In your opinion, do you think Islam cultivates sex-positivity or sex-negativity? To me, it seems that Islam recognizes that sexuality is a beautiful and necessary part of the human experience but it is also honest about the ways in which it can be a destructive...
URGENT: This person I know keeps saying ignorant comments about Islam...
Do you think religion and rationality are ultimately incompatible? Sometimes I fear that, if I question and think things through too often, I'll end talking myself out of my faith. Because faith entails that sometimes you just have to put all that questioning aside. But...
Salam, do you think Hell and Heaven is a state of mind rather than a place? I'm just so confused in the sense that if Allah is the Most Merciful, how could He place someone in Hell? But then again, there are those who do...
Do you have any advice for lefthanded Muslims? I am not sure why there is so much pressure for us to alter what Allah has made natural for us....
If Islam is so against racism, why are Muslims so racist even against each other? I've seen some really really bad instances of it and it makes me very sad....
Salaam, I'm the same anon who asked about shaking hands with the opposite-gender. Just to be more specific, I'm referring to non-mahrams. I'm a sister and since Eid is coming up, I'm going to be seeing lots of family friends (non-mahrams). I usually shake hands...
How come Westerners see Sharia as such a terrible and scary thing?...
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh, brother. I know you are busy, so I'd really appreciate if you can elaborate on, or debunk, the claim that ayah 5:51 tells Muslims that they cannot take Christians or Jews as friends. I'm not sure if you've answered...
Salam. Say you're in a life and death decision. Is it haram to give mouth-to- mouth resuscitation to a non- mahram?...
I believe in God, but something in my mind keeps asking, if everything has a beginning then what is God's beginning?...
Salam, I think Its not fair at all how women have to cover up everything and men dont. Women have to pray in the back Behind men. How is this equality? No woman was ever a prophet, but why? Why cant a woman be a...
Salam Aleikum, Why does God in the Qu'ran sometimes refer to himself as "we" "Us" instead of "I"? Thank you...
Assalamu Alaikum. Is it haram to celebrate a birthday ? by celebrating I mean a gathering of family and friends to share a good time and receiving gifts. I hear that it's haram, and I keep wondering why, we thank Allah for being alive everyday,...
Why is the swine prohibited in islam ?...
Assalam alaykum. I don't know how to phrase this properly but I'm a very lazy and unmotivated Muslim. I fast, but do not pray all five salahs and barely even read the Qur'an. When I do pray, I don't feel that it's coming from the...
Is it true that you are not allowed to read salah off a paper? I am learning namaz and don't remember all the motions and surah's yet, so I was thinking of trying to read with a copy of instructions by me for the time...
I am a born Muslim woman, I have a past that is filled with sin regret and shame, being forced into a religion I never understood made me leave Islam for about two years. Although I returned to Islam, I am petrified that my past...
Salam! Someone said something terribly offensive to me and Islam but I just gritted my teeth because I knew I'd say something offensive and the whole thing would escalate. My colleague said 'I'm tired of all these f***ing halal butchers everywhere. Sometimes I just want...
URGENT URGENT:!!! please quickly respond to my question about falling in love with a non muslim guy bc I will see him soon. i want to know what to do so i can avoid sin. I just wonder about this because you know, I feel...
If Allah already knows whether we go to heaven or hell, then what is the point of life? And do we really have free will then? What is the point of praying if Allah has already decided what happens to us?...
salaam, is drawing allowed in Islam?...
What do you think of the idea that Mary was a prophet? I've seen it argued fairly convincingly in that her trials, tribulations and her pact with God resemble those of many prophets who were explicitly identified as such in scripture....
honest question, Osama: how do you use a tasbeh/misbaha? What am I supposed to say? Sorry if its a stupid question....
Why doesn't Islam focus primarily on love, forgiveness and redemption like Christianity? The themes are there but they're not as prominent. Islam, like Judaism, seems to be more about perfecting ones faith by following a myriad of rules. I see that it's probably more practical...
what do you think about the media protrayal of muslims? do you get angry when you see it? especially since these are the same movies getting golden globes....
Salam alaykum. How do I respect a parent when I feel like there is nothing respectable about them?...
Wait, I don't understand why gender separation is required while praying...
God states in surah ad dariyat that He created mankind and jinn for no other purpose except to worship Him. What does this statement really mean? Elaborate more please. Btw asalamu alaykum bro....
Salam :) I am new to islam and so overwhelmed by everything i have to learn - any tips?...