I Am Enjoying Being A Muslim

@SW-User Thank you for your comment.
Allah is the name of God, The Creator. And Islam addresses humanity at large.

@Madeleine I understand. However many people know God in many different names. For example Jesus is common among a section of people, Krishna is common among a section of people, Buddha is common among a section of people.... and the list goes on. I believe the word God is common for all. So almost all of the people appreciate a generic name, which is known to them. Also humanity is simplest of the words , so why complicate with something else whose meaning is not known to majority of the population.

@SW-User I am Muslim.

@Madeleine I'm a Muslim as well.

👏@SW-User This world needs people like you.

@SW-User So I need to "modify" my beliefs to suit the world?

@Madeleine Kindly don't get me wrong. There is no need to change your belief. It's just that we need to slightly change the way we think. Let's talk 'we' instead of 'you' and 'me'. All of us are responsible for peace.

@SW-User The message of Islam is filled with humanitarian values. And it is universal. I'm not against what you are saying, but I don't think using "God" instead of "Allah", or "Humanity" instead of "Islam" would add or subtract anything .. the message is the same. Allah is the name of God, and I am talking in the name of Islam, not just humanity.

@Madeleine Simple things make a huge difference. There is a thin line between understanding and misunderstanding. So usage of words has a big impact. As we focus on 'we' the people the difference gets wider. Islam and Allah is for few, but God and humanity is for everyone. We can call God by many names. Some may call him Tom. But if we tell everyone that Tom is God, people gets confused.
Let's keep that aside. Now let's consider a subsection of the people of this world ..'we'. 'We - the muslims' - as responsible muslims our job is not to tell everyone that Islam stands for peace and Allah is God. I have experienced many of prophet Mohammed's words are misunderstood among muslims. What is worst is that many believe non believers should be destroyed . That's a pity. And as responsible muslims job is not just to blame those people as not true muslims. We need to look at a bigger picture. Let's ask - can we create awareness among those section of people who do not so good things in the name of Jihad. Humanity should prevail. Best way to counter terrorism is to bring those people to the right paths. And let me frankly tell, those so called religious teaching centers are doing bad job, many instill poison called hatred in the minds of innocent believers. Let's fight together. Goal of Islam is to love everyone. Love every religion. God is only one. People know her/him in different names. Some call her/him as Allah, some others may think Tom is God. Doesn't matter if we can remove hatred from the mind of at least two people and let this chain continue, we have done justice to Islam. And in our language Allah will be happy. Can you join me ? You seem to have the right knowledge about the teachings of God and I have great respect for you. Forgive me if my words hurted your sentiments in any way. My intention is not to hurt you but instead contribute towards building a better world.

@SW-User But what if I want to talk about all of these great values of humanity and peace in the name of Islam? What if I want to make clear which God I'm talking about? What if I respect other people's beliefs, yet I believe in the Ultimate Truth?

@Madeleine I didn't understand the last statement.' What if I respect other people's beliefs, yet I believe in the Ultimate truth' . Are you saying that others belief are not as true as yours but you respect their beliefs. And your belief is the ultimate truth ?
If I understood it that way, I'm sorry...I don't agree with you. Every one believes their religious belief is the ultimate truth but truth is no one knows the ultimate truth. Pretending what we know is the ultimate truth is the biggest lie and it is the source of many evil. Every religion is a different path to God. God lies in every one of us, so does evil. It takes combined effort of many minds to feel godliness. For that we have to be grounded. If you were born in a Christian, Hindu, Buddhist or any other family you would have adopted that belief and believed that that is the ultimate truth. Many religions are born before Islam but it is not right to tell everyone that I believe this and it is the ultimate truth.
What we can do best it to learn good things from what we follow and spread the good things , not our beliefs. If we are proud to be part of a religion then we are equally responsible to guide our fellow religious mates to the path of goodness. That is the biggest need of the hour. The same time I am proud to be a Muslim, the very same time I am ashamed because of the wrong doings of the people of my religion. I have experienced people teaching hatred to kids in religious schools. I have heard my own religious mates killing other religious people. So I believe it's my responsibility not to categorize those people as non Islam . Instead I would love to fill their heart with love and encourage them to do so. People can change if advised in a right manner. Every devil can become good ., that's what everyone religion believes. So let's spend our energy on helping our sisters and brothers to follow the right practice. Let people don't believe Islam but if they develop love and care for everyone should one even blame them for not following any religion. Religion is just one of the means to destiny but not the destiny or ultimate truth.

@SW-User Thank you for your thoughts and I agree with a lot of what you said, especially the need of spreading love and peace among each other, which is also what Islam teaches.

However, I'm a Muslim, so naturally I believe that Islam is the ultimate Truth. Otherwise, I wouldn't be a Muslim in the first place- even if I was born to Muslim parents, and that's how I first was introduced to Islam, but as an adult, now I'm a Muslim because I believe in it.. not because I was born into it.

That's been said.. when I state that Islam is the Truth, doesn't mean that I invoke hatred towards people of other faiths, as I said before, I respect everyone's right to believe in what they believe- even an atheist who doesn't believe in the existence of God. Everyone has the right to claim that they are upon the truth. But I do not believe that all religions lead to God. There's only One God, and the path to God is One.

Every religion teaches different aspects about God, The Creator, and they all contradict each other. So, it's impossible to say that they all true.

Islam teaches us to learn to live with one another, to respect humanity and to develop the earth with goodness. Therefore, I do not need to use different terminology to talk about those virtues. The fact that I am a practicing Muslim requires me to respect everyone else.