what do you all think what islam is?

[Raihan]

Re: what do you all think what islam is?

lostsoul,

Islam is an ideology which is superior to all other ideologies. Don't compare Islam to socialism.

Islam will prevent such a large gap from forming where 2% hold 95% of the wealth. I can't predict how long it will take but the fact the there is no copyright in Islam will have a huge effect in stopping such a large gap from forming. There will be a gap but it won't be so large.

[system]

Re: what do you all think what islam is?

@Raihan

fartguru,

It is Islam which decides what are good morals, good behaviour etc so it is Islam which decides what makes a good human.

I think Muslims declined when Ijtihad was stopped which led to stagnation of the thought and imitation of the past became prevalent. Instead of producing new technologies to solve new problems or correct Ijtihad on technologies produced by the west, we rejected all technology from the west yet accepted their ideas which contradicted Islam. Telephones were considered haram since you hear whispers and shaytan whispers! It should have been the other way around.

Other ideas which led to stagnation were myticism and asceticism. These ideas promote individualism and create defeatism in the people. Patience was understood and still is understood by many Muslims to be to sit at home and endure the problem, instead of acting and solving problems because they think that would mean to oppose the will of Allah. Patience means to hold on to Islam no matter which problem you face.

If we study movements which led to the births of ideological states we can see that they did not change the people first and then establish the state but the people generally wanted to change the system with the system offered by a minority who were affected by the ideology and the people were changed after the system was changed.

All you can say to prove your assertion is form should prevail and rest will follow. Islam cannot be confined or defined by a individual or entity. Islam as defined by the Quran and the Holy Prophet is for the universe and all humanity. Once we understand our position in this universe we can see how small our existence is in this unending story. How can a person or entity then talk of imposing ideas on others. It does not work like that my friend, if it was that easy then it would have happened by now. Every faith believes in honesty they are right, they too believe they have the secret formula which can solve all our problems. Therefore, it is extremely important that we first recognize our existence as human beings and then try and become Muslims.

[Raihan]

Re: what do you all think what islam is?

fartguru,

There will always be differences even between people who don't believe in a Creator as to what make a good human. Go to the philosophy webpages and you will see the differences in the understanding of morals. Some capitalists would argue selfishness is a good moral.

So who decides what is a good moral and what isn't? Is it the Creator of humans or the created human?