Re: Islam in Pakistan
You telling me that Islam doesnt believe in Living ones life and allowing others to live theirs?
So if I dont like the way you live, Islam gives me the right to harm you, or kill you simply because I dont agree with your life style?
There is actually something called introspection, a process in which you actually read and understand, not just regurgatate and memorize. If all you do is memorize and regurgitate, then you lose the flexibility of mind required to understand the world.
There is something called logic, if you cant apply logic to your relgioun or your belief system, then there is something seriously wrong with your belief system...
You cant submit to somthing that you dont understand... Simply reading the Quran as black and white simply doesnt work, because much of it can not be reconciled with the modern world.
The greatest crime is allowing yourself to be impriosoned within the narrow interpretatios of religous dogma. To truly make Islam meaningful, it must be understood within the context of our lives today...
Firstly, the live and let live concept that was being referred to in this thread is not about life and death... it is about ppl saying that the "best thing about pakistan (which is supposed to be an ISLAMIC country) is that we can practise our deen any which way we want" (the whole we should let ppl in pakistan practise their deen any way we like). True, there is no compulsion upon a hindu/ christian living in the country, and they shouldn't/ cant be forced to accept islam, but what i'm saying is that a Muslim country has to IMPLEMENT ISLAM on all fronts of life.
Now to the logic.... like i said before, we all have different logics right? so how will we ever come to a conclusion.... what i'm saying is that even if there is something in Islam (that is proved with quran and hadith), then we have no space to use "our logic" to sort it our further.
E.g the quran and hadith are quite particular on riba (there is NO space for it)... now if u and i started using our logic that in this day and age.............. there is no space for it!
We submit to the teachings of the quran whether they fit well with us or not, if we understand it, then its a bonus, if we dont, then this isn't a reason to ignore it. (same agruement that a lot of women use.... i dont get why us women have to cover up, etc, etc...)
And what do u mean much of the Quran cant be reconciled in today's world??? does it need an update? (na oozobillah). The reason why it is difficult to practise Islam is bcoz the framework needed to practise is freely doesn't exist in pakistan (it doesn't at all mean that it is not as applicable today as it was 1400 years ago!)
Wassalam