why am i constantly getting flooded with idea of islam is misyogntic/tribal/ want to get invloved in other lives/consider love form of zina/ only accept traditional nikah as only valid form of marriage /anything else is just zina/ want to control women with dress code while on the other hand i am getting also flooded with idea that christanity is merciful / encourage indiviualism/ flexible on relationship / doesn't control women / doesn't care how you dress .
like i don't want this in mind but it keep happening it making seem as if islam is devil religion and chrsitantiy isss religion of mercy but i don't want that i want it to stop , i am not even intersted in chrisntaity to begin with

If so why do you believe that?

i am tunisian and it techinically muslim country however it often seclaur state
an i wanted to know how do muslim who are seclaur reconcile with that since while a few the shariah does prescribe punishement but again few hadd laws .
and no this isn't post by wahabi trying to guiltrip muslims into imposing shariah and declaring everyone kaffir XD lol

I accidentally ordered a chicken wrap that had bacon inside it and asked the restaurant that i didn’t want bacon but it was too late so they just took it out and gave me it.

I ate it but now i feel guilty that i ate something that had touched the pork bacon, i just didn’t wanna throw the food out that i already paid for and it was an accident. I googled it and it says it’s haram because it touched it. What do you think?

Up front, I am a curious, non-Muslim layman. I was raised irreligious and have no particular religious affiliation of my own.

I’m interested in how progressive Muslims understand and navigate the concept of bid’ah (religious innovation). In traditional Islamic discourse, innovation in religion is treated with considerable suspicion, and many classical interpretations of the sunnah place fairly strict limits on reformulating established religious teachings or practices.

Given the Quranic declaration that the religion has been perfected (5:3) and Muhammad’s warning against newly introduced matters in religion (Sahih Muslim 867a), how do progressive Muslims distinguish legitimate reinterpretation from impermissible bid’ah, and what principles or sources of authority constrain that judgement?

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته،
I have two questions that have been weighing on my mind for many years now, and was hoping you could shed some light on my worries. My first question is about modern day concubinage. I was having a conversation with someone who said they would take on a slave, or a maid which would be the modern day equivalent, and would have intimate relations with her, and of course I said that’s haram, and can’t be done unless he marries her, to which he replied with by bringing up ayah 23:5-6. I was at a loss for words, as I obviously couldn’t go against the word of god. I told him that was a completely different era, and things were different back then, and he responded by saying that the Quran is applicable to our ummah regardless of the era, and again I couldn’t argue with that because that’s how it’s supposed to be. So my question is; how is the Quran supposedly applicable to all eras and their individual predicaments, but something like this is specifically and explicitly said in the Quran. If every word in the Quran is intentional and from Allah, wouldn’t that mean that concubinage is still permissible?
My next question is a slightly more uncomfortable one, and I apologize for my language in advance. If sodomy is absolutely haram, as we all know it to be; why is the male prostrate gland (pleasure point) in the the rectum? If Allah created the human body, male and female, with absolute attention to detail, why would he place something like that in a place he explicitly forbade for anything to go for a man?
(I wasn’t sure who I would actually get a response from, so I’ve sent this out to everyone who I thought would actually be able to answer

I'm not a scholar and I don't want to offend anyone, but I have questions that I can't find a calm answer to. For example, if God is all-powerful and good, why is there so much terrible suffering in the world? Children get sick and die, animals suffer, natural disasters happen. If God can do anything and loves everyone, why does he allow this? People tell me it's a test, but for a small child it doesn't look like a test.

Another thing that bothers me is that faith depends so much on where a person was born. If I was born in a Muslim country, I'm probably Muslim. If in India, Hindu. If in Europe, Christian or atheist. If there is one truth, why is it so tied to birthplace? It looks more like a cultural tradition than something obvious to everyone.

There are also questions about the Quran itself. I'm told it's the unchanging word of God, but historians write that there were different readings, that the text was collected and standardized under Uthman, that there are traces of editing. If the text is truly uncreated and perfect, why does it have such a human history? And why are many stories in the Quran similar to earlier Jewish and Christian texts, sometimes even apocrypha? This doesn't necessarily destroy everything, but the questions remain.

I'm also bothered by some moral points. In the texts there is slavery, military commands, inequality of women in testimony and law, punishments for apostasy and adultery, the story of Aisha's age. People tell me this must be understood in the context of that time. But if morality from God is eternal, why does it change so much with history? It seems that either morality is not absolute, or we are not reading it the way we should.

There is also abrogation of verses. Some verses cancel others. If the message is eternal, why is it corrected according to circumstances? It looks like people changing rules as they go. And also: how do you distinguish a true prophet from a charismatic person? They say the Quran is inimitable, but that's subjective. Other religions also have miracles and personal experience. You need some independent way to check, but there isn't one.

Finally, some places in the Quran about seven heavens, a spread-out earth, the sun setting in a murky spring, don't fit well with science if read literally. And if read metaphorically, then you can explain anything, and nothing can be checked anymore. I'm not saying I have a final answer. But all these questions together create serious doubt. I think an honest believer should also notice them and somehow respond to them.

For the last while I have became a bitter person, became doubtful about Islam despite having done my research on this sub and other progressive sources, I chose to do wrong, chose to insult Allah and hate himand while I didn't say it or admitted it, I left Islam..

But there was always a feeling, this unexplainable feeling I had, like someone was calling for me, not a calling of anger, although I was afraid and assumed that Allah was angry at me(and honestly rightfully so), but it felt like it lacked any judgmental looks, like an old friend calling for you or a parent waiting for you home after a long day with a warm cup of chocolate

I was too ashamed to abswer that call and so I doubled down on my sins, I subconsciously thought that I can continue my life without Allah, and even if that is true, not because I can live without him, no one can but I think he's generous and kind enough to let us live without staying connected to him, I still had a feeling that something was missing, someone important that has always watched me with love

I know I've done lots of sins and still do some of them like zina with my gf that I love so much which I know is a sin but I really love her, I still want to share this life with him, I want to thank him whenever I succeed in something and when I fail I want to be grateful to him for the experience or hold on hope and ask him for help to not give up, I want ti share lots of moments with him and my journey towards my dreams, I just want to share my life with him and learn to love him

I know I still do some of the sins that brought me away from him but I really want to do my best despite that, the insults and bad things I did towards him as well as sins that I can't exactly repent from like zina make too ashamed to try but I really want to try my best making salat, learning to love Allah and do good deeds in his name, learning about his religion etc..

I have never fasted an entire ramadan yet as well and I really want to fast the next one while praying and enjoying Allah's presence in my life

Idk if I can even do any of that but I really want to come back to him, even if I'm far away from perfect

Salam everyone. I'm a 40+ muslim woman married to a non-muslim for 17 years, with three children. I come from a conservative Sunni family and was the first to challenge cultural and religious expectations around marriage. I'm proud that my bravery helped pave the way for others in my family to marry freely despite the fact that it came at an enormous cost. Unfortunately, my own marriage has been marked by chronic emotional invalidation, dishonesty, serious boundary violations, and more recently, physical aggression. I've spent nearly two decades trying to address these issues, only to find myself repeatedly blamed for raising them. I'm not afraid to make difficult decisions, but the uncertainty surrounding my children's futures is devastating. This is not the family life I wanted for them. I'm looking for a supportive space to discuss specific experiences, examine them through an Islamic lens, and receive candid feedback about the severity of what's happened. My husband doesn't need to be Muslim to be held to standards of honesty, accountability, and basic human dignity. I would particularly appreciate perspectives from others navigating interfaith marriages.

I had seen a video of someone asking this and thought of it too.

Albeit I believe that every person regardless of their religious beliefs must be an environmentalist, still, I genuinely don't see much muslims advocating for such problems.

Idk maybe they're too busy asking whether it's permissible for a woman to wear a backpack and shit of the sort. No time for actual problems occurring in the world.

A man and a woman were executed for indecent acts inside a mosque in Mecca...

Wasn't the hadd punishment for this a 100 lashes or something? I know Saudi isn't the embodiment of a merciful kind of islam and they have a lot of double standards (just lookup what Saudi men do to south Asian women who work in their houses), but is it even a valid thing? It is reported it was a discretionary punishment, can this be done or is it allowed in islam? What do you think?

I went from rejecting some hadith to rejecting most to rejecting all hadith, I could not accept the fact the prophet married a 9 year old, that shaytan hangs out in my nose at night, stonlng etc.

I went quran only for a few months but still praying the hadith way, eventually I was like but if hadith can be fabricated and still considered fully sahih, who's there to say the quran wasn't.

So i went into a deep dive looking up all the miracles again that kept my faith strong and now i'm a medical school student almost a doctor who's also studying astrophysics in his own time, i checked all the miracles and i saw that all of them were common knowledge or atleast things being talked about at that time. Some "miracles" were just stuff that aristotle and galel mentioned centuires ago, and since mecca was an important trading place there were a lot of cultures and different people with different belief there. The sun doesn't set in a murky water, the sky isn't an object, then i read about the inheritance divisions some come up to 112.5% some less than 100% and all of them were either "metaphors" or "god knows" but why would god send a book that nobody understands?

Also if god knew hadith would become so problematic where it would lead people to leave islam, why allow it at all? If they are true then why not let the prophet compile them himself so we wouldn't have to reject 593000 of them?

Then i thought about animals, it is believed that the first animals have existed 500 million years ago, humans only 300 thousand years. What was the point of letting animals eat eachother, get tortured for 499700000 years?

Also the "men mentioned 23 times women 23 times so it matches the chromosomes" that is common pattern recognition that can be done in any book it's just not a miracle. Then the fact that the prophet conviniently received surahs exactly when he needed them, like telling his guests to leave, telling his wives that he can choose between who he hangs out with but also that is only for yim not for the rest of the muslims?

Also what is the point of testing us? Genuinely an All powerful god has no need to test anybody, he knew billions would end up in hell why create them? I can't fathom that.

Salaam ! I am doing a research project on hate crimes-more specifically against Muslims. PLEASE inform me more- so i can go into the depths, because idek where to start

my argument: violence and hate crimes against Muslims is very overlooked and justified due to the harsh stereotypes reinforced by Western media, social media and political figures. The portrayal is always that Muslims are dangerous or associated with terrorism, and thats being contributed to Islamophobia and dehumanization, and shaping the public perception and normalization of hate/violence towards Muslims. I want to explore how these narratives influence society to excuse or condone the violence against Muslims, even in cases that involve mass atrocities("war").

I am aware of why this anti-islam/anti-arab rhetoric is constantly pushed by the US - but i know this reasoning runs deep and isn't as black and white as many people think- so i guess what im asking is, if anyone would be willing to inform me more on this rabbit hole on why the U.S/WEST MEDIA, is ALWAYS pushing this negative depiction of muslims- please share any helpful info or links!

Hey guys, hope everyone is doing well!

My brother married a Christian and she seems to be joining eid and other stuff in mosque, but my brother refuses to join in on her christmas celebrations with her family etc, so a lot of their events, she is going to her family alone without him while she joins everything with us.

I tried to tell him that he should out of respect to his wife, join in on the family meeting she has, because these are stuff he knew about before marrying her, so why act like her stuff doesnt matter while expecting her to follow his stuff?

Also, since they love eachother etc, i think he is worried about wether they will go to same heaven or not? Like if they both truly believe their own belief, can they both still end up in Jannah together?

Islam doesn't need feminism, but Muslims most certainly do.

Being Muslim and a feminist are treated as mutually exclusive by muslims as well as Islamophobes. Yet, Islam is a dynamic faith that is heavily shaped by the traditions and cultures where it flourished.

What many people fail to understand is that patriarchy is a construct that exceeds any religion and influences its practitioners.

There is a truth to the claim that "Islam doesn't need feminism" - a religion that has love and justice at his heart shouldn't need movements to fight oppression.

Nonetheless, by todays standards, we need the movement more than ever to find back to a faith that is not corrupted by modern-day s3xism, rAcism, and fAscism.

We need feminism to shift our conversations from marriage and women's behavior to the fight against oppression and injustice.

Just started a list why muslim countries are some of the most corrupt places. Yet we worry about Hijab as our #1 priority.

1. Wasting peoples time: everyone is always late but at the expense of others.

2. Stealing by cutting corners when delivering services, goods.

3. Gossip & backbiting

4. Taking bribes and nepotism

5. Sabotaging other people

Is Sharia eternal and compulsory? What even is it exactly? Are secular systems prohibited? If Sharia is a must, isn't it unfair for non muslims? Wouldn't a neutral law be better, even sharia afaik, is something that changes from interpretation to interpretation so theres no ultimate Sharia.

Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh, dear brothers and sisters.

Please make sincere dua for every victim of sexual slavery, human trafficking, sex dungeons, and sexual exploitation. May Allah grant them freedom, protection, healing, and justice, guide those responsible towards sincere repentance, and bring an end to every system that profits from human suffering.

May Allah fill our hearts with His love and mercy, protect the oppressed, and liberate every enslaved soul.

Ameen ya Rabbal Alameen.