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sumayyah · January 3rd, 2005, 11:40 AM

I truely understand what you are saying. Really, I do. We debate all day long about certain issues on that board. What happens is that people will take things out of context and us them for evil. Almost ALL major religions have done this. Some laws that were written in the holy books to protect women gave way to laws that enslave or demean women.

The website you listed, just about everything the author quotes is a misquote and/or taken out of historical context. Wahhabism is one of the strictest sects of Islam (towards women). Taliban rule was based on taking benign protection laws and turning them into modern day slavey laws. The other problem is that some people will take hadith (sayings of The Prophet (pbuh)) and use that to justify there views. Unfortunately, some hadith is wild and some totally contradict the Qu'ran. And after hadith, you have scholarly imams handing down fatwa, which are basically just rulings/decisions that they have made about certain subjects that are not addressed directly in either al-Qu'ran or hadith.

Question: Have you read the Qu'ran? I'm jst curious. One of the earliest things I did was compared the Qu'ran to the Bible. Reading the Bible cover to cover and then reading the Qu'ran cover to cover... I almost lost my faith (in religion) completely. There are some sick, sad things in those books.

Mainly, one thing that I have learned is that sometimes it is better to follow a faith rather than a religion. The basic tenets of Islam are agreeable. Some of the Islamic laws have been confused with traditional Arabic customs, and that is where a BIG problem lies. Unfortunately, I am not schooled enough in history so I am unable to offer you more information. The thing other thing I can suggest to you is that you read the Qu'ran for yourself, and draw yourown conclusion.

Your sister in Spirit,

Toylin

January 3rd, 2005, 11:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
sumayyah Afro Resident Emerging Voice sumayyah is offline Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 389 Thanks: 21 Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts Rep Power: 16 Credits: 2,365	I truely understand what you are saying. Really, I do. We debate all day long about certain issues on that board. What happens is that people will take things out of context and us them for evil. Almost ALL major religions have done this. Some laws that were written in the holy books to protect women gave way to laws that enslave or demean women. The website you listed, just about everything the author quotes is a misquote and/or taken out of historical context. Wahhabism is one of the strictest sects of Islam (towards women). Taliban rule was based on taking benign protection laws and turning them into modern day slavey laws. The other problem is that some people will take hadith (sayings of The Prophet (pbuh)) and use that to justify there views. Unfortunately, some hadith is wild and some totally contradict the Qu'ran. And after hadith, you have scholarly imams handing down fatwa, which are basically just rulings/decisions that they have made about certain subjects that are not addressed directly in either al-Qu'ran or hadith. Question: Have you read the Qu'ran? I'm jst curious. One of the earliest things I did was compared the Qu'ran to the Bible. Reading the Bible cover to cover and then reading the Qu'ran cover to cover... I almost lost my faith (in religion) completely. There are some sick, sad things in those books. Mainly, one thing that I have learned is that sometimes it is better to follow a faith rather than a religion. The basic tenets of Islam are agreeable. Some of the Islamic laws have been confused with traditional Arabic customs, and that is where a BIG problem lies. Unfortunately, I am not schooled enough in history so I am unable to offer you more information. The thing other thing I can suggest to you is that you read the Qu'ran for yourself, and draw yourown conclusion. Your sister in Spirit, Toylin __________________ The Man is the Head, but the Woman is the Backbone.