Armstrong
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@Armstrong Suicide is not haram, unless you "believe" it is haram. Alcohol is not haram unless you believe its haram. Zina isn't haram unless you "believe" its haram. Namaz,Zakat,Hajj,Roza,Ushr,Fitrana all mean NOTHING unless you "believe" it means something.
Islam is a personal religion, one could practice without ever needing a mullah, ANYONE can lead a jamat, ANYONE can offer Janaz'a,ANYONE can register a Nikkah and ANYONE can be a witness for a divorce. I, think when Allah says "Ina'mal Amaal-e-bin-niyaat" [Amaal ka daromadar Niyat per hai], He wasn't kidding.
I disagree Islam is as communal a religion as it gets ! A huge chunk of the Koran deals with laws, economics, societal standards of propriety & the differentiation of 'right' & 'wrong' ! And so it address both the 'individual' & the 'society' & gives them a way forward.
Islam isn't about praying 5 times a day or fasting once a month in ramazan for these are just rituals & our failure to understand beyond them is why we've never been able to appreciate the revolutionary paradigmatic shift that it postulates.
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