Understanding Islam — Page 88
DO MUSLIMS NOT KNOW THEIR TEACHINGS? 86 Islam, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad aa who have spent a lifetime learning about and teaching their faith are simply unaware of the very core teachings of Islam? Such blanket statements are of course expected from people who wish to spread Islamophobia and misinformation about Islam. The extremists on the other hand tend to misuse such impressions, which are held by Islamophobes, in order to bring legitimacy to their own causes. Regardless, the fact of the matter is that Islam – or any religion for that matter – cannot be understood by following this methodology. It is pure fallacy to say that radicalized youths suddenly discovered the true teachings of their faith, and in fact this is an insult of those professors and scholars who spend decades studying the origins and teachings of Islam and vehemently oppose violence in the name of Islam. At the end of 2015, a short video was made by Dutch video bloggers showing how Christians could not tell even when quotations from the Bible were read to them. 1 The video involved wrapping a Bible in the cover of a Quran and approaching Christians and others, asking them if they knew such violence and misogyny was in the Holy