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I think a person can be deeply religious and still committed to secularism.
I see.
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I think a person can be deeply religious and still committed to secularism.
I do hope so.I see.
I do hope so.
The narrator so disgusted by the lifestyles of his hosts he compares meat and wine and drunken ways ?I like this prayer of David for people who fed him gall (animal feces:)
Psalm 69:21-28
New International Version (NIV)
(21)They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
(22)May the table set before them become a snare;
may it become retribution and a trap.
(23)May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.
(24)Pour out your wrath on them;
let your fierce anger overtake them.
(25)May their place be deserted;
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
(26)For they persecute those you wound
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
(27)Charge them with crime upon crime;
do not let them share in your salvation.
(28)May they be blotted out of the book of life
and not be listed with the righteous.
None taken. All the best.Gonna be putting you on ignore Jaiket, no offense meant.
I hope that you enjoy the site.
Noah
The narrator so disgusted by the lifestyles of his hosts he compares meat and wine and drunken ways ?
Deuteronomy 14:26English Standard Version (ESV)I pray that prayer like David.
To a degree.In the real world it's more complicated than it is on paper but there are variants of Islam that do not encourage religious coercion, the killing of apostates etc. We know there are Muslims communities who believe in government by consent, the education of all, the peaceful co-existence of faiths and so on. Would you agree with this?
For what it is worth, I wondered a bit about that in post #31 of this thread.Is Islam Compatible With Western Values?
What are the Western values?
Will somebody reflect on it, please.
Regards
Which countries?In some country athiest outnumbered 100+ : 1 , by law of average is best for doubter to avoid such place
Quran is the first source of guidance of Islam whatever the denomination of Muslims.There is no Shariah except Quran and Sunnah of Muhammad.Is Islam able to integrate into Europe, Canada, Australia etc, seamlessly? By the way, I'm not talking about the westernised Muslims here, the ones who know a few Qur'anic ayat and not much else. I mean are the values that the Qur'an, Shariah, etc. promote, compatible with Western Values?
Maybe you can elaborate a bit on that? Because as it is, your post does not seem to be much of a clarification. At least to me.Quran is the first source of guidance of Islam whatever the denomination of Muslims.There is no Shariah except Quran and Sunnah of Muhammad.
Regards
I appreciate your words that I have coloured in magenta.I don't particularly like the use of expressions such as "Western values".
I suppose we have to address the constrasting values somehow, but it is IMO misleading to name them in such a way as to imply that they are or should be:
a) Geographically conditioned;
b) Fairly static, by either design or circunstance;
c) Fairly homogeneous among the literal dozens of politically autonomous countries that are being described.
All three qualities are arguable at best, and perhaps none of them is even desirable.
It seems to me that ultimately whether the values themselves clash is a secondary concern, the primary one being how that clash can and should be handled.
Establishing geographic and political boundaries to be rule by one set of values or the other seem to be the most traditional attempt at a solution, but also one that I find inherently flawed and perhaps outright obsolete. Avoiding and restricting contact between communities is an avoidance tactic, not a resolution proper.
Instead, we should attempt to attain mutual understanding, preferably by reciprocal and mutually agreed exchanges of migrants on a limited, experimental and reversible scale. That may very well be the solution in and of itself, as word of each side spreads to the other, and both decide what to learn and adopt from the other.
Odds are that both sides will be surprised by the results to some extent, but that is not something to fear, but rather to look forward to.
Is Islam able to integrate into Europe, Canada, Australia etc, seamlessly? By the way, I'm not talking about the westernised Muslims here, the ones who know a few Qur'anic ayat and not much else. I mean are the values that the Qur'an, Shariah, etc. promote, compatible with Western Values?
Values of western lawmakers on justiceIs Islam Compatible With Western Values?
What are the Western values?
Will somebody reflect on it? please.
Regards
Peace be on you.Is Islam able to integrate into Europe, Canada, Australia etc, seamlessly? By the way, I'm not talking about the westernised Muslims here, the ones who know a few Qur'anic ayat and not much else. I mean are the values that the Qur'an, Shariah, etc. promote, compatible with Western Values?
Peace be on you.
1=Islam is culmination of religious evolution.
Islam is a religion. Islamism is political ideology.