we all talk about muslim atrocities on non-muslims. but we fail to recognise that muslims are themselves victims of islam. islam started as a religion in a part of saudi arabia. however, mostly by force and also due to some good points(we will discuss these also), it spread to other parts.
1) Some of the great civilisations in Egypt, Iraq, Iran etc were destroyed by the tide of islam and people were broken from their past and their ancestors. it was as if every good thing started after the birth of islam. But the people of Turkey, Egypt, iraq, iran and of central asia had a proud past before that as well.
2) It cannot be denied that a large no. of muslims were converted under the threat of force. so the ancestors of a large number of present muslims (though not of all) were threatened and suffered physical harm to themselves, their families and children before converting to islam.
3) because of too much emphasis on the concept of separate identity and islamic brotherhood (millet), many the muslims in non muslim countries consider themselves outsiders or do not mix as easily in the national mainstream. this leads to tensions between muslims and non-muslims.
4) due to polygamy the rich muslims marry a number of women. as a result the poor ones cannot get married and settled. so some of these (though not all) are available for Jihad or holy war.
5) the concept lectures by the maulvis after the congregational friday prayer is dangerous for muslims. these maulavis often have half baked knowledge and a narrow myopic viewpoint. so they end up showing half the picture to the large no. of muslims. Also many maulvis like so called holy men of all religions have a narrow personal viewpoint and they use religion to promote their distorted vision.
6) Muslims are told not to worship idols and many muslim kings broke idols also. but the most important ritual in the life of a muslim is to go to mecca to visit kaaba. And it has that black stone which muslims consider as holy. Is it not idol or stone worship?
6) regarding the good points in Islam first is the sufi viewpoint which is tolerant and inclusive. second is the lack of expensive rituals. and thirdly and most importantly. islam lays greater emphasis on equality than hinduism and christianity. in hinduism low caste people were exploited for centuries and white christians practically never treatd blacks as equal. also just as islamic raiders behaved iconoclastically in africa and asia, the christians wiped out civilisations in north america, south america and australia. in this regard Buddhism is the best as it has the cleanest slate.( i am not a buddhist).
7) solution; all religions have skeletons in their cupboards. but while there have been efforts at reforms in christianity and hinuism, there have been no huge substantial effort at reforms in islam. only moderate muslims can save islam. they have to come forward and take up the cudgels. otherwise the mullahs and jihadis are hell bent on harming islam. consider this- Laden killed a few thousand americans but there is no count of the muslims killed by the U.S. in afghanistan and iraq. who gave the U.S. this opportunity ? Laden and Saddam. no doubt these to appeal to muslim emotions but in retrospect they have only caused harm to muslims.
in the end, my regrets for hurting some peoples feelings but my intention is not that.
