What Islamic Ummah?

[SaeedinPakistan]

Re: What Islamic Ummah?

@Mystique

Totally disagree.

Basic social teachings of Islam are first and foremost speaking the truth, honesty & fairness in business dealings, tolerance, acceptance, introspection, patience, kindness… not just towards other muslims but towards all the mankind.

When people will be educated to focus on their own flaws and purification of oneself from flaws. Most focus on purification of one’s own body, mind, heart and soul and less on others’ weaknesses, the whole society will slowly reach a state of purification. I dont know of many scholars who focus on educating people those values anymore which in reality are the soul of Islam. If people open Quran, understand it with open, unbiased minds & honesty to one’s self, they will naturally adopt those qualities.

People need to be taught the teachings sent down in the book. Not teachibgs of sponsored Islam and the extremism taught by the clerics hired by world’s owners for political gains.

People need to make an effort. Read and interpret correctly. They will be surprised to know that Quran talks about more than forbidden sex, women covering up, 4 marriages for men, wives obedience & tormenting ‘azaab’ for people who dont practice those 4-5 things they believe Islam is. Islam much more than those few things all Pakistanies believe it is about. The mindsets are so limited.

Secularism is not the solution. Correct teaching, unbiased, unchanged interpretation of the verses is.

It’s a shame that people think secularism can purify the society while the book cant. It has all the wisdom humankind needs to live in peace. All people need is to look and search for their answers in the book. While Pakistanis look towards all the people & in all the places in the world, amazingly inside the Quran are all the answers. They only need to interpret correctly.

Islam doesn’t have a monopoly over ideas like truth, honesty, fairness, tolerance, acceptance, introspection, patience, kindness, etc. A secular constitution can contain these ideas without religion. A government can work for the welfare of its citizens without religion.

I have no objection to an individual using their religion as an inspiration, a guiding tool for themselves. However, I have a strong objection to religions involvement at state level. Examples being, Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy laws, ban on alcohol and other drugs, laws on zina, the condition that Prime Minister and President be muslims.