TEN MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ISLAM (2); The Quran and Sunnah are the only two mediums by which Allah has directly taught us about Islam. This leads us to the following simple but critical principle: If any man or woman engages in a belief or action which clearly contradicts the Quran or Sunnah, then that belief or action cannot be thought of as `Islamic. This rule applies whether the man or woman is Muslim or non- Muslim. Hence, we cannot equate Islam and the Muslims. Islam is the way of life; Muslims are people who claim to follow that way of life. A Muslim may claim to follow Islam, but be wrong. In the context of misconceptions, we can restate the above principle in a slightly different way: Some misconceptions about Islam are due to the wrong beliefs and actions of Muslims, and others are due to a significant lack of understanding and false stereotyping by non-Muslims. Several misconceptions are listed below. Instead of simply stating the misconception by itself, we have also included some reasons why people might adopt that misconception. Therefore, each entry in the list is given in the following form: because: · · · etc. After each misconception and its possible reasons, we show briefly why the misconception is false by showing one or more of three possibilities: 1. a reason is false 2. the reason does not logically lead to the misconception 3. a key piece of information is being ignored Our answers to the misconceptions are drawn from the Quran and Sunnah. All other approaches are insufficient: Islam is a way of life which is very firmly based on a scholarly approach, an approach which is based on knowledge. * TO BE CONTINUED INSHA ALLAH.*
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