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Some questions to my Muslim friends
by anjali chandrika on Jul 11, 2008 01:03 PM

The Hindu religion (or even Christianity to a good extent) gives its followers a lot of freedom. The people can lead their own lives in their own wish. Being legal or illegal is monitored by the law of the land. Morality is based on popular guidelines, which are again not prescribed by religion. It is an evolved matter of concern. In contrast, Islam is a religion which is stringent in how the people should lead their lives. The rules and regulations are strict. Why is it so?

Why doesnt Islam allow freedom to its females? (let it be putting up their hair in style, being an extrovert in their college or whatever).

Why doesnt a person who identify himself as muslim, be part of a hindu culture? (By saying hindu, I mean Indian, Say for eg, I am asking, does an Indian muslim dare to raise his voice in "Bharat Mata ki Jai").

Is it true that, your book of Quran advises you to be away from / avoid / destroy the non believers ? I am told that if you cannot do that, the other option is to convert them. The word "jihad" is your war against the rest of the world, whose ultimate aim is either to destroy or to convert the rest of the world. Is it true? .. or else what is it?

I have understood, learnt, and directly felt from own experiences that, muslims generally be very kind and compassionate to his fellow muslims, and they are not considerate of his fellow human beings. They love their religion more than anything. (I would compare it to the marxist / communist, ...

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