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For the devout Muslim who lives in a free society, Islam is a very personal devotion that is at the very center their being.

This would not be anywhere in Dar es Salaam, the Land of Islam. This would be only in the West, created by the Judeo-Christian Faiths.

Yet to an average Iranian who has seen his economy plummet into a never-ending abyss, who has his future compromised because of his government’s inefficient leadership, all the while they witness the affluence of their fellow countrymen in other places, Islam has become a stumbling block. To them, Islam is the reason why a 30-year-old civil engineer has to drive a taxi for a living. To them, Islam is the reason why a high school graduate with a GPA of 3.8 has a slim chance of ever going to college within Iran. To them, Islam is the reason why the name “Iran”, which used to be equated with such things as luxury, fine wine, and the arts, has become synonymous with terrorism. The sad reality is that, to the average Iranian, Islam is no longer seen as a religion; to them, it has become a failed political system comparable only to communism.

So why be a Muslim ?

What rational human being on the streets of East Berlin, or Warsaw, or Moscow, or Leningrad, in 1985, still believed in the tenets of communism any more?

So why be a Muslim ?

In all the ways I could describe to you the impacts of living under an Islamic Republic, I can find no better description than what Viktor Suvorov stated about communism. As mentioned before, these two different and violently opposing philosophies yield the same result, with no exceptions.

So why be a Muslim?

When the Islamic Republic government of Iran finally meets its demise, they will have many symbols and slogans as testaments of their rule, yet the most profound will be their genocide of Islam, the black stain that they have put on this faith for many generations to come.

So why be a Muslim ?