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Raw Islam 86: The All-Female Mosque

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Raw Islam 86: The All-Female Mosque

On this, halfway through Ramadan episode of the Raw Islam Podcast, the listeners voted in the Twitter poll, and Imam Azhar and B.C. Dodge talk about the all-female mosques.

Yet, before we can get into the meat of the episode, something is bothering Imam Azhar that he needs to get off his chest – people arming themselves to attend prayers in the mosque. There have been shootings in other religious venues, such as synagogues and churches, and there was not much conversation around the topic of worshipers arming themselves to attend services.

But there was an altercation in a mosque in Florida where a man was killed, and the reaction was that attendees should start carrying firearms.

Somehow the Govern of Florida was able to pass a law allowing teachers in schools to carry weapons. This is not what the students, parents, or faculty of the students wanted; they wanted common-sense gun laws. And the idea of arming those attending a religious service does not seem to have much common sense.

This leads to the question – would you, or would you allow your family to attend a religious service where you knew people were armed?

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Raw Islam Podcast 10: If I Plant This Seed, it will Grow

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Raw Islam with Imam Azhar SubedarThis week on the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar we start by addressing the terror attack that took place in England, and we ask the questions of what is a terror attack?

Merriam-Webster defines terror as “violent or destructive acts (such as bombing) committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands.” If this is the case, then why B.C. Dodge asks, is it only terror when the violence is done by Muslims?

The attack in the Canadian mosque that took place in January of 2017 was allegedly (innocent till proven guilty, remember that) was called an act of terror, why can’t we call other acts of violence that intimidate a population terror? Maybe this only happens in Canada, and the rest of the world the perpetrator must be Muslim for it to be terror.

But the Imam reminds us that no matter what the problem or situation is, violence is never the answer.

Imam Azhar begins to tell the story of the 3 blind men that are each placed at different points on an elephant’s body, and then asked to explain what an elephant is. Of course, logic dictates that there will be 3 different stories of what an elephant is.

HE goes on to explain that this is much like Islam. There is a growing trend of “Muslim Experts” that have never actually spoke to a Muslim or read the Quran, they have just seen something on TV and read a Wiki article – when the truth is, what they are seeing is a misguided version of Islam that has become twisted with culture.

Once address the core cause the problem will go away. Imam Azhar suggests that, rather than watching the news or some video on YouTube…why not ask a Muslims. An example of this is the treatment of women in Islam; rather than responding to memes on Facebook, why not ask a Muslim about how we are required to treat women…want to know the answer to this? You will have to listen to this episode to find out!

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