this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2023
2 points (100.0% liked)

Islamic Leftism

171 readers
1 users here now

Welcome to Islamic Leftism, a space for muslims leftists.

Lemmygrad rules apply:

  1. No capitalist apologia / anti-communism.
  2. No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
  3. Be respectful. This is a safe space where all comrades should feel welcome, this includes a warning against uncritical sectarianism.
  4. No porn or sexually explicit content (even if marked NSFW).
  5. No right-deviationists (patsocs, nazbols, strasserists, duginists, etc).
  6. No class reductionism

Rules for Islamic leftism:

  1. No discrimination against other faiths or to those who lack it

  2. No uncritical judging, always look for the cause of things before doing judgement

  3. No compulsion in acceptance of the religion, if someone decides to leave or enter Islam let them for Allah is all-Knowing all-Wise and all-Forgiving

  4. No takfir ( excommunication ) against the innocent believers or other persons who don't share the same beliefs or ideas

  5. No treachery, show kindness to others even if they are mean to you

  6. Be always open to different jurisprudence or schools in Islam

  7. No discrimination against different schools or sects in the religion and outside of it. Is better to be united and in harmony

  8. Be respectful to eachother be it religious or non-religious, believer or non-believer

All of you are welcomed to join

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I was born and raised Catholic (Western Belarusian and Irish parents) and I went through a once-a-week religious class, but never felt especially attached to Christianity. I became an atheist over time and have been going through difficulties currently and I find that I still have a faith deep down. I’m interested in Islam because I read a tiny bit of the Quran as a kid out of curiosity (during the height of Islamophobia in the US, George Bush, early Obama era) and found that it wasn’t “terrifying and inhumane” as Fox News would say on the TV set at my grandparents’ condo. What resources would you point to for a beginner/ on the fence person to learn about Islam? Thank you in advance.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I used to be a muslim, now agnostic, so just my 2 cents...

If you're coming from Catholicism, then I dont think there's much difference than if you were to explore Islam. I think Islamic Mysticism is pretty cool though. I'm like agnostic/ sometimes deistic now I wanna say for the most part, so kinda in the same boat.