ISLAM AND MUSLIMS

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‏23 يناير‏، الساعة ‏07:43 مساءً‏ · ‏سويندون‏، ‏المملكة المتحدة‏ · 

ISLAM AND MUSLIMS
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Do not judge a car by its driver
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Islam is perfect but Muslims may not be, do not get confused.
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If any Muslim makes a mistake, blame it on him, not on his religion.
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Don't always look at Muslims.. But rather Look at Islam
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Muslims are Humans and make mistakes..
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ISLAM is From ALLAH and it is PERFECT
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Question:
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If Islam is the best religion, why are many of the Muslims dishonest, unreliable, and involved in activities such as terrorism, cheating, bribing, dealing in drugs, etc.?

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Answer:
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1. Media maligns Islam
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A. Islam is without doubt the best religion but the media is in the hands of the westerners who are afraid of Islam.

The media is continuously broadcasting and printing information against Islam.

They either provide misinformation about Islam, misquote Islam or project a point out of proportion, if any.

B. When any bomb blast takes place anywhere, the first people to be accused without proof are invariably the Muslims.

This appears as headlines in the news. Later, when they find that non-Muslims were responsible, it appears as an insignificant news’ item.

C. If a 50-year old Muslim marries a 15-year old girl after taking her permission, it appears on the front page but when a 50-year old non-Muslim rapes a 6-year old girl, it may appear in the news in the inside pages as ‘News-briefs’.

Everyday in America on an average 2,713 cases of rape take place but it doesn’t appear in the news, since it has become a way of life for the Americans.

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2. Black sheep in every community
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I am aware that there are some Muslims who are dishonest, unreliable, who cheat, etc. but the media projects this as though only Muslims are involved in such activities.

There are black sheep in every community.

I know Muslims who are alcoholics and who can drink most of the non-Muslims under the table.

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3. Muslims best as a whole
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In spite of all the black sheep in the Muslim community, Muslims taken on the whole, yet form the best community in the world.

We are the biggest community of teetotallers as a whole, I.e. those who don’t imbibe alcohol.

Collectively, we are a community which gives the maximum charity in the world.

There is not a single person in the world who can even show a candle to the Muslims where modesty is concerned; where sobriety is concerned; where human values and ethics are concerned.

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4. Don’t judge a car by its driver
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If you want to judge how good is the latest model of the “Mercedes” car and a person who does not know how to drive sits at the steering wheel and bangs up the car, who will you blame?

The car or the driver? But naturally, the driver.

To analyse how good the car is, a person should not look at the driver but see the ability and features of the car.

How fast is it, what is its average fuel consumption, what are the safety measures, etc.

Even if I agree for the sake of argument that the Muslims are bad, we can’t judge Islam by its followers! If you want to judge how good Islam is then judge it according to its authentic sources, I.e. the Glorious Qur’an and the Sahih Hadith.

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5. Judge Islam by its best follower i.e. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
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If you practically want to check how good a car is, put an expert driver behind the steering wheel.

Similarly the best and the most exemplary follower of Islam by whom you can check how good Islam is,

is the last and final messenger of God, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

Besides Muslims, there are several honest and unbiased non-Muslim historians who have acclaimed that prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was the best human being.

According to Michael H. Hart who wrote the book, ‘The 100 Most Influential Men in History’, the topmost position, I.e. the number one position goes to the beloved prophet of Islam, Muhammad (pbuh).

There are several such examples of non-Muslims paying great tributes to the prophet (pbuh),
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we will relate some of their quotation regarding prophet MUhammad PBUH.
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01 Gibbon, the master historian in his "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." His struggle and victory over the forces of unbelief and evil made the editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica to exclaim, Muhammad (pbuh} to be - - - "THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF ALL RELIGIOUS PERSONALITIES."

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02 De Lacy O'Leary in "Islam at the Crossroads'' London, 1923, p.8

"HISTORY MAKES IT CLEAR HOWEVER, THAT THE LEGEND OF FANATICAL MUSLIMS SWEEPING THROUGH THE WORLD AND FORCING ISLAM AT THE POINT OF THE SWORD UPON CONQUERED RACES IS ONE OF THE MOST FANTASTICALLY ABSURD MYTHS THAT HISTORIANS HAVE EVER REPEATED."

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03 Thomas Carlyle in Heroes and Hero-Worship. p. 80

We can do no better than to allow Thomas Carlyle himself to defend his Hero Prophet against this false charge;

"THE SWORD INDEED: BUT WHERE WILL YOU GET YOUR SWORD! EVERY NEW OPINION, AT ITS STARTING, IS PRECISELY IN A MINORITY OF ONE. IN ONE MAN'S HEAD ALONE, THERE IT DWELLS AS YET.

ONE MAN ALONE OF THE WHOLE WORLD BELIEVES IT; THERE IS ONE MAN AGAINST ALL MEN.

THAT HE TAKE A SWORD, AND TRY TO PROPAGATE WITH THAT, WILL DO LITTLE FOR HIM. YOU MUST FIRST GET YOUR SWORD! ON THE WHOLE, A THING WILL PROPAGATE ITSELF AS IT CAN.

WE DO NOT FIND, OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION EITHER, THAT IT ALWAYS DISDAINED THE SWORD, WHEN ONCE IT HAD GOT ONE.

CHARLEMAGNE'S CONVERSION OF THE SAXONS WAS NOT BY PREACHING."

At the age of forty when Muhammad {pbuh} declared his mission from heaven, there was no political party, or royalty, and certainly no family or tribe to back him up. His people - the Arabs, immersed in idol-worship and fetishism were not by any means a docile people, they were no easy meat.

They were a very volatile people. given to internecine and fratricidal wars: subject to "all kinds of fierce sincerities - " {Carlyle}.

One man, single-handed, to wean such a people required nothing short of a miracle.

A miracle did happen. God alone could have made Islam and Muhammad {pbuh} to triumph through with flimsy, gossamer support. God fulfilling His promise:

And have We not raised high the esteem in which thou O Muhammad are held? Holy Quran 94:4

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04 Mahatma Gandhi - the father of modern India, in "Young India."

THE MORE I STUDY THE MORE I DISCOVER THAT THE STRENGTH OF ISLAM DOES NOT LIE IN THE SWORD.

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05 Lamartine, "Historie de la Turquie," Paris 1854

"If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad?

The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only.

They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes.

This man Muhammed moved not only armies, legislations, empires, peoples nd dynasties, but millions of men; and more than that the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and the souls.

On the basis of a Book, every letter of which has become law, he created a spiritual nationality which blended together peoples of every tongue and of every race ...

The idea of the unity of God, proclaimed amidst the exhaustion of fabulous theologies, was in itself such a miracle that upon its utterance from his lips it destroyed all the ancient superstitions ... His endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death: all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma.

This dogma was twofold, the unity of God and the Immateriality of God; the former telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not ...

... "PHILOSOPHER, ORATOR, APOSTLE, LEGISLATOR, WARRIOR, CONQUEROR OF IDEAS, RESTORER OF RATIONAL BELIEFS, of a cult without images; the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed.

AS REGARDS ALL STANDARDS BY WHICH HUMAN GREATNESS MAY BE MEASURED, WE MAY WELL ASK, IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE?"

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