So...what good does Islam provide the world today...in 2013?
I'm glad you asked jacksonvilleite.....
However, by asking that question you clearly show that you don't understand the purpose of Islam. It's an individual private practice. It has had a huge impact on the world as far as bring us out of ignorance and the dark ages.... but even with that.... Islam only motivated people who were already curious.
Black Muslims in America have prison reform programs that keep brothers from cycling in and out of the prison industrial complex.
The Mosque I occasionally visit has raised like 600K a pop (a day) for random orphanages.. And not just orphanages... but orphanages that train kids in advanced mathematics and give them hands on leadership training with the mission "
WHY should the forgot and poorest amongst us not have the chance to be doctors, engineers, or leaders".
On the flip side I see a bunch of laptop fakkits who don't do shyt, but talk shyt.... while the people they criticize are actually making an attempt to advance the world-----------
AND BY this I mean, that Islam provides a base and motivation for billions of people to not only make their connection to the universe but to also help the world to the best of their abilities. People can all do their parts instead of dissing each other and trying to cause divisions.
Clearly I need to work on the dissing part, but what I do know is that no concept can provide anything or cause anything negative or positive... without human actions.. People provide good things sometimes while being grounded in a faith.
MLK wasn't who he was because he was a Chrstian, but him being a preacher gave him that platform.... and the civil rights wouldn't have been the same without him. That's not to say that black people have rights in the nation because of Christianity.... or black people have a sense of consciousness and pride because of Islam..... You really can use any idea to motivate u to do something positive.
So basically, nothing. Occasionally, it makes people fall back and not act demonic or do something wrong that they want to do.