Have you ever questioned your belief?

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Re: Have you ever questioned your belief?

@PyariCgudia

Some issues about women such as testimony of two women equaling one of a man’s - that I still don’t get but it was probably a time dependent thing. Women weren’t as well educated as men, however if one woman only witnesses a crime and that’s all you have to work with then it makes sense her testimony alone should be sufficient.

This bothers me as well.. what happens if a man commits an offence against a woman but his testimony is worth twice hers?

Also the time dependent thing would be ok if scholars didn’t say that Islamic rulings should never change according to the times we live in.. Again that doesn’t make sense to me when I read how the niqaab should be worn in “times of fitna” (which is obviously very subjective).. Other issues which niggle at me are the slave rulings and how inheritance should be divided up..

I do think it might be the interpretation which is the problem in some cases..

The rapist marrying the victim happens in some Islamic cultures as well btw, it’s not just in the Old Testament.. I say “culture” because I’m not sure if it’s culture or part of Islam.. In some Muslim countries if the victim marries her rapist he can avoid prison and the thinking behind it is that the victim might not otherwise be able to marry at all.. In theory it has to be completely the victim’s choice but how many would actually want to do that rather than being pressured into it?