Muslim Misconceptions

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Misconceptions of Muslims About a couple of weeks ago, I overheard a conversation that was going on between two individuals. A guy and a lady were having a lengthy discussion about religions the guy opened up the topic about Islam which, he started to talk about how Islam is a not peaceful religion in anyway he spoke about Islam in such bad ways it got me very upset not because I am of that religion but it was just rude and disrespectful to speak about anyone’s religion in such a way. I felt like intervening in the conversation to educate him more about Islam. Seeing and hearing things like these are very sad, to have a religion be bashed about negatively just because of the how the media portrays them and have people believing it. People …show more content…

An article written by Suleiman, Michael W titled “Islam, Muslims and Arabs in America: The Other of the Other of the Other....” talks about the Muslim and Arab Image in America. The author talks about and mentions all the negativity Muslims face and how they are presented in the Media (Sulieman). To assume all Muslims are bad when only a couple people claiming that religion are. There’s always bad in every religion or country, so to say everyone single one of them is bad and to generalize is not acceptable. “ Arabs and Muslims are usually depicted as inherently violent, religiously fanatic, hopelessly backward, dirty, lazy and anti-Western, and particularly anti-American. “They are people who mistreat and suppress their women” mention in the article of how Muslims are portrayed as. “The Arab/Muslim countries are often portrayed as price-gougers out to control the world economy and/or to destroy the West, particularly the United States. Violence and war mongering, terrorism and hatred of peace-loving peoples” Sulieman continues to show why we are imaged in such …show more content…

Islam comes from the root word ‘silm’, which means “submission” or “surrender”. A Muslim is one who submits to the one and only God. Muslims believe that there is only one God and that Muhammad was the last and final Prophet of God. When Muslims say Allah that is just Arabic for God. Basically, Islam is just a religion that helps you get closer to God. Muslims do not worship Muhammad nor is Muhammad a founder of this religion. Muhammad is simple a respected Prophet just like previous prophets that came before him such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses & Jesus. Islam is misunderstood by many, the media portrays Islam to be a religion of hatred, violence and terrorism. Instead, Islam is a religion of peace, equality and faith. For example, Muslims greet each other by saying “peace be upon you”. So how can a religion, in which the first thing followers of that religion would say to one another is “peace” be a religion of such hatred and

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