A Religion of Terror or Comfort?
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A RELIGION OF TERROR OR COMFORT?
Since the attacks to the towers of World Trade Center in America,the issue of terrorism in Islam has been brought to the international agenda.These attacks were committed
by El-Qaeda(the terrorist group)in the Middle East.What the most controversial issue in that matter was that these perpatrators were Muslims and acted in the name of Allah.So,is Islam the religion of peace or hatred? As for the verses in the Holy book, Quran,it says:"They commit a gross sin,then say "we found our parents doing this and God has commanded us to do it."Are you saying about God?What do you do not know about?"(Quran 7.28).Let me clarify this excerpt from Quran:Murderers(they) slaughter lots of non-Muslims to spread Islam in countries where the majority is Christian,Jew,Budhist,etc...which is counted as a gross sin.Taking somebody's life with any reason is disallowed in Islam, so those kind of behaviors performed by those murderers are already prohibited because Allah the supreme is the one that can take one'life.Summing up, Islam prohibits terrorism and Muslims from attacking innocent civilians whether they are Muslims or not! In addition,Islam is not the source of terrorism but it is solution!Islam,the last of the great religions,encourages love,mercy,kindness,sensitivity,sensibility,friendliness,companionship and such decent behaviours...The people who can find a chance to read the Holy Book,Quran,are able to understand what Quran supports and disallows from the concise words of Allah and His messenger Muhammad.As we take a look at the historical stories written in Quran about Muhammad,we can find out that He and His fellows treat people in an amiable,affectionate,considerable,tolerant way...It is so obvious that He was a modal for all Muslims and non-Muslims.So,how can a member of such a great religion of solace commit a homicide?What is the core of the problem?Why are Muslims labelled as terrorists? To indicate the first reason,terrorists having dirty-thinking and immoral,indecent and vulgar manners carry out assassinations
in the name of Allah.They think that they help Islam spread all over the world by slaughtering non-Muslims by making Jihad.As a matter