The Sharing Group Discussion: Why is Islam Over-Regulated?
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Jay Adam posted, on The Sharing Group, on the 16 th January 2017, “One observation that bugs me and should everyone else! Why is faith over-regulated through the prism of misogyny and rituals when faith was meant to free us from misogyny and redirect our focus to values such as kindness, fairness, justice? It appears the spirit of Islam died when Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) died, and what we have had since is just a glimpse of the message and wisdom he chose to impart.” Brother Terence Helikaon Nunis: To understand that, we have to understand the history of the Muslims. The time of the Salaf also coincided with the Umayyads and the Abbasids, and while they had a handful of good rulers, they had many terrible ones as well. This was also the time of ahadits manufacture, where narrations were forged to enforce the legitimacy of rule regardless of the fitness of the rulers, and this shaped some of our theological positions....