The Truth of Islam and Misconceptions about Islam

The Truth of Islam and Misconceptions about Islam

Darkness is the absence  of light. It is a field of ignorance surrounded by ignorance leading to ignorance. In darkness , one is left to grope helplessly amidst a sea of darkness hoping, by chance, light will emerge.This hope, however, is only for those who are cognizant of their ignorance, for those who have seen light before and know the difference between it and darkness.  There are those who have never seen light and are born into darkness and ignorance, which is further compounded by their ignorance of their own ignorance. The only way that this  predicament can be halted and reversed is by way of knoledge that leads to truth and serves the cause of truth and truth alone; knowledge that is unadulterated that does not respond to any corporation, any CEO or any political party. In many ways, our world is a world of darkness and ignorance since, as a human race, we have continued to demonstrate intolerance towards one another and we have quite consistently continued to suffer from age old problems rather then be the generation or the age to solve them. There are those few, however, who have remained steadfast in their pursuit of peace and justice for all. They have stood up against the current to speak the words of truth no matter how bitter they may be; a reminder of the Prophet of Islam s statement that ``THE GREATEST JIHAD IS THE WORD OF TRUTH IN THE FACE OF A TYRANT.``

In hopes of following the footsteps of those few, this present work is offered for the English speaking world. This book represents the efforts of a group of scholars of Al Azhar University, one of the oldest centers of Islamic learning in the world. It is a humble attempt to bring light upon the darkness of ignorance. Its aim is to offer honest orthodox responses to many conceptions that are currently held toward Islam. There is no doubt that Islam is closer now to the west than ever before and that relationship between Islam and the West has been for better and for worse. The Muslim world and the Western world can no longer afford to be ignorant of one another. As mentioned in the introduction of chapter 5, our world still suffers, in one way or another, from the  naivite that you are either with us or against us. It is time for cooler heads to prevail and true knowledge to flow east to west and west to east as we find in chapter 4.