A Brief Discussion of Islam and the Book 'Understanding Islam' by Thomas W. Lippman

Islam is a religion shrouded to the Western world by mystery, vengeance, cruelty, and the subordination of women. While this may be the general view, things are not always as they seem. Remember; don't judge a book by its cover. You have to read it to find out what it's really about. Personally, I've always considered Islam to be a hateful, demeaning to women, vendetta-filled religion. But, after reading Understanding Islam, I have a slightly …

…to Islam accusing Jesus of lying about being God the Son. Just because their chauvinistic, archaic, simple little minds cannot comprehend God in the trinity does not mean that it isn't real. As I said in the beginning, I do take Islam more seriously than I ever did, and I am very confused by the whole thing, but from what I do understand, I do not like Islam, it's culture, or the image it projects.