Is Islam Really the Second-Fastest Growing Religion?
It’s a stated fact everywhere from the media to academia to churches: Islam is the second-fastest growing religion. It will become the biggest religion during this century. Christianity is going out of style and Islam is the new kid on the block. We hear it from those wanting to give the Muslim community a bigger voice; from those complaining about Western ignorance; from those trying to put Islam on the same plane as Christianity and Judaism; and even in churches decrying the lack of evangelical fervor among the congregation.
But is it really true?
It’s true that Islam (as well as atheism and universalism) is growing in the West, mostly because of high birth rates among Muslims and immigration, but the exploding growth of evangelical Christianity around the world through conversion is unreported. The analysis is distorted because of the lack of reporting from places like Africa, where nearly half of the population is estimated to be Christian. In other places like China, news of such trends is suppressed, leaving few to know that some estimates put the Christian population there at up to 111 million. There may be more members in the underground evangelical movement there than in the 75-million strong Chinese Communist Party. It’s been reported that 10,000 Chinese convert to Christianity per day. That number may be a stretch, but if current trends hold, predictions that China will become the country with the largest number of Christians by the middle of the century could come true.
The image in one’s mind of a Christian is usually of an American or European. The decline of Christianity in the West gives the impression that the religion is collapsing when it is really transforming. In Dinesh D’Souza’s What’s So Great About Christianity, he writes that in 1900, over 80 percent of Christians lived in Europe and the U.S. Now, two out of three evangelicals live in Asia, Africa, and South America. South Korea now holds the title as the second-place country in sending out missionaries, despite the fact that the number one country, the U.S., has over six times as many people.
Another fact to consider is that while the number of Christians overall is declining in the West, the number of evangelicals is rising. There are less of those “Sunday Christians” who do the church routine and don’t make having a relationship with God part of their very being. They are falling away from church as it becomes more socially acceptable to do so and are turning to agnosticism, atheism, and a universalism that believes all religions are one and the same. Christianity is changing into a smaller but more devout and active force.
It is much harder to detect “Friday Muslims” in the Islamic world than it is “Sunday Christians” in the West because of the societal repercussions and the suppression of other religions. Those questioning their faith are likely to keep it private and still go to mosque even if they party on the weekends. The dismal state of the Islamic world economically and politically and the savagery of extremism is turning many Muslims away. For example, I’ve been surprised at how many Iranians I’ve communicated with are atheists or aren’t devout Muslims. There is a clandestine movement to acquire Bibles and practice Christianity in private homes, as up to 1 million are said to have turned to Christianity in the past five years.
You have expressed the greatest fear of Islam – mass defection.
I can tell you from experience, having lived in an Arab country most of my life, for every young person who becomes a fanatic there is another who silently ”drops out” of Islam. Many positively detest Islam but they fear saying anything publically. Many of my younger friends would speak openly to me since I am not a Muslim. Among many of the poor & uneducated youth, many lacking the Islamic brainwashing of the madrassa, their own common sense tells them that Islamic society is a ghastly failure – they look at Europe & America in movies & on TV & compare it to their country.
Few would go so far as to convert to another religion, many cling to a belief in G-d without Islam.
This is Islam’s Achilles heel & the way to defeat Islam, encourage the defection from this vile ideology in a major propaganda campaign (though not by promoting Christianity or any other faith – that would be counter-productive).
By all the reliable sources, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. It has been verified by many independent sources, many of which are listed below.
CNN World News ( 14 November 1997 Report )
World Christian Database ( 200-2005 Survey )
Foreign Policy ( May 2007 Report )
And also, by many other websites like,
People’s Daily Online ( 2 Nov, 2006 )
Islam is Growing
And, the number of adherents of Protestants and Catholics is decreasing. So, as people are accepting christianity, they are leaving it at a greater rate as reported in leading newspaper. The New York Times ( 25 Feb, 2008 Report )
Therefore, as verified by indepedant news media, western sources and even by the christian organisation itself, Islam is indeed the fastest growing religion in the world.
THERE IS HOPE YET.
In God I Trust, I will be his disciple forever…so it is written..
Islam can’t survive the modern era. Moderate Islam requires ignorance of the Koran. So it is just as doomed as orthodox Islam. Between Muslim women going rogue and the seduction of the Good News in the Gospel (just making an observation as a Buddhist), the current Great Jihad will sputter out in ten or twenty years. In the meantime we will learn more about the satanic cult of Mohammed than we ever wanted to and see our tolerance tested over and over by the onslaught of Sharia. Another generation of American soldiers will have to confront Islamic imperialism before it’s over. At some point our politicians will correctly name the enemy. That’s when we’ll know victory is in the cards.
I suspect that the loss of practising muslems is also due in part to better education,its hard to make an educated man believe in a load of 7th century superstition,they look at the world and the koran and rightly conclude that the koran is a load of old b***ocks.
Actually, while somewhat counter-intuitive for a Westerner, it’s exactly the opposite most of the time.
So you’re saying that the better-education young people are MORE likely to be devout Muslims than their less-education peers? I agree that is counter-intuitive. Could you please explain why that happens, based on your own observations? I’m curious….
For what it’s worth, it agrees with an experience that I had several years ago. A Muslim colleague at work – who was of Egyptian parentage but born here in Canada – told me that he’d been only minimally religious but then had been drawn toward Islam when he was studying biology at university. He had been doing dissections and had marvelled at the complexity of the eye. He decided that something so intricate MUST have been created and decided to see this as a manifestation of Allah building a wondrous world. This same individual had also lived in Egypt for a couple of years as a boy; he said that only one in eight of the Muslim population was actually observant of Islam in the sense of praying five times a day. I found that quite surprising because it contradicted the impressions I had gotten from the mainstream media….
A high percentage of Al Qaeda terrorists in the west have been well educated in the technical professions of engineering or medicine. Zawahiri, #2 in Al Qaeda, is a pediatrician. The doctor’s plot in Europe recently was another example. The 9-11 hijackers were led by engineers.
Henry Reardon.
I could give many anecdotes from past experience but in brief, Islamic fanaticism had more to do with Islamic instruction, those who had a lot of instruction were more rigid & literal in their beliefs. Most often, the more affluent could afford to pay for such instruction. You might want to read an article by Daniel Greenfield at his blog, Sultan Knish, ”Is Islam’s Problem a Lack of Modernity.”
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2010/08/is-islams-problem-lack-of-modernity.html
Thank you, that was very interesting, Terry!
Now, tell me more about your idea of a propaganda campaign to persuade young Muslims to abandon Islam. How would that work? I think you’re on to something with that….
Religious fanatacism always trumps education every time. Religion makes common sense fly out the window. I’m a professor of medicine and I’ve seen more religious nonsense from my so-called educated associates than I care to remember.
For sure. Osama bin Laden and many of his henchmen are very well-educated; in bin Laden’s case, I believe, his becoming a radical Muslim came after his education.
That’s too funny. A good number of Muslims are losing their faith in the West? I guess they are becoming too Americanize if these people are living in the U.S. I guess we found a way to beat radical Islam: Make the radicals live in the suburbs and have them become soccer moms!
But on a serious note, it is nice to see that Christianity is growing in other parts of the world, even if it’s not being reported on as much as it should be.
Watch out for Hinduism! Julia Roberts has many fans. If you convert to Hinduism, by the way, which caste do you get to join? Do you start out at the bottom or do you get to do a Shirley MacLaine and “recollect” that you’re a Brahmin?
Its based on skin colour the Brahman were lighter skinned than the untouchables. In the British Raj The English countered this by recognising black Brahman sects. With the Indian government opposing the caste system its got all mixed up.
actually the caste system isn’t dependent on skin color. But the vice versa may be true. In the past, high caste were rulers,kings, so never worked outside in the sun like the lower castes so that why lower castes are generally darker. Therefore skin color is more likely dependent on caste and not the other way around. You are not born into a caste based on your skin color… And by the way alot of upper caste people are dark skinned.
Reminds me of that Times article a few years back: “As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God”.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article5400568.ece
Certainly makes interesting reading.
Indeed it does. Thanks for the link.
How does one explain the foaming at the mouth jihad crazies like Major Hassan, or the engineer trained and educated Osama Bin F’ing Laden, if westernization leads Muslims to re-assess and reject the religion?
I have a plausible explanation for it. The Koran tells these people that there is no evil that they may not do on anyone not of their religion. There is no humanizing or moderating influence in the core of the system. Their main holy character, Mohammad, was a murdering brigand, prone to caravan robbing and child rape. What would you expect of people who can find a way to venerate such as that one as holy?
We are living in interesting times, along the lines of the Chinese curse. I believe it will end badly, not for the west, but for Islam. I foresee vast plains of silicon glass where once the Arab cult prospered. Iran may indeed light that candle, and soon.
Obama’s presidency will end, probably in 2012 (he may not even get the nomination in 2012). People of a less accommodating, candy-assed persuasion may take charge, beginning with the 2010 mid-term elections. Then we’ll see how much Islamic growth there is in this country, at least.
How does one explain it? Perhaps by pointing out that these are human beings. Any generalization – any generalization at all – about how people behave will have multiple counterexamples ready to hand. The question is not “does every Muslim who is well-educated turn from Islam?”. The question is what the majority do. I honestly don’t know the answer to that, but I do know that arguing against general trends by pointing to specific examples is a mugs game.
True. In addition, culture plays an important role. Just look at all of the ‘good’ southerners who fought and died for slavery during the U.S. Civil War. Most did not own any slaves. Yet they fought and died for the way of life that had been built around it. Look at the good Germans and Japanese who fought in World War II. Only a small minority of them were actually ‘bad’ people. This is human nature.
Islam is a form of government as well as a religion. This culture is very sensitive to insult and violent when confronted. A major problem is that change is a must if we are to avoid nuclear warfare. It is only a matter of time, so the clock is ticking.
That last sentence is already coming true within the Catholic Church in America. Some of the missionary orders are transferring vocations from their third world outposts to make up numbers here in the US. It is even happening in some dioceses. In my mother’s parish in Minnesota the pastor is from Vietnam. On Sunday he says an early morning mass in English for people from the immediate neighborhood. In the afternoon there is a much larger crowd at the second mass as immigrants from all across the region come to hear the rite in their native Vietnamese.
8. Scott: “Reminds me of that Times article a few years back: “As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God.”
Scott, big thanks for that link. I’ve been looking for it for the longest time! The need is immediately evident as soon you visit the 3rd world.
JJ
Superb article. Thank you.
From a Catholic Christian perspective, I see the same thing. Our parish has declined somewhat but our fervor is vastly increasing. Much high rate of tithing, participation in work projects, bible studies. We have begun the process of letting the less committed go their own way and good luck to them. When my parish was assigned a young and very conservative priest, there was a big exodus to a neighboring parish headed by a 60′s style feel good priest. Yet on a rare Sunday when we worship with our friends there, their pews are not more filled than before. Where are these people? Have they given themselves a reason to stay home, chill out? Perhaps they are going to the community church din the mall? No problem, in my opinion. We are called to know AND worship.
My neighbor, whose family hasn’t been to Mass in a decade, tells me thrillingly, that her son insists on getting married in the Church. I ask her why, and if he is interested in returning, why wait? The lcoal parish that serves the university would be perfect with its large young adult population. Charismatic priest, former marine. No answer, because of course there is none. They just want us to provide a beautiful atmosphere for their wedding, IMO. Good luck and be on your way, my son.
Muslims love to boast how they spread like rabbits, but they don’t dare admit to the demographics that define their ‘growth.’
The single biggest population in the US converting to Islam is the prison population…how sweet! Growth rates within the cult of Islam exclusively exist in 3rd world cesspools because such populations typically breed at out-of-control rates, while 1st world nations are experiencing a sharp decline in native born Muslim populations.
The AIDS virus spreads like wildfire, too – nothing to boast about
The arabs/moslems are being deluded if they think massive increases in population when guarantee them supremacy. It will have the opposite effect and be self-defeating as more of them come to realize the failure of islam. There are no really successful islamic nations.
I speak as a non-expert, but my understanding is that Iran (historically Persia) had been a relatively secular, tolerant, “westernized”, and nominally non-theistic society for a long time. The arrival of the Ayatollahs turned the clock back, but the people are not happy, hence the recent protests (on which the US government has been unfortunately silent). Let us all remember Neda!
We all know that Ahmedinejad says crazy things, but a Persian friend of mine told me that the ayatollahs are still the real rulers. So, let’s all hope that things work out for our Persian friends.
They are certainly not necessarily our enemy, and to think that their ethos reflects Ahmedinejad’s weird musings is a real problem.
A single man does not have the power to rule a nation or a people – their power only comes through the support of said people; unfortunately, enough people within the Iranian nation support barbaric Islamic rituals to overwhelm the so called ‘moderate’ and ‘secular’ population. Keep in mind that Ahmadinejad’s competitor for the presidency was as vile and ruthless, if not more so, than Ahmadinejad
I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad(Peace Be Upon Him) is his messenger and last prophet.
I am appalled to see the growing level of ignorance in the West. Islam is here to stay. One God is Himself the protector of Islam. You mortals really don’t pay heed to His signs. You have such a distorted orientation of the present world. Some of you fools consider yourself as the most advanced people ever but it is no shock to me that you guys have such shallow, biased, intolerant, and slanderous mindsets. I thought good education polishes one’s intellect and instill good manners. I was wrong. You guys are the real fundamentalists. The worst extremists. Your denial and ignorance is going to destroy you very soon. Don’t fear Islam. Embrace it. Love it. It is the only path to your salvation.
May Allah give you wisdom and show you the right path. Ameen.
Yeah, thanks for the invite, but no thanks.
Conversion by the sword. Me and mine forced to pay the jizya. Subservience of women.
You want my fealty? I need beer, boobs and babes.
Actually, we do pay attention to the signs Shamyl – at least we Evangelical Christians and I must assume devout Jews. The signs have never been clearer to us.
From the Jews the Torah, for we Christians the Bible, Genesis 16:11-12
The angel of the LORD also said to Hagar: “You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery.
He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
Those verses predate the formations of Islam by more than 2,000 years. We see the signs alright.
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Thank you Ryan for a very interesting and informative article.
Is there a better description of Mahmoud Amadhinijab (that’s my one and only attempt to spell it) than a “wild donkey of a man”?
I always spell it phonetically: “Imadinnerjacket”.
I thought the phonetic spelling was “Imanutjob”.
Salvation comes from Jesus Christ, and there is no other name by which anyone can be saved. Mohammed is a damned false prophet- may his name be ever held in derision. May the name of Mohammed be considered a curse, and may hot coals be poured on his head.
“you mortals’??? hello???
I’d rather worship a pee stained tree than put my belief in a man who was a pedophile, rapist and heaven only knows what else who happened to write a book that a bunch of people that have no respect for their own life , follow..muhammad i believe.. I wonder how much of a laugh he would have if he knew how people actually followed his jibberish????
You mortals????
Allow me to point out something for you Shamyl. If Muhammad was Islam’s greatest and last prophet, how do you propose for a modernization of your religion? The human race continually advances in a forward direction based upon the most important thing ever granted to one of the Creator’s creatures: thought. We mortals have no instincts ingrained into our being that dictate how we must act in a given situation. The mind of an individual determines what he or she does in any given moment of existence. If your religion abdicates its possession of thought to someone who lived 2000 years ago, then your religion also abdicates your humanity. Unlike other religions, Islam seems to have declared itself as the “mystics of spirit” (to quote Ayn Rand). Destroy that which you do not understand, and erase all thoughts before they make you look in the proverbial mirror. You know, as well as any Muslim, what is in that mirror. Your humanity. Those you destroy possess that which you are not allowed to possess by an ancient code of barbarism.
You may have come to preach your religion’s superiority, but it has failed (as evidenced by other comments). Those who embrace the ability to reason and the ability to think are the humans among people. They are more than flesh given to robotic circuitry. They are more than blind worshipers of an absolute, the denial of all other existences. If Islam is not willing to contend and embrace what reality is, then it will become nothing more than a page in history.
Recognize, above all, that should Islam fail completely it will not be because of an outside force. It will be because “A is A”. Islam’s “A” will equal reality’s “A” at some point in history. When it does, Islam will either be destroyed because of reality or it will be reborn to work with the other monotheistic religions. In either scenario, your beliefs will fail eventually.
I do not desire people that throw away their mind, but it is an established reality that people will always do that in some form. My genuine hope lies in the irrational belief that Islam will be able to correct itself before reality forces a correction upon it.
May that which you call Allah allow you to see what lay in your future before it is too late.
-Zamir
I’ll pass on your invitation to hell and stick with the perfect Lord God and His perfect Son, Jesus Christ.
I used to believe that all religions were equivalent (eg. the “universalist” faith this article describes). But then I realized something pretty obvious. Jesus sacrificed himself for others (without taking other with him I must add), Mohammed was a warrior. What more do you need to know? You don’t even have to believe in God to believe that. I’m a Christian, yes… but I’d rather a person be an athiest or agnostic than an Islamist. I know atrocities have been committed by many religions over thousands of years, but the atrocities of today seem to be mostly commited by followers of Islam. Just own up to that fact. If you want to be seen as legitimate, then there has to be the same outrage when a Muslim blows themselves up in a crowded place as when some obscure Danish cartoonist draws something silly about Mohammed. Yes, Christians get upset when someone creates the “Piss Christ” and calls it art or broadcasts a demeaning cartoon about Christians… but then it’s a point to discuss with people who don’t believe the same things we do, not a reason to cut their heads off or stab them in the chest like Daniel Pearl or Theo Van Gough. We can’t do it for you, it has to come from within.
Yeah, thanks for that lesson from the people who brought us the Barbary Pirates.
Thanks but no thanks. I have a wife and a daughter who I would never subject to
your ville authoritarian philosiphy. If you can not allow me my beliefs then you
are really not participation in a mature religion. More like that of a petulent
14 year old who yearns for power they no not how to wield.
“Islam is here to stay.”
Lice, traffic jams and the common cold are also here to stay.
Doesn’t mean that any of the above are a good thing.
“Some of you fools consider yourself as the most advanced people ever”
Well, we have mastered the use of toilet paper, which puts us one up on most Muslims.
“Your denial and ignorance is going to destroy you very soon.”
Could be, but at least I won’t go out banging my head on the ground five times a day with my ass in the air and my head pointing towards some run down Arab village in the middle of a reasonable facsimile of hell, all the while pretending that some skanky child molester was a messenger from God.
“Don’t fear Islam.”
About as much as I fear a cockroach.
“Embrace it.”
Eewwww. That’s disgusting.
In the name of Ahuramazda the Creator of Life and Wisdom
From the Shahan-Shah of Iran Yazdgerd to Omar Ibn Khat’tab the Arab Caliph.
In your letter you summon us Iranians to your god whom you call “Allah-u-Akbar”; and because of your barbarity and ignorance, without knowing who we are and Whom we worship, you demand that we seek out your god and become worshipers of “Allah-u-Akbar”.
How strange that you occupy the seat of the Arab Caliph but are as ignorant as any desert roaming Arab! You admonish me to become monotheistic in faith. Ignorant man, for thousands of years we Aryaee have, in this land of culture and art, been monotheistic and five times a day have we offered prayers to God’s Throne of Oneness.
While we laid the foundations of philanthropy and righteousness and kindness in this world and held high the ensign of “Good Thoughts, Good Words and Good Deeds”, you and your ancestors were desert wanderers who ate snakes and lizards and buried your innocent daughters alive.
You Arabs who have no regard for God’s creatures, who mercilessly put people to the sword, who mistreat your women and bury you daughters alive, who attack caravans and are highway robbers, who commit murder, who kidnap women and spouses, how dare you presume to teach us, who are above these evils, to worship God?
You tell me to cease the worship of fire and to worship God instead! To us Iranians the light of Fire is reminiscent of the Light of God. The radiance and the sun-like warmth of fire exuberates our hearts, and the pleasant warmth of it brings our hearts and spirits closer together, that we may be philanthropic, kind and considerate, that gentleness and forgiveness may become our way of life, and that thereby the Light of God may keep shining in our hearts.
Our God is the Great Ahuramazda. Strange is this that you too have now decided to give Him a name, and you call Him by the name of “Allah-u-Akbar”.
But we are nothing like you. We, in the name of Ahuramazda, practice compassion and love and goodness and righteousness and forgiveness, and care for the dispossessed and the unfortunate, But you, in the name of your “Allah-u-Akbar” commit murder, create misery and subject others to suffering! Tell me truly who is to blame for your misdeeds? Your god who orders genocide, plunder and destruction, or you who do these things in his name? Or both?
You, who have spent all your days in brutality and barbarity, have now come out of your desolate deserts resolved to teach, by the blade and by conquest, the worship of God to a people who have for thousands of years been civilized and have relied on culture and knowledge and art as mighty supports.
What have you, in the name of your “Allah-hu-Akbar”, taught these armies of Islam besides destruction and pillage and murder that you now presume to summon others to your god?
Today, my people’s fortunes have changed. Their armies, who were subjects of Ahuramazada, have now been defeated by the Arab armies of “Allah-u-Akbar”. And they are being forced, at the point of the sword, to convert to the god by the name of “Allah-u-Akbar”. And are forced to offer him prayers five times a day but now in Arabic; since your “Allah-u-Akbar” only understands Arabic.
I advise you to return to your lizard infested deserts. Do not let loose upon our cities your cruel barbarous Arabs who are like rabid animals. Refrain from the murder of my people. Refrain from pillaging my people. Refrain from kidnapping our daughters in the name of your “Allah-u-Akbar”. Refrain from these crimes and evils.
We Aryaee are a forgiving people, a kind and well-meaning people. Wherever we go, we sow the seeds of goodness, amity and righteousness. And this is why we have the capacity to overlook the crimes and the misdeeds of your Arabs.
Stay in your desert with your “Allah”, and do not approach our cities, for horrid is your belief and brutish is your conduct.
Yazdgerd Sâssâni
I will NOT comment on anything except to educate you a bit about the phrase “Allah-O-Akbar” , which obviously, you have no awareness of. In my religion, Islam, we are forbidden to curse or look down on any religion. Especially, since all Muslims, must believe in Christianity and Judaism, as a precursor to become Muslim.
“Allah-O-Akbar” means God is great. “Allah” is the proper word for God, starting with the Aramaic language, it is also the same in the Hebrew language. Ask any Jewish person, who will tell you that in Hebrew it is called Alohkhim (אֱלהִים) , Alohkhim is the Plural name for “Allah”. No disrespect to you, I don’t really expect you to know this since those who did not want you to know, changed the language of the Bible to the ancient Greek Language early on.
Now, for the Hijab or as you call it the veil. The head scarf is mandatory in the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). You don’t believe me?
Well, can you tell me what was the hair color of Mary (Miriam)? Or even Mother Terrace? No one would know , since the two most holist female figures in Christianity wear head scarf.
Interesting , Mary, Mother Terreca, as well as most of the nuns, wear head scarf, are they true follower of Christianity? they did feel the need to modernize Christianity, if it was the word of God.
Now, walk on the streets of Tell-Aviv, what do you see? You see Jewish Women who wears exactly, the same head scarf and the conservative Muslim dress. Except for those who tries to be modern, by wearing a wig (fake hair) to cover their own God created hair.
May Allah forgave us all, and provide us to the right path, Ameen.
I believe it. I have a friend and former co-worker who is a true African, an immigrant from Ethiopia. He is also the most fervent Christian that I know. He attends an Amharic Christian church, and I attended his marriage reception. What an attractive, vibrant, deliriously happy congregation of Ethiopian and Somali Christians they are! And he is positively pugnacious when arguing fine points of theology with Muslims.
I would hope that a ‘religion” would make a person happy with life in general. These are the true peace makers of the world.
Muslims are always scurrying along, trying to kill someone, hiding, mischievous in an evil way. People in prison like it so much because it is like the guys in there…never faces the truth, always blames the other guys for how your life is.
I’m not a Christian but I believe what ever it is your believe..it should make you deliriously happy!!
The sects of Islam that ban music have no future.
The majority-Islam countries who deny freedom of belief will eventually implode, hopefully without sectarian wars.
If I were to hazard a guess, I would say that Islam appeals to men who are predisposed to be violent and are extreme mysogenists. After all, who gets all the goodies in this life and the afterlife? What man’s man could possibly resist the alure of Islam? Well, other than having to face plant five times a day and carry around a little rug. How gay is that? Not that there’s anything wrong with that!
Darn it! “Misogynists”
ROFLMAO
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…..
How can a “religion” that has no place for it’s women..grow?
I use the term “religion” loosely.
Not only is there not a place for women in Islam, they treat them worse than trash. Many Muslims practice genital mutilation on young girls; they cover them sometimes in an oppressive “burqa” so that men don’t see them and become aroused; then when they are “caught in adultery” ONLY they are stoned in countries / regions practicing Sharia (Are we sure these women aren’t raped? Because if you’ve been through genital mutilation, there’s no arousal for you); then, of course, if you dishonor the family, you can be killed legally.
No wonder Islam is losing adherents! As a woman, I’d leave, too!
There is no hope in Islam, there is no hope for Islam. Jesus Christ is Lord, and He will reign.
16. Shamyl,
Get thee behind me, Satan.
I am the true dolphin. All of the other Dolphins are false dolphins. Submit to my flippers.
Botology is the slowest growing but the most sincere “religion”. If you do not submit, I will steal your children and slap you silly with my flippers.
P.S. I never “Married” a dolphin female under four years old ( in Dolphin years, of course).
A La Recherce Du Temps Inconnu
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Most modern research has proven almost conclusively that nearly the entire Islamic historical record – particularly that of the first century following the “birth” of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) – is a complete fabrication.
That anyone calling himself “Muhammad”, born in Makkah, inspired by the “angel” Gabriel to “arise” and lead his fellow Arabs away from the “Period of Ignorance” into the bosom of “Islam” even existed – ever – cannot be historically proven. Worse, it cannot even be realistically conjectured, never mind proven.
Look where you might, entering the world of Islam in any depth at all, is to enter a world of total and complete fantasy.
Whether you investigate the Koran, the Sira, the Sunna, the SaHiHs of Bukhari or Muslim, the “Traditions” – in other words, the entire panoply of the Islamic “project”, what you find is a fabulous story best placed in a library alongside such literary illuminati as Mother Goose and Hans Christian Anderson.
In short, the hundreds of millions of contemporary “Moslems” along with the billions of like-minded believers who once existed, are enduring and have endured a slave-like existence based on an undertaking that is essentially, and at bottom, utterly meaningless.
It is a hideous picture of totally wasted human effort and endeavor that is only now being unraveled for the deception that it is, for the misery that it has caused those untold billions. It is a black death, a scourge of humankind, a plague whose time has come to be extinguished.
The fight will be long and a lot of blood will be shed, but the first serious cracks in the Islamic armour are just now beginning to rend asunder this abomination.
Mauro: The religious makeup of the world is changing, but the media’s focus on the West is causing many to be blind to Islam’s losing of ground in the third world.
Just goes to show what I and many others have suspected all along: That for all its posturing to the contrary, Western Leftists really don’t give a rat’s @$$ about the Third World, beyond what they can use to bash conservatives and Western civilization.
A significant number of educated Moslem have gone over to militant Islam because they have gotten hurt in our immoral humanist society. Its precisely because Osama Bin laden was a party animal in his teens that he is now such a hard-liner. He got hurt and is damaged goods. Islamic communities convince many that drink and do drugs that the only salvation comes from martyrdom. It idea of rehab is almost unknown in Islamic societies. Some of the 9/11 bombers were seen in bars before their attack. Where they drinking. Its a matter of debate the witnesses can’t remember who bought which drinks. Other suicide bombers rented porn the night before the dead. Islam is to some extent a guilt driven religion that amplifies the guilt and strips away the victims believe in self control. By doing so it amplifies the Imams control.
If we fix the immorality they will diminish to some extent.
Most for get we beat Islam three times before.
In Spain and southern Europe. There Islam was undermined by civil war and Ferdinand and Isabella were able to break the control of the Imams with superior military power and mercenary units. The demand that they convert or leave was not a persecution. Whole villages were ripe for conversion. It was a way to break the Imams threats against conversion. Your dammed if you do and your dammed if you don’t. Few fled. Fewer fought.
In the 17th century the north African Islamic pirates of the Barbary coast attacked shipping. The navies of Britain, France and finally the USA responded with gunboat diplomacy. The city port of north Africa were flattened. Fleets sunk. Suffi Islam rose to replace the harder line Islam of the pirates. These went on to welcome colonialism and modernity.
In WW2 most of the Islamic leaders and radical imams sided with the Nazis and Fascist Italy. The only thing more dangerous than a racist enemy is a racist ally. Thousands were thrown at machine guns and mine fields. Islam was again shattered.
In the last 110 years the pentecostals have grown from zero to 500 million.
Tens of millions have left the Romish religions in Latin America. S Korea is Pentecostal more than any other. Now we are seeing explosive growth in China in the underground churches.
In Christianity, you are not named a member of the church by reason of your parents religion. Muslims claim to be born that way and when they take over a country, they force their false religion.
One of the most populated communities of Pentecostals is now New York City.
Islam=CANCER of the intellect.
Glad to see so many intellects are talking about my new faith, ISLAM.
As a physician, i found Islam to be a fascinating religion and a way of life, and it will continue to be the light for those who seek it.
I invite you to read about Islam, rather than hearing about it from the media. Knowledge is power, my dear brothers and sisters.
http://www.islam-guide.com
Peace be with you all.
From ask the Imam.
“Is it permissible for me to attend the Christian wedding in the church/hall?… since many of my co-workers are christian… I already attend few of the ceremony with the intention of friendship…
It is important to show good character to your Muslim and non Muslim co-workers and acquaintances as it is a means to present the beauty of Islam. However, to keep non Muslims as close friends or allies is against the law of the Shari̒a.
Almighty Allah says in the Holy Quran:
“Oh you who believe! Do not take the Christians and the Jews as allies. They are allies of each other. Whoever has taken them as allies is among them. Indeed Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.”
( Al Quran 5:51)
Attending gatherings of the kuffār in churches etc. and participating in their ceremonies is tantamount to honouring their religion and resembling them in action.
Regarding this, Rasulullah Sallallāhu ̒alaihi Wa Sallam has said:
“Whoever resembles a nation, then he is among them.”[1]
(Abu Dāwud)
Therefore, in principle it is not permissible to enter churches/church halls etc.[2]
N.B. In most, if not all ceremonies of non Muslim weddings there are mixed gatherings (of males and females), music, dancing and alcohol that is served. Therefore, to attend these weddings and ceremonies will be Impermissible.
So “New American Muslim” this is the light that you exhalt? This is the shining beacon of Islamic thought and practice?
Pathetic.
Don’t mean to butt in or put words in Mr. “New American Muslim” mouth. I don’t know if this verse is an passage from the Quran or not, but to your point on “Oh you who believe! Do not take the Christians and the Jews as allies. They are allies of each other. Whoever has taken them as allies is among them. Indeed Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.”
This sounds like an advice to a statesman or statehood not for individuals to follow.
Now, when did we (Christian or Jews) ever become allies to any Muslim state? Haven’t we always been conquering their land, taking their oil, wealth, and treasure etc.?? We have always aided dictatorships against the will of the people, we always have and we will always do.
Historical point, the Crusaders, were those allies of the Muslims? Did they play nice with Muslims? Didn’t we (Christian and Jews) installed the state of Israel in the middle of their map? What did we do to Muslims 80% of the Muslims in what we call today, Spain? How many of them are there now? Zippo!!!
On the opposite side, WE Christians tormented the Jews and kicked them around for centuries, while the Muslim states protected the Jews from us and the germen (Ottoman Empire, Morocco, Egypt, etc…) Did the Jews became an ally of Muslim as a reward? Indeed not…
Recent days, USA & Britain decided to invade Iraq , Afghanistan, Iran will come too believe me!!
let’s not be hypocritical and say it as it is. We don’t like them, we want them gone. That is what I was taught, they are satanic and desert roamers. Although, the desert roaming part was a Jewish thing.
I would say, if this verse is from the Quran, as you claim, the Quran sees us as we are. Except for few….
bullshit!!!
I read The Book – Jesus wins in the end. No matter the ebb and flow of other religions, He reigns!
Psalm 2:1-2, 10-12
Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against His Anointed One….
Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned you rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for His wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
Is there a Boxing match going on for Jesus to win?
Dear brother – I understand, what you are going through, I am not just saying that.
But, why do I hear FEAR, ANGER, WRATH, DESTRUCTION, FLARE, in your statement. Is this the state of mind you want to be in?
I can tell you sir, that you did not read that book, which is “What we call it” Islam 1:1. Are you fearing to come to realization that Islam is fair, tolerant, and peaceful religion?
I will not speak about ISLAM, hear me out.
When we look at the process of ‘brainwashing’, most theorists have concluded that fear is the most common factor. Theorists have said that individuals become brainwashed when punishment, abandonment or negative consequences are drilled into the minds of people. In order to avoid these negative consequences, people begin to behave narrow mindedly, to such an extent, that they refuse to see outside of the box because avoidance of the perceived negative consequence is more valuable. However, I tend to believe that ‘brainwashing’ occurs out of extreme passion and love for something as well. Brainwashing can be defined as systematically controlling or changing the minds and attitudes of individuals by technique. I’ve often said that one is either brainwashed by religion or enlightened by it. Nevertheless, imagine, if you will, someone who is so passionately in love with their theological perspective, so attached, that any challenge or opposition that is made to it, small or large, rational or irrational, that it brings about an adverse and often spontaneous reaction. Essentially pushing buttons on sensitive and emotion filled issues, and religion is absolutely one of those sensitive issues. It affects people personally, and therefore, when adverse things are said or done, it causes an emotional reaction.
In my study of Christianity I have observed that there are some primary theological issues that need to be examined. In defining the purpose of our reality and existence we turn to the doctrine of original sin which states that we as a species are inherently sinful against God and therefore we need a savior. This savior is one distinct person, namely Jesus, the son of Mary (as), who is a part of a three person deity. In order to be this savior Jesus had be born into this world and had to be killed violently on a cross. Acceptance of this event within the spectrum of time brings about salvation from a state of eternal hell and misery for the individual. Failure to accept this ‘gesture’ (if that’s what you want to call it) will unfortunately land you in hell even if you lived a beautiful and loving life. The foremost issue with this scenario happens to do with God severely punishing a massive amount of people for inheriting a sinful nature that He forced upon them. In other words, if God set humanity up by putting them in a situation where they are inherently sinful against Him, then how can He be an embodiment of infinite justice when His judgment is based on a sinful nature that He forced on them? We as individuals were born into this world with no choice whatsoever, as far as which family we were born into, what part of the world we were born into, what environment and condition we would spend our lives in, what religious upbringing or the lack thereof we had, what brainwashing and psychological conditioning we went through, and according to Christianity, we were also born with an unavoidable sinful nature. Supposedly, the only way out of this trap is to cognitively process concepts, more specifically that an event within the spectrum of time needed to take place in order for God to overlook these inevitable sins that He forced upon you when He created you with a sinful nature. This entire theological premise defies ethics, rationality, and justice.
So why are we inherently sinful? Apparently God created Adam and Eve who ended up disobeying God. Adam and Eve are the original couple that all human beings descend from, and therefore, when they sinned against God their progeny who had no knowledge or choice in the matter, would unfortunately inherent this sinful nature as a consequence. What we must admit is that prior to even creating Adam and Eve the all-knowing God must have known that they would sin. At the very least God must have known about the possibility of them disobeying His command. What’s even more interesting is that God created a source to tempt them to sin! This satanic being that God created manifested itself in the form of a talking snake who successfully tempted Eve to disobey God. This scenario in of itself destroys the concept of original sin given that prior to sinning against God Adam and Eve must have been susceptible to sin to begin with. Therefore the original sin of Eve could not have possibly been the cause of a sinful nature if it was already in their nature to be tempted to sin against God. The susceptibility had to exist prior to the disobedient action.
I have studied many religions and there is no religion that has come across as more confusing than Christianity. I haven’t even touched on issues surrounding their deity who is three distinct persons, namely the Trinity. I haven’t even touched on the psychological consequences of being told that you are inherently sinful and that you are predestined to sin against God. These are among the many issues surrounding Christian theology that we can debate.
Dear brother – I understand, what you are going through, I am not just saying that.
But, why do I hear FEAR, ANGER, WRATH, DESTRUCTION, FLARE, in your statement. Is this the state of mind you want to be in?
I can tell you sir, that you did not read that book, which is “What we call it” Islam 1:1. Are you fearing to come to realization that Islam is fair, tolerant, and peaceful religion?
I will not speak about ISLAM, hear me out.
When we look at the process of ‘brainwashing’, most theorists have concluded that fear is the most common factor. Theorists have said that individuals become brainwashed when punishment, abandonment or negative consequences are drilled into the minds of people. In order to avoid these negative consequences, people begin to behave narrow mindedly, to such an extent, that they refuse to see outside of the box because avoidance of the perceived negative consequence is more valuable. However, I tend to believe that ‘brainwashing’ occurs out of extreme passion and love for something as well. Brainwashing can be defined as systematically controlling or changing the minds and attitudes of individuals by technique. I’ve often said that one is either brainwashed by religion or enlightened by it. Nevertheless, imagine, if you will, someone who is so passionately in love with their theological perspective, so attached, that any challenge or opposition that is made to it, small or large, rational or irrational, that it brings about an adverse and often spontaneous reaction. Essentially pushing buttons on sensitive and emotion filled issues, and religion is absolutely one of those sensitive issues. It affects people personally, and therefore, when adverse things are said or done, it causes an emotional reaction.
In my study of Christianity I have observed that there are some primary theological issues that need to be examined. In defining the purpose of our reality and existence we turn to the doctrine of original sin which states that we as a species are inherently sinful against God and therefore we need a savior. This savior is one distinct person, namely Jesus, the son of Mary (as), who is a part of a three person deity. In order to be this savior Jesus had be born into this world and had to be killed violently on a cross. Acceptance of this event within the spectrum of time brings about salvation from a state of eternal hell and misery for the individual. Failure to accept this ‘gesture’ (if that’s what you want to call it) will unfortunately land you in hell even if you lived a beautiful and loving life. The foremost issue with this scenario happens to do with God severely punishing a massive amount of people for inheriting a sinful nature that He forced upon them. In other words, if God set humanity up by putting them in a situation where they are inherently sinful against Him, then how can He be an embodiment of infinite justice when His judgment is based on a sinful nature that He forced on them? We as individuals were born into this world with no choice whatsoever, as far as which family we were born into, what part of the world we were born into, what environment and condition we would spend our lives in, what religious upbringing or the lack thereof we had, what brainwashing and psychological conditioning we went through, and according to Christianity, we were also born with an unavoidable sinful nature. Supposedly, the only way out of this trap is to cognitively process concepts, more specifically that an event within the spectrum of time needed to take place in order for God to overlook these inevitable sins that He forced upon you when He created you with a sinful nature. This entire theological premise defies ethics, rationality, and justice.
So why are we inherently sinful? Apparently God created Adam and Eve who ended up disobeying God. Adam and Eve are the original couple that all human beings descend from, and therefore, when they sinned against God their progeny who had no knowledge or choice in the matter, would unfortunately inherent this sinful nature as a consequence. What we must admit is that prior to even creating Adam and Eve the all-knowing God must have known that they would sin. At the very least God must have known about the possibility of them disobeying His command. What’s even more interesting is that God created a source to tempt them to sin! This satanic being that God created manifested itself in the form of a talking snake who successfully tempted Eve to disobey God. This scenario in of itself destroys the concept of original sin given that prior to sinning against God Adam and Eve must have been susceptible to sin to begin with. Therefore the original sin of Eve could not have possibly been the cause of a sinful nature if it was already in their nature to be tempted to sin against God. The susceptibility had to exist prior to the disobedient action.
I have studied many religions and there is no religion that has come across as more confusing than Christianity. I haven’t even touched on issues surrounding their deity who is three distinct persons, namely the Trinity. I haven’t even touched on the psychological consequences of being told that you are inherently sinful and that you are predestined to sin against God. These are among the many issues surrounding Christian theology that we can debate.
Dear brother – I understand, what you are going through, I am not just saying that.
But, why do I hear FEAR, ANGER, WRATH, DESTRUCTION, FLARE, in your statement. Is this the state of mind you want to be in?
I can tell you sir, that you did not read that book, which is “What we call it” Islam 1:1. Are you fearing to come to realization that Islam is fair, tolerant, and peaceful religion?
I will not speak about ISLAM, hear me out.
When we look at the process of ‘brainwashing’, most theorists have concluded that fear is the most common factor. Theorists have said that individuals become brainwashed when punishment, abandonment or negative consequences are drilled into the minds of people. In order to avoid these negative consequences, people begin to behave narrow mindedly, to such an extent, that they refuse to see outside of the box because avoidance of the perceived negative consequence is more valuable. However, I tend to believe that ‘brainwashing’ occurs out of extreme passion and love for something as well. Brainwashing can be defined as systematically controlling or changing the minds and attitudes of individuals by technique. I’ve often said that one is either brainwashed by religion or enlightened by it. Nevertheless, imagine, if you will, someone who is so passionately in love with their theological perspective, so attached, that any challenge or opposition that is made to it, small or large, rational or irrational, that it brings about an adverse and often spontaneous reaction. Essentially pushing buttons on sensitive and emotion filled issues, and religion is absolutely one of those sensitive issues. It affects people personally, and therefore, when adverse things are said or done, it causes an emotional reaction.
In my study of Christianity I have observed that there are some primary theological issues that need to be examined. In defining the purpose of our reality and existence we turn to the doctrine of original sin which states that we as a species are inherently sinful against God and therefore we need a savior. This savior is one distinct person, namely Jesus, the son of Mary (as), who is a part of a three person deity. In order to be this savior Jesus had be born into this world and had to be killed violently on a cross. Acceptance of this event within the spectrum of time brings about salvation from a state of eternal hell and misery for the individual. Failure to accept this ‘gesture’ (if that’s what you want to call it) will unfortunately land you in hell even if you lived a beautiful and loving life. The foremost issue with this scenario happens to do with God severely punishing a massive amount of people for inheriting a sinful nature that He forced upon them. In other words, if God set humanity up by putting them in a situation where they are inherently sinful against Him, then how can He be an embodiment of infinite justice when His judgment is based on a sinful nature that He forced on them? We as individuals were born into this world with no choice whatsoever, as far as which family we were born into, what part of the world we were born into, what environment and condition we would spend our lives in, what religious upbringing or the lack thereof we had, what brainwashing and psychological conditioning we went through, and according to Christianity, we were also born with an unavoidable sinful nature. Supposedly, the only way out of this trap is to cognitively process concepts, more specifically that an event within the spectrum of time needed to take place in order for God to overlook these inevitable sins that He forced upon you when He created you with a sinful nature. This entire theological premise defies ethics, rationality, and justice.
So why are we inherently sinful? Apparently God created Adam and Eve who ended up disobeying God. Adam and Eve are the original couple that all human beings descend from, and therefore, when they sinned against God their progeny who had no knowledge or choice in the matter, would unfortunately inherent this sinful nature as a consequence. What we must admit is that prior to even creating Adam and Eve the all-knowing God must have known that they would sin. At the very least God must have known about the possibility of them disobeying His command. What’s even more interesting is that God created a source to tempt them to sin! This satanic being that God created manifested itself in the form of a talking snake who successfully tempted Eve to disobey God. This scenario in of itself destroys the concept of original sin given that prior to sinning against God Adam and Eve must have been susceptible to sin to begin with. Therefore the original sin of Eve could not have possibly been the cause of a sinful nature if it was already in their nature to be tempted to sin against God. The susceptibility had to exist prior to the disobedient action.
I have studied many religions and there is no religion that has come across as more confusing than Christianity. I haven’t even touched on issues surrounding their deity who is three distinct persons, namely the Trinity. I haven’t even touched on the psychological consequences of being told that you are inherently sinful and that you are predestined to sin against God. These are among the many issues surrounding Christian theology that we can debate
Sorry for the duple/triple posting here, am not very tech Savvy, as you can tell…most physician aren’t’ t in fact. but I can get by…my apology to all.
Physician?
I pity your patients.
Aren’t a number of Palestinian and al-Qaeda
leaders medical doctors?
Hypocratic Oath bedamned!
Onward Christian Soldier!
Ever notice how Muslims always seem to find places where Islam is actually discussed, and they always, and I mean ALWAYS say don’t learn it from enemies and books, “I invite you to learn it from here’ and they link you to one of their magnificant sites that distort the facts and history.
Well, I READ the Koran, and I would say that I have learned it straight from the false god himself, where he tells his ignorant followers how to MURDER the followers of the book, and how he will ONLY guarantee Paradise to those who MURDER the CHristians or Jews, even if they live a PERFECT life there is NO security that thier dead god who never resurrected will allow them into paradise. Then after reading the Koran I studied HisTory, it taught me how islam is a lying cult, controlling, how mohamad threatened his own son with DEATH if he didn’t divorce his wife so he could marry her~ It teaches us today how they mutilate thier women, children, virtually RAPE girls as young as 9 by permitting the old dried up men permission to marry them. Yes, islam is a wonderful religion, but you don’t have to go to their place of worship or web site to learn about them, just pick up a history book and read of all their murders throuout history. Muslims say Jesus IS a prophet, and Jesus stated that He IS the ONLY way to God the father, so Jesus or Mohamid is a LIAR, guess which one it is! Mohamid who fornicated and adultrated his sons wife or Jesus who was crucified for our sins? What has mohamid ever done but santion MURDER and persecution? Our first war internationaly was in Tripoli when we had to send in our marines to get our Navy sailors back because the muslims where pirating even then. You don’t have to go to hell to know the devil is evil and it isn’t necessary to go to a mosgue to know Islam is of the same caliber, just look at 9-11, the Marine baracks that was blown up, THE CHILDREN they use to blow up people AND I just saw were they are training children how to cut heads off and hold them properly for display. A religion of piece? No, PIECES, PIECES of inoccent people being carved by them.
Jesus(Peace be upon Him ) and Muhammad (Peace be upon him) were both correct. It was the Christian priests who changed/distorted bible to serve their purpose. The hundreds of versions of Bibles attest to this fact.
Reading something with the intention of proving your preconcieved notion does not qualify as research. And everything you just said is false. This isn’t a discussion board. It is a smear campaign fueled by hurt and misplaced anger. Muslims are only permitted to fight when responding in self-defense. When enemies seek peace, you must also seek peace. The Bible is full of references to Holy Wars, and the Israelites were instructed to carry out commands much less compassionate and more violent than anything mentioned in the Quran, but you only point your condescending finger at my religion, one you don’t understand and don’t care to understand. You don’t have to accept Islam for yourself. But don’t spread lies.
And be fair in your critisism. Despite the vile comments of this thread(which are no less backed by racism than islamophobia) I will not be participating in a smear Christianity discussion board….ever. Because my religion teaches self-respect and respect for others. Yours does as well. So trying practicing it.
I’m a Muslim Woman and I am a Summa Cum Laude graduate with Honors and a double major. I also graduated valedictorian of my high school class and won a fullride scholarship. I have a great job (and do not wish to disclose any details about these things lol) I detest violence, do not support acts of terrorism and am proudly American. Women in the US didn’t gain rights given to Muslim women 1400 years ago until the 1920′s……voting, owning property, making one’s own money…. The whole “Islam oppresses women” thing is so old and played out. Western Culture is equally as oppressive towards women as many Eastern cultures but I don’t blame that on Christianity. I blame that on humankind’s capacity to do wrong. Women are exploited, their bodies used to sell products, physically and sexually abused. Despite “modernity” 1 in 4 women are still the victims of rape (not including unreported incidents) and domestic abuse is still rampant. Again, not the fault of christianity, but a general lack of respect for women in society. These problems certainly exist in Islamic countries as well, sometimes in a nuanced form, and they exist despite the presence of Islam, not because of it. Bad things coming out of that part of the world cannot be boiled down simply to religion. There’s a whole multitude of factors that come into play. Again, be reasonable.
Peace
hahahahahaha…well your title is “Is Islam really the “Second-Fastest religion” and this just Busted your credibility as neutral…I don’t know whether this is right or wrong but the claim is that, the is ISLAM IS “FASTEST” spreading religion not second fastest etc.
salam,to my brothers and sisters in islam and to non-Muslim (salam means peace in arabic)
Before anyone says that Muslim girls have no place in Islam thats a complete lie I wonder who told u that cause obvisiouly u guys are ingornant and have nothing better to do than critize Muslims. Muslim girls are respected and are modest. We dont need anyone to tell us if we are beautiful or not. We cover for a reason. We dont want men to look at us as objects but we want people to look into our inner beauty and our personality. We dont follow the celeberities on tv (like most people do), we follow the holiest women on Earth like The Virgin Mary (Mariam) and Aisha etc.(like we should)
Before anyone thinks about making fun of Muslim girls wearing the hijab let me tell u something. The Virgin Mary is well known, and everyone knows she covered herself and wore the veil.
Why? Because she was modest and God fearing. Now who does that sound like? (Hint:Muslim girls)
Muslim girls/ women are like jewel u dont show anyone ur jewel or prized position. U protect it from harm just like us Muslim girls are protected.
The men in the family dont force Us to wear the hijab; We wear it because its a command from God.
I have question for non-Muslims Now when a nun wears the veil is she oppressed or modest?
Most people that know nothing about Islam think girls are oppressed. UHH reality check we arent oppressed we are free. Wearing my hijab makes me feel free i dont follow these celebrities that are so fake. I follow the best examples of women on Earth. There is nothing that is better then this now is there?
For those who think Islam is bad religion tell me why are there so many people converting to Islam?
You know Islam is the fastest growing religion. Before talking trash about this beautiful religion, Islam, why dont u guys start doing some actual reasearch and reading more about Islam from books not watching the media that only tells lies. People that are in the media dont care about other peoples feeling they only want the BIG BUCKS and they’ll do anything. Also i have seen so many new Muslim converts that talked about there life b4 Islam and life after Islam. They talk about how they thought the things they did was everything, untill they releazied that there is a meaning to life other than partying, drinking, smoking etc.
If u want to hear it for ur self u can check some videos on youtube like Nicole Queen, Loon aka Amir Junaid Muhadith(the rapper) and many rappers in america that converted to Islam, Muslims’ America – Women in Islam, Islamic Miracles: How Abdullah Converted To Islam *NEW* there so many converts check it out for yourselves. They have the money and everything they ever wanted on Earth, but they realizied that this isnt what they want and they are not happy. But when they found Islam (Peaceful and Beautiful Religion) their lives are complete and there is nothing they want more. So is Islam a bad religion? Uh I dont think so!!!
I will always be Muslim and wear my hijab cause i dont fear anyone but Allah (God:for people that dont know that)I stand with my head up high and Proud to be a Muslim American.
People should get lives and quit making funny Muslims. Do some research and quit being ignornat
Peace!! and Salam to my Brothers and Sisters in Islam and non-Muslims
I’m not Muslim but I respect your religion (:
Thank you but for me even the whole world convert to ISLAM I BE THE ONLY ONE WHO refuse to accept it
“i dont fear anyone but Allah”
Allah is scary now i understand.