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Media Maligns Islam!!
by Ismail Sayyed on Sep 11, 2007 04:30 PM   Permalink | Hide replies

Islam is without doubt the best religion but the media is in the hands of the westerners who are afraid of Islam. The media is continuously broadcasting and printing information against Islam. They either provide misinformation about Islam, misquote Islam or project a point out of proportion, if any.
When any bomb blasts take place anywhere, the first people to be accused without proof are invariably the Muslims. This appears as headlines in the news. Later, when they find that non-Muslims were responsible, it appears as an insignificant news%u2019 item.
If a 50 year old Muslim marries a 15 year old girl after taking her permission, it appears on the front page but when a 50 year old non-Muslim rapes a 6 year old girl, it may appear in the news in the inside pages as Newsbriefs. Everyday in America on an average 2,713 cases of rape take place but it doesn%u2019t appear in the news, since it has become a way of life for the Americans.


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  RE:Media Maligns Islam!!
by Ismail Sayyed on Sep 11, 2007 04:31 PM   Permalink
I am aware that there are some Muslims who are dishonest, unreliable, who cheat, etc. but the media projects this as though only Muslims are involved in such activities. There are black sheep in every community. I know Muslims who are alcoholics and who can drink most of the non-Muslims under the table.Inspite of all the black sheep in the Muslim community, Muslims taken on the whole, yet form the best community in the world. We are the biggest community of tee-totallers as a whole, i.e. those who don%u2019t imbibe alcohol. Collectively, we are a community which gives the maximum charity in the world. There is not a single person in the world who can even show a candle to the Muslims where modesty is concerned; where sobriety is concerned; where human values and ethics are concerned.





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  RE:Media Maligns Islam!!
by SSCD on Sep 11, 2007 04:48 PM   Permalink
Muslims themselves are to be blamed for mis-using, mis-interpreting their religious doctrines, and in the name of Islam and Jihad done innumerable attrocities world over.

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  RE:Media Maligns Islam!!
by Ismail Sayyed on Sep 11, 2007 04:32 PM   Permalink
If you want to judge how good is the latest model of the Mercedes car and a person who does not know how to drive sits at the steering wheel and bangs up the car, who will you blame? The car or the driver? But naturally, the driver. To analyze how good the car is, a person should not look at the driver but see the ability and features of the car. How fast is it, what is its average fuel consumption, what are the safety measures, etc. Even if I agree for the sake of argument that the Muslims are bad, we can%u2019t judge Islam by its followers? If you want to judge how good Islam is then judge it according to its authentic sources, i.e. the Glorious Quran and the Sahih Hadith.



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