Peace
There are thousands of people who actively write and work against Islam, last month it was Daniel Pipes and this month it is Robert Spencer's turn in the spot-light, before them others and after them will probably be more. As a Muslim I wish them well, for I honestly think that they spread Islam more than any Muslim can. There are thousands of large web sites that truly "dislike" Islam and promote Islamophobia, they are unable to understand that it is they who are actually spreading Islam in America and to the rest of the World.
In the very early days of Islam, when there were less than 20 Muslims in the world a very smart man who hated Islam called "abu-Jahil" in Mecca warned people not to listen to Muslims nor to ask them about Islam, his actions guided many people to Islam and despite him knowing this he could not stop himself thus promoting Islam. This is not a secret it is part of the history of Islam, it is how Islamophobes have been spreading Islam since it started.
Up until the 50s an anti-Islamic book would receive as little attention as a pro-Islamic book for only a few religious scholars cared to read them. The media changed all that and have made Islam a topic of conversation around the world for decades. You can hear the word Islam in hundreds of ways each day, Fox News, for one, has millions of readers listeners and viewers - each one hears the words Islam 100s or even 100s of times a day. I do not like what Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Rilly say about Islam, but love seeing the positive effects their words have in guiding some of their listeners towards Islam or at least a better understanding of Islam, the rest of their listeners learn to hate Islam and Muslims but that is not news to anyone.
Robert Spencer wrote an anti-Islamic books that I now see being heavily promoted, from the title I gather that he thinks that Islam is not a religion of peace. It came out soon after the number Innocent Iraqis slaughtered passed the one million mark and is going higher fast - he might not care what is happening to the people of Iraq but many who read his books do and they ask questions that his books do not answer for them. Soon another writer will write another Islamophobic book, and another anti-Islamic movie will come out - they all spread Islam in the long run. I think it is because people are getting tired of all the lies. I really hope to see Mr. Spencer write dozens of best sellers about Islam - they do spread Islam much faster than any Muslim I know can.
The Quran was not available in most American book stores in the 70s for there was little demand, now a big chain like Barnes and Nobel will have rows of books about Islam, pro and con. The trend is also noticeable online with thousands of sites either Islamic, semi-Islamic or anti-Islamic. News sites that permit comments on their stories will have 100s of comments sometimes on Islam even if the article just barely mentions Islam. Many times each day I see comments by Jews, Christians and Hindus quoting the English Quran fairly, properly and with knowledge and even correcting those that misquote it - it is not something I thought to see in my lifetime.
Not only is the number of new Muslims increasing, but the number of those who actually think that Muslims are not as evil as the media (propaganda) portrays us, is increasing to. American politics had a big role in this, one party depended on spreading Islamophobia as a political strategy and the other party took great advantage of that mistake - both sides spreading Islam in America as a result. It is the same in England, Holland and strangely enough even some Islamic and Arab countries. I just pray the bloodshed stops on all sides for I would rather the spread of Islam stop altogether than see a single drop of blood shed from anyone on Earth - I mean that.
Here is something that I think proves the point:
New York's first Arabic school opens under police guard
The article is now being posted on many American blogs, some have hundreds of comments - and the subject of those comments always goes towards discussing Islam itself, pro and con as always. The people who do not like the idea of an Arabic school have got to wonder sooner or later why they do not like the idea, what made them think that way - but I am glad that they are talking about it, blogs are great that way.
Peace
There are thousands of people who actively write and work against Islam, last month it was Daniel Pipes and this month it is Robert Spencer's turn in the spot-light, before them others and after them will probably be more. As a Muslim I wish them well, for I honestly think that they spread Islam more than any Muslim can. There are thousands of large web sites that truly "dislike" Islam and promote Islamophobia, they are unable to understand that it is they who are actually spreading Islam in America and to the rest of the World.
In the very early days of Islam, when there were less than 20 Muslims in the world a very smart man who hated Islam called "abu-Jahil" in Mecca warned people not to listen to Muslims nor to ask them about Islam, his actions guided many people to Islam and despite him knowing this he could not stop himself thus promoting Islam. This is not a secret it is part of the history of Islam, it is how Islamophobes have been spreading Islam since it started.
Up until the 50s an anti-Islamic book would receive as little attention as a pro-Islamic book for only a few religious scholars cared to read them. The media changed all that and have made Islam a topic of conversation around the world for decades. You can hear the word Islam in hundreds of ways each day, Fox News, for one, has millions of readers listeners and viewers - each one hears the words Islam 100s or even 100s of times a day. I do not like what Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Rilly say about Islam, but love seeing the positive effects their words have in guiding some of their listeners towards Islam or at least a better understanding of Islam, the rest of their listeners learn to hate Islam and Muslims but that is not news to anyone.
Robert Spencer wrote an anti-Islamic books that I now see being heavily promoted, from the title I gather that he thinks that Islam is not a religion of peace. It came out soon after the number Innocent Iraqis slaughtered passed the one million mark and is going higher fast - he might not care what is happening to the people of Iraq but many who read his books do and they ask questions that his books do not answer for them. Soon another writer will write another Islamophobic book, and another anti-Islamic movie will come out - they all spread Islam in the long run. I think it is because people are getting tired of all the lies. I really hope to see Mr. Spencer write dozens of best sellers about Islam - they do spread Islam much faster than any Muslim I know can.
The Quran was not available in most American book stores in the 70s for there was little demand, now a big chain like Barnes and Nobel will have rows of books about Islam, pro and con. The trend is also noticeable online with thousands of sites either Islamic, semi-Islamic or anti-Islamic. News sites that permit comments on their stories will have 100s of comments sometimes on Islam even if the article just barely mentions Islam. Many times each day I see comments by Jews, Christians and Hindus quoting the English Quran fairly, properly and with knowledge and even correcting those that misquote it - it is not something I thought to see in my lifetime.
Not only is the number of new Muslims increasing, but the number of those who actually think that Muslims are not as evil as the media (propaganda) portrays us, is increasing to. American politics had a big role in this, one party depended on spreading Islamophobia as a political strategy and the other party took great advantage of that mistake - both sides spreading Islam in America as a result. It is the same in England, Holland and strangely enough even some Islamic and Arab countries. I just pray the bloodshed stops on all sides for I would rather the spread of Islam stop altogether than see a single drop of blood shed from anyone on Earth - I mean that.
Here is something that I think proves the point:
New York's first Arabic school opens under police guard
The article is now being posted on many American blogs, some have hundreds of comments - and the subject of those comments always goes towards discussing Islam itself, pro and con as always. The people who do not like the idea of an Arabic school have got to wonder sooner or later why they do not like the idea, what made them think that way - but I am glad that they are talking about it, blogs are great that way.
Peace
