Demonizing peaceful religion of Islam

In the name of Allah the Gracious the Merciful

After watching and then reading Franklin Graham's interview with CNN's anchorperson Campbell Brown, it

seems very obvious that Christian Clergy is out to demonize Islam with slightest chance they get. Franklin Brown and reverends like him whose earnings are based on Islam bashing will be jobless and will die in hunger and in miserable conditions if they do not earn their bread and butter by falsely accusing a peaceful religion and sowing the seeds of hatred among peace loving and liberal American people.

Although if it had only been for "earning" cheap publicity and securing "job security" in this tough economic

conditions for Mr. Graham and the likes of him, most of people would be careless for what they have to say. However, such accusations and spreading hatred against Islam is equivalent to terrorism and destroying the peace of our great country of United States for a true Muslim like me who practice or at least try to practice Islam in its pristine form has its first duty to be loyal to its country i.e. Long Live USA and expose such elements in society who are not only destroying the peace of this country but also of the world by every now and then issuing flammable and blatant lies. It is our duty to shun such bigots and thier bigotry otherwise peace is not achievable.

I think President Obama's statement that war is necessary to promote peace and at times there is no choice

goes true and we should be aware that a war with debate and reasoning should be waged against all extremist people be a christian or a Muslim.

Having said this I'll come back to peaceful Islamic teachings where in Holy Quran which is a Law giving book of

Islam states, "There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress and believes in Allah, has surely grasped a strong handle which knows no breaking. And Allah is All Hearing-All Knowing" (2:257).

After reading this in chapter two of Holy Quran if someone who is out of his mind transgress why one should blame Islam for that matter? Only people with prejudice will blame Islam and its teaching and those who keep prejudice have no merits to stand for any office or be a leader of any denomination or beliefs as such people only lead people astray. Let me make one thing clear that such are peaceful teachings of Islam that no one fears to leave Islam once they join it. Utopian thinking and living in fools paradise certainly makes one lost its rationale but please do not try to fool 300 million rational people of United States.

Unfortunately religious clergy has let people to war and blame is gone to God / Allah and His given religion. Similar is the case in so called Islamic countries where religious clergy has hijacked a peaceful religion and blend it with their personal vested interests and re-brand it as "Islam" where teachings of Islam are far remote to their interpretations.

It is even sad to see people who tend to be reputable hold prejudice against Islam without even trying to learn or know about Islam. Their experience is only a first hand experience of a culture which is different from theirs and they ignorantly takes it as a religion. It is important specially in these times to we should act responsibly and try to promote peace, otherwise we are going to run into a big trouble where we cannot find ourselves out from it.

Islamophobia, Economic Crisis and Extremism

In the name of Allah the Gracious the Merciful

I call "Islamphobia" or "Islamophobia" not sure if these terms have previously been used or not but the fact remains there is a bitter hatred and unnecessary fear against a peaceful religion of Islam. If I may say Islam is the most misunderstood and most innocent of religions in modern times.

It is misunderstood by its followers who have no knowledge about their own religion rather they rely on pseudo Islamic scholars who themselves have never practiced Islam in its pristine form. Their interpretations of Islamic laws and their interpretations of the practice of the great Holy Prophet of Islam Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) reflects that these so called Islamic scholars and jurors who readily issues Fatwa ( or religious decree) neither have merits nor authority to lead Muslims or become the defenders of Islam.

These Islamic scholars not only have misunderstood their own religion but also misunderstood the practice of the Holy Prophet Muhammad(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and his companions who upheld true teachings of Islam and professed and practiced as a true Muslim should have.

Islamphobia's credit goes partly to these bigot Mullas who intentionally or unintentionally destroying Islamic world with their ill interpretations of sacred, pious and peaceful teachings of Islam.

Islamophobia's credit partly also goes to the media pundits and the so called human rights and democratic champions who call themselves as modern civilized nations of the West. The prejudice carried in the West against Islam proves that such a peaceful religion wherein it allows its followers to ensure absolute justice be it your kith and kin and wherein it says 'there is no compulsion in religion'; is unfortunately misunderstood only to prejudice nor to education nor lack of awareness.

The combination of the two antagonists has caused numerous sufferings to innocent civilians around the world, whether in the name of routing out extremism (havenots) or in the name of attacking the occupying forces (haves). Billions of dollars have been spent and are being spending to protect the "innocent civilians" but ultimately the innocent civilians are the ones bearing the brunt at the hands of these two groups.

People in the US do want security and so do the people of the rest of the world including countries like Pakistan. The cost is ultimately being paid by the tax payers of these countries.