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So pervasive is the negative narrative concerning our faith that whenever people meet a Muslim who seems very decent and honourable, they retort, “Well, they’re clearly not practising their religion properly!”

So it is that apparently drug dealers, petty criminals, fraudsters and brigands have it all right, but those who have spent a lifetime studying, pondering and trying to live honourably haven’t got a clue.

I suppose it is human nature to otherise the outsider, and that means accentuating the negative traits found in the few and attributing them to the whole. How else to account for such wilful contempt? Or is ignorance simply bliss?

As the wise one says: “Some people are for light, others are for darkness. Whatever it is, God is certainly the light of the heavens and the earth.” This is why the faithful must reflect God’s light in their lives. Perhaps you will light the way for another.