Islam means peace? why do people call muslim terrorists?
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Tell ya what, you tell your "brothers" to stop the suicide bombings, then we can talk.  Are you REALLY that ignorant!?  Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.
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THIS is the translaition of the arbic statment \n Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr: The Prophet said, "A Muslim is the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue and HANDs. And a Muhajir (emigrant) is the one who gives up (abandons) all what Allah has forbidden."  (Book #2, Hadith #9)\n=================\nIslam comes from the root word ‘salaam’, which means peace. It also means submitting one’s will to Allah (swt). Thus Islam is a religion of peace, which is acquired by submitting one’s will to the will of the Supreme Creator, Allah (swt).
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If Islam wants to be understood as the religion it purports itself to be, then it must make every effort to distance itself from terrorists like Bin Laden.  They have to start proving themselves with actions, instead of saying publically that they abhor violence, then privately not only approving of it, but, in many cases, funding it.
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because people are ignorant and believe everything they see in the news. ISLAM is not responsible for the terrorists. Islam represents Peace. There are people who call themselves Christian, but still do horrible things like murder people, etc. Every religion has its bad apples, and it should not just be limited to Islam.
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I know alot about Islam.\nHowever, many people dont.\n\nIslam has been extremely misconceptioned and wrongly judged today. Just because some of them are doing the wrong thing, doesnt mean their religion is telling them to do it.\n\nIslam is a religion of peace. Thats where the names comes from, Salaam- which means peace.\nIt has its responsibilites on its followers like praying, paying the poor rate, giving charity, helping the needy and the orphans, living in peace with people of different faith, abstainging from sin, doing good and enjoining others to do good. Being good to the neighbours, functioning in a respective way in the society, following the rules of a country- muslim or non muslim.\n\nThe book of Islam (Qur'an) has also been wrongly judged. People accusing the Qur'an mainly take the verses out of context, pick and choose verses, mis translate and mis interprete it.\nUnderstanding the Qur'an also has to be done throught the following and teachings of the Prophet. Not taking the teachings of the prophet and just trying to interpret the Qur'an can misguide people.\n\nBecuase culture has been incorporated into Islam, many people tend to judge Islam rather than the culture.\n\nTo correctly understand Islam, one has to take everything into consideration from reliabel sources, not just the media or the net.
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You're preaching to the chorus my man.  If you want the west to accept Islam then you have to convince the dangerous radicals that Islam is a religion of peace.  Don't tell us, tell them.  The only thing we care about is not being blown up.
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ive been living in an arab country for 19 years now. neither islam nor muslims call for terrorism. they are good and helpful people. they really dont deserve being called terrorists, and they find it too offensive
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Ok i read many answers there so i cant add anything .... but i can say somthing here thats what the meaning of the word ISLAM ....?? i will explain it from the side of the meaning .\n\nIts means PEACE ...so how can thats word have evil side ...\n\nI want say 2 ...thats if u came to my country u will see  in many places that the CHURCH & MOUSQUE side by side ..\n\nSo ISLAM is not just word means peace ... its ACTION 2 of peace \n\nU can know thats IF u read well about the Islam ...so try and read more if u really want to know ...not just want to show ur evil side of hate of Islam by ur question ..\n\nAnd Islam is relgion from God as the anthers relgions we know ...so do u think thats GOD can send evil thing to us as Human... no i dont think so .... \n\nSo i think u must know GOD first ..then know ur relgion well.. and if u want know about anthers relgions, AGAIN READ WELL...b4 asking
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Islam is the greatest threat humanity faces today.  Their religion, from bottom to top, is based on violence and conquest.  Those who do not follow Islam are infidels, and are therefore evil.  And harming or killing "evil" people is not only allowed, it is rewarded.\n\nThis is why Islam spawns terrorists.  Islam is not a religion of peace, as American politicians claim.  The American politicians are trying their best to placate this lunatic cult, in an attempt to keep them at bay until they either:\n\n1. Learn tolerance of other religions\n2. They destroy themselves with their infighting\n\nIf neither of these things happens, the only other option will be to wipe their culture off the face of the earth.  No one wants that, though the muslims certainly don't seem to be afraid of it.\n\nRegardless, their religion is a death cult, and the peace and love that it is supposedly based on ONLY applies to other muslims.  They are a vile culture, and if they are not held in check, they will most certainly propogate a nuclear holocaust as soon as they're able.\n\nYep... get rid of them.
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When a Christian or a Jew kills someone his religion is not mentioned, but when Muslim is charged with a crime, it is Islam that goes to trial! When someone sacrfices himself to keep others alive, he is noble and all respect him. \nBut when a Palestinian does that to save his son from being killed, his brother's arm being broken, his mother being raped, his home being destroyed, and his mosque being violated -- He gets the title of a terrorist! Why? Because he is a Muslim!
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I haven't seen anyone make the "switch".  I hope I don't.  Islam is the religion of hate.  Even the peace loving Muslims can't argue that the teachings in their Quran are filled with hate.  While all Muslims aren't terrorists, all terrorists ARE Muslim.
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Ok..Islam is religion of the peace. Its book is Quran.Our prophet is Muhammed..We can pray to Allah at home or in a mosque.We read some parts from Quran with some actions.We must do it 5 times in a day..We have some special days..For example born of our prophet, the day of starting Quran becoming..The famous of them is called Ramazan..We don't eat something from the morning to the evening to understand poor people..We must go Kabe (our holy place) once if we are rich..Now let's come some bad sayings about Islam:\n1. We are not satans and we aren't all like terrorists.We love peace.\n\n2. Our prophet was a good man like the other prophet..6 years old girl or other bad things about him are lies.\n\n3. Our purpose isn't to kill non-Muslims.It's impossible.We respect everyone's beliefs.\n\nNow I remembered these..But there are more..Don't believe some lies about Islam.I'm very happy for you because first you wanted to learn Islam.Some people say bad things without knowledge.\nI hope it helps.\n\nHave a nice day! :-) Peace.
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"Islam" is derived from the Arabic word "salom," meaning "peace." "Muslim" literally means "one who submits," as in "submits to the will of God."
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Muslims are normal people,  who love living in peace, but the little minority who believe in bombing the happiness of other people ruin the reputation of Muslims and make people think that all of them are terrorists
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Islam condemns all the violence which happened in the Crusades, in Spain, in WW II, or by acts of people like the Rev. Jim Jones, David Koresh, Dr. Baruch Goldstein, or the atrocities committed in Bosniaby the Christian Serbs. Anyone who is doing violence is not practicing his religion at that time. However, sometimes violence is a human response of oppressed people as it happens in Palestine. Although this is wrong, they think of this as a way to get attention. There is a lot of terrorism and violence in areas where there is no Muslim presence. For example, in Ireland, South Africa, Latin America, and Sri Lanka. Sometimes the violence is due to a struggle between those who have with those who do not have, or between those who are oppressed with those who are oppressors. We need to find out why people become terrorists. Unfortunately, the Palestinians who are doing violence are called terrorists, but not the armed Israeli settlers when they do the same sometimes even against their own people. As it turned out to be in the Oklahoma City bombing, sometime Muslims are prematurely blamed even if the terrorism is committed by non-Muslims. Sometimes those who want Peace and those who oppose Peace can be of the same religion. \n\nLastly I would like to quote from the Holy Quran\n\n[Chapter 5, verse 32], that "anyone who saves one life, it is as if he has saved the whole of mankind and anyone who has killed another person (except in lieu of murder or mischief on earth) it is as if he has killed the whole of mankind." \n\nIf you have any question please e-mail me at askmuslims1@yahoo.com or visit my site http://askmuslims.com and learn the basics of Islam.
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Terrorists come from all walks of life.  There are terrorists in every country of the world, including the United States.  They are motivated by religion, politics and cultural/socio-economic backgrounds.  Being that Islam is only the 3rd most popular religion in the world, your information is faulty at best and downright inflammatory and willfully hateful at the worst.
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Islam in arabic means peace. The muslim religion promotes peace, as for the Danish embassy.. that's a different topic altogether.. the religion was mocked and disrespected. what if something like that was done to an image of Jesus?\n\nIslam has even it's own political system to take care of things such as poverty. If Islamic nations followed the doctorins of Islam to the letter they'd be much better off.. \n\nExample?\n\nZaka(t)\n\nthat is when a muslim is OBLIGATED to pay a portion of what they have as a form of charity.\n\nwhat about respect?\n\nThere is a saying where it was the case that a Muslim woman prayed daily, fasted (obstained from food during day hours), gave charity, and so on.. but was cruel to her animals. The Prophet was asked will she go to heaven the Prophet said no since she was unmerciful to what depended on her (her pets/animals)\n\nRespect of the nieghboor:\nIn Islam, a Muslim is seen as going against the religion if they are disrespectful towards their neighboors.\n\nas for what muslims are doing NOW and today..\n\nDid you know in Chicago that mosques put together a program to feed the poor? they collected money, and distributed food to the poor.\n\nDid you know that there are Muslim run organizations that send AID (financially or by volunteers) when there is a need for it when natural disasters occur?\n\nLady, check your facts before you make false remarks like that (directed to beach gurl)