How can Muslims be non-radical?
Given that the very source material of the religion is "radical" (ie. extremely oppressive of women, treats people of unrecognized religious faiths as non-humans, promotes murder of non-Muslims, etc.), why do people convince themselves that they are following Islam by following their significantly altered version? If Allah said "Woman are sexual temptresses who should be covered at nearly all times. Oh, and if they get raped, they should be beaten for being unfaithful to their husband", how can a woman just ignore those vile things, still convince herself that she's properly worshiping that god, and proudly announce her Muslim faith?
Since I know someone will mention Christianity: Christianity's Old Testament was definitely vile, but (correct me if I'm wrong) the New Testament (which replaced the Old) was filled with messages of peace, love, equality, and acceptance.
But I digress: How can someone discard a huge chunk of their religion and still think they are part of it? I'm GLAD that they've discarded all of that bullshit, but my thinking is: If they are going to disobey, that probably means they don't really believe the Koran, in which case, why not find a religion that truly is peaceful and loving and just be done with it? (I think there is some New Testament stuff in Christianity about homosexuality, but since the religion is all about forgiveness and repentance, I can understand why people "discard" things they don't agree with.)
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