From a twitter exchange about the punishment for homosexuality in the Ahmadiyya interpretation of Islam. @ReasonOnFaith @empethop Its not scary. Even public heterosexual sex with 4 witnesses doesn’t have a death penalty. — ServantOfAllah (@IslamicAhmadi) July 29, 2016 I believe leaving this punishment open ended in a Muslim majority land is scary. Here are my […]
Religious Values Influence Secular Democracies in Theocratic Ways
In a Twitter thread discussing separation of mosque and state, the religiously advised punishment for homosexual relationships came up (I asked the question). See the full thread here. We all know that in secular democracies, we are not free of bias. We bring our preferences to the table and to the platforms that we support and create. […]
The Ahmadiyya: Beliefs and Practices
Who are the Ahmadiyya, and why are these Muslims persecuted the world over by other Muslims? How does their interpretation of Islam differ from mainstream Sunni Islam? We’ll take a brief tour through several topics covering differences of interpretation, progressive Islamic beliefs as well as contemporary issues. Positions on slave wives, evolution, hadith, loyalty to one’s country, gender segregation, and a host of other issues—it’s all covered here.
Ahmadi Commentary on Qur’an 3:60
In the following tweet of mine, I conjectured that even the commentary of an Ahmadi Muslim published Qur’an left the door open for an ex nihilo creation position for life on Earth. Ahmadi Muslims profess a position of guided evolution. However, their Qur’anic commentaries DO allow for Creationism pic.twitter.com/Pzevz87TzS — Reason on Faith (@ReasonOnFaith) June […]
Men’s Superior Mental Faculties over Women
This post of mine, and the ensuing conversation thread on Twitter garnered a lot of inarticulate speech and weak rhetoric that I had somehow insulted Ahmadi Muslim women, and that I was some kind of misogynist, when it was the misogyny within Islam (yes, Ahmadiyyat too) that was one of several factors for which I left the religion.