Why people got misunderstood of Islam

Why people get misunderstood about Islam. this statement sometimes comes to many people all over the world, to answer this question need some explanation which should be understood well. let us try to know about Islam by thinking about some important facts and proof about the truth of Islam, not by the emotional view.

Related to the talk about Why people get misunderstood of Islam. There are people of other faiths I mean non-Muslims have opinions and views that Islam is a dangerous religion can even be a threat to their lives. Non-Muslims assume that Islam is dangerous so that in their perception of Islam and Muslims as a religion that must be fought or oppressed and killed, Muslims must be scorched earth from the face of this earth. This sort of thing is a perception indicated by the term Green Menace or called Green Danger. This term is used as a substitute for the red dangers of Soviet communism and china

As the world enters the third millennium, many observers share analysis and thoughts about what will happen in the future or how the world order and politics of its age are entering the third millennium, with a variety of political forms and of course experiencing an increasing conflict of interest between civilization and politics Western and Islamic world.

Concerning the point of talk about Why people get misunderstood about Islam, There are those who say that on the threshold of the next millennium there are two global civilizations that maybe confronted with a complex confrontation at all levels of human activity. One civilization stems in Muslim countries or the Islamic world, while others in the Western world and the United States and Western Europe. "Political or economic observers have seen this confrontation as a catastrophe and call it a holy war.

A Pakistani Muslim anthropologist appeals to or reminds us that the horror and exposure of various mass media, namely, the "clash of civilizations". According to political experts from Harvard University in the future, there will be a civilization conflict between West and Islam allied to several countries in Asia.

One who thinks that Islam is a threat is due to a misunderstanding (misunderstanding) of the West or non-Muslims towards Islam. It happened because among other things:

Europe and Americans generally study and understand Islam from the books of the orientalists. While the orientalists study of Islam aims to cause misconceptions of Islam or misbehave the teachings of Islam, in addition to the political motive, is to know the secrets of the strength of Muslims who can not be separated from the western imperialist ambition to master or continue the occupation of some Islamic countries or Muslim countries

There are among the people who are orientalists when talking about Islam, their views and analysis are not objective and unfair because it is mixed with subjectivism and certain interests so that they hide the truth and beauty of Islam, this is caused by unfair thinking. The image of Islam seen in the eyes of Westerners is cruelty, violence, fanaticism, hatred, backwardness, ignorance, and poverty

Apart from the above causes, many Western societies know Islam through mass media that show Islam is not intact. In fact, the introduced Islam is not a "true and good Islam like the Sunni Flow but the Shi'ite Shia Islam (centered in Iran which is only shared by 10% of the world's Muslims.) Because of the American media's fear," the image of Iran is becoming the image of Islam all over the world.

Third, equating Islam with the individual behavior of Muslims. In fact, the behavior of Muslims does not necessarily reflect the teachings of Islam. For example, when there are people or groups of Muslims who commit violence, the "terrorist" stamp is attached to Islam, without wanting to know why the violence took place. Thus, popular is the term "Islamic Terrorism".

The misunderstanding is further exacerbated by the onslaught of Western propaganda attacks through various mass media to denounce religion and Muslims (Islamic demonology).In the packaging of news about Muslims, the West often exposes stamps such as "fundamentalism", "militantism", "extremism" "Radicalism", and even "terrorism" whose direction is clear: to discredit Islam.

To avoid misunderstanding of Islam, we should use the method of studying Islam as follows:

1. Islam is learned from its original source, namely the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon Him)

2. Islam is studied in an integral (comprehensive) system as a life guide, not partially.

3. Islam is learned from "literature" written by scholars, Muslim scholars (Moslem scholar).