delishpot:
If I look Yoruba Muslims, I would agree with this but when I look Northern ones, I will say this writeup is deceptive

tspouse:
Firstly let’s get one thing
straight: Muslim and Arab are two
different things. Arab is an ethnic
group and as such Arabs can be
Christian, Jewish, atheist, Muslim or
any other religion. Islam is a
religion. People often forget that
the largest Muslim country in the
world is Indonesia and the majority
of the world’s Muslims are not
Arab. Many non-Arab countries
around the world have large
Muslim populations including
Senegal, Uzbekistan, Malaysia,
Bosnia, Turkey, Cyprus and Ghana
among others.
With the difference between
ethnicity and religion now clarified,
here are the five things about Islam
you should know.

1. Women and men are equal in
Islam: “Each of you is equal to the
other” ( Quran, 3:195). It is true that
inequalities exist in many Muslim
societies but it is also true that
gender inequalities exist in many
non-Muslim societies as well.
Gender inequalities emanate from
cultural practices, not the religion
of Islam. In the Quran, men and
women enjoy the same rights
spiritually, but also socially and
politically. Several Islamic countries
have also had female heads of
state, including Pakistan, Indonesia,
Bangladesh and Turkey.

2. Islam shares many religious
figures and historical events with
Judaism and Christianity. Muslims
greatly respect Jesus. He is
considered a prophet in Islam.

3. Muslims fast for 30 days every
year for Ramadan, which is one of
the five pillars of Islam. Ramadan
this year is happening during most
of the month of July. Muslims fast
to experience what it feels like to be
poor and hungry, and to focus on
their own inner spiritual journey.
Fasting is a great teacher of
compassion.

4.[s] Islam is a religion with a deep
commitment to social justice.[/s] In
addition to the practice of Ramadan
enabling Muslims to experience
hunger as a poor and hungry
person might, another of the five
pillars of Islam is to help the poor
through a donation of zakat. Put
simply, Muslims must give 2.5
percent of their savings to the poor,
as zakat is a requirement of those
who have accumulated wealth.

5.[s] Violence and suicide missions are
un-Islamic. [/s]At its core, Islam is a
religion of peace, a message
reiterated many times throughout
the Quran. The Quran calls its way
“the paths of peace” ( 5:16) and
states that God dislikes any
disturbance of peace: “God loves
not aggressors” ( 2:190).
Additionally, there has been a fatwa
(or religious decree) speaking
directly against terrorism and
suicide bombings, stating they are
unjust, evil and have no place in
Islam. People who perpetuate
violence in the name of Islam are
no more true to their faith than
Christians who blow up abortion
clinics.
With so much misunderstanding in
the world about Islam, I hope these
simple facts serve to redress some
common misconceptions.

tspouse:
your reason??

annunaki2:
Tspouse if men and women are equal in Islam as you dishonestly claim, can a woman decide to marry four husbands as her male counterparts are allowed to marry up to four wives? Also why does the quoran say the testimony of a woman is worth half the testimony of a man?

tspouse:
though am not muslim but I av muslim as friends,deir some thing practice by chtistian wish is differ to bible injuction same apply to some muslims