Originally posted by robbie carrobie its true my friend, you even get a flavour of it in the Bible, there was no greater honour that you could bestow upon a person than to be their guest! and the well being of the guest became a matter of honour. Its not to say that we in the west are not also hospitable, but in the east its significance and practice is astounding.
But can this be attributable to Islam? After all, it goes back much farther than when Islam began.
Originally posted by whodey But can this be attributable to Islam? After all, it goes back much farther than when Islam began.
It is certainly not correct to directly associate the culture of the Middle East with Islam whether that cultural aspect is good or bad. For example the treatment of women in the region is largely a cultural phenomenon.
However there are probably cases where cultural aspects have become part of the religion and are thus not only perpetuated but spread by the religion even when they are not necessarily part of the doctrine.
Originally posted by twhitehead It is certainly not correct to directly associate the culture of the Middle East with Islam whether that cultural aspect is good or bad. For example the treatment of women in the region is largely a cultural phenomenon.
However there are probably cases where cultural aspects have become part of the religion and are thus not only perpetuated but spread by the religion even when they are not necessarily part of the doctrine.
Besides the fact that even in MENA, it varies regionally and by country. In general, the Levant (ps, lb, jo, sy, iq) better at dealing with women's rights, but Tunisia is probably the best in the region. In the entire Muslim world, though, it's probably Azerbaijan. And Moroccan culture is very different from Syrian culture, which is very different from Iranian culture, etc.
Originally posted by Sushill I see not one word I can dispute for truth. Any muslem here that can prove the opposite?
I can call every one of them a lie.
That one post just vilified 1/5 of the world's population. It was destructively ignorant, pathetically American-Christian-intolerant, and just plain wrong. I am willing to bet that he never read the Holy Qur'an in his life. All he knows about it is what the great Holy most beautiful hopelessly optimist Martin Luther King, Jr said about Islam. If he even did at all; I don't know. But he'd better not be getting his "facts" from Bridget Gabriel.
That one post just vilified 1/5 of the world's population. It was destructively ignorant, pathetically American-Christian-intolerant, and just plain wrong. I am willing to bet that he never read the Holy Qur'an in his life. All he knows about it is what the great Holy most beautiful hopelessly optimist Martin Luther King, Jr said about Islam. If he even did at all; I don't know. But he'd better not be getting his "facts" from Bridget Gabriel.
Islam is great.
11 May '09 20:44
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