ISLAM'S ENCOUNTER WITH WORLD RELIGIONS

Abstract

It is generally said that Islam is a "misunderstood religion".Many factors can be pointed out for this misunderstanding. But the most prominent among them would be its relationship with other religions.Islam is a missionary religion. Each missionary religion has some unpleasant burden to carry, namely it has to convince its own members as well as those of other religions that "it is the best of all religions in the world." In this endeavour what is usually practised is to bring out the weak points of other religions and glorify its own positive elements.