Many people, Muslims included, do not understand the depth of Islam, in particular today. Homosexuality is haram, which there is no doubt about, but the penalty of it varies depending on the fiqh. Moreover in practice it is almost impossible to be sentenced to death for it. Moreover Sharia can only be implied in an Islamic State.
Not even in an Islamic State would what that Afghan did be legal. Islam being against homosexuality does not equal acceptance of mass-shooting of supposed homosexuals in the US.
As a Muslim and as a heterosexual man I disagree with homosexuality but I have no Islamic authority to punish them in any way or form whatsoever. Nor is that even my interest.
The practices of Fahesh have been successfully countered and disproven by Ulama of all sects.
I suggest listening to some lectures of Sheikh Hasan bin Farhan al-Maliki. One of the most eminent clerics in the world.
Also what is wrong with having a negative view of the practice of homosexuality? Islam is against the practice itself not the homosexual individual whether man or woman. A person's existence is not defined by his or her sexuality.
So nothing that the Sheikha said is wrong or hypocritical at all. Especially not as nobody has, from my knowledge, ever been sentenced to death due to homosexuality in the UAE.
I know that you have become an Atheist bro, and I respect that, but I suggest you to do research on your own and not rely blindly on clerics and their interpretations or those of state actors.
Take a look at the videos and lectures of Sheikh Hasan bin Farhan al-Maliki to start with.
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Also what the hell has that Afghan to do with Islam? He was a drinker, frequented gay bars several times and I doubt that his knowledge about Islam was even elementary. More less him even being able to understand the Noble Qur'an and its teachings. Same story with almost every single terrorist out there if not all of them. Intelligent people like OBL knew the true but he used terror to spread his ideas and influence. Due to selfish reasons. His "teachings" were political 95% of the time as well. This obsession of equaling at most 100.000 "Muslim" terrorists worldwide with the 1.6 billion of us must stop because it will only backfire. Self-proclaimed Muslim "liberal" "saints" play an important negative role currently in this regard instead of focusing on the real causes behind terror which mostly have little to do with religion itself. You were once a traditional Muslim and now after becoming an Atheist you are now equaling Islam with ISIS. That is neither intellectualism nor honesty. Purely a biased agenda and to feel better with yourself. "Look at those ISIS clones" etc. Seen it before with people who left any religion. Afterwards they blame all their faults and fiascos in life on their previous religion. That's not how life works. I hope for your own sake that you are not like that now.
Let me ask you a question, how many majority-Muslim states let alone Muslim individuals acts evolve around their religion and even if a tiny minority do, do their interpretation of Islam correspondent with the written words and essence? May I remind you that people much more knowledgeable than us have studied Islam their entire life's and yet they never stopped learning. It is very arrogant and ignorant of people with a superficial knowledge of Islam to make judgements. Not only when it comes to Islam but anything in this world.
I am a open for a philosophical discussion in private if you want to sometime in the future. I will be incredibly busy not long from now unfortunately.
The biggest mass-murderers in recent history were all atheists. State actors who have done the most harm all acted in the name of an atheist ideology/interests. They did not need any religious justification to do evil. Do you think that Muslim states act in the name of religion or self-interest? The later and ONLY the later outside of symbolism. Maybe we Muslims should equal all atheists with the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Mao and hundreds of other "enlightened" mass-murderers. That would be as logical as you equaling the actions of ISIS with Islam and Muslims. Application of any ideology (the manner of it in other words) seemingly does not count here.
