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>The problem is people clinging to old time religious beliefs that women are inferior and must be veiled and that infidels are not worthy Wow, such an uninform

by nafizh 8y ago

>The problem is people clinging to old time religious beliefs that women are inferior and must be veiled and that infidels are not worthy Wow, such an uninformed generalized comment. Not something you would expect to see at hacker news. Anyway, just because the West had problems with Christianity does not mean the East have the same problems with Islam. That is one of the reasons why Islam has more practicing followers than any other religion on earth.

curyous 8y ago
Can you shed some light?
- nafizh 8y ago
  This is a good resource to learn about some of the more ‘controversial’ topics in Islam like apostasy or the position of women. https://yaqeeninstitute.org/en/research/ https://yaqeeninstitute.org/en/research/
Franciscouzo 8y ago
What's so uninformed about it [0], are you implying those beliefs should still be held? The main reason there are so many islam followers is that they have more kids on average. [0] http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/#penalty-for-converting-to-another-faith http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religi...
- nafizh 8y ago
  Just like any other legal system, Islamic Legal system is also incredibly complex and nuanced. I suggest reading this article on the issue of apostasy in Islam [0]. In a legal matter, what general Muslims think about it (like a pew poll) does not matter because most of them, just like any other population are not experts in judiciary. Regarding your points about Muslims having more kids, there is nothing preventing these kids from turning away from the religion, just like the kids of old devout Christians today no longer identify as at least practicing Christians. 0. https://yaqeeninstitute.org/en/jonathan-brown/the-issue-of-apostasy-in-islam/ https://yaqeeninstitute.org/en/jonathan-brown/the-issue-of-a...
yoavm 8y ago
My knowledge is limited on the topic, can you explain why you think the comment was uninformed?

by nafizh 8y ago

curyous 8y ago

Can you shed some light?

nafizh 8y ago
This is a good resource to learn about some of the more ‘controversial’ topics in Islam like apostasy or the position of women. https://yaqeeninstitute.org/en/research/ https://yaqeeninstitute.org/en/research/

Franciscouzo 8y ago

What's so uninformed about it [0], are you implying those beliefs should still be held? The main reason there are so many islam followers is that they have more kids on average. [0] http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/#penalty-for-converting-to-another-faith http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religi...

nafizh 8y ago
Just like any other legal system, Islamic Legal system is also incredibly complex and nuanced. I suggest reading this article on the issue of apostasy in Islam [0]. In a legal matter, what general Muslims think about it (like a pew poll) does not matter because most of them, just like any other population are not experts in judiciary. Regarding your points about Muslims having more kids, there is nothing preventing these kids from turning away from the religion, just like the kids of old devout Christians today no longer identify as at least practicing Christians. 0. https://yaqeeninstitute.org/en/jonathan-brown/the-issue-of-apostasy-in-islam/ https://yaqeeninstitute.org/en/jonathan-brown/the-issue-of-a...

yoavm 8y ago

My knowledge is limited on the topic, can you explain why you think the comment was uninformed?