Misconceptions about Islam
After being on many forums and different websites i have observed that there are great misconceptions about Islam in the eyes of a common westerner , some of these misconceptions , i’ll list below and explain:
1- The fundamental concepts of Islam are extreme in nature :
The above is a common misconception ,the truth is that in Islam nothing is extreme just read the Quran yourself and Inshallah you won’t find any extreme thing in it.
2- Quran teaches Muslims to convert or kill non-believers (terrorism) :
The above misconception was stated by Mr.Fischer who blogs here at wordpress ,believe me this is utter non-sense no where in the Quran and Hadith you will find that it written to kill innocent people,it is said in Islam if a Muslim kill any other person(may or may not be a Muslim) is the same as killing the whole humanity!Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W) himself lived in a society where pretty large quantity of Jews lived and the Holy Prophet(S.A.W) never did unjust to them.
3- Terrorism/extremists and Islam go together :
Terrorist and extremists have extremely different views from real Muslim people , if you ask me these terrorists and extremists are not Muslims in any sense because Islam does not teaches violence it only teaches peace.
It is a fact that Muslims are portrayed very wrong in the media if you see media mostly tells about only extremists not about the real and mainstream Muslims who are like 98% of the Muslims,In reaction to this westerners think that in countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan there exists mainly crazy Muslims who are ready to kill anyone.If media plays a fair role the western can really know about the real Islam which does it best , to keep one’s character most modest and spread peace.
