I Surely Love Mankind (ISLAM )

Why should you be proud of Islam?

I am truly proud to be a Muslim because I know Islam is the right religion and I am on the right path. I am happy to be a Muslim because, when I die on Islam, I will go to Paradise. The Non-Muslims will only go to Hellfire. I am proud of Islam because it is the fastest growing religion and that more people are converting to Islam than to any other religion. In fact, Guinness World Records 2003, stated that “In the period 1990-2000, approximately 12.5 million more people converted to Islam than to Christianity.”In 2002, St. Petersburg Times wrote that “Every year, about 20,000 people in the United States convert to Islam . . . . In one of the articles in The Economist, they stated that “Many Christian scholars predict that Islam will overtake Christianity as the world’s fastest religion by 2050”  Even the British-American historian called Bernard Lewis made a prediction in 2004 that Europe would be Islamic by the end of the century. I am proud of Islam because it is the only religion that gives guidance on every aspect of life. Islam tells us everything from what happens to us when we are born to when we die and also what is going to happen to us after death. Even Richard John "Rick" Santorum, a former United States Senator acknowledges that, “Islam, unlike Christianity, is an all-encompassing ideology. It is not just something you do on Sunday….” I am proud that my Prophet [i.e. Prophet Muhammad] is the best man in the world, a prophet whom Allah addressed by saying “And indeed, you are of a great moral character.” [Q 68:4] Michael H. Hart in his book The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History placed Muhammad peace be upon him  in the first position. He writes: “My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels. Of humble origins, Muhammad founded and promulgated one of the world's great religions, and became an immensely effective political leader. Today, thirteen centuries after his death, his influence is still powerful and pervasive…. It is this unparalleled combination of secular and religious influence which I feel entitles Muhammad to be considered the most influential single figure in human history. Others influential figures he included in his book are: Isaac Newton (2), Buddha (4), Confucius (5), St. Paul (6), Christopher Columbus (9), Albert Einstein (10), Moses (15), Karl Marx (27), Alexander the Great (33), Napoleon Bonaparte (34), Adolf Hitler (39), Umar ibn al-Khattab (52), Lenin (84), (Vasco da Gama 86).