We have become disgusted by people whose criticisms of Islam are motivated by bigotry and racism. And we've also become frustrated by people who know nothing about Islam but are so vehemently against the racist bigots that they say and believe foolish things about Islam — things that anyone with even a smattering of knowledge would know is not true.
Islam is an active and vital religion, and it is growing. It is having an increasingly powerful influence on world affairs. And most people in the free world do not even know the most basic facts about it, and yet make the assumption that Islam must be similar to other religions they are familiar with. This widespread assumption could have unexpected consequences because Islam is, in fact, different than all other religions in many important ways.
Neither of us are Christians or Buddhists or Jews or Hindus. We are not the members of any religion. I thought this was important to point out. We don't have a religious ax to grind. We don't consider ourselves atheists either, so we don't even have an anti-religion ax to grind.
The purpose of this site is to begin the education process for non-Muslims who don't know much about Islam but are curious about it. Once your interest has been piqued, your next step would probably be to read the Quran yourself. Fortunately, reading the Quran has been made relatively easy. Learn more about that here: An Easier Way to Read the Quran.
Below is a table of contents for this site. You will find the same table of contents in the upper right sidebar of every page. The pages can be read in any order. Here they are:
What Makes Islam So Successful?
An Eight Minute Video About Islam
Islam and Women's Rights
Do You Know Much About Islam?
A Muslim Woman Speaks About Islam
An Easier Way to Read the Quran
Critique of Pure Islam
Criticism of Islam Versus Bigotry
Why Know About Islam?
Do Islamic Texts Encourage Violence?
What is Taqiyya?
Perfectly Legal Jihad
The Allegory of Pleasantville
A Conversation About Islam
Islam is like other religion as it uses Faith as "evidence" to the reality of a supernatural entity so All religions can use that same method thus how is one to decipher
ReplyDeleteIslam is like other religions in several ways. And it is drastically different in important ways from any other religion.
ReplyDeleteThe Quran is Islam's most holy book. Sixty-one percent of the Quran is about non-Muslims. Writings about what Muslims should do is religious. Writings about what non-Muslims should do or how Muslims should deal with non-Muslims is political. Therefore, based on Islam's most holy book, Islam is more political (61%) than religious (39%).
ReplyDeleteThere are 245 verses in the Quran that could be considered "positive verses" about non-Muslims. Every single one of those verses have been abrogated (nullified, overridden) by later, negative verses about non-Muslims. Not one positive verse about non-Muslims is left.
In contrast, there are 527 verses of intolerance toward non-Muslims, and 109 verses specifically advocating violence towards non-Muslims. Not one of these verses has been abrogated.
My conclusion: Non-Muslims who like Islam don't know much about it.
I have read the qu'ran. The only book that suggests violence against non-Muslims is that one written by Muhammad; the rest are peaceful.
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