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That's of course a matter of belief not proof. There are legends in India that Jesus was buried in the Harvan area.
There is, of course, a big difference between ideal and real. In no nation at any time where many of any group have lived a PERFECT life. That's why every religion has doctrine about confessing mistakes, atoning for sins and so forth. Seriously, this shows that your argument is utterly weak because it's not based on an understanding of what a religion really is. Religions enjoin humility because humans are fallible and thus nations are made up of fallible people who make mistakes.Originally Posted by icehorse
I appreciate what you're trying to do, but the above is a non-answer to my questions. I'll summarize my previous post:
Islam makes the claim that it is the perfect, total solution for life. Quite a big claim. Show me evidence in the real world of many Muslims living this perfect life. Show me one Muslim majority country that demonstrates how great Islam is.
It should be a woman's choice whether to pray separately from the men. Separate entrances (often in the back or side of the mosque) and sub-standard amenities (ie, dark, small, unkempt, crowded rooms for women, and open, light, airy, spacious rooms for the men)... that just ****** me off. Forced segregation is something men decided would make their lives easier, as in they can "concentrate" better. As if merely seeing a woman would destroy their prayer. Muslim women feed into the problem by "voluntarily" segregating and covering themselves up, etc., rather than forcing the men to grow up and be mature. Segregation at all religious events is inconvenient, as the women are often left with the children in cramped quarters while the men enjoy the event.
Segregation and covering up wouldn't be necessary if Muslim men acted like adults instead of a pack of dogs in heat.
Indeed. Although considered an "exception", hajj is not segregated at all.
Regarding the Qur'an only being pure in Arabic, let's think about this one. Islam is supposed to be a universal religion, for all. Why does everyone have to learn a complicated, complex language to get the message? Pick a language that's easily translated into many languages... after all, it's God talking.
That, along with the nearly forced Arab dress code (and many other customs), makes Islam foreign to most.
Which Islam? The Islam that sanctions the likes of al-Qaeda and ISIS and allows for the slaughter of captives, the selling of captives into slavery, the killing of any non-Muslims for any attempts to share their faith with Muslims, the levying of harsh taxes against non-Muslims, the treatment of non-Muslims like second- and third-class citizens and depriving them of basic freedoms and human rights, the barbaric attacking of women as if they were worse than animals, the slow stripping away of the heritage and culture of non-Muslims within Muslim lands, the utilizing of 7th-century punishments and legal codes? I would utterly destroy this Islam from the face of the earth if I ever got the chance.
I've been doing research, and it seems that different schools of Islam seem to have different interpretations regarding Allah's predestination and its relationship to our free will. Do certain schools of Islam believe that we can freely choose to follow Allah or not, without Him forcing us into one position or the other, or having preordained us to do so? Do certain schools teach that we are able to change our minds regarding whether to follow Allah at any time? Is it a universal opinion in Islam that Allah forces us to choose Him or not to choose Him, and that He creates us so that we are fated to commit either sins or righteous acts, and that we are powerless to change what Allah has fated us to do? I remember reading some verses from the Qur'an that very strongly imply this idea. Could you explain some of the more notable of these verses, and provide verses which suggest that we have free will, and that Allah does not force us into one action or another?
Because the Qur'an is wrong. The Qur'an wrongly explains the Christian dogma of the Trinity, and it wrongly asserts that the Jews believe that Ezra is the Son of God (they don't).
