REFORMING ISLAM

Chapter Surah Al-Ahzab [33]  covers several different topics related to the direct lives of the people surrounding the Prophet. It mostly speaks about Prophet's personal feelings that he could not express due to being shy, his relationship with a woman he liked, then the halt to his option to further women "even if he likes them". It speaks about war and different types of God's help for the believers. It also describes how women should prevent being molested. It jumps from a topic and comes back. It generally skips topics and brings in metaphorical descriptions of God's punishment randomly, or where necessary to quickly turns to different topics from the Prophet's personal life, his wishes, desires, and rules regarding his wives which are obviously good for him in this world, but only good for his wives in the hereafter. It starts with a metaphorical speech about the universal values of God. Then it moves to the personal topic important for Muhammad an...

The new recruit initially needed some coaxing to punish an unmarried woman caught in a hotel room with a man. The article points out this morality crime in the region called Aceh, in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country. The alleged criminals get a public whipping.  The new recruit didn't have the stomach to do it right away, but she pulled her self together and flogged the alleged criminal. This shows that the Muslim religious source produces sharia law, making human suffering because of it. The modern Muslims will tell you it takes four witnesses to accuse of adultery. That is why Sharia police patrols in four. The scholars must teach the floggers how to do it properly - according to them. It is unclear to me if there is a proper way of flogging described in the Hadith or the Qur'an. Please let me know what is the proper way of flogging in your country! They also say it is not aimed to hurt people, but to shame them so they don't do...

I read in the news that the terrorist who committed a crime in London over the weekend had just been released from prison. Governments have to rehabilitate terrorists from their mythology. The governments must ensure that the reformed minds know that God doesn't speak to them through their Imams. They currently believe so. It is on us to tell the people how nature works. God doesn't move pieces of the universe like in a video game. He doesn't ask his followers to kill others in his name. This is the same for all religions. Terrorists shouldn't have the freedom of their religion because their religion tells them to kill others. They believe they will go to Heaven and get virgins if they die in a battle. As long as they believe in Heaven, God, and Muhammad, it will always lead them back to terrorism. We need help from experts from Islam who also understand nature. Moderate imams can't work on rehabilitation, because they share the same sources with the te...

Guy Fawkes, (1570—1606, London ), wanted to kill King James I and his chief ministers for increasing oppression of Roman Catholics in England. Religion at its best, I'd say. This is how the world has been working since the first religion. Oppression of others has been a part of society since its roots. But religion took this to another level. Philanthropy is not rooted in religion. Religion is a different set of rules, that sometimes curb really bad things of an individual. But if the individual in question is a ruler, no rules are bounding him (and it's usually a he ) to display his personal hatred and sadism. Religion gave rights and still gives, to the rulers. It gives walls to individuals, commons, it creates boundaries among individuals, and among common people, groups administered by rulers.

There are as many perceptions of a god, as much as there are people in this world, who believe in a god. So, what does that mean? What do different perceptions of god tell us about God?

The outbreak of a life-threatening virus Corona in China is a terrible occurrence. Putting aside the real issues with the virus, we'll focus on our usual topics, this time in relation to this occurrence. That is Islam and reforming the thinking of the Muslims who might be reading this. Also, we want to offer another perspective to non-Muslims who are reading this, a new perspective about Muslims and why and how they develop a lot of wrong ideas.

It is never OK to beat the wife. The meaning of verse 34 chapter 3 multiple ideas that are wrong. First, let's see the quote of the translation which is mostly accepted, and the link provided has multiple translations into all the languages once can imagine.  "Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they/men spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them, guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand." God describes the righteous woman as devoutly obedient to her husband, while a husband doesn't require such obedience to be righteous. Here, a man is righteous by default, doesn't need the special war...