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Is there any good in Islam? (asking for a friend)

DrN1 7 Apr 2
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My experience has been that there are a lot of good muslims with a bad ideaology. The good ones are the ones that have never read the Quran. They are the ones that have been too scared or afraid to challenge or ask questions about Mohommad or the Quran. They know that they don't dare leave the belief system because it means death. They are trapped.

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Nothing good has come from Political Islam! Nothing!

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I've met wonderful Muslims. Many of their beliefs are similar to Judaism and Christianity. Some are obviously different. There's lots of good there, I think.

But there are problems with Islam's theology that Christianity doesn't have. The most obvious being that nowhere in the Christian Bible is there a universal admonition to all believers to kill all nonbelievers. Good Muslims have to ignore part of their doctrine to justify not hurting innocent people.. Christians have to ignore their religion completely to justify the opposite.

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I also meant to tell you that:
When I was a student, I lived on campus with a few Muslim students from Malaysia. They were the most friendly bunch I've ever met.
One winter, we had a decent amount of snow (it doesn't snow much in the southern part of England). It was the very first time the Malaysian students saw snow. They all rushed out in excitement and played in the snow like 5-year olds. Their lecturers were so kind that they canceled all the classes on that day so that the Malaysian students could play in the snow all day.
I was so ignorant about Islam that one day I made some curry (with pork in it!), thinking I could share it with them. They had a bowl of it and told me that they would eat it later - probably they chucked it in the bin 😀, but they were kind not to be offended by my ignorance.
So, I feel a little reluctant to talk of Muslims as collective.

In my local town there are really lovely Muslims with a great sense of humour.

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They do fasting, are obliged to be hospitable to strangers, but it's about individual people
Some do female genital surgery on their daughters, if caught they go to prison in UK, and sharia law is barbaric so it's about 40% good in my opinion, that's not good is it ?

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No. (speaking for all of humanity)

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There are some Muslims/ex-Muslims who are trying to reform Islam. They seem reasonable.

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There is something good in Islam in that it gives you a god who is greater than yourself. It provides a path for a personal redemption but the means by which you travel that path easily leads to indiscriminate destruction of others without remorse. It is not a religion I would choose to follow nor loose upon the world.

@Dunne Agreed, and one can some fault with every religious belief. Islam have far more faults than most.

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Yes. I'd look at the impact on prison population to illustrate. It is not uncommon for prisoners who have been rejected, tried and found guilty by the public to find solace and direction by adherence to Islam. These otherwise hopeless people now become part of a larger identity. It's not uncommon to find a 70% muslim prison population in European jails.

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Twat in a hat ?

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In the UK no. We are a Christian country. Girls used in sex gangs, no go areas and forcing halal slaughtered meat, I eat pork now they don't touch that. They contribute nothing to society but are glad of benefit handouts. Silly arse women leaders what is to wear a rag on our heads to support islam. I'm english, white, female, ex services and respect my queen, william, kate, george, charlotte, Louis and princess Anne the others are just dweebs.

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What good comes from the teachings of the prophet mohammed (piss be upon him ) he was a rapist ,child rapist , a mass murderer ,a slave owner and seller ,a warlord and thief ,to name a few .So an ideology based on the character and values of this man can never be good and what good in islam is abrogated and replaced with the opposite of good .

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one good thing..It brought you here to Canada sweet lady!!! so glad too!

@RubyWright ?

@OneGodlessWoman I meant that because of Islam you found your way to freedom of thought and Canada! I did not mean to offend ! I wish you never had to go through your struggles with Islam,just that I'm glad you made it through and are a better person for it!

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As an ideology it has some good bits, but depending on your views not quite so nice to non muslims gay people and women.

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There are good people who adhere to the religion, if that's what you're asking.

yes, there are.

Definitely.

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