![]() ![]() Despite the fact that Muslims comprise one-fourth to one-fifth of the world’s population, non-Muslim media smears Islam with such horrible slanders that few non-Muslims view the religion in a positive light. Now, Muslims would not like to hear me say that Islam is the “ultimate elsewhere.” But it is. ![]() Whatever the reason, we perceive shortcomings in the religions of our exposure, and look elsewhere. Perhaps we find hypocrisy in the clergy, untenable tenets of faith in the canon, or corruption in the scripture. Perhaps other religions do not answer the big questions of life, such as “Who made us?” and “Why are we here?” Perhaps other religions do not reconcile the injustices of life with a fair and just Creator. ![]() Only after they have grown dissatisfied with the religions familiar to them, meaning J udaism, Christianity and all the fashionable “-isms”-Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism (and, as my friend once added, “tourism”)-do they consider Islam. Almost never do non-Muslims study Islam until they have first exhausted the religions of their exposure. ![]()
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