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Women Bound by Chains of Radicalism

December 26, 2017
Credit: Reuters/Ahmad Masood

Today, in a large part of the Islamic world, especially in the MENA region, an understanding of religion prevails which has largely diverged from the essence of the Qur’an, its basic commandments and its teachings. This understanding is different from the religion explained to us in the Qur’an, and it even incorporates many practices which are in complete contradiction with the Qur’an. This religion, erroneously practiced in Islam, is actually a religion of superstition, “a religion of bigotry”, produced by people over time. God clearly informs the believers in the verses that they are only responsible for what is written in the Qur’an, and warns those who follow a source other than the Qur’an (Qur’an, 68: 36-37) (Qur’an, 43: 44). Islam, as explained in the Qur’an, is a single religion that does not contain any contradictions, controversy or discord. The bigoted mentality, on the other hand, is divided into different groups and sects in itself that disagree on almost every subject and has produced hundreds of different micro-religions, for lack of a better term. (Qur’an, 6: 159) Some of those who advocate and practice the bigoted mentality are strongly opposed…


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