My Religion Today
My religion, Islam, has been in the media’s eyes for a very long time. There has always been criticism of what I believe in from the Western media. When I was younger, this influenced my identities in a negative way. Suddenly I was unsure of myself and of my religion.9/11 was also used to label all Muslims as terrorists. There was a period in my life when the media was brainwashing me. I came to question my life. And that is when I stopped listening to the media, to my family, to everybody; and decided to investigate into my religion myself. And what I found is either the opposite of what the media says Islam is, or is taken out of context. And people might say, “Taken out of context? No way.” Yes way. The Islam you know of is not the Islam most Muslims love and follow. So what does your interpretation of Islam matter anyway? It automatically becomes invalid. Yes, there are extremists, but there are extremists in every religion. The media was telling me what I was without even knowing who I was. The media was creating my identities for me.
This media is biased. And to be honest, I personally believe 9/11 was an inside job. And after I realized all this, I stopped taking the media seriously. Yes it still hurts when I see the media spreading false information and promoting hatred against Muslims; but now I know that they are wrong. Now religion and the media do not make me doubt my religion, but make me appreciate and be more confident in my religion. And religion, in the end, is the core to all my identities (though of course I would not be a good representative of my religion, I am far from a good Muslim, though I am trying).
Islam is perfect, Muslims are not. That is my belief, and it is a belief I will take to the grave.
This media is biased. And to be honest, I personally believe 9/11 was an inside job. And after I realized all this, I stopped taking the media seriously. Yes it still hurts when I see the media spreading false information and promoting hatred against Muslims; but now I know that they are wrong. Now religion and the media do not make me doubt my religion, but make me appreciate and be more confident in my religion. And religion, in the end, is the core to all my identities (though of course I would not be a good representative of my religion, I am far from a good Muslim, though I am trying).
Islam is perfect, Muslims are not. That is my belief, and it is a belief I will take to the grave.