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In reply to the discussion: It's not just Trump: Islamophobia in America is spiraling out of control [View all]Yorktown
(2,884 posts)42. Funny: you try to justify a text by the liberties believers take with it
Besides being a moral inconsistency (after all, that damn book is perfect or not, no halfway to perfection), you are committing bid'ah.
Abd Allah ibn `Umar said: "Every innovation is misguidance, even if the people see it as something good.
It is not for you or anyone to interpret the holy book: it must be applied literally. The Quran condones slavery, the Quran is the perfect word of god, so slavery is very OK.
Contesting the sentence above is bid'ah, therefore blasphemy against the Quran, which is punishable by death. Opposing slavery is Bid'ah Say'iah, "a new thing" which "opposes the Quran and Sunnah". Catch 22.
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It's not just Trump: Islamophobia in America is spiraling out of control [View all]
applegrove
Dec 2015
OP
The forum here is a peice of proof these days of the rise of anti-Muslim sentiment..
politicman
Dec 2015
#1
They're paid trolls. Not real democrats. There is a big campaign on. Comments sections in Canada and
applegrove
Dec 2015
#2
Bill Maher has questions about conservative islam. I have the same questions about orthodox religion
applegrove
Dec 2015
#7
But can you question Islam like I question Catholicism for lack of promoting birth control in places
applegrove
Dec 2015
#10
Like I mentioned on the other thread, the violent medinan verses take precedence
Yorktown
Dec 2015
#45
Yes anyone can mae their own religion as long as they are willing to believe it
politicman
Dec 2015
#49
Religions are equivalent of following societies rules, except religion requires following gods rules
politicman
Dec 2015
#52
The forum here is a piece of proof many progressives wilfully have their heads in the sand
Matrosov
Dec 2015
#57
Islamophobia is going to be one of our greatest challenges as a nation in the next decades
mwrguy
Dec 2015
#6
But there are not christianaphobians who want to stop christians from pursuing their faith and stop
applegrove
Dec 2015
#14
Yes. But you cannot equate any person with terrorism because of their religion.
applegrove
Dec 2015
#25
I think it is a good word. I'm sure Obama thought long and hard about which word to use as he wrote
applegrove
Dec 2015
#31
Disagree: the word islamophobia is a ploy to try to disqualify criticism of the religion
Yorktown
Dec 2015
#35
No. But I'm not a wordsmith by any stretch. I agree with criticising fundamentalism of any ilk.
applegrove
Dec 2015
#41