Islam Stereotypes

Often times, Islam is viewed as something negative as a religion that consist of violence, it is feared. It is seen negatively because there are many stereotypes that surround it. For example, like terroristic acts, specifically the 911 tragically even that occurred in New York. Some feel that Islam is a religion of peace while others make the claim that it’s a religion of war. Some claims are invalid because people base them off the ignorant stereotypes when they don’t know much about the religion. Muslims seek peace take the path through submission and surrender themselves to who they believe is the true God.Muslims use the phrase: salaam alaykum, to greet each other, it translates to: peace be with you. Which is then responded by: wa alaykum as salaam which means

Although, some European countries often treat Muslims in a hostile way because there is conflicts between the non-Muslims and the Muslims. They are almost always seen as the bad people. One huge characteristic that Muslims have is the ancient chirography. Islam is also the way of submission. They rely on self-sufficiency and their way out is submission. Submission is met through the five pillars. It is not rare if you hear about Muslims going on pilgrimage. If they are physically and economically in a good condition, they are supposed to go one a once in a life time pilgrimage. Muslims pray several times a day and do good deeds like help the poor. During the ninth month of the Islamic year, Muslims observe sawm and during this time they become abstinent towards a lot of things and listen to the Quran instead. Instead of the solar calendar they use the lunar calendar. Muslims have understood two kinds of Jihad. One of them would be the struggle towards pride and self-sufficiency, it comes as a spiritual struggle. The other struggle includes: war, teaching, working for social justice, preaching and other