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Originally Posted by Zeeshan
On topic excellent initiative; it's about time the religion got a makeover from blind followers who would harp on imam's bokttobbya and parrot it back instead of taking the time and effort to interpret Quran from their own. OOhh oooh so and so Imam with phd said it then it must be the RIGHT way. That's argument from authority for you.
How many in this forum have actually bothered to learn the language and read Quran for themselves? NONE. Anyone fluent in Arabic? Thought so.
I will give an example. When you read an English translation, it has a very condescending tone with plethora of exclamation marks and sayings like O this and O that! But unless one reads the Quran in Arabic cultural background's context one fails to realize why is that so. In Arabic, THERE IS NO EXCLAMATION MARK.
It's very easy to parrot back other's ideas. Try to read on your own and keep the wisdom to yourself. Better for all of us.
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Rather than jumping onto sudden conclusions, we all need to research and research more. Learning is an ever-lasting and never-ending process. Islam is not like a box that only people entering it will be beautified by it, rather it's a ray of light that, unless we put our own obstacles in the middle, will continue to grace through everything around it.
Women leading prayers? Let's check out what the Qur'an and the Hadiths say.
Gay men leading prayers? Let's see if Qur'an and Hadiths have any prohibition on gay men leading prayers.
What we find may just surprise us.