What You should Know about Islam.

Islam is a fast-growing religion, especially in the Western world. Now most non muslim try to know more about Islam. Some times those who not yet convert to Islam has the wrong perception about Islam because they been given by the label extremist and terrorist. But the fact that Islam is a religious of Allah. Islam love peace.

1. “Muslim” and “Arab” are not the same thing.

“Muslim” is a religious term. A Muslim is someone who adheres to the religion of Islam. “Arab,” on the contrary, is an ethno-linguistic term. An Arab is a member of the people group who speak the Arabic language. It is true that Islam originated among the Arabs, and the Qur'an was written in Arabic.  On the other hand, Islam spread far beyond the Arab world, and today most Muslims are not Arabs. This includes the Turks, the Kurds, the Iranians, the Pakistanis, other South Asian Muslims, the Malaysians and the Indonesians, almost all of whom are Muslim but none of whom is Arab.

2. The word “Islam” means submission.

A Muslim is someone who submits to God. The Islamic conception of who God is, and how he is to be worshiped and served, is based on the teaching of Muhammad. Thus the Islamic creed is: “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet.” As it is a “ Syahaddah”.

3. Islamic theology could be summarized as belief in one God, his prophets, his books, his angels, his decrees, and the final judgment.

Islam teaches that humans are born spiritually neutral, perfectly capable of obeying God's requirements completely, and that they remain this way even after they've personally sinned. The need of humanity, therefore, is not salvation but instruction; hence Islam has prophets as the messenger of Allah. Who should we follow how to performance  Islamic faith as been prescribe in Al Quran.

4. Islamic practice can be summarized by the Five Pillars of Islam.

These are composed of the confession of faith (“There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet”), prayer (the ritual prayers said in Arabic five times a day while facing Ka’abah ( Mecca) and performing the prescribed set of bowings, kneeling, and prostrations), alms (taken as a tax in some officially Islamic countries), fasting (the lunar month of Ramadan, during which Muslim believers fast during daylight hours but can eat while it's dark), and pilgrimage (the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, which every Muslim believer should make once in his or her lifetime).

5. The vast majority of Muslims are not terrorists.

In fact, normal Islamic religious law forbids the intentional killing of non-combatants in battle. It also forbids suicide. Those muslims involve in terrorist and extremist are those who are doing again the teaching  of Islam.

6. Muslims can be some of the friendliest, most hospitable people on earth.

They make great neighbors and great friends. No non Muslim should be afraid to build a relationship with a Muslim.

7. God loves Muslims, and so should we.

We should love them enough to befriend them, love them enough to make them welcome in our homes, and love them enough to share in our daily life.

Wllahu’alam.