Why are most of the Muslims fundamentalists and terrorists?

Question

This question is often hurled at Muslims, either directly or indirectly, during any discussion on religion or world affairs. Muslim stereotypes are perpetuated in every form of the media accompanied by gross misinformation about Islam and Muslims. In fact, such misinformation and false propaganda often leads to discrimination and acts of violence against Muslims. A case in point is the anti-Muslim campaign in the American media following the Oklahoma bomb blast, where the press was quick to declare a ‘Middle Eastern conspiracy’ behind the attack. The culprit was later identified as a soldier from the American Armed Forces.

Let us analyze this allegation of ‘fundamentalism’ and ‘terrorism’:

Definition of the word ‘fundamentalist’

A fundamentalist is a person who follows and adheres to the fundamentals of the doctrine or theory he is following. For a person to be a good doctor, he should know, follow, and practise the fundamentals of medicine. In other words, he should be a fundamentalist in the field of medicine. For a person to be a good mathematician, he should know, follow and practise the fundamentals of mathematics. He should be a fundamentalist in the field of mathematics. For a person to be a good scientist, he should know, follow and practise the fundamentals of science. He should be a fundamentalist in the field of science.

Not all ‘fundamentalists’ are the same

One cannot paint all fundamentalists with the same brush. One cannot categorize all fundamentalists as either good or bad. Such a categorization of any fundamentalist will depend upon the field or activity in which he is a fundamentalist. A fundamentalist robber or thief causes harm to society and is therefore undesirable. A fundamentalist doctor, on the other hand, benefits society and earns much respect.

I am proud to be a Muslim fundamentalist

I am a fundamentalist Muslim who, by the grace of Allah, knows, follows and strives to practise the fundamentals of Islam. A true Muslim does not shy away from being a fundamentalist. I am proud to be a fundamentalist Muslim because, I know that the fundamentals of Islam are beneficial to humanity and the whole world. There is not a single fundamental of Islam that causes harm or is against the interests of the human race as a whole. Many people harbour misconceptions about Islam and consider several teachings of Islam to be unfair or improper. This is due to insufficient and incorrect knowledge of Islam. If one critically analyzes the teachings of Islam with an open mind, one cannot escape the fact that Islam is full of benefits both at the individual and collective levels.

Dictionary meaning of the word ‘fundamentalist’

According to Webster’s dictionary ‘fundamentalism’ was a movement in American Protestantism that arose in the earlier part of the 20th century. It was a reaction to modernism, and stressed the infallibility of the Bible, not only in matters of faith and morals but also as a literal historical record. It stressed on belief in the Bible as the literal word of God. Thus fundamentalism was a word initially used for a group of Christians who believed that the Bible was the verbatim word of God without any errors and mistakes.
According to the Oxford dictionary ‘fundamentalism’ means ‘strict maintenance of ancient or fundamental doctrines of any religion, especially Islam’.
Today the moment a person uses the word fundamentalist he thinks of a Muslim who is a terrorist.

Every Muslim should be a terrorist

Every Muslim should be a terrorist. A terrorist is a person who causes terror. The moment a robber sees a policeman he is terrified. A policeman is a terrorist for the robber. Similarly every Muslim should be a terrorist for the antisocial elements of society, such as thieves, dacoits and rapists. Whenever such an anti-social element sees a Muslim, he should be terrified. It is true that the word ‘terrorist’ is generally used for a person who causes terror among the common people. But a true Muslim should only be a terrorist to selective people i.e. anti-social elements, and not to the common innocent people. In fact a Muslim should be a source of peace for innocent people.

Different labels given to the same individual for the same action, i.e. ‘terrorist’ and ‘patriot’

Before India achieved independence from British rule, some freedom fighters of India who did not subscribe to non-violence were labeled as terrorists by the British government. The same individuals have been lauded by Indians for the same activities and hailed as ‘patriots’. Thus two different labels have been given to the same people for the same set of actions. One is calling him a terrorist while the other is calling him a patriot. Those who believed that Britain had a right to rule over India called these people terrorists, while those who were of the view that Britain had no right to rule India called them patriots and freedom fighters.

It is therefore important that before a person is judged, he is given a fair hearing. Both sides of the argument should be heard, the situation should be analyzed, and the reason and the intention of the person should be taken into account, and then the person can be judged accordingly.

Islam means peace

Islam is derived from the word ‘salaam’ which means peace. It is a religion of peace whose fundamentals teach its followers to maintain and promote peace throughout the world.

Thus every Muslim should be a fundamentalist i.e. he should follow the fundamentals of the Religion of Peace: Islam. He should be a terrorist only towards the antisocial elements in order to promote peace and justice in the society.

Answer 1

mashaallah thank u for the explanation akhi next time short and sweet people get put of by long posts!

Answer 2

Very well stated.

The same is true for us Christians.

Christ is about love, forgiveness and salvation, but many want to equate the terrorists of the middle ages who were part of the Spanish and Porteguese Inquisitions as being "fundamentalists".

If you want to know where a lot of the ammunition is coming from I would strongly recommend you check out a couple of links I will provide below.

Please try to read them objectively so that you may answer them objectively and try not to be offended by what you read.

Some of it may be mis-information and some of it may be the truth.

Remember, the most effective lie is one with elements of the truth in it.

Perhaps you could extract the truth from the claims and have ready answers when the issues come up seperately.

I hope this helps.

http://bibleprobe.com/muhammad.htm

http://www.submission.org/dress.html

Answer 3

I don't think all Muslims are terrorist or fundamentalist. I'm pretty sure they are minorities like the "Christians" who bomb abortion clinics.
The news usually only shows the worst or best of the cutltures they cover. They talk about all these evangelical Christians who are quick to judge and condemn all the time. If it were not different or note worthy in some way there would be nothing to report.
It would be good if they did more stories about some of the moderate muslims and what they are doing to help combat the spread of fundalmentalism. I've read several stories about these heros of Islam who risk their lives speaking out.

Answer 4

I applaud you for a good and a very detailed explanation.
Salaam means peace and I don't understand why Muslims
in Iraq do kill each other every day. The best way to end
this brutal sectarian violence is to abreast in entirety, the
word Salaam. Peace to everybody. I enjoined all people
to pray for Peace throughout the World and esp. in Iraq.
We should be all Peace Fundamentalists...

Answer 5

You are dead to rights wrong! You still feel no compassion and that is how Muslims and Islam got in trouble in the first place. The main point of Islam is to treat every nation like human beings and Arabs unless they've been taught better continue to treat one another like the crap they do in the toilet as well as others. They go around and try and force their way of thinking on others and no wonder they got the tag terrorist.
Way to go bright boy!
There is a right way and there is a wrong way to promote peace and I haven't seen a Muslim do it yet. Especially those fundalmentalists.
To promote peace a Muslim should not be a terrorist. A terrorist scares people, people who are scared are not peaceful nor do they feel peaceful, there is no peace for them.
I repeat: A terrorist scares people, people who are scared are
not peaceful nor do they feel peaceful, there is no peace for them. Why because their scared!
Go back to the toilet and get your brains if you hadn't flushed them yet!

Answer 6

I'm not sure why Muslims try to spin Islam as peaceful.Why don't they just try to explain why they are violent ( for the most part ) There must be a reason.More than 95% of terrorist acts are committed by Muslim men between 18 and 35 years old... in the name of Allah. I welcome anyone to prove me wrong.

Answer 7

Is there a question in there some where?
Or do you Just want to put your point across.
It sounds like you have already made up your mind and are not interested in other peoples ideas.

I have a question for you, did the founder of Islam fight and slay the infidels wherever he found them and tell his followers to do the same? Did he tolerate there beliefs and let them be or did he kill them?

Many religions have people in them that do bad things, but what we should always look back to is those that started the religion and the central figure of that religion. What are they telling us? Is it true? and What does it mean?

Answer 8

ASSALAM ALIKUM

first of all thank to Allah who gave us such a nice knowledge about Islam let me tell you some thing dear friends

if some one attacks America what will be your decision? will you stop him ? or would like to easily killed by them ? just like that Muslims are fighting against their enemies well i think that president bush is the worlds no 1 terrorist who attack Muslim country without any reason ,without any proof

Answer 9

Both I think, Obama is soooooo messed up.He needs to lay off. He dosn't even support our country. There was a picture with McCain, A russian dude, and Obama. The russian dude and McCain had their hands over their hearts and Obama had his hands to the side. He is a loser no offense any1 that likes him but he is not right for america!

Answer 10

It's the other way around. And why does everyone assume that only Islam has bad people? See past the wall of ignorance in front of you.

OMG I can't believe you're name is Muslim and you're saying this! Is this some kind of joke?

Answer 11

This is my honest opinion so don't complain, ok ?

Do you guys see how the words are twisted around to mislead people about the Islam religion ?

Word of advice : If you wish to go to heaven, convert to Christianity now. Islam is the devil in disguise to mislead humans to worship a false God.

Word to the muslims (whoever they are):

Your people may slain us and call us weak but our kingdom is in heaven , not on earth. You can behead us all and gain power all over the world but you will still go to hell, cause we will never turn our back on Jesus and will die in his name.

Eventhough you do killings in the name of Allah and say you're a religion of peace, we will mock and laugh at you from heaven when judgement day arrives. Amen.