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Abdul Fattah
I' ve seen and witnessed many bad examples of dawah, and only a few good ones.
Well said brother. My problem has been that of trying to know enough just in case I encounter questions I cannot answer. A Muslim who turned Atheist argued with me about Islam on issues I never considered before. After that, I got even more serious about trying to know everything about everything, just so I don't fail again. Perhaps he was just meant to leave Islam by Allah. Allah knows best. In the end, I would rather know more. I think of it as brandishing my sword for Jihad. My sword is my arguments and my Jihad is the battle of words I exchange with these quarrelers.
As for publicity, I agree that any publicity will only lead to good than bad. The problem is not non-Muslims against Muslims, but Muslims against Muslims. Allah promised the Holy Prophet (saw) that even if the world gathers and tries to destroy Islam, it can never succeed in doing so. However, Muslims killing Muslims will certainly cause harm and thus Islam is only destroyed from within. Sad but true. Thus, I am not worried about the non-Muslims, I am more worried about the constant attacks Muslims keep doing to other Muslims. Don't they know that killing a Muslim is worse than killing all of mankind? And hundreds, if not thousands of Muslims are being killed at the hands of other so-called Muslims.
Bad media will never harm Islam as Muslims themselves can harm the religion. So I don't see the big deal if they try to blemish the Word of God. Allah will always make His religion supreme.