Islam Did the Qu'ran or the sword accomplish the spread of Islam throughout the world? To me, the answer is obvious. It grew through the power of the Qu'ran, but to many the doubts are beginning to creep into their minds. After the events of September 11th, the media has been using Jihad as a replacement for the word terrorism. However, the people have no idea that the word Jihad is completely different than the …showed first 75 words of 727 total…

…showed last 75 words of 727 total…get knowledge about this area of Islam. The media must start educating people about Islam on the news so that we do not have misunderstandings and wrong thoughts about Islam. If we begin to do this and people start becoming open-minded, we will have less discrimination and hate crimes. As long as there are differences between people we will have problems, but it is how we deal with it, that will decide the world's fate.