Living in the country where every race tries to promote its culture, where every religion tries to preach its virtues, where every man tries to be an individual, where every life seeks to influence another, Muslims of America have been strangled between the ropes of representation and the terrorists acts of other Muslims. Now that more than two years have passed since the horrific events of unforgettable September 11th, peace loving American-Muslims are trying to portray the positive face of Islam. In the midst of all this, many are unsure of how to pursue this holy deed.
Islam is, after all, a religion. As all religions, it promotes peace, humility, love, affection and humanity; it is a promoter of common-world morality rather than a force against it. The question then is, how do we inform the world regarding this. Mary and Joe, the average Americans, have their priorities, and I can assure you, my fellow Muslims, that learning about Islam is the last one on their list. .
According to one school of thought, we ought to promote our values, humanity, our love for peace, and all those things that are treasured by us by speaking about them. This idea, according to me, is hideous. It is clear that the followers of this philosophy lack wisdom of understanding that values, humanity, and love for peace are not ideas alien to the world or limited to Islam. As I have stated time and again, religions are not the creators of morality; they are only a medium to enforce them. By preaching the the common Americans these values, we are not preaching them anything new. These teachings do not portray the positive face of Islam; they are teachings of morality, rather than a religion, and are known by everyone. Not to mention, but listening to a sermon about morality is perhaps one of the things I dislike with a passion. Whenever someone tries to preach morality, be it in church or be it a politician's speech, my silent outcry is "yes, we all know about morality, for we too, live in the same world as you; thank you very much.
Islam in Arabic means: "Submission to the will of God". ... Of the world's major religions, Islam is the youngest. ... Islam believes that the Quran is the message of Allah, or God. ... In each Holy Book, there seems to be a person that stands out from and above the rest as an ambassador of the religion. ... At the Mosque, there is no priest or pastor, Islam has no ordained clergy. ...
Islam itself was more than just a religion, but a way of life. ... This is where Islam came in. ... The actions of the sultan, however, had to reflect the teachings of Islam. ... The royal court hired distinguished non-Muslims to serve as ambassadors to other countries. ... The Ottoman Empire created and ran by the laws of Islam....
Erdman is the U.S. ambassador to Algeria, and Chief of Mission Idriss Jazairy is a Algerian ambassador to the U.S. ... The legal system of Algeria is socialist and is based on French and Islamic law. ... A very popular political party emerged known as the militant Islamic Salvation Front that won over half of the votes cast in elections in June 1990. ... A group known as The Armed Islamic Group started initiating terrorist campaigns against government figures and institutions protesting that Islamic political parties be banned. ... Head of State Zeroual called for a presidential election i...
Ambassador and three other Americans. ... " Krauthammer's main problem of the president's nonuse of the word "terrorism" is that he believes that Obama and his administration will go to great lengths to avoid putting the world Islam and terrorist in the same sentence. ... I think Krauthammer is not being fair when he criticizes Obama for obsessively adopting "language that extirpates any possible connection between Islam and terrorism.... I believe that Obama is trying to avoid blaming the entire Islamic race. When he avoids putting the word Islam and terrorism i...
Women in Islam Discrimination against women all over the world is a serious problem. ... In 1970's when our ruler "Sultan Qaboos" came in power, he send a degree giving the women their rights, one of these rights is working, Oman is the first Arabic country to have a women ambassador in Holland representing Oman. ... The main problem is the misinterpretation of Islam. ... In Islam, women have been treated appropriately for centuries. ... Fundamentalist reinterpret the traditional Islam to justify violence. ...
ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM: GLOBAL MISUNDERSTANDING OR GLOBAL THREAT? ... Acording to the Brittanica Concise, Islamic fundamentalism is a "conservative religious movement that seeks a return to Islamic values and Islamic law (Shari"ah) in the face of modernism, which is seen as corrupt and atheistic. ... Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Muslim SE Asia, but Islamic fundamentalism represents a minority viewpoint in the context of world Islam". ... But how did Islamic fundamentalism begin? ... What are Islamic fundamentalists fighting for? ...
Ambassador and three other Americans. ... " Krauthammer's main problem of the president's nonuse of the word "terrorism" is that he believes that Obama and his administration will go to great lengths to avoid putting the world Islam and terrorist in the same sentence. ... I think Krauthammer is not being fair when he criticizes Obama for obsessively adopting "language that extirpates any possible connection between Islam and terrorism.... I believe that Obama is trying to avoid blaming the entire Islamic race. When he avoids putting the word Islam and terrorism i...
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, after having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent to the land of Tossuk Vlad as ambassador by the Caliph of Baghdad. ... In the Arabic religion "Islam", hygiene is one of the most important things. ... A Muslim cannot live without hygiene it is an important part of Islam and the Vikings do not think in the same way: They just use the same water. ... Respect is also a very important part of Islam....
