5:46 PM
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by Encik Fikri
(7) Islam
is a religion which is militantly anti-Western, exposes violence, and is very
much inclined to wars
The last misconception is “Islam
is a religion which is military anti-Western, exposes violence and is very much
inclined to wars”. It is untrue that Islam is millitary anti-western. As mentioned before, Islam promotes peace.
Allah mentioned about equality between human being in surah AL HUJURAT verse
13;
"O mankind! We created you from a single soul, male and female, and made you into nations and
tribes, so that you may come to know one another. Truly, the most honored of you in God's
sight is the greatest of you in piety. God is All-Knowing, All- Aware.”
This
verse clearly mentioned the equality that are promoted in Islam.
5:43 PM
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by Encik Fikri
(6)
Islam is incompatible with human
rights, pluralism and political tolerance
Next,
misconception on “Islam is incompatible with human rights, pluralism and
political tolerance”. Regardless the above matters it is clearly unfair to
judge Islam as such do not promote humanity. As an example, we look at the laws
in inheritance as being stated in Quran in surah An-Nisa’ verse 33
“To (benefit) every one, we have
appointed shares and heirs to property left by parents and relatives. To those,
also, to whom your right hand was pledged, give their due portion. For truly
Allah is witness to all things.”
5:41 PM
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(5)
Islam is oppressive against women and
minorities
Next misconception is “Islam is oppressive against women and minorities”.
This misconception occurs because of the urges of Islam towards Muslim women to wear
the veil and forced to stay home.
Islam does not oppress women. One of the hadith of the prophet Muhammad mentioned:
"The most perfect in faith amongst believers is he who is best in manner and kindest to his
wife."
5:37 PM
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by Encik Fikri
(4) “Modernity” is the product of the West and
the Islamic world cannot be truly modern until Islam is radically reformed
Another
western misconception on Islam is “Modernity is the product of the west and the
Islamic world cannot be truly modern until Islam is radically reformed”. The
concept modernity are perceived as the mark of the progress from industrialism,
capitalism, secularization, the nation-state, and its constituent institutions
and forms of surveillance. In this matter, Islam as a religion are needed as a
preparation from the soul matter for the Muslims to engage with the concept of
modernity that are promoted b y these westerners. It is known that a few
matters that are just known scientifically are already mentioned in the Quran.
This shows that Islam is already ahead in term of the “modernity”.
5:36 PM
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(3) Islam is a religion of fanaticism, fatalism and polygamy
The third Western misconception that spread among them was “Islam is a religion of fanaticism, fatalism and polygamy”.
Islam is not a religion of fanaticism. In fact, fanaticism does not exist in Islam, and Islam is against those who are. There are not verse and Sunnah in the Quran which emphasis Islam as a religion of fanaticism the tradition of Islam is meant to be simple, easy to apply, realistic, and practical. As mention in surah al-imran verse 200
“O People who Believe! Endure and surpass your enemies in endurance, and guard the frontiers of the Islamic nation; and keep fearing Allah, hoping that you may succeed.”
This ayah clearly shows that Islam promotes peace rather than fanaticism. Allah clearly mentioned to Muslim to endure and surpass the enemy in endurance.
5:33 PM
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(2) Islam is obscurantist, primitive and
uncivilized
The second western misconceptions concerning Islam are
“Islam is obscurantist, primitive and uncivilized”. The western believed that
Islam prohibits Muslims to understand something by being obscurant and Islam is
being old-fashioned and in the state of non- developing. The westerners
believed that Islamic teaching restricts the Muslims to learn things outside
the religion hence staying in the state of not following the current era. This
misconception may occur due to the believed that from the time Islam was
conveyed until nowadays, no development occurs due to Muslim still stuck on
only learn things from Quran and Sunnah. Allah mentioned in surah Al-Hijr
verse 10
“Verily, We Ourselves have sent down
this Exhortation, and most surely We will be its Guardian”
5:31 PM
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(1)
Muslims are mainly Arabs, and Islam is
the exclusive religion of the Middle East.
The first misconceptions that westerners held concerning Islam
is “Muslims are mainly Arabs, and Islam is the exclusive religion of the
“Middle East”. Believing that Islam is only a religion for Middle East is a myth that
was spread by the enemies of Islam early in its history. This mistaken assumption
is possibly based on the fact that most of the first generation of Muslims was
Arabs, the Qur'an is in Arabic and the Prophet Muhammad was an Arab. Shaykh
Khalid Yasin said that 1 out of 5 people in this world are a Muslim. This means
that people who embrace Islam, which is Muslims, consist of vast range of races
nationalities and cultures from around the world. And the largest Islam
community lies in Indonesia, which lies on the Asian continent. This shows that
Islam is not specifically for the Middle East people, or specifically Arabs.
5:27 PM
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by Encik Fikri
Welcome fellow
'earthlings' to my humble blog #lulz
I will start to discuss a few matters and hopefully clear up a few misconception regarding Islam.
There
will be plenty of part from my post, and a few of those part will be
conducted in English (gonna re-post what i have wrote from my assignment
Misconception can be
defined as a view or
opinion that is incorrect because it is based on faulty thinking or
understanding. It is part of peoples view regarding some matters such as
belief, religion and so on. Nowadays, we can see there are a lot of
misconceptions about Islam and its teaching. So, in order to give the best
understanding regarding Islamic religion, let us first look at the root word for Islam, which came
from word salam which means peace or
safety. Hence misconception towards Islam could be defined as incorrect opinion
about Islam based on faulty thinking or understanding. These misconceptions
have form faulty thinking among non-Muslim regarding Islam.
These misconceptions prevent the non-Muslims from seeing the beauty of Islam. It is the duty of
Muslims to help clear misconceptions that non-Muslims have regarding Islam.
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