Ch 5: Misconception 1
Muslims are violent, terrorists
This is the biggest misconception in Islam.
It is no doubt resulting from the constant stereotyping and bashing the misshapen
features of Muslims through the use of the media. When a gunman attacks a mosque
in the name of Judaism, a Catholic IRA
guerrilla sets off a bomb in an urban area, or Serbian Orthodox
militiamen rape and kill innocent Muslim civilians, these acts are not used to
stereotype an entire faith. Never are these acts attributed to the religion of
the
perpetrators. Yet how many times have we heard the words 'Islamic, Muslim
fundamentalist, etc.' linked with violence.
Politics in so called "Muslim countries"
may or may not have any Islamic basis. Often dictators and
politicians will use the name of Islam for their own purposes. One should remember to go to the source of Islam and separate
what the true religion of Islam says from what is
portrayed in the media. Islam literally means 'submission to God' and is derived from a root word that substantially means
'peace'.
Islam may seem exotic or even
extreme in the modern world. Perhaps this is because religion doesn't dominate everyday life in the West, whereas
Islam is considered a 'way of life' for Muslims and
they make no division between secular and sacred in their lives. Like Christianity, Islam permits fighting in
self-defense, in defense of religion, or on the part of
those who have been expelled forcibly from their homes. It lays down strict rules of combat which include prohibitions
against harming civilians and destroying crops, trees
and livestock.
NOWHERE DOES ISLAM ENJOIN THE KILLING OF
INNOCENTS....The Holy Qur'an says:
{{And fight in the Way of Allâh those who fight you, but transgress not the limits.
Truly, Allâh likes not the transgressors.}},( Holly Qur’an 2:190 ).
{{But if they incline to peace, you
also incline to it, and (put your) trust in Allâh.
Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower }},( Holly Qur’an 8:
61).
War, therefore, is the last resort,
and is subject to the rigorous conditions laid down by the sacred law. The
term 'jihad' literally means 'struggle'. Muslims believe that there are two kinds of jihad. The other 'jihad' is the inner
struggle of the soul which everyone wages against
egotistic desires for the sake of attaining inner peace, happy life in the
mundane world and in the Hereafter.
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