Who is a Muslim?

Not everyone is Muslim just because they have a Muslim-sounding name or came from a traditionally Muslim country.

If I say I’m a race-car driver, but then I don’t own a car, I don’t have a driver’s license, I don’t know where the race-track is and I’ve never driven a race car before, would you say I’m being true to what I say? Of course not!

A Muslim is a person who knows what Islam teaches and then follows those teachings. Anything else is just a name and that really counts for nothing.

(Yahya Emerick, “What Islam is All About”)

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