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The Quran also mentions apostates should be killed. It is also disgustingly sexist.

Another reason why Islam is bad.

Please don't make false statements, the Qur'an has no such verse that the apostate must be killed, instead it constantly notes that all judgement is left to God, as he is the one to judge deeds.

The Qur'an instead states that:
'There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong..' (Qur'an 2:256)

As well as the 109th chapter specifically addressing tolerance of others beliefs.

As for the statement of sexism - please don't state this without providing evidence/context.

The quran states that a woman is less intelligent than a man. Sounds sexist to me

That's merely based on finance related stuff
Because the duty of being the bread winner and dealing with all the finance related issues was given to a man therefore it is deemed he would be more knowledgable in this area

Jus like u would say a doctor is more intelligent than his patients in medical issues as he spent many years studying the course it doesn't mean he's superior or better than his patients but rather he is simply more knowledgable and this has greater responsibility to deal with the medical issues
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i dont follow one now.

nothing other than my own thoughts and considerations is stopping me.

lol no

but i keep seeing white ginger muslim guys. its quite funny. and they aint just normal. their full on big beard + hat + dress muslims.

That's with any religion. All religions state if you do not follow their rules and teaching, you will go to hell fire. So, it isn't just Islam.

im picturing you looking like this idiot

I think you misread my post, there's no mention of Jesus or Christianity there and I'm not a Christian nor am I trying to "increase the numbers" of any religion.

yes having your own and thoughts and brain would interfere with converting to islam. youll have to fix that

That is sexism through. Are you telling me that a man who owns a cornershop knows more about finance than a businesswoman earning 200k a month?

Just to clarify in islam we are encouraged to use our akl which is our thoughts and reasoning rather than blindly follow things
Allah uses the word in the quran yatafakaroon which means for those who think and reflect




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Totally agree with you but my point was in general men are the ones working and sorting the bills out and that has been the case from the start of Islam so that's y this responsibility was given to a man



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i think that is a debateable concept, muslims are not permitted to critcally analyse the quran for example, as that would be deemd 'blasphemous'

I went to a few churches.
tried them out. went to a catholic church & anglican church. no one noticed i was there and the whole routine of everything made me feel like i really stood out cause i couldnt say the same things at the same time as everyone else.

I went to a buddhist place and it was slightly awkward they were there to answer my questions but i didnt really go with any in mind. so they stood smiling waiting in silence lol.

went to a black pentecostal and they spoke to me which was nice. they wanted me there which again was nice. it was very emotive stuff but it was also very showbiz. i was very put off by the performance and music stuff coming to a climax and asking people for money at this moment where everyone was in a frenzy. i could sense a business working behind the scene and it put me off.

went to a sikh place with my friend and as much as it was nice it felt like really it was a thing for the community and not really for outsiders to come in. there was a sort of "this is your friend? thats nice. anyway..." type of vibe.

then i went to a small mosque and there wasnt many people there but they were extremely welcoming and sincerely wanted me to join on the spot. everything was very calm but i explained that making a commitment like that is something i am very carefully considering and that as much as i felt obliged out of politeness to convert on the spot i did not feel it was right as i would be doing it out of merely politeness rather than sincere commitment.

im yet to visit a synagog or coptic orthadox church yet. but they are still on my list.

its hard to explain whats drawn me to islam in particular.
im irish and have a history of drink. islam promotes not drinking alcohol.
in irish culture a lot revolves around drink. even the religion where wine is served at communion. i went into a cafe and they served nice tea and there was some guys playing chess. and i thought that was really cool cause i love chess but have rarely found people to play it with. it may all sound like trivial stuff but i think the culture revolving around islam and community with it was something i found very calming and stilled me stresses somewhat. there was a very still collectedness. it was very stress free. and orderly. and i feel like my life lacks order.

another element is history as the irish had strong links with egypt for it christianity and rome told britain to invade ireland to stamp out the irish church and thus severing the connection to egypt. but there was a celtic cross found in ireland with bismillah written in kufic arabic. which made me wonder if britain had not brought Catholicism by the sword that maybe we may have transitioned to islam along with egypt. far fetched i know.

also i have always admired the dedication. i have a 2 friends who have come out of prison converted to islam. they were very angry when they went in and are now very calm and sharp minded.

so those things have all played a part.

Edit: another thing is respect.

nothing is really sacred anymore. the action and outrage from muslims at the drawing of muhammad put me off. i thought it was childish and almost encouraged those who drew the images to draw even more to get such a big reaction with such little effort. but when people were talking about free speech i did wander why people found it so hard to respect what others find dear to them?

it made me angry that there is such a lack of respect from everyone to everyone.

so i think the respect that many muslims have and the care they take in their speech such as always saying peace be upon those who have died who are significant to them when they talk is something i have found admirable

I'm sorry I completely disagree if the quran tells us to think and reflect upon the Quran I don't see how anyone can say u can't or u shouldn't

Wats ur evidence to suggest critically analysing the quran is deemed blasphemous and Muslims are not allowed to do it ?


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and also opportunity to plot to blow up things, whcih this convert wanted to do, now in jail i think. before that he was on long term unemployment benefit. i think a surprising lot of convicted criminals in the west convert to islam

And the award for the most narrow minded person on TSR goes to.....(drum role)....Meenglishnogood!