Islam will be what Muslims make of it. And it is the sum total of the interpretation that Muslims give to it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Religion is defined by the relationship between God and man. And Islam is the submission and the acknowledgment of the human being to the creator.
Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
So much of Islam is Judeo-Christianity. It's impossible to divorce them. Islam is 600 years after Christ. Thousands of years after Judaism. Christ, Moses, Abraham - they are all in the Koran.
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.
Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
Islam is a peaceful religion.
The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.
Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.
Islam is not a religion. It's a political system. It has a different set of rules.