Comments on: Don’t define Muslim societies by their flaws

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Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:50:33 +0000

[...] To those who went on a fault finding mission to catalog Muslim social ills and argue against religious co-existence, I have discussed this mindset in a blog on Engage Minnesota which can be read here. [...]

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By: fedwa

fedwa — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:23:08 +0000

Hello,

Thanks for your comments. This is not a theological website so we cannot debate theological issues. You are welcome to visit the local mosque/masjid and discuss these issues with a knowledgeable Muslim.

Please read this article by Jamal Badawi, it may clarify some misconceptions you have…

http://www.islamawareness.net/MusChristRelations/reflections.html

By: John Adams

John Adams — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:47:11 +0000

I believe that it is time to define Allah (to the extent possible). No one claims that God could be fully defined – but rather that we can know what He is and what He is not.

Perhaps the Islamic world would do well for itself by agreeing on who exactly God is. Who is Allah? Is Allah unchanging or is Allah capricious? Can Allah be known on a personal level? Where can Allah be found?

Does killing in the name of Allah serve a purpose? Killing in the name of Allah certainly doesn’t provide an opportunity for the slain to know Allah.

Is Allah omnipotent? If so, acts of violence in the name of Allah only show weakness on Allah’s part. Is Allah omniscient (all knowing)? If so, how (does Allah inhabit eternity or is Allah apart of the space-time domain)?

Is Allah loving?

What exactly does the Koran say about the character of Allah? As one looks into the scriptures, one finds that Allah is not defined as Love – but rather that Allah loves certain actions (most of which are acts of obedience to violence).

Are the characteristic traits of Allah, as defined by the Koran, consistent with the character traits of a Creator God?

By: Zafar Siddiqui

Zafar Siddiqui — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:20:20 +0000

This is a brilliant article that clearly brings to the fore the curx of the problem that Islamophobes suffer from.

Muslims are present in almost every country in the world and are productive members of the society. Focusing on the flaws in the Muslim communities (which are no different from the flaws in other communities) may quench their (Islamophobes) thirst for “getting back” at Islam but in reality they end up doing great injustice to the cause of mutual co-existence by promoting irrational hatred.

I hope the readers will forward this article to jump start some real conversations that are positive and build bridges.

By: tahani

tahani — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:01:48 +0000

Hello

I read the article. But sometimes some people’s sense of Muslims working to distort the image of Islam and this makes people Ace Others Muslims to criticize Islam

tahan…..

By: Ammar Husain

Ammar Husain — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:53:35 +0000

Sister Fedwa,
I commend you for your article. You are right in being offended by the real motives of “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week”. I especially liked the part where you say: “How can you decry the stoning of women to death in Muslim societies, and then support bombing an entire country “back to the Stone Age”?

Keep it up. We are with you.