Saigon
Gold Member
I make use of the internet.
And that is probably part of the problem.
While there may be a lot of great resources on the Islamic world available, few of them are in English, and for every good resource there are probably ten that are no more helpful to you in coming to understand Islam than gardening forums.
Can you imagine what impressions a young Syrian guy might get of the US if his only source of information is boards like this?
To understand any complex and alien culture requires years of reading, travel, study and particularly discussion with people from that culture who are willing to explain and discuss different elements. It's not something any of us can do in a half hour.