Am I the only one who is as concerned about the person(s) who ASKED the "scholar" if it's permissible to build a snowman in the first place as I am about the "scholar" who forbids it?
Where do these people come from?
Well said. I don't want to hear that mosques are independent and therefore or responsible for what is taught in another mosque. While I unstand why a clergy isn't ideal, the one thing it does benefit is that there is a sense of responsibility for all local "imams", "mullahs", etc, and what they...
@oldbadger, you are so set on arguing with me that you're not realizing that I agree with you. I'm saying that the ayatollah is placed in a leadership position for political reasons, and yes, people are influenced by his ridiculousness... and I think it's pathetic.
Shariah Law has no place...
Religious reform usually happens over generations of liberation and education. Unfortunately, with Islam, the trend is headed the other direction, with less liberation and less education. What Muslims are being taught is warped and violent.
All this over a cartoon? Just more proof of lack of...
What are you people talking about? There is no official "clergy" in Islam, but there ARE plenty of groups who speak on behalf of the Muslim community.
Some of these statements were made even before the infamous 9/11...
CAIR's Anti-Terrorism Campaigns - CAIR
is one...
The American Muslim (TAM)...
I've been off for a while; we had a death in the family after a long illness, so my attention was on spending time with the now deceased and family. My dear father-in-law passed away last week. He will be missed; he lived with our family for nearly two decades.
@Servant_of_the_One
No one should ever kill another in the name of religion, even if they are speaking against it. What purpose does that serve, other than proving such religion is compulsive and barbaric?
I'm with DS on this. The level of homophobia in the Muslim world is downright ridiculous. It makes me wonder if there is some denial in people who think this way... "He doth protest too much"...