Muslim parents have responded by supporting full - time Islamic schools that create a stronger environment of support for
Muslim faith and practice.
Not exact matches
That's why there are Hindus, Christians, Jews
and Buddhists, still living
and practicing their
faith in majority
Muslim countries.
On the other hand
Muslims who obviously hate the west
and all things western so passionately should be actively encouraged to go back to
Muslim - dominated countries where they can
practice their
faith in deep purity free from corrosive Western cultures
and freedoms.
... What has happened over time is that people were forced to believe in the one of the Abrahamic
faiths through Holy wars, torture, Crusades
and Inquisitions,
and as people
practiced this chosen people ideology, whether Christian, Catholic, Jew or
Muslim, which was built on the principle of remaining segregated from the un-chosen, their
faith urged them to remain segregated, where they lived
and never to marry anyone outside their
faith...
and even in death there is a history of segregation which to this day continues, try having a non Jewish person buried in Jewish cemetery.
It is still great we three
faiths Jews, Christians,
Muslims worship the same God we are monotheists but it is other things related to how the religion is
practiced that we dispute each other with, just as
Muslim branches dispute each other on the
practice or the Christians Catholics
and Protestants despute each other?
Today we have plenty of cults, sects
and false churches replacing practical love
and righteousness in daily life (that would require the true
faith) through ridiculous rituals (for example, the
Muslims keep the 5 Pillars of Islam; that is enough to be a good
Muslim, but they are not required to love all people independent from belief, nationality, etc.) The cults, sects
and false churches make their members
practicing a biased love.
well just thinking about these wars in the
muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness
and being in the moment in non-strife
and awareness through the teachings of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based
practices of religious like thought
and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges
and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis
and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all of all times or knowledges —
and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth of knowledge
and understanding of all truths
and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence
and minds
and personage of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind
faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present
and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past —
and destroy your present
and your future — where is the intelligence in that —
and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?
This was especially true of Noah Webster, who states that the Alcoran of the
Muslims is not likely to become the American «rule of
faith and practice.»
In the beginning the Chinese
Muslims were very serious about
practicing the five daily prayers, but in recent years, due to the influence of materialism, unsettled conditions, difficulties of obtaining a livelihood,
and the distance from mosques, only the Ahunds
and country people of strong
faith observe the five daily prayers.
So to state that
Muslims have» «come to this country» like everyone else of every other
faith and non-
faith practice had been here forever is just plain ignorant!
It is a remarkable argument that, in effect, offers modern
Muslims a way to directly engage Christian sources
and assess what Islam considers to be their corruptions (e.g., claims of Christ's divinity), all while extracting a much - needed Gospel remainder (Injil) for Islamic
faith and practice.
Nor need outsiders simply follow
Muslims: It is possible both in theory
and in
practice for an outside scholar to break new ground in stating the meaning of a
faith in, say, modern terms more successfully than a believer.
Such rigid
faith and uncompromising attitude apart, it is clear to more
and more Christians
and theologians both in the East
and in the West that Buddhists, Taoists, or
Muslims are here to stay for a long time, to
practice their
faiths not only in the lands of their birth but also in the Western society in which they have come to live in pursuit of political freedom
and personal fortune.
Of course there are
Muslim thinkers today, some of them believably related to the world of Islamic
faith and practice, who say that history need not repeat itself.
I think we have to make a distinction between
Muslims who want to integrate, obey our secular laws
AND practice their
faith.
The topic of Obama's
faith has been on the front burner since an Aug. 19 Pew poll found one in five Americans believe the president is a
Muslim — an increase from 11 percent in March 2009 —
and 43 percent had no idea what religion he
practices at all.
During this period
Muslims observe * Itikaaf * (an Islamic
practice consisting of a period of staying in a mosque for a certain number of days, devoting oneself to ibadah during these days
and staying away from worldly affairs) to seek for Allah's protection from hell fire
and for renewed
faith moving forward.
``... We as
Muslims invite Christians to come together with us on the basis of what is common to us, which is also what is most essential to our
faith and practice: the Two Commandments of love.»
Groups such as the Christian Legal Society, Catholic Lawyers» Guild, St. Thomas More Society, International Association of Jewish Lawyers
and Jurists,
and National Association of
Muslim Lawyers engage thousands of lawyers on questions regarding the relationship between
faith and legal
practice.