I honestly don't know about this so much and since I am on medications that I must take of which uses gelatin capsules, I have no choice but to take them. I also am one that thinks that the verse quoted above has to do with the meat of the animal rather than by-products.

Peace be upon you and welcome!
Your Open mindedness is indeed a virtue! yay
seek! think! Ask!
Ask God's for help in Everything! With God is the keys to All secrets!
Always remember that God is Good, merciful, and forgiving, and that he guides those who seek his approval!
May the lord God Guide us by his Grace to the Correct path! pr

Thank you, I feel that by learning different religions and cultures I often grow and appreciate what humanity has to offer and that God has given us many choice in how we should worship and follow him. From the Abrahamic faiths to Haitian Vodou.

About a third of Turkey's population practises a religion similar to yours.
They're called Alevi.

Salaam.

Huh. I'm going to have to check that out.

Hello all,

I am a multi-religious person, or a "plural spiritualist" for lack of a better word. I basically study and implement different aspects of religious/spiritual paths into my own spirituality. I feel that each path leads to God and light and that each religion has a basic core that connects to other basic parts of different religions worldwide. I currently am into studying and practicing Ifa and Islam. Ifa is an African tradition, a shamanistic one at that and I practice the ancestoral service part of it for now.

I am into Islam because that is where I feel drawn to spiritually at the moment and there are aspects of the religion that I am attracted to, the oneness of God, the prayers, the reminders of God being our Creator. I personally feel that the Quran is divinely inspired in parts but also feel that like other religious texts it may have been mistranslated, misplaced, etc so I don't call it "perfect" but rather choose to view it as a guidebook, so to speak and to be interpreted in a metaphorical and/or allegorical manner.

As per the hadiths, I don't believe in most of them anyways and I feel that trying to follow them all would be inhibitive of one's spiritual growth and it also takes the focus of God, therefore, like the Quran I feel that the hadiths are just merely recommendations, an option to follow.

I know that I am knew here and I hope that I don't offend anyone, again I must emphasize that these are my beliefs, my views and I know that not everyone shares them. I am respectful to others and I am here to learn more about the Quranist movement.