Essay On Islam In America

The typical American hears the words “Islam” or “Muslim” and then portray terrorist. However, Islam is a religion that teaches peace and love. Just the other day a friend was telling me about how one doctor she knows says “call the police” when someone who looks like a Muslim comes into her clinic. It is things like this that make me sad because I know this “fear” people have of Islam is unnecessary. We should not fear other religions and cultures that we do not understand; we should embrace them and develop an understanding. Not only to better ourselves, but also to better our society. Muslims (Islamic People) believe a lot of the same things Christians do. Just like Christians Muslims believe God flooded the whole world, we are all ancestors of Adam and Eve, and God created the earth in seven days …show more content…
This being because Christianity is a religion that we in America have a good understand of. On the contrary when we think of Islam many think of radical Islamic groups such as Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram because these are the only Islamic groups we hear of on the news here in America. However most Muslims do not follow the sharia law that these radical Islamic groups follow. Most Muslims do not follow the sharia law, they teach peace and understanding. The Quran says “(41:33-34) And good and evil deeds are not alike. Repel evil with good. And he who is your enemy will become your dearest friend.” In other words the Quran says good and evil deeds are total opposites and that we should make our enemies our friends through peace and not hatred or war (Cpsglobal.org). Some Muslims might ignore this verse just like some Christians ignore most of the Old Testament, but we cannot depict the radical Muslims as the main stream Muslims. We as a society are so fast to make assumptions on things we do not understand; it is something that we need to