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There's actually a few groups like that around, if one is willing to dig a little. Since I'm not a Muslim so my opinion won't mean much, but I like how there's more and more of them popping up. I don't think it makes them non-Muslims, it just makes them people with rational minds that still love their religion but recognise certain things are outdated, that there are better laws that to them doesn't contradict Islam but rather expands on the ideas. It's like Islam was giving a starting point for humanity, not the end goal. For instance, a lot of people say laws about slavery didn't mean that Islam encouraged it, but rather to gradually liberate them. Then why not treat other laws and ideas the same? We've come a long way, and still have a long way to go, but progress has been made and these Muslims recognise that. They use their intellect, the brain that Allah gave them. It would be such a waste to not use it!
I don't understand why some insist to live like it's still the 7th century instead of updating.
I reached puberty at 10. At that age I was still a child, my body was not fully formed. I compare pictures of me then and now (at 26), there's an obvious difference. And I'm just talking about physical differences, not mental or emotional ones. That rule is clearly outdated and is one of many examples where updating would be beneficial. We no longer live in the year 630, things have changed.
I bring to you actual life experience, it's impossible to argue against. Puberty is only the beginning of the transformation into womanhood, it isn't the ending. I would argue that marrying at that age would be indeed something I'd consider harmful and immoral.
Then there's countless of other topics... What would Islam do with Atheists, Pagans and anyone else that's not Abrahamic? What about homosexuals, transsexuals or people who want to leave Islam? Some answers I have come across in the past sounded quite harmful or even deadly.
I've got nothing against Muslims, as long as they're willing to either co-exist with everyone else. It goes for everyone else too. I don't do double standards.
I don't understand why some insist to live like it's still the 7th century instead of updating.
I reached puberty at 10. At that age I was still a child, my body was not fully formed. I compare pictures of me then and now (at 26), there's an obvious difference. And I'm just talking about physical differences, not mental or emotional ones. That rule is clearly outdated and is one of many examples where updating would be beneficial. We no longer live in the year 630, things have changed.
I bring to you actual life experience, it's impossible to argue against. Puberty is only the beginning of the transformation into womanhood, it isn't the ending. I would argue that marrying at that age would be indeed something I'd consider harmful and immoral.
Then there's countless of other topics... What would Islam do with Atheists, Pagans and anyone else that's not Abrahamic? What about homosexuals, transsexuals or people who want to leave Islam? Some answers I have come across in the past sounded quite harmful or even deadly.
I've got nothing against Muslims, as long as they're willing to either co-exist with everyone else. It goes for everyone else too. I don't do double standards.
