Whilst most of muslims are aware of the islamophobic agenda of mass media such as tv, radio or internet, we need to question our selves about what are we doing to tackle the propaganda in other arenas such as bookstores, university programs, libraries and so on.
Tens of titles written by non muslim researchers are read by thousands of people around the world. Many of the readers happen to be policy makers, politicians and leaders of opinion which in turn can contribute to a hostile environment for the muslims encouraged by these works.
As expected, the main problem of these works is that they all fail to explain the perspective of muslims, even though many reverts have participated in their projects. They do not acknowledge the authenticity of Islam and its divine origin as the real cause behind the convertion of people to Islam and tend to attribute the reasons and the drivers of new muslims to cultural, political or even fashion trends.
Unfortunately, there are no works written by Muslims in the academic style needed to confront and compete with the ones authored by the non muslims. We need to analyze the information and present it in a different way. We also need to make it global so all the converts from different countries are included as well.
So, if you are new to islam or if you returned to the deen after not having practise it, inshaallah take the survey today. We are not promising you time on tv, nor pictures in a magazine. The reward for joining to this intelectual jihad lies with Allah alone.
And if you are the leader in your community, spare some of your time and take the survey as well. We will share the final report with those who contribute the most as it will be a useful manual for the dawah carrier inshaallah.
"The true believers are only those who believe in Allah and his messenger and afterward doubt not, but strive with their wealth and their selves for the cause of Allah. Such are the truthful." 49:15
Tens of titles written by non muslim researchers are read by thousands of people around the world. Many of the readers happen to be policy makers, politicians and leaders of opinion which in turn can contribute to a hostile environment for the muslims encouraged by these works. As expected, the main problem of these works is that they all fail to explain the perspective of muslims, even though many reverts have participated in their projects. They do not acknowledge the authenticity of Islam and its divine origin as the real cause behind the convertion of people to Islam and tend to attribute the reasons and the drivers of new muslims to cultural, political or even fashion trends.
Unfortunately, there are no works written by Muslims in the academic style needed to confront and compete with the ones authored by the non muslims. We need to analyze the information and present it in a different way. We also need to make it global so all the converts from different countries are included as well.
So, if you are new to islam or if you returned to the deen after not having practise it, inshaallah take the survey today. We are not promising you time on tv, nor pictures in a magazine. The reward for joining to this intelectual jihad lies with Allah alone.
And if you are the leader in your community, spare some of your time and take the survey as well. We will share the final report with those who contribute the most as it will be a useful manual for the dawah carrier inshaallah.
"The true believers are only those who believe in Allah and his messenger and afterward doubt not, but strive with their wealth and their selves for the cause of Allah. Such are the truthful." 49:15
