It looks like I'll end the interpreting Islam thread with 3 additional sections. I'll work on them tonight and hopefully will be done by them tonight or tomorrow.

I feel like there's a lot more I can cover, but I'm not going to leave the thread open-ended.

I would like to end the thread by offering advice on how Muslims should treat fellow Muslims, as well as ex-Muslims and non-Muslims.

I found a beautiful saying by Imam Al-Sadiq, which I'll include in the thread, but will share the original Arabic and the translation here...

عن الامام الصادق:

إن الايمان عشر درجات بمنزلة السلم يصعد منه مرقاة بعد مرقاة فلا يقولن صاحب الاثنين لصاحب الواحد لست على شئ حتى ينتهي إلى العاشر، فلا تسقط من هو دونك فيسقطك من هو فوقك...

وإذا رأيت من هو أسفل منك بدرجة فارفعه إليك برفق ولا تحملن عليه ما لا يطيق فتكسره، فإن من كسر مؤمنا فعليه جبره."

The translation follows...

Imam Al-Sadiq said: "Faith is 10 levels like a staircase. It is ascended one step at a time. Let not one who's on the second level say to the one on the first step: 'What you're doing is wrong.' The same applies to the those on the 10th level...

Do not cause the one who's below you to fall or else one on a higher level than you will cause you to fall.

If you see someone who's in a level below you, help them reach your level, but gently. Do not pressure them more than they can handle, or else you'll break them...

... And whoever breaks a believer is responsible for mending them."

I cried reading this narration. How many Muslims lost their faith because they were forced to practice Islam in a way more than they can handle?

Not all who leave Islam are responsible for their loss of faith.