Can you be classified as Anti-Muslim, but not a racist?

Question

Personally, I have done a lot of research about Islam. I am completely upset by what I have found (I have been reading the Koran and the recently set out to learn more about Islam. I had no agenda at the time except to broaden my knowledge on the subject. What I have learned sickened me. I had previously been accepting of the notion that Islam was a peaceful religion and that the Muslim terrorists who inflict so much pain and death around the world represented a fringe element outside of mainstream Islam. I was wrong.

I would like to do what I can to stand up for what I believe in, but I do not find any group that is against Islam, but not against Arabs, or people of African hertiage. I have no problem with race, but religion.

Answer 1

Strange isn't it?

When I became Catholic last year I did a study of Islam, not from anti-Islamic sources, but from Muslims themselves.

They seem to know how to do a quick sell on naive people and all you have to do to become a Muslim is walk into a Mosque and proclaim belief in Islam. The selling points do not match the practice of the faith though!

I feel like you, I am not anti-Arab, heck I even respect the rights of Muslims to believe as they wish, as long as they are doing no harm to anyone else.

Good Post, and God Bless us all!

Answer 2

Muslims are docters lawyers fathers and mothers what can you possibly have against muslims do you know every excisting muslim personally and if the answer is no then you are a bigot..You see racists and bigots always say they have a reason.
P.S.What were you reading?
By the way you cannt read from the quran directly without an an interpertation of the meaning of the verses and how and why they were revealled not even muslims who speak arabic can do that..
Transalation is not gonna cut it.
P.S.Read books that are from well none muslim sources.
What would a person who doesnt like you say about you?
There is no justification for racists and bigots.

Answer 3

I feel very sorry that you should enrich your knowledge towards Islam

See and practice the religion islam the way Prophet Muhammad did, not by following the name muslims activities

if you go in depth of theology and pillars of islam you may get the clear knowledge

first of all you should be get clarified in islam about the misconception, hope that itself wil give you the clear definition, please visit the link below

http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/index2.php?vPart=45&startno=1&thelang=E

About your terrorist view, they are guided in the wrong path, that almighty does not required soldiers that he is self contained, Jihad what they are doing is wrong, not attacking innocents and jihad is defence

and again, after getting more indepth knowledge of islam and its existence of what means, i again ask you to repeat your question

I cant say you, you are a racist, their view is different

Answer 4

yes you can because if you break down the word anti muslim, it means against muslim. it just means that you disagree with the concepts of islam and choose to embrace others

This is assuming that you are only against the Islamic religion and not a race that follows it

i think that a better term would be anti-islam

Answer 5

Hmm, you say that youve done a lot of 'research about Islam'. Does that include actually reading the Koran? Because there is nothing 'sickening' or in favor of terrorism in it, unless you're specifically looking for things that rationalize your own hatred of Muslims.

Seems to me you're being purposefully disengenuous in order to convince us that you're only RECENTLY anti-Islam and are not a racist. I don't believe you.

Answer 6

being against a certain religion is not racism. However, if you start speaking out against islam, you will be labelled racist, Itshow the muslims get away with so much They pull the racism, political correctness card.

Answer 7

I believe you have misinterpreted what you have read. This is typical. Many non-Muslims who read the Quran and Islamic books either read distorted editions translated by Westerners, or have misinterpreted what they have read as they did not go back to Muslim scientists to explain the verses exactly.

I advise you to go back to Muslim scientists to clear up your misunderstandings. It does not make sense at all those billions of people (Muslims) support violence. After all, we are all human beings and have hearts and ethics.

Answer 8

Yes. Islam is a belief that transcends races. There are white and black people who are Muslims, not just Arabs.

Answer 9

Of course it doesn't make you racist. If your discrimination doesn't involve race, it isn't racist.
But of course, I still don't agree with you. How were you wrong? What exactly does it say? I doubt that Islam is actually as bad as you make it out to be. F---ing bigot.

Answer 10

If you are "anti-Muslim" you are against the people who practice Islam and that would make you prejudice. If you are against Islam a better word is bigot.