Earlier, you said you are only cultural and you do not believe in Islam. You can correct me if I am wrong.
Ah that.
I had said I am a Political Muslim and not a Cultural Muslim.
Islam is an older socialist movement and not just a new way of saying prayer.
For example, the Islami inheritance laws are intelligent laws.
Islam was a shining path when it was revealed/came about.
I don’t bother myself with heterodox interpretations. My religion is based on the authentic sources of Islam, Quran and Hadith.
From what little I know of the Hadees', there can be contradictions between Quranic texts and some Hadees matters. The Hadees works are after all interpretations.
What we must see is if a particular Hadees text agrees with common sense or not.
When quoting Islam, I also look at whether proper Muslim leaders ( like Nasser, Gaddafi etc ) would have accepted or rejected something.
What Egypt or KSA does is of little concern for me.
Well, Saudia is no champion of Islam. It is a creation of Western governments.
@jamahir Seriously, what’s with the rabid hate of Tabligh? What kind of experiences have you had with them?
I find them cunning and untrustworthy.
And allow me to quote one of their misplaced priorities.
In 2013 ( I think ) the Tableeghis among the Muslims working in IBM-India ( Indian branch of the American company IBM ) fought for allowance of prayer time and prayer place in their office. What they should have done is fight for an employee union for all employees, Muslim or not. They should have taken the right type of leadership.
They could have created the first employee union in the Indian IT industry. But they did not. They fought for prayer timing and place.
In 2014, IBM's management decided to remove thousands of IBM-India employees at once, without even a three month notice period. It was a massacre. Had the employees ( in particular the Muslims among them ) had an employee union they could have prevented this unjust move. The removed employees had all types of employees, Tableeghis, other Muslims and non-Muslims.
Now you tell me whether prayers came of help to the employees.
Secondly, had an employee union been created by the Muslims in IBM, there would been created a favorable opinion about them amongst the other employees.