@Holiday20310401,
Holiday20310401 wrote:As an agnostic you don't follow the Qu'ran, right? I mean, do you advocate for how muslims degraded woman, still do in some parts I think.
lol, I'm not agnostic. I AM muslim. I choose to be muslim. If I wasn't muslim I would probably be agnostic though.
My parents are athiest.
I choose to be muslim because of its scientific basis.
Also, I see it unfair to judge a religions teachings based on the practises of those who claim to follow it but don't practise it.
For example, I dont say christianity teaches terrorism if a christian were to blow themself up somewhere.
Take another example,
I see two cars I want to buy, a Ford Mondeo or an Alpha Romeo.
Lets say the Alpha Romeos an awesome car and the Mondeos not that great.
If I see someone drunk and driving the alpha romeo, then crashing, should I think to myself "Alpha romeos are unreliable" because of the action of the bad driver?
Likewise, should I say to myself "Do not follow the teachings of Islam because a few people who claim to be muslims have been known to abuse women and blow themselves up".
When I first looked into Islam, I had this steriotype of muslims. The reason I bought a Quran in the first place was to undersatnd the mind of why muslims commit such henious actions. But after reading it for a while, I learnt some things.
To name a few:
Muslims believe in Adam and Eve, mosus, abraham, david, jesus and other pophets.
Islam has a dirivative of salam which literally means "peace"
Muslims greet each other by saying "salam" (peace, nottice similarity between salaam and shalom).
Muslims are forbidden suicide,
Muslims cannot use fire to attack
Muslims can only go to war for justifiable reasons such as to liberate oppressed peoples.
Muslims cannot in anyway harm the innocent or those not involved in the war.
If a kill is made in the war, it should be quick to cause death so the persons pain does not linger. Torture forbidden.
Muslims are not allowed to hurt their spouses.
In Islamic practise, it is the woman who chooses to wear the hijab (headscarf). If you see a hijabi woman, ask her why she wears it.
Its usually for culture, or parents, or because she chooses to wear it because it is advised for modesty and she wishes to please her Lord.
In islam, men and women are equal, but they are also not the same. Women have some rights over men and visa versa in marraiges. These rights and the practises of muslim families are based around the natural physical and mental norms of men and women.
Islam is a very mis-understood religion; if you watch Fox or another tabloid medium, forget everything you hear about muslims.
PS: islam in arabic means peace,
so how can you have a peaceful terrorist?