Reminds me of Sweden. They have clubs for that.

There is still I don't get something. Studies seem to consistently show 80% to 70% women fake orgasm. So what are they exactly getting by going with the flow of these men?

Based on what I read from articles to online forums, it is the combination of feeding men's ego, to get over sex, and prioritizing men's pleasure before theirs. It honestly reminds me of the hadith that mentions angels cursing women for refusing sex from their husbands since it seems women here also view sex as something to 'give' to their instead boyfriend or casual partner, rather than to gain from. I have heard of the saying 'Women fake orgasm for relationships, men fake the whole relationship for orgasm'...
https//www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMi01MzRlNTlhMTQ5NTMwZjRk/?tagSlug=confession

Well it's kind of complicated whenever Muslim identity is refereed. 'Muslim' is not a race but a follower of Islam regardless of background but this identity is racialized because of the connotations with the ethnic groups, most commonly Middle Easterns and South Asians. Even if group of Muslims who are neither of those two, they would be strongly tied to the religious identity. Just like Osman says, race is a social concept and can be applied to a group with similar characteristics.

Sometimes I lurk around in reddit relating to religion and cultural experience.
I can tell you that in reddit, there are many anti-Islam users who believe that the conservative traditional interpretation is the legit one and the alternatives are 'heritical'.
Their views put further notion that Islam is hateful, intolerant , sexist etc because of believing it as the solely 'authentic' which is no different from some Muslims following that interpretation. I would say that islam subreddit is even worse for not tolerating different debates and religious views. Internet is so weird whenever it comes to these stuff.

I got banned from Ummah forum, a sunni forum. The usual process is name calling, profanity, death threats and eventually a complete IP ban. You cannot argue with them. They have no sense. Sunnis are thicker than Shiites. They're brainwashed from childhood to believe that their "ummah" is the path to paradise and that they're 100% on the straight path. There is no room for critical thinking in Sunnism. You are a kafir and will burn in hell forever if you ask too many questions. It's fear based control.

Have you ever tried islam section in Reddit?

Modesty is all about the state of mind and intentions, also subjective.
The problem among some mainstream Muslims is that they hypersexualize actions or things that have no intentions to be sexual like opposite gender shaking hands. For them, it's a way to avoid fitna when they are the one who make innocents things or actions fitna. If their mind is modestly pure, would they forbid opposite gender interactions in first place?
In real life, I never heard of the the forbidden ruling of opposite gender handshake. I saw this action happening among Lebanese and South Asian Muslims. I found out about this rule in online through conservative Sunni forums and questions. I'm wondering which hadith indicates this rule.

Interesting, looking forward to listen.

Congratulations!
I'm wondering if you're planning to marry in religious ceremony with civil contract or civil marriage alone.

Well that escalated quickly...

Congratulations! bravo
May God bless your life with your fiancee. pr
I'm just wondering, what does 'Ex' stands for in your post?

Welcome! welcome

From what I know, there are many factors that cause to materialize Islam into dogmatic cult. Islam's phase got degraded down because of the close of ijtihad, Crusade, and colonialism issues.
This problem increased more during the 70s and 80s, when Saudi Arabia sent Wahhabi missionaries and booklets to other countries with Muslim communites, Islamists powers in Muslim majority countries (like Iran's 1979 revolution), Sharia implementation in Malaysia etc.
In my opinion, Islam is in the similar situation today like Christianity was during the Middle Ages. Hopefully, there is a bright future, but first, the ijtihad needs to be open.

I keep hearing from scientists that gender segregation was quite a thing among cavemen. In fact the idea of wife working at home and man going out to work started with them.
While men hunted, women stayed in the cave looking after children. It has something to do with "protection".

Point to note There is no evidence of this.

But I do see that gender segregation existed in Egyptian kingdom of Pharaohs.

Some people nowadays seem to think that ancient Egyptian women lived in an almost ideal world of equality. This was not the case. They may have had more rights and independence than women in other ancient societies, but they were not treated as equals by men. Throughout history they had little direct influence on public affairs. Their choice of profession was limited mostly to that of mistress of the house, though some became priestesses, others entertainers and a small handful even came to rule the country, be it as regent or as pharaoh. But the life of the ordinary ancient Egyptian woman was restricted to doing household chores, though one should not forget that the options the average ancient Egyptian man had were barely more numerous.http//www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/people/couples.htm

Perhaps when Muslims came to Egypt, they were influenced by these segregation customs. This also applies to Byzantine society

A woman living in the age of Byzantium spent the greater part of her life in her home. We read, for instance, in Kekavmenos' s "Strategikon" "Keep your daughters as prisoners, confined and inconspicuous". A woman was invariably accompanied whenever she left her house to go to church, attend a festivity, visit the baths, or call on her relations -- the sole activities of a woman outside her own home that were socially acceptable.

Moreover, it was not proper for a woman to sit at table with men, unless they were close relatives, such as her father, husband, or brothers. Most often she would eat in a separate room, just as she would spend her days in rooms apart from the menfolk. She learnt all about household matters from a very early age; her education, in contrast, was usually limited to reading and writing. Very few women acquired a wider learning.
http//www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/D2.5.html

Salamun Alaik N00B.

When you reject caramel popcorn with rum is the concern the popcorn will intoxicate you and hinder you from remembrance of Allah; or you thought that the addition of alcohol makes the food "haram"? If you happen to have "accidentally" tried the popcorn, did it intoxicate you to the extent your normal functioning of mind was compromised?

May Allah guide us all to the straight route.

Regards,
Arman

Well, I ate this popcorn by accident long time ago, and it does not taste like a typical non-rum caramal. I thought it was just a different 'flavor' of caramal and never taste any form of alcohol, so the taste of rum was unknown to me. I did not feel any intoxication because the packet was very small. The rum was slightly strong according to someone who told me about the containings. At that time, I believed eating rum is haram. For my today's reflection, I would not eat that popcorn because of the strong rum that might lead to intoxication.

Oh God. You really think about your health. No junk food people here alright.

Salaam

Lol. ;D For me, health is also about the risks of getting stomach infection from the street food. I mean, who wants to risk a health for the quick meal from the streets?

How many people eat "halal" meat slaughtered according to traditional Sunni methods through wilful choice?

Also, what are the environmental, "moral", "philosophical", et cetera factors you take into consideration when making choices about what to eat?

I lived in the area where 'halal' meat is easily accessible, so I eat homemade meat the comes from the halal meat shops. Finding the right meat is not tricky at all.

But I have to make tough choices about food containing alcohol. I once ate the caramel popcorn with rum, and didn't know about it until my someone told me about it. It's not easy to find food that mentions the containing of alcohol or wine. There are even cuisines and food packets from supermarket that are cooked with wine or alcohol without a direct mention.

As for moral factors, I usually eat homemade food rather than outside street food. I avoid eating fried and heavy food and use olive oil for cooking. I also don't drink frizzy drinks but that is because I simply don't like the taste of it.

Dr. Ghali

"And as for the youth, then his parents (Literally his two fathers) were believers; so we were apprehensive he would oppress them with (his) in ordinance and disbelief."

Abuah is Arabic for "fathers," a person don't use this word unless it means that both of the parents to a child are male, indicating a homosexual parenting. It should also be said that Prophet Khidr killed the two homosexual fathers' son because he was a criminal and disbeliever, he feared he would oppress his fathers, most likely due to their homosexuality and monotheism.

We know that God accepts homosexuals as believers, this verse is proof of it.

The Mosaic law abrogates the law of Lot. Moses came at least a millennium after Lot. Therefore, homosexuality is not a sin, its very clear by this verse that homosexuality is accepted by God and is compatible to Islam.

According to your study, what is the context of the verse 1880?

Note Not all scholars I listed here call themselves 'Quran Alone' or 'Quranist', but they are critical about Hadiths.
-Kassim Ahmed (He wrote about the history of hadiths)

• Reza Aslan ( He also studied other religions)
  -Khaled Abou El Fadl (based on the summary and preview of his books, they are really good)
  -Asma Barles (her works are more focused on women's rights in Islam)
• Akbar S. Ahmed ( If your are interested in modern politics)
  There are more interesting books here
  http//www.scholarofthehouse.org/prmuedbyomsa.html

I hope you'll like them.

Sorry for the mistype, the red one is *If you are

Also keep in mind that if you don't agree with every single thing a scholar says, that's okay. It's better to read in different perspectives of them and the Qu'ran to think your belief by yourself.

Note Not all scholars I listed here call themselves 'Quran Alone' or 'Quranist', but they are critical about Hadiths.
-Kassim Ahmed (He wrote about the history of hadiths)

• Reza Aslan ( He also studied other religions)
  -Khaled Abou El Fadl (based on the summary and preview of his books, they are really good)
  -Asma Barles (her works are more focused on women's rights in Islam)
• Akbar S. Ahmed ( If your are interested in modern politics)
  There are more interesting books here
  http//www.scholarofthehouse.org/prmuedbyomsa.html

I hope you'll like them.

Universe is a very complex place indeed.
The Earth in this video is so tiny that we even feel smaller than what we imagine.

Hmm..I wondering if anyone here tried synastry chart....