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Bismillah ---

Why are you so against it? And what do you mean, by so easily abused? It's a command from Allah (SWT), and you should obey him. That if you believe in him. And you picture it as jumping off a cliff?
But, I would, yes I would, I would die for the sake of Allah (SWT)! I have no problem.

--- Salam

yes we need to obey regardless of what

but in the same time we need to know why

in islam their different kind of iman...the faith,

faith by following like a blind fool which is the lowest of all......faith by knowledge like most western scholars have and faith by heart mind and soul the higheset of all

i meann we must know the reason why Allah command us to do something because if someone were to ask why you Allah command you something you must be able to answer it instead of simply saying...i dont care as longas I follow

Allah want us to think so that we can reach a better understanding and beliefs about our faith

if not...........................our faith would be easily rumbled

1. I don't understad...

2. When people do that kinda stuff, they are against Allah. What's your point? Do you think Allah whants us to do that?

3. I whill "TRY" to do what Allah says... Ore i do it somethimes... Somethimes i can make some mistakes.

Allah told a prophet to kill his loved, and he tryed to do it. wink

4. I wanto do everything Allah whants me to biggrin

5. Soo your telling that Allah told people to do bad things? confused

1. Soo you find it stupid, because bad people does?

2. Well... In the judgement day you can maybe ask Allah, why he made it like that... But i think it's better you just follow him, and ask after that.

3. That's why, when i do a mistake i accept i did not do it right and thake my punnish. But there is something called bad people...

4. I'm talking about the sheep/bakra eid. Where you eat sheep meat... There is a story behind it you know.

5. Selfishness is not that bad! WE HUMANS HAVE A EGO, AND IT'S GOOD TO SOMETHIMES THINK ABOUT YOURSELF. It's called bad decesions! And it comes from satan.

Lets take an estimate of fundamentalist people that abuse the hijab for women. Islam is made up of roughly 1.6 billion people, yes? And only a small percentage of Islam has active fundamentalists. Probably less than 20%.
Let's say that 15% of the Muslim population are fundamentalists.
That is roughly the population of the USA that believe that women are to be ruled by men through abuse of the hijab, through physical/mental power. That women are morally, physically and mentally inferior to men. That anyone who differs in their values should be put to death and is a threat to Islam. Even 10% is too much. This is globally spread, not just in backward Muslim countries.

That's far too many people to abuse good commands from Allah (swt) because people are too afraid to think and criticize their own religion; to evaluate it in its true sense.

And I'm saying that blind faith in Allah's commands without really thinking about it makes it ridiculously easy to step away from the truth and instead follow selfish desires in the name of Allah. That's what fundamentalism is all about. The moment you stop thinking about your faith is the moment you lose liberties in your faith.

Irrelevant. From the time of coming into the world and being a conscious thinker, you are taught the rules of Islam from a certain perspective. Depending on that perspective, you are taught either extremist rules, conservative rules, liberal rules, moderate rules, whatever. It's more of HOW you were taught the rules than the lack of rules being taught.

Even you should know that reading isn't everything. You are taught by Imams, your parents, religious teachers as well. Reading is only part of it.