Why islam created such a strong ummah and is this true?

[Mortimer]

Its interesting. I read the testimonies of a german revert to islam who travelled to syria to fight for ISIS and his words were "eventhough we came from very different backgrounds there was a very strong undescribable bond between us, i never felt as good before".

Is this generally true or only among very religious people in some circles like mosques etc.? Is this true for majority of muslims?

[StonyArabia]

Islam is not a racist religion, it actually disallows it. It bases unity based on faith rather than race or ethnicity, hence why there is that bond. However there still racist Muslims out there, but they are going against the religion.

[Gone West]

Races exist. Deal with it.

Even as a Muslim I would keep my views.

[al-Bosni]

Islam elevates the bond between Muslims in various ways, but it also distances Muslims from outsiders, hence Muslims are not influenced by them. It's an exclusive bond only between Muslims, the bond which faith holds.

[wvwvw]

Islam is very racist against the unbeliever and all non-Muslims in general.

[Egyptian]

Islam is very racist against the unbeliever and all non-Muslims in general.

Not true.

[wvwvw]

Not true.

You know it's very much true.

To Muslims, anyone who rejects Islam is Kafir. Or Infidel. In general, Muslims believe that a Kafir person is impure and untrustworthy. That's what the Quran says about infidels.

Note that the Arabic verse has the word “Najisoon” نَجَسٌ۬ meaning very unclean. It is a word that equates the pagans with very dirty animals. It is not a nice word at all. It makes the Muslim feel he is a more than just a notch above the pagans in status. It also reduces the unbelievers to a lowly class of people not worthy of equality in human society. Viewing any non-Muslim as filthy is established in Islam and in Muslim culture. It is consistent with the overall attitude of the Qur’an and Muhammad toward unbelievers.

[Egyptian]

You know it's very much true.

To Muslims, anyone who rejects Islam is Kafir. Or Infidel. In general, Muslims believe that a Kafir person is impure and untrustworthy. That's what the Quran says about infidels.

Note that the Arabic verse has the word “Najisoon” نَجَسٌ۬ meaning very unclean. It is a word that equates the pagans with very dirty animals. It is not a nice word at all. It makes the Muslim feel he is a more than just a notch above the pagans in status. It also reduces the unbelievers to a lowly class of people not worthy of equality in human society. Viewing any non-Muslim as filthy is established in Islam and in Muslim culture. It is consistent with the overall attitude of the Qur’an and Muhammad toward unbelievers.

The same thing goes to muslims who refuses christianity, he is labelled as kafir etc and the same goes with judaism and every religion.

don't stick it with Islam, you don't even know what Kufr means but you just go with the trend.

[Lucia]

Islam is not a racist religion, it actually disallows it. It bases unity based on faith rather than race or ethnicity, hence why there is that bond. However there still racist Muslims out there, but they are going against the religion.

Even on this forum, there are some very racist individuals who claim to be Muslim.

[Pigling]

That's because individuals that practice common religion most likely to have similar or even same views.