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By: ummahsn

ummahsn — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:30:19 +0000

great post informal artical .sharing a quick info that we now have our own islamic social network .Requesting to join to all brother and sisters from the globe .lests see how many we can gather .
Each of your sign up is a help to muslim ummah .
jazak ALLAH

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By: Organic Muslimah

Organic Muslimah — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:39:36 +0000

I wanted to thank the author for highlighting the rising issue of Islamophobia in America. I shared the clip and subject with my Sunday school students today and it received great reaction. My students’ reaction was extremely positive and proactive. We will be using the video as beginning point to reverse the stereotypical image of Muslim Americans and how to individualize the message.

Thanks again.

By: Wigon

Wigon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:43:38 +0000

Well there is a problem with “learning about Islam.” That problem is dependent on how non-Muslims learn about Islam and who teaches them. If a non-Muslim learns about Islam through such neo-con authors (and self-declared experts on Islam) as Robert Spencer, Serge Trifkovic, and Bernard Lewis they will be TERRIFIED as they depict Islam as ultimately seeking to undermine overtly or covertly all of Western civilization that does not comply with Salafi type Islamic ideals.

The same thing happens if they go learn about Islam at a more extremist masjid (mosque). If they go learn about Islam through a very liberal Sufi masjid, they will probably fall in love with the religion in all its beautiful emphasis on love and spirituality…but totally not learn a thing about Shariat law and the political/social aspect of Islam that may come as a shock to them when they do learn about it.

The truth is usually somewhere in the middle in that Muslims…(although I know some will deny it)… are VERY different in every country with no one agenda or set of beliefs and with constantly changing cultural beliefs. They are influenced like all other humans by the constant shifts in politics, economics, and the history and culture in general of the countries they live in. All of this leaves non-Muslims quite confused in trying to figure out a “Good Muslim” from a “Bad Muslim” (the scary ones to Westerners). So they end up being suspicious of all Muslims.
Its basic human psychology especially considering how poorly Western media describes Muslims (aside from a few refreshingly intelligent documentaries on PBS).

Even more confusing is that Muslim scholars themselves also are fractured into many sects and ideologies and can not agree who is closer to Suna then the other, aside from the beleif that their Madhaab is the closest to Sunna and the true path of the faith. So if Muslims are confused and divided, you can imagine how non-Muslims feel as they watch the latest YouTube or LiveLeak Jihadi video feeding their Islamophobia further.

By: Peaches

Peaches — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:57:03 +0000

Amad,
So much for the United States country being the “melting pot” of the world. It’s just baffling how people react to the Muslim faith. They may blame Osama bin Laden or other past terrorists for it , but it’s just baffling to see how people have such a negative reaction to the Muslim faith and it gives nobody to mistreat individual because of their religion. Maybe if they actually learn about instead of being educated about it from their TV’s, they may realize that it one of the most civil religions in the world.

By: SaqibSaab

SaqibSaab — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:01:25 +0000

Shaykh AbdulBary Yahya mentioned this in his Seerah: The Shepherd’s Path seminar in Chicago. I thought, “hey this would be good for MuslimMatter.org.” Lo and behold, here it is.

May Allah protect us.

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By: abu ameerah

abu ameerah — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:41:22 +0000

LOL!

this is the best clip i’ve seen in a while. The best line, “Take your Jeee-had out to the parking lot…” was priceless!

(inshallah, i’m gonna use that line from now on)

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