Why do people consider Islam a violent religion?

Question

I am Cathloic but have studies the qu'ran and wonder why so many people classify all muslims as oppressive (men) or oppressed (women). Why do people have to be ignorant? People blame muslims for many problems in the world and I don't get it.

WOW. I guess i underestimated how many bigoted people there are in the world xD.

Answer 1

The truth is people are just scared of people that do not worship or dress like theirself, it's not only the muslim world people also see many different relegions and races in the same way. The fact is everybody would like everyone else to be uniformed in their own likeness. Its a sad world but its always been there with world war 2 to now. I wish there were a true meaning but I really think that your question will not be answered until people actually open up and accept that everyone is different and has their own relegions. But we also see it in our youth, certain types of groups. You have your athletes, poor kids, skaters, goth, no matter how well you try to look at it even our worlds kids are divided by what they wear or what they beleive in. Hope this helps

Answer 2

Well, I have to agree with that whole oppressive/oppressed thing, but as for the assumption that all Muslims are violent, that's just ridiculous. Society generally lives in bliss (ignorance). SOME Muslims do cause SOME problems in the world, some very BIG (understatement) problems in fact, but this is only Muslim extremists, so people need to stop blaming so much on that religion.

Answer 3

I don't think that "everyone" classifies "all" muslims as oppressive or oppressed. To answer your question though, people blame a lot of problems on them because of militant muslims who blow up buildings, blow up busses, and do it all to be a martyr. Why would you even have to ask this question? Yes, the media shows it all the time, but they aren't making it up. It happens. Most religion on a whole is "oppressive", especially to women. If you don't see how religion can be oppressive, then you're blind. Millions have died in the name of religion. Do you think Muslim nations such as Iran who put women in jail for not following the "dress code" that is LAW not oppressive? Do you think that any religion that states that the man is in charge of a woman isn't oppressive?

Answer 4

that's only considered violent by utilising people who desire to verify it that way. Islam isn't a violent faith. there is not any such place as a violent Islamic country. The movements of a few extremists can not be delivered right into a huge generalization. some persons are violent, no longer religions, nor countries. God does no longer sell violence.God tries to end violence. human beings sell violence.

Answer 5

Because of rising Islamic extremism the Western perspective of Islam has been radically distorted. If you really want an in-depth analysis of why the Western world perceives Islam as a violent, primitive and oppressive religion you should really look up some of Edward Said's work. I just finished studying him in my African Studies class. He is on wikipedia....i can't quite remember the name of the book but on wikipedia it has cover are with a boy not facing the reader, and a snake in a pot...they are both facing a large crowd, and i think the title is pretty obvious too. I found it it's called "Orientalism". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Said

Answer 6

Because the good majority of Moslem's refuse to reign in the unfathomably evil fraction of the religion. Those Muslim men who spread pain, hatred, murder and death as if they think themselves to be the arbiters of Gods manifestation on earth

This weakness, this failure of mainstream Islam to do what is proper, and what Mohammad demands, will soon force the rest of the world to erase Islam from the human experience if they don't get on with what it is beholden upon them to do, and erase the stain of hate filled Islamic fundamentalism from the tapestry of humanity.

It must happen. It will happen soon. The only remaining question is whether the good core of Islam will lead there destruction, or will they refuse to admit their evil brothers deserve to be utterly wiped from the face of the earth and all memory of them wiped away.


If the latter, all of Islam will surely perish.

Answer 7

MEDIA / MEDIA / MEDIA
The people who hate the Islam control the Media so they only give the viewrs what they want , if the people read the quaran and about Prophet Muhammed they will understand that the Islam isnt a violent religion .

Answer 8

Fundamentalism distorts all, and the media tends to have a pretty negative view of Islam (with stories like "What's wrong with Islam?" after 9/11).

It's funny that they didn't put as much attention on someone like Adolf Hitler, even though he was raised as a Catholic and felt that even though he was "defending" himself against the Jew, that he was fighting for the work of the Lord.

Answer 9

It is how the world is working these days. Because of some people who allegedly did something, the muslims of the world are being hated. Violent isnt islam, anybody who points their fingers towards muslims should read the Quran or atleast learn a little bit more about islam.

Answer 10

Could it be because their holy book talks about Holy War, the Jihad?

Could it be because the founder of their faith was a warlord who led his army on a war of conquest and spread his faith at the tip of a sword?

Could it be because they fire off bombs all over the place and do not really care who they kill?

Could it be they capture people and video tape cutting off their heads with a hunting knife?

Could it be they go absolutely nuts over a book, movie, cartoon, quote by the Pope that they think insults their faith?

Could it be that if anything happens they go riot in the streets, burning down churches, embassies and what have you and kill people?

Could it be because ISLAM IS A VIOLENT RELIGION?