My Quran

I just read comments on Facebook between a Jewish friend of mine, and some of his Facebook friends. My friend was attempting to convince them that contrary to their stated beliefs, Muslim people and the Islamic religion were not evil. Each time I see or hear people assert that belief, I wonder why it is so pervasive. The minuscule minority of radical fundamentalist Muslims cannot overshadow the vast majority of Muslims. This minority encroaches on us, shoving down our throats an agenda of hate that is inconsistent with the teaching of our religion.

Few years ago, I completely exposed myself to the ideas of these radical muslims and also the criticisms and objections people had against Islam. I was surrounded with all this dissent and misinformation. I didn’t know what to make of it. It wasn’t until I read my Quran before I found any solace. Today, I have read the Quran in its entirety, and I was unable to find all the things these people said my religion was about.

In my Quran, I found out about past prophets, Musa (Moses), Nuh (Noah), Isa (Jesus), Ibrahim (Abraham) and more. I read about their lives and learnt from their stories. They came to spread a message about the one true God who created everyone of us.

In my Quran, I learnt to tolerate people, to live in peace, to submit completely to God, to give out charity, to help the needy, and protect the unprotected and much more.

Violence? The only violence I found in the Quran was in order to defend oneself against attack. It is the only time, Muslims are allowed to fight. One is allowed to protect themselves, their family and the community.

In my Quran, I learnt that that “fight” is not solely physically. Allah urges us to use ourselves, our possession, our abilities, to fight injustice, fight evil, fight ourselves, fight ugliness in the world. Most importantly, fight to establish justice in the world.

My Quran taught me everything except all the things people told me Islam and Muslim were all about.

My Quran taught me to live in peace with people.

My Quran taught me acceptance of others. It taught me about my brothers and sisters of the book and how similar we are.

My Quran taught me that there is only ONE God and no matter how we, the people of the religions of the book, state or interpret things. And THAT never changes!

People find it so easy to hate Islam and Muslims. Hate, it is not a thing I can ever do. My Quran never taught me that and I refuse to believe that it is innate or biological necessary to life or survival.

With all that said I do realize that there are Muslims that hate. Hate JEWS. Hate CHRISTIANS. Hate AMERICANS. Hate THE WEST. Hate MUSLIMS IN THE WEST (me). Hate SHIAS. Hate SUNNIS. Hate EVERYTHING. These people don’t speak for me or the majority. These people do not follow the Quran. They do not follow the teachings and life of the prophet.

I wish people would realize that these people are not the voice of ISLAM. We cannot use these people to generalize to all Muslims and we definitely cannot use these people to interpret the QURAN. We should approach other religions with an open mind and a pure heart.

I love my Quran and my Deen.  And I’m glad God has blessed me with this J

                                                                     

    "...I hope my Lord will guide me ever close than this to the right road (path)"

                                                                  (17:24)