An American asked: ...Why Islam...?

First of all, I am glad you are a believer, someone who believes in the Existence of "THE MIGHTY CREATOR", the SOURCE of EVERYTHING. This is a common ground where we can start our discussion. This common ground puts both of us in a position or before a situation whereby we can relate to him or approach Him, hence the creation of a WAY to do so: Religion. Through out human history, each and every culture has founded a way to EXPRESS that NEED to ATTACH to the "SOURCE"...

In doing so, they have forgotten an ESSENTIAL PART HUMAN BEINGS, that is we are RATIONAL BEINGS, whatever we do has to be in the frame work of REASON. LEARNING and THINKING, to understand our environment and ourselves in order to be GUIDED TO THAT "SOURCE". Most of those Ancient Believe Systems were based on IGNORANCE and FEARFULNESS. These two factors became barriers for a full "ACCESS to the SOURCE" because they have failed to learn about THEMSELVES let alone NATURE...The FEAR of Nature and of THEMSELVES,made them to start WORSHIPPING all forms of things including the worship of FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. Especially the "STRANGER" with some means to IMPOSE themselves either by causing harm or PERFORMING any UNUSUAL ACT of GENEROSITY. Also the difference in the PHYSIOLOGY of the STRANGER can be a POTENT. The lack of REASON brought weakness to us therefore we became SUBMISSIVE to anything that display POWER and REFER to it as "the SOURCE"....