ISLAM oppresses all its members : can't drink, can't eat pork, and if you do, others will RAT you out. That is another form of terror - always being afraid that others are watching what you do.
how many Muslims do you know? While not many Muslims eat pork, drinking is not something uncommon in the Muslim community particularly those who are Iranian. Just like how it’s forbidden for Christians to engage in pre-martial sex, some people still do it. Even though alcohol is forbidden in Islam, some people still do it. And yes, people even drink and sleep around in Saudi Arabia—they just have their ways of not advertising it.
The so called verse of "wife beating" is one of the biggest mistranslations of the Quran. The Arabic word used in Noble Verse 4:34 above is "idribuhunna", which is derived from "daraba" which means "beat". The issue with all of the Arabic words that are derived from the word "daraba" is that they don't necessarily mean "hit". The word "idribuhunna" for instance, could very well mean to "leave" them. It is exactly like telling someone to "beat it" or "drop it" in English.
That quote is described in a number of steps: First, talk to them, Second, separate your beds (This is also to avoid matrimonial rape), third, send them away (to the parents, possibly). This is what is translated as "beat them." The word 'daraba' used here is so translated but the same word is used in 20 other places in the Quran where it is not translated as beat. Fourth, appoint counselors, one from each side to mediate. The fourth step mentioned in the Quran doesn't make any sense if immediately before it the husband has been beating his wife!
Islam is not the problem here - it's those who choose to use it as a weapon of violence who are wrong (same goes for all religions). The terrorists we have seen throughout the history of this religion's existence, and still see today, are to blame for giving Islam this bad reputation of causing bloodshed; even more to blame are those who, over the years, mistranslated the original Quran (which was first written in Arabic) and thus twisted the meanings behind many quotes which were supposed to advocate peace among many other things.
ISLAM especially oppresses women.
Only people who have never read the Quran (except for random quotes from Anti-Islamic sites), never visited the Middle East or any Muslim country, don't have any Muslim friends would think that. It’s very clear from your post you never socialized with many Muslims. I’m a woman and I was raised completely equal to a man. All the sexist men I know are not even Muslims. Women can’t drive in Saudi Arabia is all due to CULTURE. In the rest of the other Muslim countries, women drive. If it’s so forbidden, why are they allowed to drive in the other Muslim countries?
Please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq4y_qo6ciY. Hope you take something from it.
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