To Fix Islam, Start From the Inside

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  • Posted By: jaferap @ 01/03/2009 5:18:34 AM

    islam is the most gender friendly religion.one of the main arguement against Islam during the medieval period was that iw was giving too much power to mennials like women and slavas
    jafer AP

  • Posted By: qooje @ 01/03/2009 3:40:06 AM

    Islam is way of life and it is complete system. it does not need any fixing at all. The Authoter of this article has no knowledge what so ever about Islam. it is just complete rubish and doesnot make any logical thouhgt what he said about Islam. If you have any better system that you known of, tell us or keep to yourself this horruble comments .

  • Posted By: arbucle @ 01/03/2009 2:25:25 AM

    Islam will soon take over the west and all the whores will be brought to heal before Allah.Submit and you will be set free.

  • Posted By: deMuse @ 01/03/2009 12:54:02 AM

    Islam uses secular democracies, or somewhat democracies with their freedom of speech and so on, to gain control of the populations, then brutally impose rules that are created by ulema (Islamic clergy) to first and foremost to insure the institution of ulema as the ruler of Islam, no matter the fact that,these people are hateful narrow minded, ignorant, powerful group of brutal men, who must be rendered incapable of imposing their diabolical vision. Yes the best way is from within and no group better then women. It is no arrogance to say lashing women, throwing them in to pits, then stoning them to death, and just because they may have made love to some one other then their husbands who were forced on them in the first place. This could never be good no matter what, and those who cannot admit this, well I don't know what they deserve.

  • Posted By: LimeyBloke @ 01/03/2009 12:24:25 AM

    @user82958 said
    "How to fix Islam? The arrogance of the editors at Newsweek is breathtaking."

    I quote from the article: "But as a faithful, feminist Muslim, I..." Unless I am mistaken, Irshad Manji would appear to be the person who wrote the article, not the editors at Newsweek. Her alleged arrogance is not clear to me

  • Posted By: user82958 @ 01/02/2009 11:24:07 PM

    How to fix Islam? The arrogance of the editors at Newsweek is breathtaking. No wonder the world hates Americans, because of attitudes like this. No wonder Muslims feel that the "war on terrorism" is really a war on Islam, and the U.S. media is just as much an active participant as the U.S. military.

  • Posted By: DONGSKHIE @ 01/02/2009 11:22:39 PM

    ISLAM is good as a guidance to ourselves, as well as other religions. as long as properly interpreted, Start from the inside, i suppose , the household. WOMEN, should not be a merchandize,. The more women in the household, the more income the household head has, most practice this system even up to now. Purchasing your partner is a bondage . I feel great to read some articles women firghting for their right. This right could not be achieve unless purchasing exist. I M NOT A MUSLIM anyway, but a mere observation and experience after working years from middle east countries. There is no justice, liberty and trust. START INSIDE, and spread. but doing this will infuriate the so called guardians of religion and so forth. this is just my modest idea, be acceptable or not.., thank you

  • Posted By: techresmgt @ 01/02/2009 11:08:58 PM

    Not our job, dude, not our job. We spend entirely too much time debating this issue. We have enough problems at HOME to worry about, let those women and that religion do their own bidding.

  • Posted By: DONGSKHIE @ 01/02/2009 11:02:05 PM

    IN some Islamiccountries, or islam religion ., women has no right like men do. I found ifulfilling reading articles on muslim women fighting for their rights.. REALLY, in some islamic countries, women is a form of merchandize in every household. the more moan in the household ready for sale to buyers the more income the family head has.b The buyer on the other hand , keeps the purchased being as a personal pro-perty , bondage,. If marrying among them is done not thru purchase but out of resoect, love, and trust, than there is equality, among the partners. TRUST, is the theme, not influence by the outdated or maybe mis interpretation of the koran/ this is just my modest idea, iam not a muslim, anyway.

  • Posted By: georgetonyoo7 @ 01/02/2009 10:54:22 PM

    I think islam is perfect & good ,,,, the change is needed in oursevelves,,,, If truth prevails,,,, justice is done,,,,,, mass killers of innocent to brought to justice ........ international court of justice works for every killers of humanity,,,,,,,,,Democracy in world bodies,,,,,,, veto power abolish......... Record of last 50years of wrong doing of cia be checked......... why anti terrorist killing more innocent than terrorist................Most important is justice to all victoms,,like,,,palastine, iraq,,,, afghanistan , pakistan............etc etc..... other & foremost is nuclear free world,,,,,,,,, justice needed here also nobody other than us can be nuclear......... Israil can but no other county in middle east......... terrorist state to be declare by physical record of all countries..................If we do justice peace will automatacally be prevailed
    Thanks

  • Posted By: ross1972 @ 01/02/2009 10:37:24 PM

    Can religious dogma of any sort be fixed?Islam is no more broken than any ancient,largely anachronistic religion.It is we the people that are broken,we are the true problem with our pettiness,jealousy,anger and hate.It is probably wrong to think that a religion has made our hearts any blacker than they were in the first place.I think your choice of title could have been better.

  • Posted By: maries1girl @ 01/02/2009 9:29:37 PM

    I agree (ahdaf). Obama or whomever is inside the White House, can't even restore American EUROPEAN civilization so the notion that Islam inside America needs or wants feedback/advice from the U.S., exemplifies the Western pedagogy that we ourselves actually behave in an elevated manner. Better look and see which country has the most incarcerated people, the most drug addicts, the most murder, the most intrafamilar violence...it isn't Islam.
    I'll go furthar. I'd bet my life that only 2-3% percent of European Americans, even REALLY know a single Islamic family or couple. I'm not talking about "oh yeah, I used to work with a guy who is Islamic." I am talking about the degree of exposure and interaction that you can and do, sit down and say to one another exactly what is on one's mind. American Europeans don't even do that with Black America, and they've been here 432 years and predominantly BUILT this country. I don't know a single, suffering American Muslim woman, not one, and I know many, even go to Mosque with a couple of them. America needs to focus on their own so called Christian folks and their moralistic, egocentric practices. Quit trying to "fix" everything outsde yourself, because usually everything we Westerns meddle in collapses or blows up in war. Leave Islam alone and fix yourselves, then you may be in a position to be a role model, but you aren't anywhere near that now and probably 100 murders, home invasions, car jackings, and assaults took place during only this writing.

  • Posted By: jbz7879 @ 01/02/2009 9:14:41 PM

    fix detroit
    fix white house
    fix the world trade centre
    then fix the health care
    and also fix the face of hilary clinton

    then we will talk about things which have lasted more then 1300 years and america is already falling apart in less then 130 years

    fix your land of dreams first with the braves and free who flout every law of their own land and fix your florida state electoral votes which are even more hilariously rigged then ZIMBABWE
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  • Posted By: Ahdaf @ 01/02/2009 8:43:46 PM

    I don't think that whoever is qualified to fix, analyze or prophetize one's relligion. Islam is a religion of peace ,brotherhood, understanding followed by billions of people and I don't think that any guy who has never studied Islam and Coran is elligible to fix Islam.Islam is not an engine you can just fix with a screwdriver.And only this will be done by Moslem Scholars as the Moslem cannot be qualified to fix the Bible unless you are qualified to do it by empowering Christian women

  • Posted By: renaissanceman @ 01/02/2009 8:07:30 PM

    Often times it is a simple solution to many of today's problems. Oppression often times stems from male insecurity, whether it be against women or blacks. But as we can see if we are all empowered with the freedom to choose our own fate it only makes us stronger.

  • Posted By: there wolf @ 01/02/2009 6:24:50 PM

    Fix Islam ? How about we start by fixing democracy, or the lack thereof.

    EddieMunster

  • Posted By: eddiemunster @ 01/02/2009 6:23:09 PM

    Fix Islam ? How about we start by fixing democracy, or the lack thereof.

    EddieMunster

  • Posted By: True_Indian @ 01/02/2009 5:40:03 PM

    Having 20 kids is rediculus in this modern world. How are they planning to raise them and provide education to them? Thats why these Muslim women need education and social awareness. I read an aritlcle in Pakistani news paper that there are young people for sale and Terror organizations are buying them to make them as suicide bombers.

  • Posted By: boscobear @ 01/02/2009 5:05:35 PM

    Once the women get power, conditons will improve for everyone.

  • Posted By: FATJOEY @ 01/02/2009 3:19:56 PM

    PISS AND MOAN,PISS AND MOAN,IS THAT ALL MUSLIMS DO? PISS AND MOAN?

    • Posted By: YashBudini @ 01/02/2009 4:31:08 PM

      It appears that you are a Muslim, based on your definition.

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