What do mostly people say when someone ask them about Muslim?

"Too healthy - no pork, meat or chicken that must be slaughtered with explicit rulings, no alcohol. They don't fit in party."

"The women must wear hijaab. They will never wear some branded glamour dresses in public. Well, they probably would but the hijaab is just.. not getting along with the dress."

"Pray five times a day? I can't imagine. All they could think of was 'oh i have to pray again!' for me that's demanding."

"Can't stand with the terrorist issue. My lad is Muslim i pity him when i was walking with him everybody was staring at him like there's something wrong. Probably because of his beard and his pray-cap, glad he didn't seem to care. If i were him i'd probably confined my self."

"I've seen in TV about Muslims family. They obey the rules so much like their God would punish them right away if they abandoned the rules."

I've heard people were discussing Islam and Muslims in such a negative way; and the majority of those who involved in were just agreeing to each other and it’s so hard to deal with all this constant negativity about Islam and Muslims -- my pent up anger almost burst forth. In my view,  people had developed narrow-minded ideas of who people had to be. So when we (Muslims) don't act as people had expected, they accuse us as a bad influence.

Furthermore, there are so many sects in every religions, so does Islam. Every sects of Islam claimed that their own thoughts how to please Allah, are true. The jihadis is one of the sects that spread their thoughts to the world and caused Islamophobia issue that seems to swamp the airwaves. 

To be a Muslim is a deeply personal and spiritual sense of being that is individual to every Muslim. Of the Quran and Sunnah teachings, we are taught how to live nicely and being wholly decent person for God and for others - of course, being nice and decent according to the Quran and Sunnah teachings only. We pray for Allah, our God. That's a must otherwise we lose our sanity. It becomes a must, a needed to pray and ask Allah to help us and to thank Allah for what Allah has given us until now. And somehow I find Islam is a religion to teach us not only about what is right what is wrong but also to right our wrongs. 

We try to do what Allah told us to do, we try to deny what Allah told us to avoid. The key is following the Quran and Sunnah through the path of sahabaah. Otherwise you lost in the absurd of Islam-sects.

What i am trying to say that i hope my writings can change your opinion about Islam and Muslim from the wrong thoughts by the wrong sects (bi'idznillah), to acknowledge our self with kindness amongst us and not just being a Muslim who doesn't pray. And for non-muslim, i hope you are popped by interest of study Islam further more and to find peace in Islam. Aamiin

(insyaAllah to be countinued)

#mythought