- Islam is a religion of violence. By definition, if you’re a Muslim, then the natural and obvious working out of your religion is to be violent. Islam as a religious system has not been any more violent than Christianity or Judaism. In the name of these three religions, much harm has been done. No one would accuse “Christianity” as being violent because of the actions of the KKK, yet they call themselves “Christian.” So we cannot blame the actions of less than 1% on the whole of Islam.
- Muslims are backward in general. They don’t have a complex or high culture. Muslims are Arabs. Or…Arabs are Muslims. Some of the greatest contributions to society, even Western society, has come from Islamic countries. Most historians acknowledge that the Western Renaissance which began in Italy in the 1400’s had it’s roots in the early Arab Renaissance headquartered in Baghdad. Science, math and literature have deep roots in the Arab Muslim world of the Middle Ages.
- Muslims believe in Allah, a false God and they follow Muhammad. No Muslim would say they “follow Muhammad.” And the only word for “God” in Arabic is Allah. All Arab Christians worship “Allah.” So it’s a silly argument based on semantics. For more on this, read my book “Muslims, Christians and Jesus.”
- Islam teaches Muslims to kill Christians and Jews. There is not a single command in the Qur’an for Muslims to go out and kill Christians or Jews. In fact quite the opposite. Read the Qur’an for yourself. The best version and easiest to read in English is the one published by Oxford Press.
- Muslims cannot integrate into Western societies because Islam is incompatible with Democracy. There is no reason to think Islam and Democracy are incompatible. Many Muslims countries have a form of Democracy. There are some political and social realities that make good Democracy difficult, but it doesn’t have to do with Islam.
- Islam is a cult, not a true mono-theistic religion like Judaism or Christianity. Islam, Christianity and Judaism have always been called the three great Monotheistic religions.
- Muslims go along with their teachers and don’t think for themselves. Islam is incredibly complex with many “versions” like Christianity. Muslims are no more inclined to “go along” with what their teachers say then western Christians are.
- Islam is against Jesus. They don’t believe in Him. Ask any Muslim “Do you believe in Jesus” and they are likely to burst into a smile and start telling you how much they love him. We agree, that there are points of misunderstanding, some of which are significant, but that doesn’t mean they don’t “like him.”
- Muslims resist modernization. If Muslims resist modernization, they do so only because they see the evils of the west and don’t want them. Things like gangs, pornography, divorce and such are seen as “Western Values” and those are incompatible with Islam.
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Misconception of Islam
- Thread starter spudmania
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Truth of Islam.
Countries which practices Islam is a terrible place to live in.
People are running away from Islamic countries than flooding into them.
Countries which practices Islam is a terrible place to live in.
People are running away from Islamic countries than flooding into them.
In my opinion, there are no true Islamic country in this world that follows the Islamic doctrine & system of government.
On the contrary, people are still flooding into GCC countries as they continue to flourish in their oil driven economies. There is a good population of sinkies in the GCC & I am one of them. And in my opinion, UAE is much more cosmopolitan than Singapore can ever be. Have traveled extensively in the middle east region. Though non are true Islamic countries, but if given an opportunity, I think I will be better off as a citizen of either UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco & Tunisia than Singapore.
My point is, let not the acts of the people tarnish the religion. A lot of propaganda and misinformation were spread to profit from them. If believers of all main stream religion practices the religion in it's true form, the world will be a beautiful place.
Tualingong,
Why do you hate your fellow muslim brothers?
Your church never preaches this to you:
John 12:47-48 Jesus said: If anyone hears My words and does not observe them, I do not condemn him, for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world?
I guess it is the first time you are reading this biblical verse.
Brunei is a great country to live in. If I can get citizenship there, I will live in Brunei. Many foreigners working there would too if given the opportunity, including caucasians from advanced developed nations.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Most non muslims doesn't know that the the first christian convert to islam during the time of prophet mohammad is an african slave by the name of bilal. the early muslims paid dearly and incurred the wrath of the ruling clan in demanding for this release from slavery. and years later, when prophet mohammad came back to take over control of mecca, bilal is the first muslim to make the prayer call on top of the kabba. even till this day, the kabba is guarded by the decedents of bilal. in islm, u can have servants but you can never enslave your servants. in islam, there are written rights for servants. unfortunately, people convenient neglect these as it is not beneficial to them.
the violence in christianity & islam is different. islamic violence in quran is always defensive whereas chritianity violence in the bible is offensive. the violence committed in the name of islam in recent history are also defensive. i do not approve of the violence committed regardless of religion. i'm just stating the difference between christianity & islam.
I agreed with you. There are also many whites from Europe retiring in the east coast of West Malaysia.
Some of the recent violences against the whites by a small minority of radical muslims are more of ancient cultural rivalry in nature.
In Penang, there are bulk of angmo retirees -Brits, Aussies, Canadians, Germans, Dutch, Americans.
This is not another tualingong(very likely the reincarnation of seesuatah) type of bullshit(for counter-argument sake).
The official statistics: http://www.mm2h.gov.my/statistic.php
This is not another tualingong(very likely the reincarnation of seesuatah) type of bullshit(for counter-argument sake).
The official statistics: http://www.mm2h.gov.my/statistic.php
As u can see Islam is always at the receiving end...and we are always on the defensive mode.
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