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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not anti-Islam per se, but do not agree with the ideologial views held by many radicalized populations of this religion who believe that those who do not share the same beliefs are the enemy, and that it is ok to resort to violence to prove that point.    [/quote]
I'm not anti-Islam, but you may call me a realist on Islam.  It's a religion born out of specific historical circumstances to satisfy specific political needs. Like all other religions, it's full of beautiful things. It's also full of errors, inequities, terrible gender imbalance etc.  And it is also burdened by an utter and complete ban on critical thinking that stems out of "today I have perfected your religion for you."  It is a letter of Islam that Islam is perfect and therefore not a letter, not a line in the Quran or ahadith may be canceled or no longer relevant, despite all the reasons to the contrary. This is why it is, for instance, very difficult to find an Islamic scholar who will come out and say outright that slavery is banned.  Since slavery is in the Quran and ahadith, then it cannot be banned.  Muslim work this particular issue by going on and on about how Muslim slavery is qualitatively different from Christian and therefore it's not all bad.  The same on Muslim women marrying non-Muslim men. The same on privileged minorities including only Jews and Christians.  Islam's downfall is not its scripture, it is the lack of social permission to interpret that scripture within the context of our time.

I grew up in a Muslim-majority community. I happen to be married to a Gulf Arab. I've studied Islam extensively. So what I say is borne out of deep familiarity with the subject.  I've received numerous solicitations to convert but I simply see nothing appealing in the philosophy.[/quote]

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