Ambiguity Of Islam

The religion of peace, the religion of terror—both titles have been associated with the Islam religion. Islam is the second most followed religion in the world, only second to Christianity. Therefore, for it to have two contradicting title associated with it prompts a need for deep exploration. The world has been closely watching the religion for little over a decade now and yet even with its large following, much of the world—primarily western populations—remain uninformed. Additionally, many that are informed do not often inform the uninformed properly thus resulting in more confusion and ambiguity. A large quantity of people are aware of the beliefs in Islam that have received attention like Jihad, its view on homosexuality and its view

Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Prophet recited the words of Allah for 23 years and the verses were recorded using various material like stones, sticks, and cloth. These verses were memorized by the Prophets followers and being that he was illiterate he himself could not have written them so his scribes were put to do so and they read their writing back to the Prophet to check for accuracy. Upon the Prophets death, the Quran was yet to be created in book form. It was only after the Battle of Yamama, where 70 people that memorized the Quran were killed, did caliph Abu Bakr order the creation of the Quran in book format and this took place around

Many logical fallacies surround this topic; for instance, that other men during the Prophet's time period were doing it so it is permissible as well as ignoring this issue merely because it is the Prophet. However, within the Quran there is this “And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hand possesses. That is more suitable that you may not incline [to injustice].” (Quran, 4:3). This means multiple wives are only permissible if a man can treat them equally, if he cannot then it is forbidden. Therefore, the popular claim that this Islam has this fallacy is merely because of misguidance. Additionally, this view on polygamy is unique to Islam in comparison to Judaism and