I am Pakistani but I don't mind my wife wearing a bikini in public

[Le_Pakistan]

Re: I am Pakistani but I don’t mind my wife wearing a bikini in public

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A lecturer mentioned this once about the new generation of kids asking him about being a good person over being a devout Muslim by following the pillars and then engaging in actions that go against basic teachings and general consideration for others.

Don’t have a lot of time to go into details to much but I personally feel that a part of it is people’s interpretations are completely different from one person to the next. I think young people are tired of the “two faced” behavior by many religious individuals in different levels of power as well as regular people in our lives and the bad reputation that has come on Islam by people preaching so passionately about one thing but lacking a basic understanding of humanity and the general good. Meaning they don’t practice what they preach? Maybe. We are reminded so much about praying this and that and respecting our parents and our wives and etc but how often do we hear people harpooning about being a good Muslim as well as a good human being. I don’t get those reminders about simple behaviors like that. Not often enough at least. Things that are relatable to everyday life. Then you see all of the corruption in Islamic communities and sometimes it’s almost hard to defend against somebody who wouldn’t understand. With more bad examples than good, I think people are tired of the corruption. I think this is very a tiny part of this. I know this is how I feel a lot.

I find that a very weak argument/justification, if someone uses it. Corruption and ‘two faced behavior’ are universal things and it happens everywhere and anywhere, in every social layer of every society. The problem is that a lot of people forget that religious individuals are just individuals like any other individual, humans who also make mistakes like any other mortal. They are expected to be perfect, but no human is perfect. They may wear the tag of Islam, but that does not necessarily mean that they also represent the true message of Islam.

A good/devout muslim is per definition also a good human. You can not be a good muslim without being a good human. There are not more bad examples than good ones. It is just that the bad ones get more media attention and more attention in general.