Since nobody else will ask, I will... Does Islam have a problem?

Humpy · Aug 26, 2017

There is NO old man sitting on a cloud watching and judging us.
Good and evil are in us. But in different proportions.

OddTrader · Aug 26, 2017

Humpy said:
Let's keep religion out of the Law Courts.
Its followers have already committed millions of murders and other crimes in the name of their God.
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Reality.

Malaysia - Legal System

http://www.expatfocus.com/expatriate-malaysia-legal-system

Malaysia has also incorporated Australian and Indian Laws into their justice system and their land laws are based on Australian land laws. Islamic law is state law and these laws only apply to Muslims and they have their own courts and sentencing guidelines.

The dual law system brings its own problems and those who oppose the laws claim the system goes against the Freedom of Religion. The dual system has caused difficulty for those who convert from the Muslim religion to another religion of which is illegal in sharia laws. Religion is stated on Mykads.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia

Ethnic groups ([2])

50.1% Malay
22.6% Chinese
11.8% Indigenous
6.7% Indian
8.8% other

Religion

Official:
61.3% Islam (Sunni)
Other religions:
19.8% Buddhist
9.2% Christian
6.2% Hindu
3.4% other
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OddTrader · Aug 26, 2017

Humpy said:
There is NO old man sitting on a cloud watching and judging us.
Good and evil are in us. But in different proportions.
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A priority and desire of knowing and investigating issues such as why there is homelessness and how to improve it can be good and useful.

Keeping the Nature beautiful, peaceful and sustainable is another one.

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Ignoring and avoiding the priority and desire of many useful and good issues could be really bad, even if not evil at all.

OddTrader · Aug 31, 2017

Muslims Opening Their Doors To Flood Victims: 'We Feel And Suffer The Same'
"Moments like this is what I consider true interfaith work."
31/08/2017

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/en...d-suffer-the-same_us_59a6e953e4b00795c2a341b9

As she pulled away from her flooded home, grateful that she had managed to save her kittens, her immediate thoughts turned to helping others. It was instinct. In the days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, displacing tens of thousands of people, hundreds of Muslims like Ashraf put aside their own suffering to come to the aid of those in need.

For Ashraf, who is the chairwoman of a committee for the Islamic Society of Greater Houston, that involved helping turn at least five area mosques into shelters. As the storm hit and the flooding ensued, the mosques have been providing cots and food to displaced people who may have otherwise never stepped foot inside.

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A Houston megachurch shut out flood victims. A Twitter storm opened it
Jamie Peck

Joel Osteen’s church holds 16,000 people, but instead of opening his doors he tweeted out good thoughts. Then he was told: that’s not what Jesus would do
Thursday 31 August 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...gachurch-shut-out-flood-victims-twitter-storm

That same day, Lakewood released a defensive statement. “We have never closed our doors,” a spokesman said. “We are prepared to shelter people once the cities and county shelters reach capacity.” This led many to point out it was not exactly Christ-like for the church to wait until all the other shelters were full to begin caring for its community.

It wasn’t until four days and hundreds of angry comments after Harvey made landfall as a category 4 hurricane that the church announced it would open its doors to anyone in need of shelter. Since then, Lakewood’s social media accounts have bloomed, with slickly produced videos of their late-breaking charitable operation, complete with smiling, thankful evacuees. (Only slightly undermined by a link to an article on Faithwire that blames the blowback on “outrage culture”.) But are they just doing damage control?

Whether or not Osteen’s church was actually “inaccessible” during the time period in question, it’s fair to question the moral fiber of a pastor whose first impulse during a humanitarian crisis is to offer up Panglossian platitudes. As if the people stranded on rooftops could somehow teleport to safety, if only they harnessed the Power of Positive Thinking™. I’m hardly a theological scholar, but that doesn’t seem what Jesus would do.
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yiehom · Sep 1, 2017

So it takes a christ or a muhamed for people to know that somebody in trouble MUST be helped out. Can't get it.

OddTrader · Sep 1, 2017

https://elitetrader.com/et/threads/...oth-christian-republican.311988/#post-4497994

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew 21:28-32

The Parable of the Two Sons

28 “What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

29 “‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.

30 “Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.

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Atheists? Believers? Non-believers? ...?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism#The_doctrine_of_.22things_indifferent.22

The doctrine of "things indifferent"

In philosophical terms, things that are indifferent are outside the application of moral law, that is without tendency to either promote or obstruct moral ends. Actions neither required nor forbidden by the moral law, or that do not affect morality, are called morally indifferent. The doctrine of things indifferent (ἀδιάφορα, adiaphora) arose in the Stoic school as a corollary of its diametric opposition of virtue and vice (καθήκοντα kathekon and ἁμαρτήματα hamartemata, respectively "convenient actions," or actions in accordance with nature, and mistakes). As a result of this dichotomy, a large class of objects were left unassigned and thus regarded as indifferent.
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OddTrader · Sep 2, 2017

Marjan practices at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul.

All-Female Orchestra From Afghanistan Is A Force For Change

January 31, 2017

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsan...hestra-from-afghanistan-is-a-force-for-change

It's perhaps the unlikeliest symphony orchestra in the world — an all-female ensemble from a strict Muslim society where it's often dangerous for young women to step outside of their homes unescorted. It's called Zohra — the name of a music goddess in Persian literature, according to its founder.
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OddTrader · Sep 7, 2017

A 33-year-old woman was found badly beaten inside this Florida home.

Man's Parents Flew From India To Allegedly Help Beat His 'Disobedient' Wife
She was found “bruised over her entire body,” Florida authorities said.
07/09/2017

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/20...dient-wife_a_23199678/?utm_hp_ref=au-homepage

A husband and wife are accused of flying from India to Florida to help “discipline” their son’s wife, who was found badly beaten and allegedly held against her will at a Tampa Bay area home on Saturday, law enforcement authorities said.
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Humpy · Sep 16, 2017

This is the brutal reality of Islam
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...h-for-ridiculing-prophet-muhammad-on-whatsapp

OddTrader · Sep 16, 2017

Humpy said:
This is the brutal reality of Islam
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...h-for-ridiculing-prophet-muhammad-on-whatsapp
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Actually, could be a start of positive progress!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...h-for-ridiculing-prophet-muhammad-on-whatsapp

There was widespread outrage across Pakistan in April last year when student Mashal Khan was beaten to death at his university in Mardan following a dormitory debate about religion.

Police arrested more than 20 students and some faculty members in connection with the killing. Since then, parliament has considered adding safeguards to blasphemy laws, a groundbreaking move given the emotive nature of the issue.

There have been at least 67 murders over unproven allegations of blasphemy since 1990, according to figures from a research centre and independent records kept by Reuters.
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