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Originally Posted by pbmaise
Woodrow
Lets look back at our common history a few years before the Emancipation Proclamation.
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fugitive Slave Act is highly similar to honor killings, families forcing to marry against a child's will and Sharia Court. Basically it called upon everyone to return a wayward slave to his master. Justice and punishment of any slave to be administered by a court of the plantation owners.
It only takes a few honor killings to keep millions in check.
Before asking a daughter if she believes she has equality with her brother for:
1. Equal treatment in the home and being allowed to sit with her fathers and brothers at the dinner table;
2. Equal education opportunity;
3. May pray along side her father;
4. Is taught the family business;
5. May marry who she elects;
6. May dress as she elects;
First look for the strings that command her to be a puppet.
There are four groups being held and/or treated subhuman slaves:
1. The Muslim women of same sect.
2. All Muslims of a different sect.
3. Non-Muslims
4. Children that are not typical.
I see this in person.
I admit I am up to something. I am not directing my posts towards you. I am writing to the man that is most responsible for the current chaos. I am asking him to both remove the destructive fatawa he issued and replace it with a new one.
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I have no doubt you have seen it with your own eyes. I have also seen it with my own eyes and like you was appalled.
Perhaps our difference is I do not see Islam as a religion or an organization. I see it as 1.7 billion individuals, each striving to submit to God(swt) or stating that is what they are doing. What I like most about Islam is that it is a religion I can follow as an isolated person, with no need of clergy or even a specific house of worship. My dedroom is just as much of a Mosque as any other Mosque in the world. I worship directly to God(swt) as an individual with no form of clergy coming between me and my worship.
Perhaps very many whose only connection with Islam is they say they are Muslims.
We have some who sincerely study continuously with a desire to learn and keep trying to improve their lives. We also have some who want Islam to Justify their own desires and study Islam with the intent to use Islam to justify their own actions and desires.
Islam is not a cookbook religion filled with do and don't do. It is a view of the world that we all have 5 levels of responsibility
1. That which we must do, there will be severe consequences if we deliberately do not do them
2. There are things we should do, there is no punishment if we do not do them
3. There are things that are neutral, no punishment or reward if we do or don't do then
4. There are things we are encouraged to do, no harm if we don'
5. There are things we are forbidden to do and there will be severe consequences if we do them
We are to question all things we do and determine where it fits in the levels of responsibility.
The beauty of Islam is it is direct worship with no intermediaries.
The most confusing thing about Islam is it is direct worship with no intermediaries.
There are 1.7 billion Muslims which in essence means there are 1.7 billion Mosques. every Muslim is the clergy of his Mosque. There is no central agency that has jurisdiction of every Mosque, there is no Central authority that finances every Mosque, appoints/ordains clergy or collects financial support from members. there aren't even any membership requirements or central membership roles. the slosest thing to 'Membership" is probably the formation of Islamic organizations in the USA.Which are local groups of Muslims combining resources to build a community Mosque and community center.
Yes there have been political structures based upon Islam the ealiest ones that have enjoyed some level of success was When Syria, Iraq and Yemen were the Center of Islam, Next when Persia (Iran) became the center most central power structure. the Islamic Golden era was probably when Andalusia (Spain and Portugal) was the center Of Islam, the longest era was the Ottoman Empire (Turky) When Islam did the most Westward growth. Little noticed is the Majority of Islamic growth was east ward with virtually no migration Nearly 3/4 of the world's Muslims are Asiatic and most of then hardly every heard of.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia historically had no impact on Islam until the 1960s. there was no such country as Saudi Arbia until 1929 although the al-Saud Family conquered the Arabian peninsula in 1926 . Mecca and Medina (Yattrib in the Bible) were originally separate Nations.
The opinion of many Muslims is tha Mecca and Medina are still in the Nation of Hijaz which is Illegaly occupied by Saudi Arabia. It does pose a bit of a quandary as Hijaz has no natural resources and for many millenia was a Trading center that was the focal point for world commerce.
For a better and more accurate understanding of Hijaz:
WHKMLA : History of Hejaz
What all thi means is there is no single entity called Islam. It is not an organization, it is a way of life that is followed by people of very diverse backgrounds and views. the organizational structure of Islam is identical to the organizational structure of Atheism---THERE IS NONE.