Discussion on Islam and Faith

You're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my

Muslim faith. And you're absolutely right that that has not come...

My Christian faith.

Well, what I'm saying is that he has suggested that I'm a Muslim.

People have been drawn to Islam's message of peace.

And the very word itself, Islam, comes from salam, peace.

The standard greeting is assalamu alaikum.

Peace be upon you.

Islam is rooted in a commitment to compassion, and mercy,

and justice, and charity.

Whoever wants to enter paradise, the Prophet Muhammad taught, let him treat people

the way he would love to be treated.

The first word revealed in the Quran,

iqra, means read, to seek knowledge, to question assumptions.