What is your opinion of the Muslim religeon?

Question

Please describe how you feel about the Muslim religon. And it would also be helpful if you include your own religeon or if you are religeous at all. I am curious to know if others feel the same way about Muslims as I do. Thanks. :)

Answer 1

I think it needs to enter the 21st century. It doesn't have to embrace capitalism, but it does need to stand up and put the religion back into the hands of the reasonable.

The first thing the world thinks when they hear "Muslim" is a black ski mask with wild eyes peering out holding a Kalashnikov and RPG for a Shahid or beheading video, all while quoting the Koran. I would be really angry if my religion was being hijacked and defiled by sociopath lunatics with no regard for human life, whatsoever.

Those Imams on the planes should have known better. People aren't stupid. When you see a Muslim on TV, chances are they are saying how they want to kill us, or 9/11 was an inside job, that we are Infidels, Bush is a terrorist, that they want to blow up our malls, spread Islam across the world, etc. Some scary, unreasonable, nutso crap.

If Islam is "a religion of peace," reasonable Muslims must speak out so we wont freak out when robed Imams at a U.S. airport are chanting "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar!"

As it stands, any astute American knows that "Allahu Akbar" is a Muslim battle cry if you've ever watched any insurgent, extremist propaganda, or terrorist videos. Of course we're going to be scared.

Without taking action and speaking out, the only reasonable conclusion that one could draw is that even moderate Muslims are cool with extremist hate speech and animalistic, hyper-violent behavior. Like the sicko rantings by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for instance. He's the president of Iran, yet says such blatant and despicable things? What kind of example does this set, and what conclusions are civilized folks expected to draw? It's not hard to figure out.

I hope for the best, though...

Answer 2

Religion is: A method of self advantage some way of tapping into the divine some way of getting social interplay a valuable software for controlling men and women situated on fiction and historical past God(s) are: Highly advanced beings that created universe and endowed us with our souls, that are from them. The gods wish us to conform to a factor wherein they may be able to believe us with their vigour (to take action we must exhibit a satisfactory quantity of knowledge, compassion, and accountability.) The gods gave us an mind in order that we might query all matters, adding their life. Or simply how fallible or infallible they or their writers had been/are. The gods are what we must be striving to grow to be. The are our ethical examples, both by means of a optimistic or a poor. However, there are lots of reports, (particularity in older assets) wherein the gods are very just like petty folks, so that they function our reflect as good. The gods are benevolent adequate to understand that we can make errors, and we can be trained from them. The gods wish us to be trained, however they can't take the scan for us. They are the teach, counselor, and grader. We are the scholars. The gods gave us magic.

Answer 3

I am Christian. I have no opinion of the Muslim religion or ANY other religion for that matter, besides the fact that it is one religion out of many different beliefs. There are many "gods" that different groups, cultures, and people worship, but it is not my place to judge. Well everyone has a right to an opinion, opinions rarely, if ever, do anything to actually change the world. People can be prejudiced against many things or have opinions on whatever they want, but in the end who really cares? Your feelings about Muslims and the Muslim faith may be based on extensive research and facts or perhaps experiences. I've had interaction with many Muslims throughout my life, but have never "cared" enough to formulate an opinion. I just don't care. I have too much living to do.

Answer 4

It's amusing. I hear everyday a lot of Christians bashing Muslims for following a "violent" religion. How easily these same Christians "forget" the rapes, butcherings, and blood sacrifices in their Bible...

So, what is my opinion of Islam? I view it no differently than I view Christianity or Judaism; they are organized religions with heirarchies, and they are about control. This does not mean they are wrong, but I am uneasy around any Christian, Jew, or Muslim because they tend to become judgemental to me. I have been proven wrong by a rare few individuals in life, so I have hope. :-)

Answer 5

I would like to start by saying I am a Christian. I was raised Christian, left to find my own way, but I have returned. One of the Lords own little "Prodigal Son" stories. However, I have fought against Muslims, befriended some, and even slept with a few Muslim/Arab women (Another story for another day). My thought on the religion is this. It all sounds good if you read it all, but based on the actions of its founder, I would have to say they are little more than children. They can simplify it or complicate it however they wish, but the simple truth is, that Islam appeals mostly to the poor and the uneducated. Most educated countries in the world have almost totally embraced Christendom, not only for its charitable nature, but also because it leads to a life of very little violence and acceptance of all God's wonders. Though we have some wackos on our side too, their numbers our abysmally weak and not supported by the majority of Christians.

Answer 6

Are there good muslims yes. However look at any place in the world where islam is the sole ruling authority and you will find a society that is stuck in the dark ages. Islam was in impovement over no law. However it has no place in a modern world. Shaira law(islamic law based on Koran) is nothing more then Cruel, inhuman and oppressive to woman. It stats kill those who left islam 4 witness to a womans rape. Mans words is always taken over a womans. Just to name a few things. If you really want to know what i think of Islam you should read "why i am not a muslim" by Ibn Warraq

Answer 7

I believe that God has raised Muhammad as a light to his own people first, that is the Arabs. Without Muhammad they will still be worshipping hundreds of different gods. Muhammad has been chosen among his people to know the Only True God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth. There is no church who has done as much as the Muslim religion in proclaiming to the world everywhere: "La illaha illa Allah!" There is no other God but Allah,
The Great and Merciful God, the Creator of heaven and earth and all its contents.
Of course the same as in Christianity, and any other religion, there are followers or leaders who are bigots or lovers of gain, who do not follow the the teaching of the whole book of what they call their Holy Book. And just the same as Christianity, there are many who are not real real Christians, but only Christians in name, so among othe religions also, there are those whom we can call Hanif and those who are not Hanif, or true ones.
Among the Chinese there is also a man raised to teach about the true God, but his followers did not continue in his beliefs, but teach the contrary. That man is Laozi and Confucius.
Listen to what they say about the same God of the Christians and the Mulsims:

Something mysteriously already made, Existing (living) before heaven and earth in the silence and the void, Standing alone and unchanging, Ever present in constant (cyclic) motion. Perhaps He is the source of myriads of things, I do not know His name. Call Him Dao, For lack of a better word,
I call Him "the Almighty."
-- Gia FuFeng and Jane English, Translation of Lao Zi, Tao Te Ching (Toronto: Vintage Books, RandomHouse,Inc. 1989),Ch.25,p.255.

After giving these identifying names, Lao Zi continued to tell his listeners about the Almighty Dao.
Man follows the earth, The earth follows the heavens; The (physical) heavens follow the Dao,
The Dao follows His own way.
--Ibid.,Ch..25,27.

Compare the statement "The Dao follows His own way" with "I AM WHO I AM", in Exodus 3:14,15. Both of these statements indicate there is none higher than themselves. Dao and I AM are the highest standard, following their own will and law. Both mean the same: the "Self-existent Law-Maker." So we can see from the above statements by Lao Zi and Moses that The Dao is indeed the Creator of everything! The Dao in the ancient Chinese Classics is identical with the Godhead of the Bible!

Now how did the Dao create everything?

Heaven and earth have been created from something. Something has come from nothing.
--Ibid.<, Ch. 40., p. 42.
Compare that one with the statement of Paul in Hebrews 11:3 "By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible”. In other words, The Creator God was not using pre-existing material when He created all things. Now listen to this most famous, mysterious, and frequently quoted statement of Lao Zi by the Chinese people:
The Dao exists as one. One exists as two.
Two exists as three. And three create everything.
Ibid., Ch. 42., p. 44.

The Chinese people have long been puzzled by the above statements and until now they still cannot get the answer. But if you compare it with the following texts, you will see that the answer is quite clear:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:1-4

"Come near to Me, and hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; From the time that it was, I was there. And the Lord God and His Spirit have sent Me." (Isaiah 48:16). "For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one." (1 John 5:7).

Answer 8

As a born againChristain under leadership of Eddiie Villanueva of the Philipines, we don"t descriminate other religion much more about Muslim which is 500 years older than Christianity. We dont look into the faults of muslim brothers because behaviour depends on a person. What we consider in a religion is the virtue and faith the profess. We are glad there area many religions for that is God"s way of expressing Himself in variety of sense.

Answer 9

a bit strict compared to some other religions, but all right overall as long as the power hungry control freaks don't use it as a way to control people. christians did the same thing in the past, and some of the posts on this site are proof some still follow blindly.

i'm agnostic. i know plenty of muslim people outside of the middle east and they're the same as everyone else.

Answer 10

It's flawed just as most all religions ! People can do better if the drop the excess baggage . The potential development of the human mind has a long way to go and people in the future will look at us and say how ignorant people used to be.
peace out