Disregarded Verses: Deciding What is Halaal and Haraam

Lately, I have been reading scholars replying to the written concerns of practicing Muslims, and found that so many of these scholars violate the undeniable orders dictated in the Qur'an by forbidding that which God has not forbidden. And they do this through the use of hadith. As an example of these violations, I've already …

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The Importance of Grammar, and Verse 33:33

I think we've all experienced the frustration of knowing what we mean and feel but lacking the words needed to explain ourselves. Sometimes it's a result of too much depth and complexity in our own minds for us to organize, and especially if we are particularly disorganized people. But in some cases, it is because …

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Dismissed Conditions: Men Inherit Twice What Women Inherit

What each member of the family receives upon the death of another is very straight-forward in the Qur'an, and the entire structure is intricately tied together: Concerning [the inheritance of] your children, God enjoins [this] upon you: The male shall have the equal of two females’ share; but if there are more than two females, …

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Figments of Patriarchal Imagination: The Testimony of Two Women "Equals" One Man’s

In the Qur’an, different numbers of witnesses are called for different crimes. For example, it takes four reliable witnesses to condemn a woman for adultery: Those who accuse chaste women and then fail to produce four witnesses to support their allegations, the court shall order eighty lashes to such accusers. And, never in the future …

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Lost in Translation: "Violence" Against Wives

When I meet someone who is a total misogynistic douchebag pulling out verses he doesn't understand to "prove" Islamophobia is justified with his fake concern about Muslim women or women in general, it's always amusing to see his reaction when Muslim women tell this undercover rape-apologist to shut up. It's funny how, when it comes …

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Taken Out of Context: Killing the "Infidels" and Violence in the Qur’an

The verses in question:And slay them wherever you catch them (2:191)and...fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war.) (9:005)Let's put the first one back in its Quranic context:"Fight in the cause of God those who fight you, but …

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