Wednesday, November 3, 2010

ISLAMOPHOBIA



Based of my finding from the Wikipedia, islamophobia (ie. Islam+phobia, "fear") is prejudice against, or an irrational fear of Islam or Muslims. The term seems to date back to the late 1980s, but came into common usage after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States to refer to types of political dialogue that appeared prejudicially resistant to pro-Islamic argument. In 1997, the British Runnymede Trust defined Islamophobia as the "dread or hatred of Islam and therefore, to the fear and dislike of all Muslims," stating that it also refers to the practice of discriminating against Muslims by excluding them from the economic, social, and public life of the nation. It includes the perception that Islam has no values in common with other cultures, is inferior to the West and is a violent political ideology rather than a religion. Professor Anne Sophie Roald writes that steps were taken toward official acceptance of the term in January 2001 at the "Stockholm International Forum on Combating Intolerance", where Islamophobia was recognized as a form of intolerance alongside Xenophobia and Antisemitism.

Islam is not a new revelation of Jesus. But Islam means peace and also total surrender to HIM (Oneness) All the prophets right from Adam till Muhammad s.a.w. are all Muslims i.e. they taught oneness of God and surrender to the one and the only one God .

Jesus is one of the prophets in Islam. Islam ruled Spain for 800 yrs, Christians were not killed , churches were not demolished ; there is freedom of religion as ordained in the holy Qur’an ” La iqro hafiddeen’ ( There is no compulsion in religion) to the non-muslims. Muslims through out the world will only protect themselves and attack when they are being attacked first ! In fact Sallehuddin Al Ayubi ( Saladin) has nursed King Richard the Lion heart when he was injured during the crusade war .

Islam is a peacful religion. Not like Hiroshima and Nagasaki being totally destroyed by America, Islam prohibits nuclear war because it’s totally inhumane. Islam upgraded the females where during the time of paganism new born female babies were buried a life and women became the sex apparatus of men , having illegal sexual intercourse with many men and the new born baby is named after the person of the most features with the infant.Islam preaches great morality and ethics. Prostitutions and aldultery , lesbians, homesexual are strictly prohibited in Islam .

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