“We can’t let any more Muslims into our country.” This is a very close-minded statement that we hear quite frequently in today’s society, given all of the incidents with ISIS. The issue with people that think like this, is that they do not know all of the facts. In truth, The Islamic religion is not the same as ISIS. The question is, “What is the difference between Muslims and ISIS?” “How did ISIS start?” “Do most Muslims agree with what ISIS is doing?” If only everyone took it upon themselves to understand the facts before trying to keep an entire group of people out of our country.
What I know I know that Islam is a monotheistic religion, which means that they serve one God. They do not believe in a Messiah like Christians do, but they do believe that they are many important prophets of God. The most important prophet to Muslims is Muhammad. They do in fact believe that Jesus was a prophet, they just don’t think that he was the son of God. Muslims live under the five pillars of their religion. I understand fully that Islam is not the same as ISIS. ISIS is a group of extremists that follow the religion of Islam. Not all Muslims are …show more content…
First I started to ask the big questions like “What does ISIS stand for?” and “What do Muslims believe in?” From then the questions were pouring out of my brain. Each new site a would find more interesting facts about ISIS that I didn’t know before, for example, ISIS is run by one main leader and a cabinet of other extremists. Previously I had thought that is was an unorganized group of crazy terrorists. I also learned that Islam is also very complex but much more peaceful than the media and the leader of ISIS, make it out to be. After my process was finished I felt that I had discovered so much more about this subject and I can use it whenever this kind of conversation might
What I know I know that Islam is a monotheistic religion, which means that they serve one God. They do not believe in a Messiah like Christians do, but they do believe that they are many important prophets of God. The most important prophet to Muslims is Muhammad. They do in fact believe that Jesus was a prophet, they just don’t think that he was the son of God. Muslims live under the five pillars of their religion. I understand fully that Islam is not the same as ISIS. ISIS is a group of extremists that follow the religion of Islam. Not all Muslims are …show more content…
First I started to ask the big questions like “What does ISIS stand for?” and “What do Muslims believe in?” From then the questions were pouring out of my brain. Each new site a would find more interesting facts about ISIS that I didn’t know before, for example, ISIS is run by one main leader and a cabinet of other extremists. Previously I had thought that is was an unorganized group of crazy terrorists. I also learned that Islam is also very complex but much more peaceful than the media and the leader of ISIS, make it out to be. After my process was finished I felt that I had discovered so much more about this subject and I can use it whenever this kind of conversation might