The Rebuttal: Countering disinformation being spread about Islam (Reference Page)

The use of social media to spread disinformation has confused millions about what is the truth and what is otherwise. While the use of social media to spread disinformation and misinformation is mainly in the corporate world to paint rosy pictures about business of the counterparts, the media is also being used for point scoring by the priests, monks and imams to mislead followers of one religion and projecting their religion being the supreme. In doing so, logic is more often than not is set aside and emotions of followers of the opposing religions are played tacitly, many a times concealing, twisting and fabricating the truth.

When it comes to Divine Religions, each religion takes a hard stand and all other religions are over shadowed with information to mislead others. Islam, based on the last of the four Divine Scriptures, is more often than not been the target of the followers of the previous Divine religions and every effort is being let loose to find "faults" within the Qur'an, the last of the four Divine Scriptures, Psalms, Torah and the Gospel being the earlier three. This has resulted into discrimination, prejudice and unfair treatment of Muslims around the world and under the garb of Islamophobia, Jihad and such like jargons, Muslims are being marginalized. 

Moreover, there are number of sites that portray Islam as a false religion and "false information" is being dug by twisting the meaning of verses of Qur'an and sayings of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Many a times, non-Muslims comment on our posts and portraying Islam as a false and declining religion. Whereas just the opposite is true, for Islam is the fast-emerging religion and many non-Muslims fear that by Islam will be the dominant religion by year 2050. 

The purpose of this post, thus, is to highlight the disinformation about Islam and present the true picture to its readers, so that they can correlate both versions and make an independent and unbiased framework of thinking. In the following lines, we will pen down the disinformation, which will be followed by detailed rebuttal posts to clarify the disinformation:

Note: This is just the beginning of responding to many lies and misinformation about Islam being spread on the social media. We have already responded to some of the lies / misinformation listed below and we will continue to address the remaining in due course.

Allah:

• Islam is centered around a false god - He is really Satan in disguise 
• The god of Islam, Allah, is most definitely not the God of the Bible 
• Muslims' Allah is a Moon God; Read our post Misleading concept of Moon god Allah to counter this absurd allegation

Islam:

• Communism and Islam, both religions of Satan, are major obstacle to the preaching of Gospel
• Islam a cultural religion
• The Muslims worship Ka'bah and the black stone
• Praying five times a day is symbol of the underlying cultural imperialism that lies at the heart of Islam
• The plight of women in Islamic countries is despicable
• Cruel and unusual punishment is practiced throughout the Islamic world
• There is no concept of sin in Islam and therefore no need for forgiveness
• Islam is so works oriented that it teaches that good deeds cancel bad ones
• Islam is intolerant and militant in nature
• Islam has been committed to what it calls jihad
• Islam says that women have half the intelligence compared to men
• Islam has the "worse than human" ideology
• Islam promotes pedophilia, necrophilia, forced conversions, sex-slavery and capturing others' properties
• In this age of information age, don't remain willfully ignorant and fall for the lies of Islam
• Islam says earth is flat
• Islam is Idolatrous 
• Muslims call Islam as Deen not merely a religion. Why?

Qur'an:

• The Qur'an was revealed to Muhammad (ﷺ) by the Satan
• Qur'an denies point blank that Jesus was the son of God
• Did Prophet Muhammad ﷺ "Dictate or write" the Qur'an?
• Did God, or Allah as he is called in Arabic, personally appeared to Muhammad ﷺ to proclaim his prophethood
• Qur'an is riddled with contradictions
• Qur'an is a book of Arabian fairy tales about genies with false historical errors
• The Qur'an contains many scientific errors

Life and sayings of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ:

• If Muslims consider Jesus as Muslim, why don't they pray to Jesus instead of Muhammad (ﷺ)
• Did Muhammad turn against Jews and Christians for they rejected him
• Muhammad ﷺ allowed the worship the three daughters of Allah — named Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Ma-nat (as mentioned in the infamous book: Satanic Verses)

Islamic rituals / special occasions:

• Why Muslims starve themselves by during month of Ramadan?

You may also read one of our earlier posts on Disinformation about Islam, which addresses many a objection as stated above.

May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى‎) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. 

وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ‏ 

(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”

That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.

May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.

Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.

Note: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.

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