How does everyone feel about Islam truly do you really think it's evil etc like how the west how has portrayed it?

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Like do you truly feel like Islam is what ISIS and Hamas etc Al Qaeda portrays it as. Bc truly it's not like that. I just want others opinions on it

Skinhead-1979 · Accepted Answer

Nope, Islam is not evil.

I will never follow an organised religion, but would I, somehow, ever feel the need to do so... I will go for Sunni Islam.

Those Terrorist groups we have... an Al Qaeda and Da'esh... they do not espouse Islam; even Wahhabism cannot be labelled as Islam if you ask me. That's because those groups uphold the practice of 'Takfir' which does not belong in 'mainstream' Islam.

Takfir:

Takfir (Arabic: تَكْفِير, romanized: takfīr) is an Arabic and Islamic term which denotes excommunication from Islam of one Muslim by another, i. e. accusing another Muslim to be an apostate. The word is found neither in the Quran nor in the ḥadīth literature; instead, kufr ("unbelief") and kāfir ("unbeliever") and other terms employing the same triliteral root k-f-r appear.

Since according to the traditional interpretations of Islamic law (sharīʿa) the punishment for apostasy is the death penalty, and potentially a cause of strife and violence within the Muslim community (Ummah), an ill-founded takfir accusation was a major forbidden act (haram) in Islamic jurisprudence, with one hadith declaring that one who wrongly declares a Muslim an unbeliever is himself not an apostate but rather committed minor shirk. In the history of Islam, a sect originating in the 7th century CE known as the *KHARIJITES* carried out takfīr against both Sunnī and Shīʿa Muslims, and became the main source of insurrection against the early caliphates for centuries.

Kharijites are extremists; they appeared first during the first 'Fitna' (Civil War) within Islam. This was a succession conflict between Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the fourth Rashidun caliph and the usurper Mu'awiya I of the Umayyad Clan. The rivalry of both clans pre-date Islam.

The 3rd Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, Uthman, had been murdered in a rebellion. Initially it was thought that Uthman was to blame for it himself but now it has come to light that it was one of his underlings, Marwan I of the Umayyad Clan, who is to blame for the murder of Uthman. However, Mu'awiya blamed Ali, who succeeded Uthman as the 4th Caliph... and Civil War started. First Mu'awiya pushed Ashia to start a battle with Ali, The Battle of the Camel, which she lost... but Ali spared her because she was Muhammad's wife. Then Mu'awiya took up battle himself and the Battle of Siffin commenced. When Ali had nearly defeated Mu'awiya, Mu'awiya requested a duel, which Ali refused. Ali proposed an arbitrage instead. The Predecessors of the Kharijites were in Ali's camp and disagreed. They felt that only Allah had the right to choose the outcome, and the outcome had to be concluded on the field of battle. The Arbitrage went ahead, and ruled in favour of Mu'awiya. The Kharijites tried to murder everyone involved in the Arbitrage, but only succeeded in murdering Ali.

Part of the agreement made at the Arbitrage was that Ali's son and Mu'awiya's son would rule together, but that agreement got broken by the Umayyad. Yazid I, Mua'wiya's son, had Ali's sons murdered.

Ever since there have been various Civil Wars in which the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates fought wars with the Kharijites.

The Kharijites never disappeared... and there are now Muslim scholars who claim, and I agree with them, that groups like Al Qaeda and Da'esh are modern Kharijites; Saudi Arabia's Wahhabism is also being classed as Kharijites by some... Though Mainstream Muslims refuse to denounce Wahhabism because essentially they will be doing exactly the same as what they oppose in Wahhabism: Takfir.

Wahhabism should have never come to be; House al Saud, the Saudi Royal Family, had ben defeated by al Rashid in the 19th century and was living in exile in Khuwait... But here came Britain; Britain needed allies in the Middle-East to fight the Ottomans during World War 1. They put out a notice to many Arab leaders for a call to arms, and al Saud complied... but they did not have to join the British in the Levant, they were being supplied with weapons to fight the Ottomans on the Arabian Peninsula; but while they were doing that, they were also expending their powerbase. After World War 1 they conquered and annexed several smaller Arab states and formed Saudi Arabia, protected by Britain for its oil.

The Taliban in Afghanistan also does not follow a mainstream form of Islam. The Taliban follows Deobandi Islam, which originates in SE Asia.

People claim the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organisation... but they are not: The Muslim Brotherhood is not Jihadist and they are a target for Da'esh and Al Qaeda.

Iran: While it is most certainly a Theocracy, ruled by Shia Clerics, and there are some outdated laws... Iran is nowhere as bad as Saudi Arabia, and women... despite our lovely Western news Articles... actually have it quite good in Iran. Women in Iran are highly educated and do have many liberties. The strict Sharia laws aren't consistently executed... but as soon as protests erupt in Iran, you can be guaranteed that Israel and the US are involved and that agitators are amongst the protestors; The Iranian Regime is paranoid then and retaliates in force to ensure Israel and the US will not destabilise the country. Israel also continuously sabotages production facilities, the nuclear facilities and murders many high ranking people within Iran. The US also sponsors terrorist groups like MEK (Mojahedin-e-Khalq), PJAK (Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistanê) and Baluchistan Separatists who are terrorising both Iran and Pakistan (Remember maybe the short conflict between Pakistan and Iran not so long ago in the news? That was not a conflict between Pakistan and Iran as was reported in our news, both countries had come under Baluchistan separatist attacks).

MisterWack · Accepted Answer

“ Like do you truly feel like Islam is what ISIS and Hamas etc Al Qaeda portrays it as. Bc truly it's not like that. ”
Agreed, you are absolutely right!

It would be like saying all Christians are responsible for locking people up who went against the teachings of God even if it promoted actual truthful fact based science (Galileo & Copernicus), being genocidal maniacs who did the Trail of Tears & Crusades, etc.

No ONE race or religion should bear the responsibility of horrible events. Those that did those horrible things should be held accountable and not punish a group of people for revenge or retribution just for the fun of it.

A friend of mine who is Muslim is kind, nice, caring so I know that. The teachings of Islam aren’t inherently bad, it is the bad apples out there that justify their hateful, abusive, violent rhetoric on the religious texts to con more people into doing the work of Allah when they aren’t. It has to end, racism & religious prejudice must not have a safe harbor around the world. Period.

I’m sorry that you get harassed the way you do, I’m sure you are kind, nice, and sweet too. Thank you for having the courage to speak out, thank you thank you thank you!

jennifer_bloom · Accepted Answer

I believe Islam has many good qualities or potential good qualities but people who follow that religion might interpret their teachings in ways that are not in line with the will of the Divine Being. Whether that is due to issues with their religion or whether that is due to the way they interpret their religion, I am not high enough in the order of things to make draw those conclusions without error. I prefer my religion but I still respect those that think different from me. I just choose not to participate in what they believe.

idonotlikeyou · Accepted Answer

Islam is a religion, and by itself, it is neither evil nor dangerous. However, extremism in any direction can be harmful or dangerous. Extreme interpretations of the Holy Scriptures of any religion can cause a lot of harm.

Stevepro68 · Answer

Religion is not evil inherently. But all religion eventually deteriorates into control of other humans. The message of many religions is great. The behavior of some in all religions is terrible. What you are really talking about is our inherent hard wired tribalism that makes us fear the different, and the way people use that fear to manipulate others. Islam is a minority here therefore different therefore bad. Christofascism is rearing it's ugly head in the USA and it is used by others to generate fear and hated of us. Anyone who tells you to hate others because how they look, what god they worship (or don't), wear they live. Be very very skeptical. Bad people are everywhere groups aren't inherently good or bad. Anyone who tells you otherwise are manipulative and they should be avoided.

Kaneki05 · Answer

Religion is fundamentally evil.
The only exception to that is one that you keep to yourself.
The religion that is not is used to influence and warp minds of others into their dogma. There is for sure a scale of how much a religion tries to do so but all of it is bad.
Islam is at the top though, Christianity used to match it but they calm down a lot.
Islam still believe in the east they are living in crusade times where's okay to carry out extreme acts of war in the name of peace for the one true religion, and who's to be shocked by this? It's their oldest tradition.
Tbh I am surprised christens stopped.

Juxtapose · Answer

Islam is essentially Christianity on steroids. You have a fucking grown ass man named Muhammad marrying a 6 year old and then fucking her when she's 9 years old. He is a vicious warlord who literally kills innocent people to take the clothing off of their back too because of how profitable that was at the time.

The Quran itself has many atrocities and is very brutal. Muslims also have a nasty practice of practicing taqiyya, a k. a pretending to be normal until they have enough of a population to overthrow the local authorities.

I do not respect Islam, I despise Islam more than even Christianity. It is a very brutal, evil religion. Not to mention it is an economic retardant because you are not allowed to charge interest on loans under Sharia law.

DrPepper12 · Answer

Islam is a beautiful faith and thats coming from an atheist! There is much to admire despite the historical problems that some have with The Prophet - i think he was just a product of his time and place. Islam when practiced as intended is culturally enriching and brings its adherents peace and grace as well as admonitions to do good in THIS world. people forget how young islam is and all the growing pains that Christianity went through comparatively.

strateguy632 · Answer

we see how muslims portray themselves in videos and how they recruit... using quran, bye bye sevenn points.

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Answer

Al Qaeda is as much a muslim group as the KKK is a christian group. Don’t assume the terrorists are the norm just because they happen to have power

normalice · Answer

All religion is an unnecessary evil, in my opinion.

RedInnocent69 · Answer

Not evil, just misguided. Sure, people have spiritual needs, but forget that religions evolve out of a social and political context, which necessarily taints them.

Agape93 · Answer

Let me know when Islamic terrorism isn't the most prevalent on the planet by far, and when they aren't repressing women, and aren't killing apoststes/LGBT/outsiders

LiamJHayden · Answer

The Muslims I know personally are decent people, but when the "spokespersons" we see on media are talking about conquering and converting and celebrating killing people it is difficult to not be wary.

Staximus · Answer

Any extremist of any religion is bad. People are scared of Muslims because their extremists are organized. I've met plenty of normal Muslims that weren't fanatics, though. Just regular normal people like everybody else.

MrGSpotHer · Answer

I feel like a lot of hate comes froms this kind of religion. But I don't believe it's because of the religion itself it's the way people who are into terrorism are teaching it or being taught

In_Trance · Answer

I think it's a shit show

Pterodon · Answer

Yes I do

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