There are several myths prevalent about Islam. I will be speaking about 10 of them, which are most prevalent in the social media world.
10 – Ladies cannot give divorce and have to spend dowry for marriage
If it is mentioned in the marital contract then even the wife can give unilateral divorce. But it is not talked about in the marital contract, then wife can either request the husband for divorce or if the husband refuses and the wife has great explanation to ask for a divorce, she can go to an Islamic Judge and the judge would nullify the marriage.
Asking the would-be wife for dowry is a frequent practice in the Indo-Pak Subcontinent. But asking the would-be for dowry irrespective of whether straight or indirectly is prohibited in Islam. In reality the husband has to give his wife an amount of marital present known as ‘Mehr’.
9 – Islam tells girls to remain behind the veil, but does not teach guys self-restraint
Ordinarily individuals talk about Hijab for women, but Almighty God talks about Hijab for men initially in Al-Qur’an 24:30 that if any man appears at a lady and any brazen thought comes into his thoughts, he should reduced his gaze. Right after speaking about self-restraint, then Almighty God talks about Hijab for in the subsequent verse Al-Qur’an 24:31 that ladies need to dress modestly, full physique covered and the only components which can be noticed are the face and hands till wrists.
eight – Islam needs 4 witnesses to prove rape and punishes the rape victim for adultery
Qur’an says, “And these who launch a charge against chaste girls, and do not produce four witnesses (to help their allegations),- flog them with eighty stripes and reject their evidence ever immediately after: for such guys are wicked transgressors-” (Al-Qur’an 24:four)
So if any person accuses a woman of adultery, then the accuser has to bring four witnesses to prove it or otherwise the accuser is offered 80 lashes. So four witnesses are not for proving rape, but rather the requirement of four witnesses is safeguard the females from false accusation. In a case of rape the victim’s testimony, circumstantial proof and a medical report proving rape are sufficient.
The rape victim is not punished. When a rape victim launches a case of rape against a man, then the lady can not be charged with adultery and can not be punished for adultery.
7 – Islam Promotes Honor Killings
Islam is totally against honor killing and if any man kills any lady in the name of honor killing, then that man is punishable by death in Islam.
six – Females are forced into marriage in Islam
In Islam no one can force any lady into marriage against her wishes, not even her father. The marriage can only take location if each the woman and man willingly agree. And if anybody forces any lady into a marriage, then she can go to an Islam Judge, who will invalidate the marriage. Because it is talked about in a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari Volume 7 Book 62 Number 69 that when a lady came to prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and said that her father has forced her into a marriage against her will and the prophet invalidated the marriage.
5 – Islam subjugate the Non Muslims rights to worship
Islam makes it compulsory for the Islamic State to shield the Non Muslim’s places of worship. Islam offers Non Muslims full rights to worship as required in their religion. Islam even prohibits abusing any god or goddess that they worship. As the Qur’an says in Sura Anaam Chapter 6 Verse 108, “Revile not these that they worship apart from Allah lest in the ignorance they revile Allah.”
four – Islam treats ladies as second class citizens
In Islam, guys and females are equal, but not identical. In some instances women have a degree of benefit even though in other circumstances guys have a degree of benefit. For instance, ladies get additional appreciate and compassion from the young children in Islam, so that is a degree of advantage for females. Even though Allah, the Almighty God has offered far more strength to men so in strength men have a degree of advantage.
Islam gave ladies the proper to vote, the ideal to own their own house, to work and Islam makes it compulsory that if a woman does the very same function as a man, then she really should also get the similar salary as the man. Islam gave girls all these and numerous additional rights 14 centuries ago, though the rest of the Globe only recently gave girls these rights. That is why two third of the men and women, who convert to Islam are ladies.
3 – Islam was spread by the sword
A widespread myth about Islam is that it was spread by the sword, but people today fail to understand that Muslims armies never ever went to several Muslim majority regions and nations. For instance, Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the Globe and no Muslim army ever went to Indonesia. Qur’an unequivocally says, “There is no compulsion in religion.” ( quran quotes about peace -Qur’an 2:256)
2 – Islam supports terrorism and killing of innocent human beings
Islam is against terrorism and the killing of any innocent human beings. As the Qur’an says in Sura al Maidah Chapter 5 Verse 32, “if anyone kills any innocent human being, lest it be for murder or spreading corruption in the land, it is as although he killed the complete humanity and if anybody saves the life of any innocent human being it is as even though he saved the entire humanity.” Meaning that if anyone human beings kills any innocent human beings, it is as though the killed the whole humanity.
1 – Jihad suggests Holy War or any war fought by any human being
Jihad does not imply ‘Holy War’, the word for ‘Holy War’ in Arabic is “Harbon Muqadasa”, which does not occur anyplace in the Qur’an or any saying of the prophet. Jihad does not mean any war fought by any Muslims for any explanation. Jihad comes from the root word “Jahada”, which implies “to strive, to struggle”. If a single strive for a very good lead to, it is known as “Jihad fisaibillah” meaning “Jihad in the way of Allah” and if everyone strive for a negative trigger it is referred to as “Jihad fi sabi Shaitan” which means “Jihad in the way of the Satan.” The Holy Qur’an teaches Muslims to strive in the way of Allah for the excellent trigger. The word made use of for fighting in the Holy Qur’an is “Qital”. Islam only permits fighting in self-defense and against tyranny and oppression.