What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word "MUSLIM"?
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'Follower of Islam,' and that's it. I don't stereotype.
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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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dear muslima,muslim can feel that he is with god and under his watch any where he goes and that's avoiding him to fall in any sin but usually any clean place, away of noise make you more comfortable and productive.
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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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so far i've got two.  one from a gal who got pissed because i yelled at her for putting her homework on Answers.  the other was because i called someone a moron.\n\ni feel like i'm about to get more---just had heated words with a 'muslim' who didn't appreciate my take on 'islam-the religion of peace'.  he thinks i got all my info from 'biased news services' when i really got it from reading that dopey book, the koran.\n\nUPDATE!!!!! yes, i did get a third.  'ahmed' got Yahoo to pull another one of my answers.  what a moron.
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Muslims are fine. I think, like any religion. It is the extremist that have interpreted the religion incorrectly that concern me. Which most Muslims will tell you they are concerned about people who are like that also.
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Shari law: i mostly hear it when we say a girl is wearing Shari ;as islam tought her \n\nand i ususally hear :someone follows thw quran to the letter
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People often get confused here. Allah is the arabic word (actually, one of many-just the most well-known) for God. Just like they say "Dios" in Spanish. What is it like living in Pakistan?
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it feels great to be a part of the latest community formed by god (ALLAH).. i love to be muslim.. every thing in it is very clear.. no confusions here like christianity..
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YES OF COURSE WHATS YOUR NAME? ARE YOU MUSLIM? CAUSE I AM.
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Witness, I guess. Not a Muslim.
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Pretty hard to seperate being muslim from terrorism. It is a common denominator.
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One might ask the same thing of Muslims.
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Except what- they're not MUSLIMS?\n\nDie, infidel, die, die, DIE!!!!!!!!
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Definition\n\nMost Muslims accept anyone who has sincerely pronounced the Shahada, a ritual declaration of submission to God and assertion that Muhammad is the last prophet, as a fellow Muslim. Muslims describe many Biblical figures, such as Musa (Moses) and Isa (Jesus), as Muslims because they submitted completely to Allah, or God.\n\n    * For a list of prophets of Islam, see Prophets of Islam.\n    * For a list of Muslims, see List of Muslims.\n    * For a list of different Muslim sects and divisions, see Divisions of Islam.\n\n[edit]\n\nEtymology\n\nThe singular form of the word Muslim comes from the Arabic plural form 'Al-Muslimīn, from the tri-consonantal root SLM (سَلَمَ), also found in the words Islam and salām (peace). The plural form is instanced in the Qur'an, 22:79, Al-Hajj.\n[edit]\n\nPronunciation and spelling\n\nUntil around the late 1980s, the word was commonly spelled Moslem. The spelling has since fallen into disuse. Muslims do not recommend this spelling because it is often pronounced "mawzlem," which sounds somewhat similar to an Arabic word for "oppressor" (Za'lem in Arabic). The word is pronounced "Mus"-lim in Arabic, but some English dictionaries allow both "Mus"-lim and "Muz"-lim. The word is now most commonly written "Muslim".\n[edit]\n\nOther words for Muslim\n\nMany English-language writers used to call Muslims Mohammedans or Mahometans, meaning "followers of Mohammed," but this terminology is considered incorrect and insulting by Muslims, because Muslims believe it implies that they worship the prophet Muhammad, contrary to the fundamental principles of Islam itself. This terminology is also seen as too similar to Christians as followers and worshippers of Christ. In addition, Muslims believe that the religion of submitting to God (Islām in Arabic) existed long before the birth of Muhammad, making all the prophets before him "Muslims."\n\nEnglish writers of the 19th century and earlier sometimes used the words Mussulman, Musselman, or Mussulmaun. Variant forms of this word are still used by many Indo-European languages. These words are similar to the French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese words for "Muslim."\n[edit]\n\nArabic terms describing Muslim identity\n\nWhen discussing whether or not someone is a real Muslim, the following terms may be used by those arguing:\n\n    * Mu'min - believer\n    * Fasiq - shameless sinner\n    * Munafiq - hypocrite; professes Islam but does not believe in it (one who professes but does not practice is a fasiq)\n    * Kafir - neither professes nor believes; an infidel\n\n[edit]\n\nDisagreements\n\nThere are some groups that claim to be Muslim, but are not accepted as Muslim by most Muslims. For example, neither Sunni nor Shi'a Muslims accept Ahmedis as fellow Muslims. This is also true of other groups as well. An agnostic of Islamic background may refer to him/herself as a "cultural Muslim", but this is likewise unacceptable to most observant Muslims. Many Sunni regard the Shi'a and the ʕAlawī sects as non-Muslim. There have also been numerous instances in which some Sunni have declared other Sunni to be unbelievers, some Shi'a have declared other Shi'a the same, and so on.\n\nThe act of calling another a disbeliever is called takfir.\n[edit]\n\nSee also\n\n    * Islam\n    * Qur'an\n    * Muhammad\n    * Five Pillars of Islam
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Islam\nIslam, a name given by Allah to this religion (Quran 5:4), is an Arabic word which literally means obedience and peace. ISLAM is derived from the Arabic root "SALEMA": peace, purity, submission and obedience. So 'Islam' would mean the path of those who are obedient to Allah and who establish peace with Him and His creatures. Its follower are called Muslims.\n\nIslam is not a new religion. It is, in essence, the same message and guidance which Allah revealed to all prophets before Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. Allah says in the Qur’ân:\n\n"Say, `We believe in ALLAH and that which has been revealed to us, and that which was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and in that which was given to Moses and Jesus and other Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them and to HIM we submit." (Qur’ân 3-85)\n\nSix main Articles of faith in Islam\n\nTo believe in the Oneness of Allah. \nTo believe in all His Angels. \nTo believe in all His Books. \nTo believe in all His Prophets. \nTo believe in the Day of Resurrection. \nTo believe in the Decree of Allah \n\nThe Five Pillars of Islam (Declaration of the Islamic Faith)\n\nIn order to enter into the fold of Islam i.e. to be Muslim, one has to know, believe, accept totally and sincerely apply the five basic principles (Pillars) on which Islam is based: Ibn Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah - Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) said: Islam is based on the following five pillars (principles).\n\nBearing witness that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah \nObservance of Prayer \nPaying Zakat \nFasting during Ramadhan \nPilgrimage to the house of Allah. \nWhy I Believe in Islam\nThe following is an extract from the writing of Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad—the second successor to the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam.\n\nI have been asked to state why I believe in Islam. When I put the question to myself, the reply I received was, for the same reason for which I believe in anything else, that is to say, because it is the truth. A more detailed reply would be that in my view the central doctrine of all religions is the existence of God and man's relationship with Him, so that the religion that can succeed in establishing a true relationship between God and man must be true, and the truth of a faith is surely a sufficient reason for believing in it. \n\nIslam claims that the Creator of this universe is a living God and that He reveals Himself to His creatures in this age in the same manner in which He used to reveal Himself in the ages past. This claim can be tested in two ways. God may either manifest His signs direct for a seeker after Him, or the seeker may come to believe in God by studying the life of a person to whom God has revealed Himself. As by the Grace of God, I happen to be one of those people to whom God has on many occasion and in a supernatural way revealed Himself. I stand in need of no further reason for believing in truth of Islam than that I have experienced the truth in my own person.\n\nFor the benefit of people who have had no similar experience, however, I proceed to relate the grounds which, in addition to my personal experience, have been the cause of my believing in Islam.\n\nFirst of all, I believe in Islam for the reason that it does not compel me to accept all those matters the sum total of which is called Religion merely on authority, but furnishes convincing arguments in support of its doctrines. The existence of God and the nature of His attributes, angels, prayer and its effects, Divine decrees and their sphere, worship and its need, Divine Law and its benefits, revelation and its importance, resurrection and the life after death, heaven and hell -- with regard to every one of these, Islam has given detailed explanations and has established their truth with strong arguments to the satisfacti
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Me: Muslim\n\nJesus in Islam    \n\nThe Islamic view of Jesus (or, “Isa in Arabic, ;- peace be upon him) lies between two extremes. The Jews, who rejected Isa (Jesus) as a Prophet, called him an imposter. The Christians, on the other hand, considered him to be the son of God and worship him as such. Islam considers Isa (Jesus, Peace be upon him ) to be one of the great Prophets of Allah and respects him as much as Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), and Muhammad (peace be upon them all). This is in conformity with the Islamic view of the oneness of God (Allah), the oneness of Divine guidance, and the complementary role of the subsequent mission of Allah’s messengers. \n\nThe essence of Islam- willing submission to the will of Allah- was revealed to Adam ( - peace be upon him), who passed it on to his children. All the following revelations to Nuh (Noah), Ibrahim, Musa, Isa (Jesus), and, finally, Muhammad (peace be upon them all) are in conformity with that message, with some elaboration to define the relation between man and God, man and man, man and his en­vironment, and living according to Allah’s instructions. Thus, Islam views any contradictions among revealed religions as a man-made element introduced into these religions. The position of Isa (Jesus, Peace be upon him ) in the three major creeds- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam- is not an exception. \nMiraculous Birth\n\nAlthough the Qur'an does not present a detailed life-story of Isa (Jesus, Peace be upon him ), it high­lights the important aspects of his birth, his mission, his ascension to heaven, and passes judgment on the Christian beliefs concerning him. The Qur'anic account of Isa (Jesus, Peace be upon him ) starts with the conception of his mother, Maryam (Mary, peace be upon her), whose mother, the wife of Imran, vowed to dedicate her child to the service of God in the temple. When Maryam (Peace be upon her)  became a woman, the Holy Spirit (the angel Jibraîl ) appeared to her as a man bringing her the news of a son. We read the following dialogue in the Qur'an between Maryam (Peace be upon her)  and the angel: \n\nWhen the angels said: ‘O Mary! Allah gives thee glad tidings of a Word from Him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, Peace be upon him son of Mary, illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah). \n\n  He will speak unto mankind in his cradle and in his manhood, and he will be of the righteous.’ \n\nShe said: ‘My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal has touched me?’ He said: ‘So (it will be). Allah creates what He will. If He decrees a thing, He says unto it only: “Be!” and it is.’  (Ali-Imran, 3:45-47) \n\nIn a chapter (surah) entitled “Maryam” (Mary), the Qur'an tells us how Maryam (Peace be upon her)  gave birth to her son, and how the Jews accused her when she brought the child home: \n\nThen she brought him to her own folk, carrying him. They said: ‘O Mary! Thou hast come with an amazing thing. O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a woman unchaste.’ \n\nThen she pointed to him. They said, ‘How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy?’ \n\nHe spoke: ‘Lo! I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and has appointed me a Prophet; And has made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and has enjoined upon me prayer and alms-giving so long as I live; And (has made me) dutiful toward her who bore me, and has not made me arrogant, wicked. Peace be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!’ (Maryam, 19:27-33) \n\nIn the same chapter, following the above quotation, Allah assures Muhammad ( peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and through him the whole world, that what is told above is the TRUTH about Isa (Jesus, Peace be upon him ), although the Christians might not accept it. Isa (Jesus, Peace be upon him ) is NOT the “son of God”: he was, obviously enou