Misinterpretation of Islam - Qazi Dr. Shaikh Abbas Borhany

(Published in Daily News, Pakistan on 08-04-2011 & earlier in The News International,Pakistan)

1.Spread by the Sword:

Jihad of Muslims for spreading Islam is a popular allegation created by Medieval European Christian clerics as a justification for that series of horrible war called the Crusades. Islam, being as equally concerned about the quality of this life and that of the hereafter, has regulated Jih’ad. Qur’an says:

“Fight in the cause of Allah with those who fight you, but do not disobey limits; Allah does not love transgressors” (2:190).

War is permissible only in self-defense, and under well-defined limits. Its main aim is to restore peace and freedom for the people; women, children, the elderly and the infirm should not be molested, nor trees and crops cut down, nor peace withheld when the enemy comes to terms. A Hadith expresses this golden principal:

“Do not oppress, and do not be oppressed”.

Islam - The Easy Way by Khurram Murad

Introduction

One of the terms used by the Qur'an during the early Makkan period to describe Islam was Al-Yusraa, or 'The Easy Way'. This is simply because Islam was, and is the natural way of life. Indeed, whatever is natural for human beings should be easy for them in every way, hence cause them to gravitate towards it easily, and consequently bring harmony, peace and tranquility to their lives. Since the Quran is the book upon which the Islamic way of life is built, then the Quran has to be easy to understand and follow-it is 'The Easy Way'.