Come on this is the 21st centaury we only have camels and horses in traditional festivals.
Well I guess this is it, although I didn’t write everything about Islam but I talked about some major points and some wrong ideas that comes from the west,
some of you like to ask me question that i might not have the correct answer to but then again i'm not an expert here, i'm just an ordinary guy who want to correct some wrong ideas about Islam, but you can go to (http://www.islamonline.net/english/index.shtml) and ask them i'm sure they can help you.
If there are any typos (type errors) please forgive me.
Take care
Byes
Salam (Arabic word that means peace)
Sai Yo Nara
Asta Lavita
10 comments:
Simple Q&A huh?
OK a few Q for you.
Can a Muslim convert to something else, Christianity for example?
What does the Quran and hadiths say about this?
How old was Aisha when Muhammed (pbuh) married her?
When did Spain attack Arabia? The reason that I ask is that you said, "The truth is we only go to war if people attacked us 1st (so it’s the basic nature of resistance)" but somehow Muslim Arabs ended up in India and Spain and other places. The Conquista.
Does Salman Rushdie, as a Western writer in the West, have a right to write what ever he wants?
Are the fatwas of death against Rushie and Ayaan Hirsi Ali and others, wrong?
Hello and thanks for stopping by now let me see...
1st Question is Yes they can, some extreme opinion like those in Talaban and other say they must die but thats just there opinion.
as for Aisha he did marry her when she was 8 but every marriage for the prophet was for a reason and it's not for pleasure and the porphet didn't sleep with her until she was a grown women.
2nd question i'm not good at history but i think spain didn't allow muslims to spread the message and fought them so they declared and fought muslims and if you read more history you'll rialize that we never forced christians in spain to covert to islam or anything.
and if you look and read more you'll know that SPAIN forced people to convert to christianity when they were in the Philippines and even named Philippines becuase there king name was philip!!!.
there a lot of christains in Lebanon and plastine and eygpt why didn't we force them?!!!
3rd Question i don't know any of these gus you talk about as for the fawtwa who released that fatwa!! if they are in eygpt then there is this extremest group call "Al-Ekhwan" they do that but that doesnt mean that every muslim do it, only members of this group belive that those people deserve to die like i told you before "extremest groups"
Maybe this Muslim guy hasn't heard that you can convert from Islam:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20560551-3102,00.html
And just so that you know, I am not Muslim or even religious.
But I think Islam is a glorious religion.
But I think there are to many Muslims who use its name to be militant like honour killings or stoning to death women who have been raped and cannot provide the necessary (according to Sharia Law) number of witnesses or the jihadis and suicide bombers. Also the stand against "innovation" leads a medieval religion to act medieval.
And I have a problem with the peaceful brothers and sisters of your faith who don't try to openly and publicly calm and pacify the angry and violent brothers who ruin the name of a beautiful religion.
See also:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1159193464551&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Here is link:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1159193464551&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
you're sending news about people getting killed and some getting beatin !!! i can't explain why people behave that way nor did i say that everyone is a PERFECT muslim, this aint a perfect world.
i talked and explaned wronf ideas that people had on islam don't expect everyone to be the perfect one and quit blaming everything thats going on islam, and get a life.
I am explaining to YOU that this is how people are getting their ideas about Islam.
If you can't handle it then I am sorry.
No not all Muslims are like this. But it is too easy for you to say that Muslims aren't like this at all when some people do these things in the name of Islam.
I am sorry if my trying to explain bothers you. I will try not to bother you anymore.
well i know where people get the wrong idea, but you only place links with no comments.
So you would be ok if I add comments too?
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