Most Common Questions asked by Non-Muslims
Q18. If Islam is the best religion, why are many of the Muslims
dishonest, unreliable, and involved in activities such as cheating, bribing,
dealing in drugs, etc.?
VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISLAM AND
THE ACTUAL PRACTICE OF MUSLIMS
Answer:
1.Media
maligns Islam
a. Islam is without doubt the best religion 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.
b. 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.
c. 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, since it has become a way of life for the Americans.
2.Black sheep in every community:
I am
aware that there are some Muslims who are dishonest, unreliable, who cheat, etc.
but the media projects this as though only Muslims are involved in such
activities. There are black sheep in every community. I know Muslims who are
alcoholics and who can drink most of the non-Muslims under the table.
3.Muslims
best as a whole:
Inspite
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 not a
single person in the world who can even show a candle to the Muslims where
modesty is concerned; where sobriety is concerned; where human values and ethics
are concerned.
4.Don’t
judge a car by its driver:
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 the 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 Glorious Qur’an and the Sahih Hadith.
5.
Judge Islam by its best follower i.e. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh):
If you
practically want to check how good a car is put an expert driver behind the
steering wheel. Similarly 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 (pbuh). 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
(pbuh).There are several such examples of non-Muslims paying great tributes to
the prophet, like Thomas Carlyle, La-Martine, etc.
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