Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Muslims: Do you agree with ex-Muslim Wafa Sultan that Islam is incompatible with western law?

Ms Sultan is most likely criticizing the non-Islamic practices that many so-called "Muslim" countries practice--such as dirty politics, abuse of money, exploitation of people etc. It is usually these types of places, coupled with Western media's distorted coverage, that makes Islam somehow look bad or evil. Many of these so-called Muslim countries miss the point when it comes to true Islam--they often beat women, force them to dress a certain way and misrepresent Islam as a war-driven enterprise as opposed to a peace-based religion. In this way, I agree with her, but I completely disagree with her arguing that Islam is the cause. To be certain, the blame must be placed on people for mishandling, misinterpreting and often times rewriting Islam to fit their point of view. Point is, if she understood true Islam, not the B.S. that certain countries practice, she would still be Muslim. Here's a challenge though, for all of those people who bash Islam blindly or believe what they see from Western news sources or hear from these apostates, I challenge you to read the Qur'an for yourself and then see if you still feel the same way, but Allah knows best. By the way, true Islam does not conflict with so-called "Western law," whatever that means, as Islam does not try to impose itself on unwilling individuals; it only ask that Muslims be able to practice their beliefs without harassment. For example, Muslim girls and women who choose to cover their hair and faces only want to be able to do this without being slapped with fines your jailed. Similarly, Muslim male scholars only ask to be allowed to enjoy their flights without being escorted off the plane because they have beards!!! In this light, Western society needs to practice what it preaches and put that whole "melting-pot" notion into practice.

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