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The Islamic Shariah (Laws of
Islam)
• The Lawful and the Unlawful in
Islam
The basic rule governing the issue of
the lawful and the unlawful is that
things are lawful unless one of the
sources of the Islamic laws specifies
that they are unlawful. In Islam it is
prohibited to drink alcohol, use drugs,
use interest, and all immoral conducts.
It is also prohibited to eat the meat of
pork, predators (animals and birds) and
all dead animals.
• War
War is not an objective of Islam nor is
it the normal course of Muslims; it is
only the last resort and is used under
the most extraordinary circumstances,
when all other attempts at just and
peaceful solutions to the dispute fail.
In Islam, every being is entitled to
enjoy a free and peaceful life,
regardless of religious, geographical or
racial considerations. If non-Muslims
are living peacefully or even
indifferently with the Muslims, there
can be no grounds or justification to
declare war on them or to begin
hostilities, embark on any act of
aggression, or violate their rights.
• Jihad
In Islam Jihad does not mean "Holy
war". And is not a declaration of war
against other religions and certainly
not against Christians and Jews, as
some people want it to be perceived.
Jihad literally means "striving,
struggling or exerting more effort than
usual for the betterment of one's elf
and the community at large." It has an
internal, societal and combative
dimension. - The internal dimension of Jihad encompasses the struggle against the evil inclinations of the self; it involves every Muslim's earnest, moral efforts to resist all internal or external inclination towards sin of all kinds. This includes the struggle to overcome problems, difficulties, tasks, and temptations.
- The social dimension includes struggling against social injustice and creating a communal identity based on charity, respect and equality. Also it takes the form of calling people with the community to enjoin good and forbid evil.
- Finally, the combative aspect of jihad is in the form of a just war to be used against aggression or to fight forces of tyranny and evil oppression, and, even then, to observe the strict limits of conduct prescribed by Islam that preserves the life of innocents and the sanctity of the environment.
- Islam rejects all forms of terrorism, extremism, fanatism and fundamentalism. The religion of Islam guarantees the sanctity of life (the life of a non-Muslim is considered as sacred as that of a Muslim), honor, property, and freedom to embrace and practice any religion they freely choose, and all other conducts as long as those conducts do not hurt others. To terrorize people or spread fear in any society or hurt others; all are considered major sins in Islam; Allah prescribed severe punishments for those who are involved in such actions.
• Women in Islam
Islam looks at the woman as an equal,
mature and capable partner of a man,
without whom a family cannot exist and
teaches that men and women are all the
creation of Allah, existing on a level of
equal worth and value. In some societies women are treated according to ancestral customs and tribal tradition, but in Islam they are treated with full respect and honor. Islam preserves women's honor and dignity, and requires that she must be treated with respect and honor. Her femininity should not be exploited in any way, rather she is to be regarded and treated as human individual whose sexuality does not enter into her relationship with any person other than her husband.
In Islam marriage cannot take place unless the female freely agrees to it and a dowry is given to her. Islam puts priorities for the husbands and wives. The responsibility for providing for the family is on the husband, while the responsibility to care for the house and raising the children is on the wife. These are the main priorities, but cooperation between the husband and the wife is required and highly recommended.
• Dress
For both males and females, Islam
requires that they wear proper, decent,
modest, and clean clothes. Muslim women also are instructed by Allah in the Quran to wear as a minimum Hijab (head covering). At home, with her immediate family like her husband children, brothers, uncles, grandfathers and other males (family members who are forbidden to them to marry her), and with other women, a Muslim woman may take her outer garments off, and be free to beautify herself as she wants. Unlawful clothing and adornment:
-Tight clothing, transparent clothing, clothes that expose those parts of the body which are sexually attractive, extravagant clothes, swim suits, makeup or perfume in public, wigs and hairpieces, gold and silk prohibited to Men only, but lawful for Women.
Generally in Islam, women's beauty and sexual attributes are not for public display.
• Traditions Interfering with Islam
The adherence to Islam (as with other
religions) varies with the strength of the
beliefs of the people. Sometimes
culture and traditions interfere with
religion, or even overshadow the
religion. Some people claim that
something in their culture or tradition is
part of the religion, when it is not. Or
do things that have no justification in
Islam and are prohibited; yet that gets
portrayed by others as the tenets of the
religion of Islam. Also the beliefs and practices of Muslims should not be judged according to the beliefs and the laws of other religions since some lawful practices of one religion can be portrayed by other religion as unlawful or even wrong.
Sometimes a conduct of certain people can be offensive to others and vice versa in spite of the fact that this conduct is not meant to offend others. For example Islam commands Muslims to lower their eyes when they are talking to people out of respect and honor for the others. This can be offending to other cultures where eye contact is very important when communication.
To live in peace and harmony in this
world, one should realize that people
were created differently and vary in the
colors of their skin, their languages,
and in their religions, cultures, and
traditions. Some people may be
different, but it does not mean that they
are bad or evil.
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