What does the west know about Islam

because of the recent events concerning Islam(i.e Ground-zero mosque, 9/11, Qur'an book burning, etc.) I began to wonder if we westerners really know anything about Islam and its beliefs. It seems to me that all we actually know comes from things we have heard about, like terrorists, women's oppression, and other things like that, that have come from Islamic countries and then we tend to associate all that with the religion. Is our popular knowledge about Islam true? It's not like people take the time to crack open the Qur'an and read its contents, Islamic beliefs isn't widely studied here and barely anyone takes the time to learn about it. Just like to hear your thoughts

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Permalink Reply by Fatccccchhhhen Khalifa on July 27, 2011 at 1:27pm

dude...i just said i don't want gender equality...

Permalink Reply by Steven Hourihan on July 27, 2011 at 2:05pm

to Fatchen khalifa,

What do you think the roles of men and woman should be? In what ways do you want to be equal and what ways do you not want to be equal? Also, how are your ideas about this informed by your religion? This is actually interesting because one of the main negative ideas people have about Islam in the west is that it is oppressive to woman.

Permalink Reply by Vertigo_One [Ops Mod] on July 27, 2011 at 7:05pm