Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Hypocrisy of Misdirected Faith

Islamic Sharia Laws
27 Oct 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com

BY Fahad Faruqui

The image of God’s men exerting force on women and being afraid of an earthly complaint is all a bit odd when thinking of the Prophetic character. Do they really think they’re furthering God’s wishes on earth? If so, why does their lack of tact so contradict the manner of the last prophet who, through kindness, won the hearts of the rigid Meccans? Some have more forcefully tried to convince me that it’s feminine to have a clean shave. “If you keep a beard, my heart will automatically draw toward you because you’ll be fulfilling a Sunnah,” said a man, who hardly knew me, at the Columbia University prayer room….

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