Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion with over a billion followers. Many Muslims who follow the Islamic religion have been seen as a threat in the USA. Not only have Muslims been discriminated against at their workplaces and at airports but also they have been denied at security checkpoints and protection guaranteed to all other citizens.This sort of misperception towards the Islamic religion has led many people to view it as a religion of violence and terrorism instead of a religion of peace. Although there are some fundamentalists and extremists who have tarnished the Islamic image, Islam is actually a religion of love and peace that …show more content…
According to Abdul Khaliq Kazi in his article “THE MEANING OF IMAN AND ISLAM IN THE QUR’AN” ” ….the Qur 'an draws attention to this common element in all religions and shows it to be the true way and the only way. Muslim is a word of universal application for all those who find al-islam as the essence of their religious experience. A mu’min ( follower of Muhammad) is a Muslim because al-islam is his religion, but he walks in this path as a mu 'min,” But yet Americans lack to know the difference between the people of Islam and their religion. In the last past decade and a half the Americans that did not favor islam has increased, because of the act of a small group of people who bombed the buildings of 9/11. But the point is that Islam does not mean what people have turned it into, and yet Muslims can’t be judge as a whole for the act of certain …show more content…
We can’t be a nation known to be the land of the free if we don’t obey the amendments that were made by our founding fathers. Muslims weren’t the ones who started a war against the nation, it’s radical organizations that oppose the United States were the ones who started war against them and decided to call themselves Muslims. We should stand as a whole nation and look for the real enemies of this country and do not befriend the Islamic nation.
Mussa Jawara
Eng 11
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TOPIC: Islam in the USA
Introduction:
Although there are some fundamentalists and extremists who have tarnished the Islamic image, Islam is actually a religion of love and peace that should be respected throughout the country.
The religion islam was built on peacemaking not violence and it’s not an organization it’s a religion
Background Information:
Islam: Submitting to god in Arabic
USA: The nation that views islam as a Threat
BS: Americans has unfavored Islam for the act of radicals.
DATA:
9/11
AirPort Checkups
Niqab ’headscarf”
The 5 Pillars
Donald Trump
The meaning of Islam
Conclusion:
It’s radical organizations that oppose the United States and decided to call themselves Muslims. We should stand as a nation and