The World of Islam

Before I read this chapter I already had my predispositions on the faith of Islam which were solidified

after reading about it in this book. The story starts off nice enough with the story of Malcolm X
 
converting to Islam and abandoning his earlier commitment to militant black separatism, but then I

 read about the reality of Islam. For starters, the belief in Jihad is enough to turn me off to this radical

 religion. These same nut jobs are responsible for a lot of the terrorist attack that go on today. Do we

 need to tolerate a religion that promotes this sort of behavior in the 21st Century? I would argue that

 we do not. To read that the prophet Muhammad enslaved and killed Jews made me lose all respect

 for this beloved man. Jesus would have never done such a thing! Muhammad was both a religious

 figure and a military leader. I don't condone force of any religion. His belief of no distinction between religious

 law and civil law is absolutely unreasonable. What is ironic is that they don't all believe in the same thing, which is

apparent with the warring between the Shia and the Sunni Muslims. Then you start to look at how

badly they treat women. Women having to pray at home and be veiled while in public...ridiculous!

The Muslim view of women as overall inferior to me is unacceptable. Reading about Islam in this

book only solidified my feeling that this religion is not a religion I would ever consider practicing. I

know that there are many good people who are Muslim, but these religious wars that have been

 raging on for centuries are very unnecessary. Say what you will about America being a country

 based on Christian values, but at least women here have equal rights to men. I

am sorry if I offend any Muslims in the class, however this is a blog and I was never very fond of

being politically correct.