Perhaps other religions do not answer their big questions of life, such as "who made us?" and "why are we here?". perhaps in their past religions do not reconcile the injustices of life with a fair and just Creator. Perhaps we will find hypocrisy in the clergy, untenable tenets of faith in the canon or corruption in the scripture. Whatever the reason, we perceive shortcomings in the religions of our exposure, and look elsewhere. the ultimate "elsewhere" is Islam.
Now, Muslims would not like to hear me say that Islam is the "ultimate elsewhere", nut it is. Despite that fact that Muslims comprise one fourth to one fifth of the world's population, non-Muslims media smears Islam with such horrible slanders that few non_muslims view religion in a positive light. Hence, it is normally the last religion seekers investigate.
Another problem is that by the time non-Muslims examine Islam, other religions have typically heightened their skepticism: If every "God-given" scripture we have ever seen is corrupt, how can the Islamic scripture be different? If charlatans have manipulated religions to suit their desires, how can we imagine the same not to have happened with Islam?
The answer can be given in a few lines, but takes books to explain. The short answer is this: "There is a God". He is fair and just, and He wants us to achieve the reward of paradise. However, God has placed us in this worldly from unworthy.We will be also lost if we left to our devices. Why ? It happens because we don't know what He wants from as as our creature. we can't navigate the twists and turns of this life without His guidance, and hence, He has given us guidance in the form of revelation.
Sure, previous religions have been corrupted, and that is why we have a chain of revelation. Ask yourself: why would God send another revelation if the preceding scriptures were still pure? Only if preceding scriptures were corrected would God need to send another revelation, to keep mankind on the straight path of His design.
So, we should expect preceding scriptures to be corrupted, and we should expect the final revelation to be pure and unadulterated. If impure, it too is due to be replaced, for we cannot imagine a loving God leaving us a scripture, and men corrupting it; God giving us a scripture, and men corrupting it again ... and again. Until God sends a final revelation He promises to preserve until the end of time.
Muslims consider this final revelation to be the Holy Qur'an. You consider it ... worth looking into. So let us return to the title of this article? Why do I choose Islam? Why should we believe that Islam is the religion of truth, the religion that possesses the pure and final revelation?
Just trust me...
Now, how many times have you heard that line? A famous comedian used to joke that people of different cities cuss one another out in different ways. In Chicago, they cuss a person out this way, in Los Angeles they cuss a person out that way, but in New York they just say, " Trust me!".
S do not trust me!--Trust our Creator. Read the Qur'an; read the books and study many references nout Islam. But whatever you do, get started , take it seriously, and pray for our Creator to guide you. Your life may not depend on it, but your soul most definitely does.