1. Islam is without doubt the best religion and the only religion that is from The Creator of the universe. But the media is in the hands of the Westerners who are afraid of Islam. The media is continuously broadcasting and printing information against Islam. They either provide misinformation about Islam, misquote Islam or project a point out of proportion, if any.
2. When any bomb blasts take place anywhere, the first people to be accused without proof are invariably the muslims. This appears as headlines in the news. Later, when they find that non-muslims were responsible, it appears as an insignificant news’ item.
3. If a 50 year old muslim marries a 15 year old girl after taking her permission, it appears on the front page but when a 50 year old non-muslim rapes a 6 year old girl, it may appear in the news in the inside pages as ‘News briefs’. Everyday in America on an average 2,713 cases of rape take place but it doesn’t appear in the news.
4. I am aware that there are some muslims who are dishonest, unreliable, who cheat, etc. that is in every society too. But the media projects this as though only muslims are involved in such activities. There are black sheep in every community.
5. In spite of all the black sheep in the muslim community, muslims taken on the whole, yet form the best community in the world. We are the biggest community of tee-totallers as a whole, i.e. those who don’t imbibe alcohol. Collectively, we are a community which gives the maximum charity in the world. There is no community as a whole in the world which can show even a candle to the muslims where modesty is concerned; where sobriety is concerned; where human values and ethics are concerned.
6. If you want to judge how good is the latest model of the “Mercedes” car and a person who does not know how to drive sits at the steering wheel and bangs up the car, who will you blame? The car or the driver? But naturally, the driver. To analyze how good the car is, a person should not look at the driver but see the ability and features of the car. How fast is it, what is its average fuel consumption, what are the safety measures, etc. Even if I agree for the sake of argument that some muslims are bad, we can’t judge Islam by its followers? If you want to judge how good Islam is then judge it according to its authentic sources, i.e. the Quran and the Hadeeth (Prophet Muhammad’s Speeches And Acts).
7. The best and the most exemplary follower of Islam by whom you can check how good Islam is, is the last and final messenger of God, Prophet Muhammad. Besides muslims, there are several honest and unbiased non-muslim historians who have acclaimed that prophet Muhammad was the best human being. According to Michael H. Hart who wrote the book, ‘The Hundred Most Influential Men in History’, the topmost position, i.e. the number one position goes to the beloved prophet of Islam, Muhammad. There are several such examples of non-muslims paying great tributes to the prophet, like Thomas Carlyle, La-Martine, etc.
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