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The human nature excuse is a bad argument. Your system works that way, not human nature. You've just admitted solving homelessness is mostly an issue of distribution rather than a lack of resources. If you're willing to manipulate the laws of physics, doing the same with the laws of economics...

Sure, it's not easy to solve homelessness. But it wasn't easy to develop nukes or send a man to space either, yet it was done. Reducing economic inequality is important and ultimately beneficial in the long-run. That is generally the advice given to developing countries, but it applies equally...

In matters of Islamic Law, the Holy Quran always takes precedence as it is the direct, unchanged word of Allah. Hadith, Seerat etc is very important, but we must check to make sure it doesn't conflict with the Quran as Hadith were narrated by humans, who can make mistakes. It doesn't matter...

No, but America is currently the richest and most powerful country in the world. If there's one place it shouldn't exist, it's America. America is also the only country in the world that spends $600 Billion on its military. Yeah, its a well-known phenomenon, US Democrats and Liberals often go...

Such a law is anti Islamic, those who insult the Holy Prophet (s.a.w) can answer to Allah, we do not have the authority to do anything to them. Here is what Islam actually says about it: "When you hear the signs of Allah held in defiance and ridicule, you are not to sit with them unless they...

Janaab, I am well aware of the Liberal tendencies of Islam and the idea of Islamic Socialism. I have been saying most of these things myself. I believe in Socialist economics myself, as that is much more compatible with Islam than the profit-driven exploitative madness that is Capitalism. In...

Agreed 100%, you have said it better than I could. I don't actually disagree with you here, we definitely need a better counter-narrative and stronger political opposition to extremists. We also need to have more open discussions on religion, especially in the form of more accessible Ijtihad...

You are right, that hadith needs to be very carefully examined, much like a Judge would examine past Judgements to derive precedents and legal rulings from. That is supposed to be the job of Qadis and Ulama - Islam has a proper judicial system, we need to start treating it with more respect.

I'm understand that, and I myself often say things like 'Islam supports many Liberal views' when talking to non-Muslims, but I feel that labelling it 'Secular Islam' will add more confusion - after all, Secularism is a very specific term; it means the separation of religion from public affairs...

Death penalty for murder, however, is justified as the murderer initiated violence by killing an innocent. That is why I made a distinction between Judicial process and mob violence. The only reference I have been able to find so far is about the poet Ka'ab bin Ashraf, who was killed on orders...

Yes, true. I call them 'psuedo-liberals', and I often argue with them, only to get promptly labelled as "ghairat brigade thekedar Wahabi". You are exactly right, that is what it says in the Quran as well: "Hold to forgiveness, command what is right; but turn away from the ignorant." [Al Araf...

I know bro, trust me, I know. I have experienced being called both an evil Western Liberal-Secular and an evil Wahabi-Molvi in real life as well as on social media. These labels bring us nothing but hate and division, but sadly it is a common tactic used to discredit people you don't agree...

Yet your parliament can decide who is a member of what caste, who is scheduled caste etc, and Ministers get away with saying things like "Dalit are dogs". Not to mention Modi, who is famous for his intolerance and believes he 'did the right thing' by letting people get slaughtered in riots in...

There is no need to even go to Hadith, the Quran makes it clear that people can not be killed for blasphemy, never mind unproven blasphemy. You are absolutely correct in that blasphemy has been used as an excuse to murder Mashal, it is a disgrace and an insult to Islam. Killing innocents in...

This is absolutely true. Neoliberal economics have failed, and lets be honest, Establishment Democrats in America are definitely not liberal nor left wing. Obama bombed more countries than Bush, and Clinton was a warmonger as well. Liberals by definition are supposed to be anti-war. In...

Please keep your self-righteous gloating out of this. Every few days extremists in India kill someone for eating beef or for being of a low caste. Just two weeks ago there was the Nandini case in India - brutal, senseless violence. You people have had lynchings over beef; this happened last...

There were also reports that Mashal Khan claimed that fake social media accounts were being made in his name. I feel a lot of things are not as they seem in this case. This is definitely more than just a case of mob anger. Like I said in my previous post, I'm almost certain some kind of...

If you agree that such values are in fact Islamic, why don't you simply call it 'the Islamic spirit', rather than 'secular'? Secularism doesn't have a monopoly on fairness. In fact, many injustices have been perpetrated under secular regimes. I agree with you that what many people consider to...

SERIOUSLY? "Get over it?" Are you being sarcastic? So you're saying Syrians should just 'get over' the US actively bombing the living shit out of their country? What you don't seem to understand is THE CONFLICT IS STILL GOING ON. It's not like "oh the US bombed you 10 years ago, get over it"...

Media coverage is definitely a big part. Even supposedly liberal/centre-leaning media like MSNBC and CNN often repeat things like "they hate our freedom", failing to cover the actual reasons and motivating factors behind terrorism in any meaningful way. So the audience concludes that Muslims...