ISLAM - The Great Religion .. Member from all Religions are welcome

So nice to read this post! I myself am a Christian but that does not mean that I do not respect your beliefs and faith because I do! I made the very point in a discussion yesterday that the Koran taught peace! I feel that if everyone was more tolerant and accepting of different beliefs and cultures the world would be a better place!

asalaam alakuim i am a muslim woman and am grateful to Allah for you posting this message. I am grateful that you have the knowledge and wisdom to share the message of islam to others may the blessings and mercy of Allah continue to be upon you

Before Islam even begins to carry any clout for me its followers, as a whole, will have to prove they are a religion of peace by their actions. As long as a few keep proving that Islam is NOT a religion of peace most of us will not accept it as being so. This puts the ball back into your court. If you fail to extinguish those who continue to show by example that Islam is in fact not at peace with everyone around them I will not be convinced. So also seems to be the opinion of a vast number of us. When Christians can walk among the Muslims in Pakistan (I choose for my example) and behave as they normally would without repercussion just as Muslims would be able to in the USA then I might begin to be slightly swayed. However this is SO NOT THE CASE. Christians would quickly die in that country for behaving, as they normally would while at the same time Muslims can behave as they normally would in the USA without significant repercussion. For now it is defiantly a one-way street. Muslims could walk door to door in the USA speaking about their beliefs without any likely worry of bodily harm but Christians can not do this in Pakistan and expect to survive very long. They would be killed and the police and neighbors would congratulate the killers for doing something "good" by killing the Christians! I am guessing this post might not get much response. How could it without bringing shame to your "peaceful religion"! I want to make sure that everyone understands that by "extinguish" I do not mean more killing! Get in their face and convince them how anti-Muslim they are being. Convince them that it is in Islams best interest if they avoid killing at all costs and they need to stop trying to enforce sharia law. It MUST be free will or it is WRONG! You can NOT try and make sharia the countries law! God/Allah is a God of free will. No one is forced to follow God laws. God doesn't want those kinds of followers, which to me is very understandable! Islam however, at least in many area is not like this! Some of the eastern countries you can not even get government benefits unless you are Muslim. Shopkeepers will not do business with you if they know you are not Muslim. There is massive prejudice and I don't see it being equal in both directions. I am not saying there is NO prejudice against Islam. I am saying that it much greater prejudice from the Islam side then from the Christian side.

I will not dispute that Islam is a great religion because it reformed a nation which would have been a bunch of bandits and Bedouins living like animals. This change can only be done by an aggressive religion. But you can make it even greater by doing a few things. 1. Educate the Muslims who are resorting to terrorist activities with American made weapons. Tell them Allah does not like these weapons. 2. Remove the Satanic versus from the Koran and re-edit it so that it can keep up with the 20th century and modern technology. 3. Tell your leaders to make a proclamation on certain issues. For instance there are many Muslims who prefer to believe that the Moon is their religious symbol out of bound for humans. So the religion looks stupid when someone argues on this point. But if an official statement from higher authority is issued the confusion can be avoided.

yes adnan islam is a religion of peace and i appricate to u for this nice discussion and i also appreciate other religion friends for giving a nice response

Islam may very well mean peace. Obviously you think so and you feel strongly about it. My question is how can a person that claims to be a member of such peacefulness treat others the way you have treated sndcain ? Does being peaceful mean we can verbally abuse someone or beat and abuse people for their beliefs or non beliefs. I don't see how any of that is peaceful so if you are practicing your religion then I would say Islam does not mean peace. I think you would be better to pray for forgiveness than continue on your peaceful path. Just my humble opinion.

kingadnan "ISLAM MEANS PEACE & EVERY HUMAN WANTS TO LIVE IN PEACE" Which is why the shiites and sunnis, both which are Islam, won't stop killing each other! Because Islam means peace!

thank you very much becase you start this topic,

I like the way u presented Islam & it would be more better if u throw some light on the Islam & the meaning of god(Allah) in Islam & prophet(PBUH) & also write some thing abt cristianity

Thanks for starting this topic. I have learned a lot the other views on Islam through the responses.