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Okay so I have an opinion about this ongoing court case with regards to the opening of the mosques during lockdown but I& #39;m not sure whether I should share it or not.
Okay screw it. This might be a long thread but here we go:
For some background info. I grew up in a very religious household. My father is a part of the more concervative end of the Dutch reformed church. Sunday church services were compulsory come hell or high water. I did 13 years of Sunday school. I was borderline dogmatic religious.
That being said I am agnostic at this point in time. I left the church 5 years ago, to the dismay of my father, because I could not see the values that were being spoken about and what was being done by people in the church overlapping. Nothing irks me more than this.
I am currently reading the Quran and learning what I can about Islam. I find much of it very beautiful and some of the people I love and respect most in my life are Muslim. This is where my opinion of the court case comes in:
We are living during a pandemic. Lives are at risk. As a human being I think this should be the first consideration. It is fundamentally wrong to put anyone at risk. I would personally not want any of my actions to ever lead to the death of another. Period.
I don& #39;t think the Muslim community wants this either. The argument that this lockdown is infringing on religious rights is not founded in rationality. It is religious dogma.
The same dogma I left 5 years ago.
This kind of thinking is not the goal of religion in my opinion.
The same dogma I left 5 years ago.
This kind of thinking is not the goal of religion in my opinion.
I believe we all should have religious rights. But more importantly, we have a religious responsibility to the people around us
Because what is religion if not a way of life, a tool to try and improve our lives and the lives of the people around us?
Because what is religion if not a way of life, a tool to try and improve our lives and the lives of the people around us?
Would going outside and gathering do that?
To be frank.
No.
To be frank.
No.
I would add that making this argument makes a mockery of the struggle of people who are having their religious rights impeded.
The Uighur Muslims in China are going through hell. They can& #39;t even practice their faith at home without being prosecuted, let alone at the mosque.
The Uighur Muslims in China are going through hell. They can& #39;t even practice their faith at home without being prosecuted, let alone at the mosque.
Perspective is everything.
This pandemic will not last forever and I pray that it doesn& #39;t decimate our vulnerable population.
From a religious perspective. I believe God is everywhere.
He is not limited to a place of worship.
To quote the Persian poet Shams Tabrizi:
"We believe that God sees us from above, but he actually sees us from within"
We can be religiously good. From home.
He is not limited to a place of worship.
To quote the Persian poet Shams Tabrizi:
"We believe that God sees us from above, but he actually sees us from within"
We can be religiously good. From home.
