Why is everyone after Islam?
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Thank a man named Osama Bin Ladin.
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^ and before him????
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Jealousy.
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it not becuase of him. some people have been after islam for a long time.
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It wasnt as bad as it is now.
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nobody is after Islam, everyone is after fundamentalism and al qaida.
but, sooner or later truth will prevail !!
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That's a good point, let me add ... Intolerance... that's part of beind fundamentalist.......
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Define what a fundamentalist is.
I always thought someone who abides by the fundamentals would likely be called a fundamentalist. Extremist or misguided is another story, however.
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this is what i got from this website
http://www.answers.com/topic/fundamentalism
“A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism.”
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I always thought someone who abides by the fundamentals would likely be called a fundamentalist. Extremist or misguided is another story, however.
i agree completely, Sadiyah.
From a dictionary: A fundamentalist is a religious person who adheres to the "fundamentalism" of their particular religion. What this means is that they make a conscious effort to believe and follow what they regard as the "fundamentals" of their faith.
Therefore everyone that follows Islam completely qualifies as a fundamentalist.
I don't believe that everyone is coming after Islam intentionally, but I do believe that certain people are really pushing others to be after Islam.
If I had lost a close friend / family member in the 911 attacks, and I knew nothing about Islam, I would probably hate Muslims as well, because all I would have seen of them are these horrible terrorists.
WaSalaam
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^And what would you have done or thought after finding out that (a) Islam is against such acts and (b) muslims (and others too off course) condemn the act of killing innocents?
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I can't really answer that, because it would depend on how exactly I would feel at that moment. But I don't think I would have tried to find out anything about Islam.
Most of my friends are in this same boat. They don't have any real motivation to find out what the "true" Islam may be. All they know is that people committed acts of terrorism and they said it was because their religion demanded it.
WaSalaam
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WaSalaam
Not a good logic Sir.....or not a logic at all I must say. Don't know who else would agree with this. Are you still in 'hypothetic' mode though?
BTW that may not be the only reason as others pointed earlier.
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Going back to the initial post, the acts of some ignorants have been blown out of proportion and linked to Islam by the media. Given that many of us blindly believe in whatever is fed to us by the media, we have come to believe that the acts of a few ignorants must be Islamic as the ignorants love to chant Islamic slogans while carrying out their shenanigans.
To an extent the onus is now on us Muslims to clarify the Islamic stance by words and actions that real Islam and Muslims have nothing to do with any of it. In addition, those who blindly follow the media should also keep in mind that media often twists things or presents the situation in a manner that serves their agenda. Therefore, the blind followers of the media should also make an effort to dig deep and find out what the real story is.
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^ Exactly. Its like believing few 'impersonators' or their followers but ignoring majority true.
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BTW that may not be the only reason as others pointed earlier.
I don't really understand what you are trying to say, could you please clarify.
Also, what may seem like good logic to you may seem like poor logic to me and vice versa
WaSalaam
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Also, what may seem like good logic to you may seem like poor logic to me and vice versa
WaSalaam
Sorry if I was not clear enough.
What I meant was based on your post assuming if your friend has been lost in the event you would not have been interested in learning the truth about the religion which was considered allegedly the reason for that event in question. You even said your friends felt the same way.
If I got your point all wrong then forget it.
If I got your point correct then this supposed logic of not finding out the truth is wrong.
Who would deny that not trying to find out truth even for curiosity is not a good logic, specially if it invloves someone close who lost his/her life?
Sorry I have trouble writing Roman urdu even though I can try if you want so bear with me. I think Sadiyah has same point as I was trying to say if thats OK for you to better understand it.
You started as a hypothetical situation and justified a non-logical approach so I asked further.
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Sadiyah, you missed this on completely… the second sentence is important here…
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A fundamentalist can be from any religion.
Intolerance can be broken down to personal level of intolerance or anything outside the bounds of personal life. For example one can be intolerant of a person smoking in close vicinity. What one does about that makes a difference.
Intolerance can be at any level, inside the mind of a person, verbal or at higher (extreme) level, by taking actions.