No but I lived in America and studied there. R u Iranian? I noticed most ex Muslims are Iranians or am I wrong?
I'm white and not an ex-muslim, I'm here because I'm interested in islam and I wish to support an often persecuted minority, as anyone with a shred of decency would.
I frequent Sunni forum a lot whenever I can. There is lots of hostility as there is some here too. But I get that from many sites even Christian sites although Christian are most tolerant after Liberals. Most of those who support me are non Muslims living in Islamic countries. They can't afford just to bash Islam since they have to live under it and they like Quranic Islam and I guess wish it could rule in the Islamic countries they live in. They are also very curious with Quranic Islam. They generally are very supportive of Quranist .
Being supportive of the quranist view and being supportive of the right to have, practise and voice your beliefs are two different things. I have nothing against you practising your faith as you see fit, but I imagine before you joined you knew what you said would be challenged. There is a difference to being hostile to you as a person and explaining why they find your beliefs and justifications silly. You're basically ignoring almost a millennia and a half of islamic history and theology in what you say. As you said, quran only muslims are quite a new thing, and considering the theology of the entire religion is not just the quran it's still something that's considered by many to be an odd stance. If you're going to throw so much of the theology away, why not chuck the whole thing? Of course, an argument can be made that most of the objectionable things in islam come from the hadiths, so there's that.
I am curious about your interactions with unbelievers. Throughout the quran there's talk about the believers, and the kaffir. It's important to note the quran makes a huge distinction. Those who aren't muslims are inferior. The quran compares non muslims as beasts of burden, on the same level as animals, and according to some preachers worse than animals.
Does this sit well with you?
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