Sharing my ideologies on how my research of Islam has shaped and possibly changed my concept of pondering or thinking on Islam and how I now interact with Muslims is based upon what I have discovered from the literature of Manisha Kumar. The Muslims has various core beliefs known as the blueprint in Hadith and in the Quran. Muslims dogma is in the Oneness of God, the Almighty. Muslims's creed is that, God is the creator of all everything. God is Sovereign, the powerful one. Thus, what I cannot fathom is, if this is what the Muslims beliefs are, how could a vast amount of Muslims feel it was necessary to take the lives of others, while incorporating their own thoughts, which is against God's Covenant, "Thy shall not kill" (Exodus 20:13 ESV). I'm bewildered, and often muse (think) that are some Muslims and/or Islamic individuals are faking beliefs. Thereupon, a true believer of Christ, the Lord would never take the life of another, intentionally or without suffering from some kind of mental illness and/or probable cause. Probable cause meaning that a conflict has ensued, causing one individual to snap and murder another individual unintentionally. 9/11 shaped the majority of my thoughts and ideas has well. Thus, the 9/11 …show more content…
It's context is based upon the belief that everything is governed by and the belief in the "divine decree," which entails, whatever occurs in our lives, it is preordained. Moreover, that each believer must respond to the good (optimistic) and the bad (pessimistic) that of which befalls the believers with gratefulness, understanding and patience. Thereupon, this concept does not negate the expression of "free will." According to the divine decree, human beings do not have previous knowledge of the Lord's decree therefore, as humans, we do have the freedom of choice. As a Christian, I surmise we all have free will, the choice to make righteous decisions or non-productive