Muslim and starting to doubt my religion

Sex slaves is true.

I think you need to speak to a scholar or an Imam on the doubts you are having, so they can answer the questions you have. What are parents teach is fine to a point but I have found that by actually seeking out the answers and by asking scholars the doubts I had were answered, no one can provide a succinct answer in the way they can.

I think imams are a big reason why I am being "led astray". I've yet to come across an imam that doesn't use scaremongering to get his point across. If you do this or that you'll go to hell or God will punish you, you'll be squeezed in your grave, your hair will be tied to your toes if you don't cover your hair, that's haraam, this is haraam, save yourselves from the hellfire etc etc. How does that make God sound peaceful and merciful?

The mosque I attended, it was said that disbelievers will never go to heaven. I think that's rubbish. I know plenty of non Muslims that are better and kinder people than most Muslims. It just makes Muslims look arrogant.

No it isn't true, those who believe so have been misguide by Salalfis and Islamophobes. Islam does not permit "Sex slaves", but (historically) servitude with conditions, with the easing of lust of those in servitude being permitted.

Did I advise you to follow Islam blindly? I can't remember so. One can and should question what they believe. But once Muslim, you should be aware of the surrounding enviroment, where there are many individuals eager to criticise, mock and misguide Muslims (some such peoples can even be "Muslim" - Salafis). Because of this, questioning Islam (knowing it may lead you to kufr) is to be preferably avoided.

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Prisoners
mostly confined to prisons
Cant easily get out when they want to
Mostly forced to wear uniform
Lives are ruled over by guards/officers
Most Have a chance to get out

Islamic women

mostly confined to Houses and are expected to be a house wife/woman
Cant easily get out when they want to
Mostly forced to wear a form of veil
Lives are ruled over by Men
Very little chance to get out.

Lets put this into simpler terms.
lets say Allah has written that it is "correct to take slaves after war"
I am saying that it is incorrect.
Me saying that it is incorrect isn't confronting Allah and challenging his authority on it or diasgreeing it's simply taking a neutral stance as i'm not acting on it e.g I'm not taking any slaves.

study the Quran and only then will you realise how the religion of Islam is a religion of peace, mercy and love.

No it isn't true, those who believe so have been misguide by Salalfis and Islamophobes.

go and study the Quran and only then will you realise how the religion of Islam is a religion of peace, mercy and love. It will teach you to live a good lifestyle

I would say you need to research what things you have listed about islam before jumping into conclusions. Firstly, everything you find on the internet is not always the truth, many people like to take an extreame point of view on things when that is totally not what islam portrays. There are many extreamist islamic groups who believe that women are lower than men etc. However this is not the case, as when a muslim woman marries a man she completes half of his deen. Also when a muslim girl is born in a household, she becomes the reason for her father to enter paradise. When she becomes a mother paradise lies beneath her feet. This is the status of women in islam. I hope you finally realise that islam does not teach inequality between men and women. i pray that you never feel like this again towards islam & inshallah allah guides you to the right path.

Then why is only one goat sacrificed for the birth of a daughter compared to two goats for a son?

Hi, I was raised in a Muslim family and denounced my religion at the age of 10/11 after doubting it and questioning it for a year. I was very mature as a child (don't know what the **** happened though because i'm a complete retard now) anyway I lost my faith in Islam due to a number of things. Here are a few.

Treatment of women
I noticed how I was treated differently and not allowed to do certain things because I was a girl. I didn't understand why women had to cover up when men could where whatever they wanted. Apparently women are supposed to cover up in Islam because men may have sexual thoughts about them or whatever bullcrap they come up with, then why tell young girls to cover up, girls as young as 3. Men being allowed to have multiple wives didn't sound right to me.

Science
The big bang theory and evolution go against Islamic teachings, I am a logical person and refuse to believe an ancient book is correct when there is physical proof for these theories. Many Muslims brag about how scientific the Quran is even though it has many, many mistakes when it comes to science. Just because it has a couple things right do we ignore all the mistakes?
https://wikiislam.net/wiki/Scientific_Errors_in_the_Quran
Follow the link for more info about the mistakes.

The morality and existence of God
The existence of a God (or Gods) didn't make sense to me. The whole religion along with all the other religions seemed very man made to me (and quite stupid).I couldn't believe in it and I tried to believe in it so for my family's sake (I'll explain this in the next point) but it was like trying to convince myself that my dad is secretly the queen.
Also if a God did exist what a horrible being he must be to allow so many people to suffer. This youtube video featuring Stephen Fry, explains my thoughts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-d4otHE-YI

The Muslim Community
The Muslim community is one of the most judgmental, sensitive, hypocritical and backwards-thinking communities out there. When I mentioned I wanted to believe in God for my family's sake I meant two things: 1) apostasy is a big no no in Islam and the Muslim community, if my parents found out I would be punished and probably forced to attend Islamic classes. 2) Because the Muslim community is so judgmental it would be embarrassing for my family to have an atheist among them.

I haven't even scraped the surface. I only replied because I've been in your situation and I know how it feels. It's been a few years since I made the decision to denounce my religion and honestly it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. A ton of weight was lifted off my shoulders when I denounced my religion and it felt great. My parents don't know I'm planning on hiding it from them until I'm financially independent and living far, far away from them lol.
I hope this helped sorry if some of it didn't make sense I've had a long day but I saw your post and wanted to help you out.

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Can you provide a hadith for this. I haven't heard of this practice before.

It was narrated from Umm Karaz that she asked the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) about ‘aqeeqah, and he said: “For a boy, two sheep, and for a female one sheep, and it does not matter if it is male or female.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1516, who said this is a saheeh hasan hadeeth; and by al-Nasaa’i, 4217; classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Irwa’ al-Ghaleel, 4/391

"It was narrated from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded them (to slaughter) two sheep of similar type for a boy and one sheep for a girl."

Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1513, who said it is hasan saheeh; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.

Oh, okay, I have also read up on it now... my personal reflection is that it isn't a bad thing for girls and perhaps could be seen as beneficial even - people see that 2 sheep are being sacrificed and get vexed that only 1 is slaughtered for a girl; I would be happy that Allah has equated the single sheep of a girl to two of a boy, showing perhaps that she is more valuable rather than less. These are just my thoughts, but no one knows the true reason why there is that difference.

Wikiislam - really? If that is the quality of academic research you used, no wonder you lost your faith...