Many times in our life and almost everyday in
mig33 chatrooms also we encounter muslims and islam religiön are badly abused and muslims are called 'terrorists' and 'fundamentalists'.
Lemme clear this thing on my own persective and understanding level
Question is often hurled at Muslims,either directly or indirectly,during any discusi0n on religi0n or world affairs.Muslim stereotypes are perpetuated in every form of the media accompanied by gross misinformation about islam and muslims.In fact,such misinformation and false propaganda often leads to discrimination and acts of violence against muslims..
Let me analyze the allegation of "fundamentalism" and "terrorism"
1.Definatiön of the word "fundamentalist"A fundamentalists is a person who follows and adhere to fundamentals of the doctrine or theory he is following.For a a person to be a gud doctor that i want to be,me shd knw,follow,and practise the fundamentals of medicine.In other words,i shd be a gud fundamentalist in field of medicine.For a person 2 b a gud scientist,he should know,follow and practise the fundamentals of science.Likewise to be a gud mathematicians
2.Not all "fundamentals" are sameone cnt paint ol fundamentalist wid same brush,1 cnt categorise ol fundamentalist as either gud or bad.Such a categorisation of any fundamentalist will depend upon the activity in whch he is fundamentalist.A fundamentalist robber or thief cause harm to society and is therefore undesirable.A fundamentalist doctor,on d other hand,benefits society and earns much respect
3.Be proud to be a muslim fundamentalistA true muslim doesnt shy away from being a fundamentalist.I knw the fundamentals of islam are beneficial to humanity and the whole world.There is nt a single fundamentals of islam that causes harm or is against the interest of human race as a whole.Many ppl harbour misconception about islam and consider several teachngs to be unfair and improper.If one criticaly analyses the teachngs of islam with an open mind,one cnt escape the facts that islam is full of benefits both at individual and collective levels.
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4.Dictiönary meaning of the word "fundamentalist"According to webster's dictiönary "fundamentalism" was a movement in american prostestanism that arose in the earlier part of 20th century.It was a reaction to modernism and stressed the infalliabity of the bible..According to oxford dictionary,'fundamentalism' means 'strict maintainence of ancient or fundamental doctrines of any religi0n especially islam'
Today the moment a person uses the word fundamentalist,he thinks of a muslim who is a terrorist.
5.Every muslims shd be a terrorist.Every Muslim should be a terrorist.A terrorist is a person who causes terror.The moment a robber sees a policeman,he is terrified.A policeman is a terrorist for the robber.Similarly every muslims shd be a terrorist for the antisocial elements of society,such as thieves,dacoits and rapists.Whenever an anti-social elements sees a muslim,he shd be terrified.It is true that the word 'terrorist' is generally usd 4 a persn who causes terror among the comman ppl,bt a true muslim should only be a terrorist to selective people. I.e anti social elements,and nt to the comman innocent people.In fact a muslim should be a source of peace for the innocent people..
6.Different labels given to the same individual for the same action,i.e 'terrorist' and 'patriot'Before india achieved independence 4m british rule,some freedom fighters of india who did not subscribe to non-violence were labelled as terrorist by the british government.The same individual have been lauded by us(indians) for the same activities and hailed as 'patriots'.Thus 2 diffrent labels have been gven to same ppl 4 d same set of acti0n.One is calling him a terrorist while the other is calling hm a patriot.Those who believed that britain had a right to rule over india called these people terrorists,while those who were of view that britain had no right to rule india called them 'patriots' and freedom fighters.
It is therefore important that before a pers0n is judged,he is given a fair hearing.Both sides of the argument should be heard,the situation should be analyzed,the reason and intention of the persön should be taken into account,and then the person can be judged accordingly.
7.Islam means peaceIslam is derived from the word 'salaam' which means peace.Its a religiön of peace whose fundamentals teach its followers to maintain and promote peace throughout the world.
8 ) Misconceptiön due to mediaThe comman misconcepti0n abt islam arise in the mind of majority of non-muslims,because they are cönstantly being bombarded with misinformatiön about islam.Internati0nal media is mainly cöntrolled by the western world,whether its international satellite channels,radio stations,news papers,magazines or books.Recently,the internet has becum a powerful medium of informatiö.Though it isnt controlld by anybody,one finds a large am0unt of virulent propaganda against islam on the internet.Of course,muslims tøo are utilising this tool to portray the right image of islam and muslims,but they are far behind as compared to the propaganda against islam.
Hope,one day all wud realise these realities,i gave my best try to present my own views ....