Poet/Professor, Dr. Sam Hamod, one of the founders of Muslim American literature
I am sad to tell you that there are so many lies being posted about Islam that it's hard to keep up with them all. As an expert on Islam, and as the former director of The Islamic Center in Washington, DC ( the focal point of Islam in North America at the time, but it is not longer a Center, it is now just a backward mosque), it is important to understand that: 1. Islam is not tribal or national, but far too many alleged Muslims paste their tribal notions on Islam ( i.e., 'honor killing,"'not educating women,""giving women a lower place in society,""seeing women as only child bearing creatures.""thinking that they have to let their hair grow long or have a beard,""dissing Christianity (which wrong, because the Qur'an makes clear that all "people of the book should be respected), and other misunderstandings of Islam.
2. ISLAM FORBIDS KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE (thus it is clear, tht this israeli and american inspired ISIS group is not Muslim and if they think they are then they are of the devil , not of God/Allah), the Qur'an makes clear, 'to save one innocent person is to save all of mankind, to kill one innocent person is kill all of mankind."
3. Islam is worldly, it asks that you "read and think,' not just memorize, but try to keep learning and learn all you can about everything in the world, and use all good methods to continue learning. It is not Arab, Pakistani, Indian, Afghani, etc. and many do not even know that the largest Musiim country in the world is Indonesia, and most of those people do not speak Arabic--thus, it is not a religion of one country, but of the world, as is Christianity and Buddhsim, Hinduism, etc.
I SHALL SAY MORE IN ANOTHER POST, BUT THIS IS A START SO THAT OTHERS CAN SEE SOME OF THE MISTAKES OTHERS MAKE WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT ISLAM.
Professor Sam Hamod, Ph.D
Professor Sam Hamod, Ph.D