"Blatant misogyny in Islam" is what is making me question it.[/quote]
Hmm interesting words.. i want to get that from Quran not from nonsense in Islam...
so let us see. .
what Quran says with verses "ISLAM" in themSurely the (true) religion with Allah is Islam, and those to whom the Book had been given did not show opposition but after knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves; and whoever disbelieves in the communications of Allah then surely Allah is quick in reckoning. ................. Aal-i-Imraan, Verse #19
And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he shall be one of the losers. ............. Aal-i-Imraan, Verse #85
Forbidden to you is that which dies of itself, and blood, and flesh of swine, and that on which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked, and the strangled (animal) and that beaten to death, and that killed by a fall and that killed by being smitten with the horn, and that which wild beasts have eaten, except what you slaughter, and what is sacrificed on stones set up (for idols) and that you divide by the arrows; that is a transgression. This day have those who disbelieve despaired of your religion, so fear them not, and fear Me. This day have I perfected for you your religion and completed My favor on you and chosen for you Islam as a religion; but whoever is compelled by hunger, not inclining willfully to sin, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. .................Al-Maaida, Verse #3
herefore (for) whomsoever Allah intends that He would guide him aright, He expands his breast for Islam, and (for) whomsoever He intends that He should cause him to err, He makes his breast strait and narrow as though he were ascending upwards; thus does Allah lay uncleanness on those who do not believe. ..............Al-An'aam, Verse #125
They swear by Allah that they did not speak, and certainly they did speak, the word of unbelief, and disbelieved after their Islam, and they had determined upon what they have not been able to effect, and they did not find fault except because Allah and His Apostle enriched them out of His grace; therefore if they repent, it will be good for them; and if they turn back, Allah will chastise them with a painful chastisement in this world and the hereafter, and they shall not have in the land any guardian or a helper. .....................At-Tawba,.Verse #74)
Surely this Islam is your religion, one religion (only), and I am your Lord, therefore serve Me. ................Al-Anbiyaa, .Verse #92.
What! is he whose heart Allah has opened for Islam so that he is in a light from his Lord (like the hard-hearted)? Nay, woe to those whose hearts are hard against the remembrance of Allah; those are in clear error. .................Az-Zumar, . Verse #22
They think that they lay you under an obligation by becoming Muslims. Say: Lay me not under obligation by your Islam: rather Allah lays you under an obligation by guiding you to the faith if you are truthful. ..............Al-Hujuraat, . Verse #17
And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah and he is invited to Islam, and Allah does not guide the unjust people. ...................As-Saff,.Verse #7
That is all what Quran says by using the word "ISLAM"...
ha! interesting ...
He who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah is invited to Islam,