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guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 01:38 PM Dec 2018

What Would Muhammad Do?

From the article:

We tend to focus on the religious and theological aspects of his message, which remains a very important part of his message. But we tend to forget the impact on social norms he brought about. His call to Islam, and the islamic way of life, was a significant threat to the elites of Mecca. Here is a man calling for the equal rights of the marginalized- the poor, the slaves, the women and others. He gave voice to the voiceless. No wonder among the first to change course after his call were the social discards.


To read more:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/askamuslim/2018/12/what-would-muhammad-pbuh-do/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Muslim&utm_content=49

The author's opinion, describing the social impact, echoes what has been said when describing the message of Jesus.
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What Would Muhammad Do? (Original Post) guillaumeb Dec 2018 OP
The guy who said not to leave marks while beating your wife? Major Nikon Dec 2018 #1
How insightful. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #3
You stole my line! Major Nikon Dec 2018 #4
What would YOU do, Guy? MineralMan Dec 2018 #2
Off topic MM. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #5
No, it is not off topic at all. MineralMan Dec 2018 #6
Another off topic response. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #7
Get over it. MineralMan Dec 2018 #8
He's not going to answer, so one can always speculate Major Nikon Dec 2018 #9
But, Rumi, see... MineralMan Dec 2018 #18
Who fucking cares. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #10
Off topic. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #12
Then lock the fucking thread. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #14
Attempted censorship? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #16
For a guy so wrapped up in the decorum of "tolerance"... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #17
No one knows. trotsky Dec 2018 #11
And are the things written here examples of, in your words, "a few ups"? guillaumeb Dec 2018 #13
Not really, they're just the author's personal interpretation. trotsky Dec 2018 #15
Because Allah, prophet of, supposedly. MineralMan Dec 2018 #19
What Would Muhammad Do? Runningdawg Dec 2018 #20
Unlike Jesus, he never recovered from death. Cartoonist Dec 2018 #21
Note the use of the word "would" instead of will. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #22
Well, that limits him even more Cartoonist Dec 2018 #23

Major Nikon

(36,900 posts)
1. The guy who said not to leave marks while beating your wife?
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 01:44 PM
Dec 2018

The guy who raped his child wife at the age of 9?

That Muhammad?

Why do you keep trying to pass off that Muhammad as a beacon of human rights?

Very telling that.

MineralMan

(147,572 posts)
2. What would YOU do, Guy?
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 01:45 PM
Dec 2018

Muhammad is dead. Jesus is dead. You live. So, tell us what you would do and why.

MineralMan

(147,572 posts)
6. No, it is not off topic at all.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 01:48 PM
Dec 2018

It is simply uncomfortable for you, which is not the same thing at all.

I will reply to posts as I choose.

Major Nikon

(36,900 posts)
9. He's not going to answer, so one can always speculate
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 02:15 PM
Dec 2018

It does seem rather odd as to why someone would wonder what a polygamist, a wife beater, and child rapist would do in regards to human rights, but here we are. I suppose some look for inspiration in strange places.

MineralMan

(147,572 posts)
18. But, Rumi, see...
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 02:38 PM
Dec 2018

Or some Muslim blogger on Patheos. I don't know, someone authoritative and superbly qualified to speak about Islam. They abound on blogs, apparently.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
10. Who fucking cares.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 02:22 PM
Dec 2018

It's almost 2019. Maybe we shouldn't be looking for direction on human rights from a guy who died 1,300 years ago.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
17. For a guy so wrapped up in the decorum of "tolerance"...
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 02:36 PM
Dec 2018

...you have a pretty low opinion of your audience.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
11. No one knows.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 02:23 PM
Dec 2018

But he did some pretty bad stuff, so I'm not going to automatically assume he is any kind of moral authority.

He started a religion that has, like all of them, had a few ups but a lot of downs.

Maybe if we all started asking "What would everyone else like me to do?" instead of trying to imagine what some person who lived centuries ago wanted, we might start behaving better.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
15. Not really, they're just the author's personal interpretation.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 02:28 PM
Dec 2018

You're the one veering off topic now.

Why should we care what Mohammed would do?

MineralMan

(147,572 posts)
19. Because Allah, prophet of, supposedly.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 02:39 PM
Dec 2018

I don't know. He's been dead a long time, though, so there's that.

Runningdawg

(4,613 posts)
20. What Would Muhammad Do?
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 02:42 PM
Dec 2018

Retreat to a cave to talk to his imaginary friend, emerge and say it's all Gods will. Inshallah.

Cartoonist

(7,529 posts)
21. Unlike Jesus, he never recovered from death.
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 02:47 PM
Dec 2018

So he won't be doing anything. At least, not until they invent time-travel

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