Beginner's Introduction

Common Misconceptions About Islam

• Who is Allah?

• Jihad (the sacrificed struggle)

• Myth: In Islam women are inferior to men

• Myth: Islam degrades women

• Myth: Muslims worship Muhammad

• Myth: Muhammad wrote the Qur'an

• Myth: Muslims reject or hate Jesus

• Myth: Islam is a racist, afro-centric cult

• Myth: Islam is a religion only for Arabs

• Myth: Islam was spread by the sword

• Myth: Islam tolerates the killing of innocents

• Myth: Islam is intolerant of other faiths

• Myth: In Islam denial of human rights is acceptable

• Myth: Islam is fatalistic

• Myth: Islam produces a lazy, uneducated society

• Who Practices Polygamy?

• Why Two Women Witnesses?

• Women's Rights in Islam

• The status of women in Islam , by Jamal Badawi

• Gender Equity in Islam (You need to have the free Acrobat Reader)

• Orientalism, Misinformation and Islam