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You decide. What makes an informed decision? Facts. Evidences. Proofs. The Truth is clear. ISLAAM is not based on desires or emotions it is based on legislation which is clear through Allaah’s divinely revealed Qur’aan to His messenger, Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him).
With clear emphasis throughout this work I would ask only that you take some time to read, bookmark in a folder for later recall, listen to a lecture that I will provide herein and erase your misconceptions brought by various media sources, or even some Muslims sadly.
In Islaam it is a sin to speak without knowledge.
[Isra 017:036] And follow not (O man, i.e., say not or do not or witness not) that of which you have no knowledge. Verily, the hearing, and the sight, and the heart of each of those ones will be questioned (by Allâh).
I will include here with all credit due walhamdulillaah to Spubs.com a brief article which summarizes:
Misconception: The Islamic Threat
In recent years, a great deal of attention in the media have been given to the threat of “Islamic Fundamentalism”. Unfortunately, due to a twisted mixture of biased reporting in the Western media and the actions of some ignorant Muslims, the word “Islam” has become almost synonymous with “terrorism”. However, when one analyzes the situation, the question that should come to mind is: Do the teachings of Islam encourage terrorism? The answer: Certainly not! Islam totally forbids the terrorist acts that are carried out by some misguided people. It should be remembered that all religions have cults and misguided followers, so it is their teachings that should be looked at, not the actions of a few individuals. Unfortunately, in the media, whenever a Muslim commits a heinous act, he is labeled a “Muslim terrorist”.
However, when Serbs murder and rape innocent women in Bosnia, they are not called “Christian terrorists”, nor are the activities in Northern Ireland labeled “Christian terrorism”. Also, when right-wing Christians in the U. S. bomb abortion clinics, they are not called “Christian terrorists”. Reflecting on these facts, one could certainly conclude that there is a double-standard in the media! Although religious feelings play a significant role in the previously mentioned “Christian” conflicts, the media does not apply religious labels because they assume that such barbarous acts have nothing to do with the teachings of Christianity. However, when something happens involving a Muslim, they often try to put the blame on Islam itself — and not the misguided individual.
Certainly, Islamic Law allows war — any religion or civilization that did not would never survive — but it certainly does not condone attacks against innocent people, women or children. The Arabic word “jihad”, which is often translated as “Holy War”, simply means “to struggle”. The word for “war” in Arabic is “harb”, not “jihad”. “Struggling”, i.e. “making jihad”, to defend Islam, Muslims or to liberate a land where Muslims are oppressed is certainly allowed (and even encouraged) in Islam.
However, any such activities must be done according to the teachings of Islam. Islam also clearly forbids “taking the law into your own hands”, which means that individual Muslims cannot go around deciding who they want to kill, punish or torture.
Trial and punishment must be carried out by a lawful authority and a knowledgeable judge. Also, when looking at events in the Muslim World, it should be kept in mind that a long period of colonialism ended fairly recently in most Muslim countries. During this time, the peoples in this countries were culturally, materially and religiously exploited – mostly by the so-called “Christian” nations of the West. This painful period has not really come to an end in many Muslim countries, where people are still under the control of foreign powers or puppet regimes supported by foreign powers.
Also, through the media, people in the West are made to believe that tyrants like Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Moamar Qaddafi in Libya are “Islamic” leaders — when just the opposite is true. Neither of these rulers even profess Islam as an ideology, but only use Islamic slogans to manipulate their powerless populations. They have about as much to do with Islam as Hitler had to do with Christianity! In reality, many Middle Eastern regimes which people think of as being “Islamic” oppress the practice of Islam in their countries. So suffice it to say that “terrorism” and killing innocent people directly contradicts the teachings of Islam.
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The Call to Prayer from Makkah
and I extend to you with all sincerity an
and I’ve provided for you with credit going to the following websites: http://www.troid.org, http://www.understand-islam.net and www.spubs.com
the following articles for your review in the hopes they may clarify this topic for you:
This page will be updated with additional helpful articles and so I hope you will subscribe to this blog or one of my others, they always contain an “Invitation to Islaam” section in shaa’Allaah.
Now, for a brief recommendation to
SACRED FREEDOM
which I RECOMMEND strongly for anyone, Muslim or non-Muslim, brilliantly written, direct and extremely beneficial :
Sacred Freedom - Western Liberalist Ideologies in the light of Islam, by Haneef Oliver
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