A question for all muslim converts...
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"......But one may ask, if the reading of the quran is so arduous and precarious, even for men who know arabic,how is it that islam can win so many followers amongst peoples who do not know the language, and are as far removed from the arabs as the Negros, the Chinese and the malays? The reason is that Islam expands, not through the reading of the quran, but by its human, spiritual, psychological and social manifestations if afriacan negros embrace the muslim religion, it is because they observe the kind of life led by the believers, see them praying, hear the call of the muezzin, observe a certain generositycommon to believers, and also the serenity of the pious; and it is only afterwards that they learn the minimum of arabic neccessary for the cannonical prayers. The immense majority of no arab muslims will never be able to read the Quran, still less, appreicate its literary qualities; they live in the effect, without knowing the cause......"
Gee, imagine if all the muslims we ever met were cut-throat, cunning, womanizing and viloent terrorists...just a few of the wests sterotypes..would the present day converts have seen through all that human ugliness to find the beautiful message in the Quran?
The point is my beloved point you cannot throw out the baby with the bathwater; whether you like it or not, islam is more than the quran.peace