The way that Islam was portrayed it illustrates it in such a
way that makes it sound like such a religion is no longer practiced. But its illustration with words makes it somewhat
simplified but still greatly respected. It explains some of the basic terms,
Islam, Muslim and kufr in a way that makes sense to non -Muslims. Finding the similarities
in the Hebrew prophets also makes it relatable to people of other faiths. “Like
the Hebrew prophets, Muhammad stressed the prime duty is to create a society
where the poor, the orphan, the widow, and the oppressed was a Muslims first responsibility.”
The description of the hijrah, as a blasphemous action is what confuses me. The
description of the Quran “instructing Muslims to return o the original, pure
religion of Abraham, who had lived before either the Torah or the gospel and
had, therefore, been neither a Jew nor a Christian.” In addition the ideology
that “everything came from God, all things were good, so there was no essential
dichotomy between the sacred and the proface as in Judaism.” I wish Armstrong elaborated when she stated “Islam is a realistic faith, and Muhammad knew that human beings need
symbols on which to focus.” But overall the chapters were realistic and the facts were somewhat accurate.
I thought it was very interesting that you feel as if the facts are "somewhat accurate." What did you feel wasn't accurate? Do you think that you just learned some of the facts from a different perspective which might make you think that they weren't accurate?
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