Sunday, March 20, 2011

Islamic Merchants - How They Assist Others Learn About Islam

By Agus Rahman


Religion is a topic of discussion that might be very controversial at times, as numerous people have different perceptions for the same doctrines. It's particularly hard for people belonging to different religions to understand and comprehend the various things that any particular religion teaches. For each person their faith and beliefs are the just way of life and it's not easy for them to show acceptance about other religions. An Islamic shop is a useful tool that may be very useful for non Muslims to learn about many things about Islam.

A ordinary Islamic shop carries several items that are significant for Muslims including Islamic clothing items, Praying equipment and Islamic books and CD's that contain oceans of information about Islam for Muslims as well as Non Muslims. There are books about the life of Prophet Muhammad, how to lead a good Muslim life, role of a person towards a society, humanitarian and societal issues. Someone keen about learning more about Islam may easily do so from these books. Typically an Islamic shop which is located in an position where the majority is non Muslim might prove to be very advantageous towards promoting the religion and gaining acceptance and tolerance from people of other faiths.

As Islam promotes ethical values like fair trade and good customer service by being polite and friendly towards the whole mankind, these features when exhibited towards an Islamic shop can be very beneficial of the entire Muslim community living into a non Muslim area. People learn to trust and appreciate the good values that are a key a part of Islam thereby realizing that the followers for the Messenger of Allah are good, kind and humble people.

The negative media exposure due to terrorism globally has destroyed the peaceful image of Islam. An Islamic shop situated into an ethnic area where it can get traffic from different religions of the world might go a long way towards restoring the positive impression that people had previously. In to addition, the customers walking into an Islamic shop may view the different items that are trademarked with Muslims and understand their significance in to a Muslim's day to day life. Prime examples are the Islamic outfits items like abayas, jilbab and jubbas. These outfit are worn by Muslims as they follow the costume codes laid out on the Quran.

These loose fitting and modest outfits items are worn in to order to preserve the honour and respect for the Muslims and ask been worn by Muslims from the time of the Prophet Muhammad. Today the perception that only terrorists wear such attire may be disregarded once people learn the religious importance of these items. In truth, today an Islamic shop can act as a binding trigger for expat Muslims too as a sea of information about Islam of the non Muslims. These retailers make the lives of people around them much easier and convenient.




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