islam is the victim! for muslims only?

Question

it's so sad what muslims are facing everyday from wrongful accusations, to insults, to unfair employment in foreign countries because of wearing a headscarf or so....... but the worst is that this image is being deformed by muslims themselves.....when alqaeda and other terrorist group members publically declare that they are following the quran by killing innocent civilians!!!! and also muslims who are hostile against nonmuslims....
we all agree that this ain't related to islam by any means....but how can we change it.......
I'm sure all of you who log in here to answer questions about islam have a huge love for this religon....so let's think together of ideas that can help change this stereotypical false image of islam......something big, global that can have a social peaceful impact and may change some opinions.....let's hope and pray god blesses us with this honour

Answer 1

I'm not Islamic, but I really appreciate your point of view--this is indeed a huge problem for the Muslim community. Any time a legitimate faith is hijacked by extremists, it can be very troubling for other believers.

Ultimately, I think the answer is more dialog within Muslim communities, and more moderate Muslims being willing to stand up for what they believe and renounce those who would give their religion a bad name. Being a vocal critic of terrorism, violent jihad, and all of the other things that you feel transgresses the true teachings of the Prophet and Islam, and being willing to tell a fellow Muslim when you think one of their beliefs is wrong, or dangerous, or terrorist, or anything like that will be a good start to creating a more open worldwide community of believers that doesn't provide a breeding ground for such anti-social and criminal groups as al quaeda.

A lot of the prejudice occurs because many westerners are too ignorant to understand the difference between extremists and Muslims who follow the true message of the faith. Educating us about these differences will go a long way towards reducing the stereotypes, and discrimination. I am Jewish, so I know that like antisemitism, anti-Muslim sentiment will probably never completely go away. But by showing people that Muslims are just human beings with a different faith, it can really make a huge difference in the long run.

Good luck, and Salaam!

Answer 2

No offense, yet why could you prefer to categorise your self as a sufferer? as quickly as you do this, you lose the flexibility to declare something beneficial approximately your self and your community. sufferer stance is a reactionary way of coping with the international - it particularly is to declare, it places you interior the area the place your purely potential is the flexibility to guilt others. i understand i would not prefer to be in that place. yet another element, Islam is how human beings prepare the religion. I understand which you have a definite set of ideals that Muslims usually are not assembly. it particularly is positive, i'm getting that. yet once you prefer to alter how the religion is perceived, commence living out those "authentic suggestions" particularly than giving reflects and lectures on a hypothetical "appropriate Islam" considering it particularly is totally a faith that lives interior the thoughts. the comparable holds authentic with Christianity. Jesus could have mentioned,"decide no longer" and "turn the different cheek", yet Christianity helps huge grievance of alternative religions and approaches of being and bombing the heck out of harmless human beings. the ideal would not remember because of the fact this is no longer appropriate to the individuals who declare the call. Do you spot what i'm asserting? I comprehend that i do no longer fall decrease than the class of "muslim", yet i'm merely attempting to grant you slightly of the outsider attitude. you are going to choose that while you are going to alter how your faith is considered. each and all of the ultimate, Lazarus

Answer 3

You see Islam is all about the Holy book of Quraan. Muslims need to read it more frequently as it includes everything. Those who accuse Muslims of being terrorist are not hurting anyone but themselves. Allah mentions in many phrases in the Quraan that his followers will face a lot of hate in their lives. All they need to do is be patient, they should know that Allah rewards those who are patient.

Answer 4

Well, I am not muslim, but I think that posting questions like this goes a long way.

Answer 5

don't worry about it sister and put your trust in God. this religion is the last religion sent by God, so everyone will go against it. they will give hard time to a woman who wears a scarf, but welcome a woman who wears half naked. at least there are people who respect God in this life and time.

Answer 6

Well said. BarakAllahfeek.

Answer 7

How can you claim that the violent/repressive image of Islam is false when the Koran says otherwise? Is it coincidence that most Islamic regimes treat women barbarically?
You're trying to put a politically correct spin on a monstrous ideology.

Answer 8

no

Answer 9

Why Bible try to shave the head of un-veiled woman?
1 Corinthians 11:6 KJV: For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

Why Bible declares thats woman is bitter than death?
Ecclesiastes 7:26 KJV: And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her but she will catch whoever continues to sin. (GOD'S WORD®)

Why Bible advise to Burn the Daughter of Priest if she does sex?
Leviticus 21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
A priest's daughter, if found to have lost her virginity without marriage, can receive the death penalty, but in the form of incineration.
How many fundamentalist priests who so easily condemn others would carry out the burning of their daughters if they found them "whoring"?

Why Bible want to set a fire on woman?
Genesis 38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
A priest's daughter, if found to have lost her virginity without marriage, can receive the death penalty, but in the form of incineration.
How many fundamentalist priests who so easily condemn others would carry out the burning of their daughters if they found them "whoring"?

Why Bible wants to Cut the hands of wife if she support her husband? Because she is woman?
Deuteronomy 25:11-12 "When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her." A wife would naturally wish to come to the aid of her husband in any way she could if he desperately struggled with an opponent, but the Hebrew law specifically forbade a wife to help her husband in distress if that support consisted of her grabbing the enemy's genitals in an effort to stifle his onslaught. The penalty? Amputation of the hand that fondled the genitals!
Only in an overly obsessive male dominated culture could men create such atrocious laws. As such, the penis ranked sacrosanct in the minds of men (as it still stands today). If a male lost his penis for any reason, he would lose the right to enter a congregation of God. (See Deuteronomy 23:1)

Why Bible chooses Penalty for Female Births? Are all dames dirty?
Leviticus 12:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
Leviticus 12:5
But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
A woman who gives birth to a child must undergo a purification ritual lest her "uncleanness" contaminate others. This not only entails her isolation, but also payments to priests for the ritual acts. Thus the male dominators had even made birth dirty.
Notice here that if a woman bears a female child, her isolation must last twice as long as that if she gives birth to a male child! (See also Psalms 51:3-5)

Why Bible declares, Females are in Inferior than males?
I Corinthians 11:3 "But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God."
The Bible's decree of male supremacy has kept woman inferior to men for centuries. For the religious, it comes as a sad fact that a human must have a penis to receive any respect or power within the Church.
All woman should realize that such phrases in the Bible has justified for many Christian men, not only their supremacy but a reason to sexually abuse women. (See also I Cor. 14:34-36, I Timothy 2:8-15, I Peter 3:1-7, Ephesians 5:22-24, Col. 3:18-19)

Why Bible declares male supremacy over females?
I Corinthians 11:8-9 "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man."
The Bible's decree of male supremacy has kept woman inferior to men for centuries. For the religious, it comes as a sad fact that a human must have a penis to receive any respect or power within the Church.
All woman should realize that such phrases in the Bible has justified for many Christian men, not only their supremacy but a reason to sexually abuse women. (See also I Cor. 14:34-36, I Timothy 2:8-15, I Peter 3:1-7, Ephesians 5:22-24, Col. 3:18-19)

Bible wants to kill illegitimate Children. How you can punish innocent children?
Revelation 2:22-23 "Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works."
If anyone thinks Biblical Jesus represents only a peaceful loving soul, then think again. For an act of adultery, Bible would kill innocent children for the adultery of others; hardly fair justice, love, or the concern for human beings. Bible wants to kill adulterous population of Bible Believers. Adulterous population has substantial ratio in Bible Believers.There are more than 41% love children in American population. If you believe in bible, half of Christian population will be killed.....

Why Bible snatches the right to live alive from Witches and Hookers and Promiscuous woman?
Exodus 22:18-20."Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. Whoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. He that sacrificeth unto any god, save to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed."
These verses attest to the power of belief as they led to the slaughter of thousands of defenseless people throughout Europe and the rest of the world. Understand that these verses not only authorize the executions but they explicitly command them.Verse 18 justified the burning of women in Europe judged as witches. In early America, the Salem witch trials resulted in the deaths of women and men. Verse 19 refers to bestiality, a sin considered worthy of death. Christians used verse 20 to justify religious wars, Crusades and the slaughter of unbelievers throughout Europe. And the condemnation of heretics still goes on.

Why Bible advocates for gang rape of single woman by drunken mob?
Judges 19:24-25 "Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go."
Judges 19 describe a father who offers his virgin daughter to a drunken mob. When the father says "unto this man do not so vile a thing," he makes clear that sexual abuse should never befall a man (meaning him), yet a woman, even his own flesh and blood, or a concubine belonging to a perfect stranger, can receive punishment from men to do what they wish. This attitude against women still persists to this day and we have the Bible, in large part, to thank for this attitude against women.
Verse 25 describes the hours long gang rape of the poor concubine. The Bible gives not one hint of passion or concern for the raped girl. Considering that many people believe that every word in the Bible comes from God, it should not surprise anyone why people still use these verses to justify such atrocities.

Why bible wants to fit the Silencer on the mouth of Woman when men love to hear sighs of woman?
I Timothy 2:11-14. "Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."
Another case where the Bible makes it quite clear that women live for man and must submit to them. "Man enjoys the great advantage of having a god endorse the code he writes; and since man exercises a sovereign authority over women it is especially fortunate that this authority has been vested in him by the Supreme Being. For the Jews and Christians among others, man is master by divine right; the fear of God will therefore repress any impulse towards revolt in the downtrodden female." (Read also I Cor. 11:3-12, I Cor. 14:34-36, I Peter 3:1-7, Ephesians 5:22-24, Col. 3:18-19.

Stone The Woman!
Deuteronomy 22:22."If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;" Deuteronomy 22:24."Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you." (Read also Deuteronomy 22:13-21). The discovery of a bride lying with another man can yield disastrous results.



According to bible, are women cash crop and property of men?
"If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silvers, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days." (Deuteronomy 22:28-29)
If the wife's parents can produce tokens of the damsel's virginity and spread the cloth before the elders of the city, the husband has to pay the bride's father one hundred silver shekels and he may not send his wife back to her parents as long as she lives. But if the bride's virginity does not satisfy the requirements, the husband can get rid of her by letting the men of the city stone her to death. From a practical level, these designed laws regulating women's virginity protected economic transactions between men rather than for the sake of morality.
The belief some get about the Biblical law leads to protect men's property rights of their wives and daughters.
This law says that since an unmarried girl, a non-virgin, no longer serves as an economically valuable asset, her father must receive compensation. As for the legal requirement of the man that caused the economic problem, his marriage in that society gave him practically unlimited power over their wives. Such forced marriage can hardly serve as a concern for the poor girl's welfare.

Wives, Submit Yourselves before husband.
Ephesians 5:22-24."Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything."
These words of Paul describe another instance for the calling of the submission of women to their husbands. Note that the all inclusive "everything" could allow husbands to submit their wives to anything, including rape, beatings, slavery, etc. See also I Cor. 11:3-12, I Cor. 14:34-36, I Timothy 2:8-15, I Peter 3:1-7, Col. 3:18-19.

According to Bible, Why women are forbidden to speak in churches?
I Corinthians 14:34 "Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church."
If one ever wishes to find an explanation of woman's inferiority to men, one only has to look in the Bible. Paul makes clear and delineates the importance of woman recognizing her place, "ad nauseam." (See also I Cor. 11:3-12, I Timothy 2:8-15, I Peter 3:1-7, Ephesians 5:22-24, Col. 3:18-19.)

Has woman brought sin and death into this world? Is woman fall of race?
I Corinthians 14:35."The bible teaches that women brought sin and death into the world, that she precipitated the fall of the race, that she was arraigned before the judgment seat of Heaven, tried, condemned and sentenced. Marriage for her was to be a condition of bondage, maternity a period suffering and anguish, and in silence and subjection, she was to play the role of a dependent on man's bounty for all her material wants, and for all the information she might desire... Here is the Bible position of woman briefly summed up."
If one ever wishes to find an explanation of woman's inferiority to men, one only has to look in the Bible. Paul makes clear and delineates the importance of woman recognizing her place, "ad nauseam." (See also I Cor. 11:3-12, I Timothy 2:8-15, I Peter 3:1-7, Ephesians 5:22-24, Col. 3:18-19.)

Why bible wants to multiply the sorrows of woman manifold?
Genesis 3:16. "Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." Not only does the Woman get blamed for the Fall, but God decides to multiply her sorrow, plus, she must submit to her husband like a slave. Religionists have used this verse as justification and "reason" for the pain and punishment (sin) of childbirth and the sin of mankind. And to this day many Christians and Jews place women lower then men in the ranking of Godly order. If ever there existed a more cruel justification against women, it could not have done as much damage as from belief in Genesis 3:16. Because of the belief in the Fall, countless Christians have branded the entire human race as depraved.

"Christianity teaches that the human race is depraved, fallen, and sinful."

Why Bible want to rip up rebellious woman. Which one bible believer woman is not rebellious now a days?
Hosea 13:16. "Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up."
Throughout the Bible, God smites those who do not believe in him or those who do not follow his commands. Here we have the grotesque description of infants dashed to pieces and pregnant women ripped up. Whatever rebellious nature an infant's father or mother may have had, it bears no justice to an innocent child or to an unborn fetus who could not possibly have rebelled against God, much less understood him. Anyone who claims to love such a God, must accept infanticide as one of God's ugly revenges.(See also Psalms 137:9)

Why Bible try to change the gender of shameless woman, from female to male gender?
Sirach.26:25. "A shameless woman shall be counted as a dog; but she that is shamefaced will fear the Lord."
According Bible, Is Wicked and promiscuous woman have equal to plague of heart?
Sirach 25:13. "Give me any plague, but the plague of the heart: and any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman."

If woman is beginning of sin, then man is its end?
Sirach. 25:22."Of the woman came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die."

Cut the hands of woman and divorce because she is woman?
"If she go not as thou wouldest have her, cut her off from thy flesh, and give her a bill of divorce, and let her go." (Sirach 25: 26)

Bible declares that hooker can be known by haughty looks, eyelids and garments. Do hookers and promiscuous women wear such biblical makeup and garments?
Sirach 26:9-10. "The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids. If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty."
"For from garments cometh a moth, and from women wickedness. Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach." (Sirach 42:13-14)

Why bible likes modest women when most of bible believers like promiscuous chicks.
Sirach 26:14-15."A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord: and there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed. A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace, and her continent mind cannot be valued."