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Interesting, especially the part about realizing that there is no individual self. That seems to be a bit of a theme I'm running into, though I've mostly just encountered it in Buddhism.

Yeah, that was interesting — actually, it reminds me quite a lot of Averroism (which basically taught that the human self has two parts, one individual and mortal and one shared among all intelligent beings and eternal, and which was the main way through which we learned about Aristotelian thought from you guys).

Can there have been some influence between Averroism and Sufism, in either direction?

I'm what I like to call a "pramatic" Muslim.

pragmatic?

There are certain elements of Islam that ultimately don't hold well today, like with homosexuality.

Yes, but how do you know moderns are in the right?

Every religion is like that, no big. They were written for the times, after all.

edited 18th Jun '11 8:23:31 AM by MrAHR

I think that followers of all religions should put importance not only on studying their holy texts, but studying the society and context in which those texts were written. Taking everything at face value can potentially be a very bad thing.

Yep, the whole hijab burkha thing is a prime example.

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And yes context is very important. The so called verse of the sword is pretty much about beating up a specific group of idolater aggressors. Yet people have taken it and ran with it...Which happens ALOT in Abrahamic faiths...

Kinda wonder if this happens with other religions as well.

edited 18th Jun '11 2:04:38 PM by Justice4243

Agreed. Quoting 9:1-6 will give a whole new context for that verse.

edited 22nd Jun '11 12:46:09 AM by Blurring

I'm muslim! Religiously... inactive... but nonetheless a muslim!

Inhopeless: I'm a casual muslim myself. A personal annoyance of mine is how people always seem to depict muslims in a positive light by...giving them uber muslim traits. It's like playing a gay guy completely and stereotypically flamboyant, but because he's a good guy, it's OK!

Blearch. I ramble.

@AHR:

So jeans and a hijab?

I saw a few girls like that at university.

Not even a hijab. That's just it. Not even the majority of my turkish relatives wear hijabs.

When it comes to appearances, I make an effort not to draw on myself, or get piercings, but my sister was allowed to get her ears pierced, the same way most christians of the modern day are allowed to show their ankles and do stuff on sundays.

edited 22nd Jun '11 4:28:08 PM by MrAHR

@AHR: I have seen your photos, you know.

I know. I don't know what people assume. Do you recall pictures of my blue bandanna? When seeing that, some people assumed I wore it due to being muslim. :|

Pffft. Maybe if you were a Muslim pirate.

—snerk—

Well, I know what I'M doing with my life once I get out of college.

AHR being a Muslim? I'm happily surprised at that. There should be seriously more of us on the fora.

Yeah. I'm casually muslim, but then again, most people around where I live are usually casually religious.

edited 9th Aug '11 5:54:24 PM by MrAHR

Just dropping in to say hello.

Hi!

Do you Muslims really bow to...where was that direction...seven times a day or is that just an myth/exaggration?

I don't. Some do.

Five daily prayers