Is it Fact or Fiction (Part 4)

   We continue in this month’s article with the next portion of Myth #2: “Is Islam a Violent Religion and Muslims Identify with Terrorism.” 

   “According to a 2015 Pew Research Center study collected in 11 countries with significant Muslim populations, people overwhelmingly expressed negative views of ISIS.  It is important to keep in mind that Islam, like other Abrahamic religions, includes a large pool of opinions and different ways to understand the traditional holy text that was written in a different era. Terrorists use radical interpretations of Islam, which take a small number of texts that were meant to regulate warfare in the early days of Islam. Terrorists then apply these interpretations to contemporary times.” (From “Myths and Facts about Muslim People and Islam” ADL.org)

   Professional Muslims cannot speak without using propaganda, for lying is the foundation of Islam. Muslims are given permission by Allah in the Qur’an to lie even when they are swearing in an oath, as in Qur’an 2:225: “Allah will not hold you responsible for your mere utterance in an oath…” It is also lawful for Muslims to deny their faith. Qur’an 16:106: “whoever becomes an infidel in Allah after he believed, except one who was compelled and his heart is secure in faith.”

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