In, “The truth of Islam”, Andrew Mack points out that Islam is not a violent religion nor peaceful, but both. He states that the reason why Non-Muslims views Muslims as “negative” or “terrorist”, is because of ISIS doings, al-Qaida, and the other ultra-violent Islamist groups. However, about 1.8 billion Muslims are peaceful societies, because the country were not involved in WWII (Mack). Also, Mack said to determine where violence stands, there are two factors: homicide/ murder rate, and “conflict years” to examine on. He used statistical facts to prove this point. In Muslims countries, according to the U.N.’s Office on Drugs and Crime, reveals that the United States have a higher homicide rate than Muslims countries, because if there is …show more content…
As well as, he did not strongly prove that Islam is not a violent, but peaceful religion using statistical facts. Also, he was not fair to his opposition, because he said that all religions are the same, as in they are violent and not just Islam. Which made people who are Christianity, Buddhism, and other religionist feel offended. Mack wrote and publish this article for his hostile audience, because some people may agree with him, and some may disagree with him. Mack did not have a clear thesis to his argument because he merely proved one point but not the other point. Furthermore, Mack seems to lose ethos in the final sentence of the article; "Islam is not inherently peaceful religion either" because he omitted the evidence to prove that point. Throughout his article, he tried to prove that Islam is not a violent religion, but he did a poor job trying to prove that statement. Also, he tried to prove that Muslims are peaceful societies, but does not fully prove or explain why Islam is not a peaceful religion either, leaving his audience feeling …show more content…
The most crucial part of this article was the claim because it shows what the author is trying to argue on. The most difficult part of this article to comprehend is the level of political violence because he compared two countries: China and Africa; he said that religion is not the primary driver of conflict (Mack). Mack presents good credibility when talking about why Non-Muslims have a negative opinion about Muslims because he showed good knowledge about ISIS and their awful doings. After reading the article, I looked at the comments and the audiences did not seem too happy with Mack’s credibly on the evidence he used to support his claim because it was not credible or strong enough to convince his audience. Mack’s purpose of publishing article is to convince his audience to not think negative about Muslims and their religion. Some people who view his article may disagree with what he says, and some says that he does not provide a good