Years ago I read a book about Andaluçia under Morisco (Moorish rule). Sorry, cannot remember the writers name or the book's title. But I do remember that it was an interesting time and society.
Spain was always known for its great intellectuals and wise philosophers. Under the ancient Roman empire, Seneca was thought to be its most learned man, as an example. After Europe was conquered by so called "barbarians" it slept into decay leading to the
Dark Ages. But Andaluçia thrived. Unlike Christian Europe, intellectual centers flourished. Medicine was advanced beyond that of the rest of the continent. Architecture was so great that Moorish architecture is still used to this day. In Europe there was a legend where a poor scholar pawned his cloak in order to buy a book he needed for his studies because tuition took up all his money. By contrast, a Muslim patron paid one dinar a month to every scholar who studied the Koran. Christians charged tuition while Muslims PAID their students! When have you seen that anywhere else? The Moors made all kinds of advancements in other matters such as irrigation, hygiene, culinary arts, maritime, etc.
article which neatly analyzes what I wrote above:
THE EXTRAORDINARY INFLUENCE OF THE MOORS ON SPAIN | Adelaide Literary Magazine (adelaidemagazine.org)
So let's summarize in answer to the question: what do real Muslims believe =
✔ protecting one's brethren (they protected Jews in Spain, in Albania, and in Africa)
✔ advancing medicine & hygiene & architecture
✔ promoting commerce by improving the maritime (the Dhow was superior to Western vessels)
✔ while women did not have property rights in Europe until the 1800s, the
Koran gave them property rights Sura 4, Line 36 (Rodwell translation)
✔ education centers PAID their students rather than charge tuition
✔ while European "barbarians" destroyed libraries and books in Dark Ages, libraries and centers of scholarship thrived in al-Andaluç
✔ while Westerners invaded and colonized Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, and other Muslim lands in the past 200 years, those lands never launched retaliatory invasions of the West ~ I guess that means they took Jesus's teaching of turning the other cheek very seriously which, evidently, Christians never did.
✔ and they believe belly dancing is wholesome family entertainment
Any other ideas on what real Muslims believe?