why dont most americans bother learning about islam?

Question

there r so many thing americans dont know:

1. Allah is not a god we worship, Allah is God in arabic.
2. Muslims are not supposed to commit suicide so those terrorists are going straight to hell for doing that.
3. Slavery is forbidden
4. Homosexual acts are forbidden.
5. These terrorists r a bunch of retards and they r going against islam by doing wat they do.
6. Islam is the only religion that isnt named after the founder which means it isnt a man-made religion. (not trying to offend ppl from other religions here)

to make a long story short, those terrorist r not true muslims.


that's all i'll mention for now, i dont wanna bore u wit a long list

Answer 1

Most Americans are insular; ignorant and unaware. Bush is a prototype.

Answer 2

> why dont most americans bother learning about islam?
Because most Americans are Christians and Jews. Christians and Jews regard Mohammed as misguided, and therefore regard Moslems as misguided.

> Allah is God in arabic.
We're very much aware that we share the God of Abraham.

> Islam is the only religion that isnt named after the founder
Are you sure?

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To make a long story short, I'll have more respect for Islam, the religion of peace, when the Sunnis and Shi-ites stop fighting each other.

Answer 3

I believe it should be a part of the curriculum to learn about world religions in schools, otherwise, don't teach religion at all.
To answer your question: in beleiving that the terrorists are really defining Islam. I believe that's what most Americans believe. I am glad I do not fit into the category of most Americans as I read and watch international news from just about every country (Fox News isn't considered news in my view).
People who generalize when thinking/talking about Al Qaida and the Taliban as terrorists and that Islam must be the religion of a terrorist oftentimes forget what religion Hitler practiced, or what religion the Ku Klux Klan practiced. Were such groups not terrorists?
I just believe that ignorant people don't understand that things aren't always as they appear. They will usually believe that if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, then it is a duck. Such ignorance is to be kept out of the circle of one's life.
If a person falls into the trap of watching an obviously biased news station that its purpose is to control the public opinion of the masses, then ignorance will bleed and breed more ignorance. To combat that, it's as you have mentioned, one must educate oneself to be able to view every facet of the subject to come to an opinion rather than believing and continuing to listen to an already biased source.
People also are forgetting the true origin of the world religions. If people were to read more, educate themselves more, our treatment towards Muslims that are obviously under the magnifying glass, may not be as harsh. Then again, maybe not. Or, maybe time is of the essence and, as with the times of Hitler/the Holocaust and the prime of the Ku Klux Klan, this too shall pass and such ignorant groups will, yet again, slander the faiths that which future terrorists supposedly (or not) practice.
Cheers.

Answer 4

1 Fair enough.
2 ok.
3 Sure
4 Why? Between consenting adults? Let people have personal freedom
5 Then police your religion, and put a stop to their activities. Your religion will continue to be hated if "those retards" carry out terrorist acts on the west, then return home to find shelter and protection.
6 Debatable and nebulous point.

Answer 5

Islam is the only religion that isnt named after the founder which means it isnt a man-made religion. (not trying to offend ppl from other religions here)

Wrong. Islam is heavily based on previous books by the Jews and Christians, and an understanding of history will prove this. Ever wonder why Jews AND Muslims don't eat pork? Why the story of a great flood is in both books? Why Jesus is a prophet in the Koran?

I know enough about Islam to know that any religion that says its OK to beat your wife - but only if she misbehaves - and that men can't possibly control their own urges - is a religion I'm not interested in. I also know that the Koran was written about 1,300 years ago, and I'm not interested in being governed by something that no longer makes sense for the times we live in.

Answer 6

Humanity can no longer cope with to pay for any faith - it's going to be the downfall of our species and the shackles that save us in slavery and not waiting to work out certainty for what this is. Einstein's non-acceptance of quantum concept grew to become into in accordance with a concept that god had to exist. He grew to become into incorrect approximately quantum mechanics and he could have been the appropriate physicist ever if he did no longer have a put off approximately god and attempting to place that antiquated concept in certainty the place it does not make experience as is nonfactual.

Answer 7

It's just another exclusionary Abrahamic religion. There are only enough dissimilarities to entertain the followers. Meh.

It's all the same to me. "I'm right, you're wrong, God loves you even though you're evil because you don't worship the same one as me."

Even without terrorists, it's still not that interesting, sorry. I grew up Christian, I know the drill: sin, eternal damnation, heaven, etc. Nothing all that new or exciting.

Answer 8

All the terrorist that have tried to destroy the United States believe in Islam. They don't mind telling you that when they're caught. "Praise Allah" is the popular saying . Can you dispute my statements?
I welcome you to do so if you want to send me an e-mail. The Islamic belief is to destroy the infedels of the United States. This includes Men, Women & Children.

Answer 9

For the same reason most Americans don't bother learning about Socialism/Communism (other then the basics of it).

Answer 10

Well, that is very good to know, but it looks like the terrorists are the ones that don't know what you are saying.
Why don't you try to tell them first ?

Answer 11

Most Americans don't because most Americans don't care about anything except making money.Even their own families come below money on their list of priorities.