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The Trouble With Islam Today Summary

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Islam; a religion often heard about in the news for many of the wrong reasons these days. However, it is not the religion itself at fault, but its own followers, Muslims are the main cause of the misinformed opinion of the religion that is shared by many people. The book The Trouble With Islam Today by Irshad Manji does a good job asking questions about the religion itself that too many people were afraid to ask at the time of writing. These questions focus on issues such as the problems with mainstream Islam, the distancing of Muslims and the Quran, and the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
One of the major issues with Muslims when the book was released was the lack of thinking outside the box, or not looking at other aspects of the religion …show more content…

A lot of that was due to them having doubts or issues with the religion and not being able to turn to anyone in search of an answer, or not being satisfied with the answers they received due to the lack of trustworthy scholars found in the Western world. This could have been a lesser issue if people had taken the time and effort to learn more about the religion and not just generalize everything based on the bare minimum of knowledge. In the book, Ms. Manji brought up an incident where she says, “Responses flooded in. Non-Muslims craved more candor. So did a few Muslims. Most Muslims, however, would have none of it. Some described me as a traumatized madressa misfit…” (Page 55). The response was about a question Ms. Manji had asked the Muslim public after 9/11: Would they stay quiet or step up and show what true Islam is. It is safe to assume that many of the Muslims who did not stand up were ones who lacked the knowledge and education to fully back the religion in times of struggle. Nobody expects everyone to be an intellectual or an expert on a religion. However, for Islam to be taken more seriously, more effort is needed by the majority of Muslims to be more involved in learning and educating others about the Quran and teachings of the Prophet

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