The Muslim People

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The Muslim People


After watching the movie The Empire of Faith, a Muslim documentary, I was not too surprised by it because I have already studied the Muslim religion before. I do have some questions about the beliefs and acts of the Muslim faith. I was also able to come up with thoughts on Islamic ideals and how they alike and different from those of my own faith. I also looked at the Muslim people as a whole and found many traits of their culture that I both agree and disagree with from my own personal perspective.
After watching the movie and researching Islam one question that I had was; what would bring Muslims to declare a Muslim holy war or Jihad. To answer this question you must first understand what a Jihad is, it is a war brought on people who have seriously wronged and/or threatened the Muslim people. From what I have learned from the video and also what I knew before, the Islamic faith is extremely deep rooted within its people and it would almost be expected that they would declare war on those who threaten them. What I don’t understand is how they could commit suicide and kill innocent people who have nothing to do with anything against the Muslims. In the video it was this faith that made the Islamic people, followers of Mohammed, war against the people of Mecca who were their religious enemy. In contrast, it was also this faith that held steady the hand of Mohammad and his Islamic followers and stopped them from massacring their already defeated enemy. Most sects of the Islam are very peaceful and believe that the bombing of the World Trade Center was a horrific and inexcusable act of violence. There are sadly some extremist groups who see these things as necessary to bring down their adversaries.
There are many similarities and differences in Islam and Christianity. One of the most important is that both religions believe in one god, they actually believe in the same God as well as Judaism. Another...