Is Islam an oppressive/repressed religion?

Question

How so?

Answer 1

nah it's how u interpret it

Answer 2

Actually it is more of the fundamental interpretation of Islam that is the real problem. A lot of educated Muslims are really peaceful however, since many of them have not open up to the world so there are things that seem too strange for them to understand and would see it as directed against them.

Even in this category, we cannot deny that there are decent and peaceful muslims who gives fair and logical answers to questions but also have hateful ones just like Christians do have. Those who are into terrorism are the closeminded Muslims who sees more the limitations rather than optimism in every possiblity that's why seeing no other better options, violence comes next.

Just look at this, this is one example of their way of asserting reason for the world to understand and in here everyone can clearly see that Islam is not a tolerant religion because this is how they convert people since Mohammad's time using swords and now using submachineguns and it is clear that they convert people by force.

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In a phone call with Fox News, Centanni said that during his capture, he was held at times face down in a dark garage, tied up in painful positions, and that he and Wiig were forced at gunpoint to make statements, including that they had converted to Islam.

"We were forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint," Centanni later told Fox. "Don't get me wrong here. I have the highest respect for Islam, and I learned a lot of good things about it, but it was something we felt we had to do because they had the guns, and we didn't know what the hell was going on."

'Haniyeh' (Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh) was evasive Sunday when asked whether he would try to arrest the kidnappers. Before Hamas ousted Fatah in March, it had frequently criticized the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority for cutting deals with kidnappers and letting them go without punishment.

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But we cannot also deny the fact that there were Palestinians who decried the kidnapping. In fact, Some really worked hard for the succesful release of these Fox news reporters.

Now, if they consider this as a crime like the Christian world would even if it involves Christian criminals, how come the Prime Minister himself is in doubt of what to do, unless if he either secretly approved of the kidnapping or afraid to be a victim himself. This way, these people will never stop doing it because their leaders themselves don't have the conviction or much less the initiative to arrest perpetrators of such crime.

Read more from this link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060827/ap_on_re_mi_ea/gaza_journalists

Answer 3

All religions could be considereed oppressive and repressed depending on what you position on the religion is. I've known Christians that don't go to church because there church has too many rules and/or restrictions. Oppressive? Not to the other 300 people that show up to mass or service each Sunday.

Answer 4

In my opinion, it seems that way simply because Islam has not "changed" as many other religions have over the generations. I am Roman Catholic -- and many of the rules I used to have to follow have been relaxed, for instance:
1. No Meat on Friday (I can now eat meat on Fri except during Lent)
2. Women must cover their heads in church (I can now enter church without a veil)
3. Women must not wear pants in a church (i can now wear jeans or slacks - do not have to wear a dress)
Just to name a couple. I see the Muslim religion as very much more old fashioned and "traditional" to their original ways, and feel that females are oppressed by men, while men follow their religion to be holy. It is a sad thing to me, that i see many of the women as possessions of their husbands....but maybe it is just that their culture is so very very very different than ours. We are more "progressive" in the West. That does not mean that we are better.....that simply means that we accept change, and believe that God accepts it as well. Islam is more strict to the original traditions and rules of their religion, and as time goes by and more changes are welcomed here in the West, they seem more and more removed from our picture of the "norm" -- not to say this is right -- just looks more alien to us as time goes by. I will say that I know several followers of Islam, and find them to be happy people, content with their relationship with God and their love for Mohammad (pbuh) and do not FEEL oppressed..........Here's the ultimate question......are you oppressed if you don't FEEL oppressed? hmmmm.

Answer 5

No. Just like other religions, Islam is used by radicals to justify hatred, murder, etc. Islam is a religion of tolerance, and love. Not Oppressive at all.

Answer 6

No.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A1124768

Also Rbmath2000-your quotes have been changed, misinterpretated..it is obvious you have taken this from an anti-islam cult website and not from the quran itself. If you read the quran you need to read its whole content and not just take the verses literally as they have deeper meanings. The verse of 63.6 means that the stiff necked rejecters of gods truth have made a wide gulf between themselves and gods grace. In the attitude of rebellion and trangression they cannot abtain Allahs forgiveness..That is more what this verse means, not that Allah does not forgive at all. Same with the other verses, some are even changed and really misinterpretated.

Answer 7

Fundamentlly the bible calls Islam a false religion.

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false prophets among you, who shall privately bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, bring swift destruction upon themselves". (2 Peter 2:1),
"For the time will come when they shall not endure sound teaching, but after their own lusts they shal heap to themselves teachers who tell them what they want to hear,, and they will turn away their ears from the truth..." 2 Tim .4:3

Answer 8

I guess someone takes a lot of time to pull lines from suras out of context to make Islam look bad. Walk in their shoes or actually talk to Muslims who live the faith daily before formulating a stilted opinion, ok?

Answer 9

simply no &with respect to what rbmath2000 said he didnt study islam but say only without understanding for the first verse (it mean that allah forbid things that ppl were used to do by sequences as in case of alcohol he said (2.219. They question thee about strong drink and games of chance. Say: In both is great sin, and (some) utility for men;
but the sin of them is greater than their usefulness. ) then (4.43. O ye who believe! Draw not near unto prayer when ye are drunken, till ye know that which ye utter,)then (5.90. O ye who believe! Strong drink and games of chance and idols and divining arrows are only an infamy of Satan's
handiwork. Leave it aside in order that ye may succeed.) all verse dont contradict but complement he has to study islam plz check www.sultan.org bec no place to answer all his verses

Answer 10

Islam requires that you surrender to god and has a very strict code of conduct. Most people confuse Islamists, who pervert Islam to incite hatred, with Muslims. The loss of women rights is not religious, that is a cultural thing.Their prophet told them to respect women.

Answer 11

No It is not...but most of its followers come from oppressive countries so they are not used to democratic ways of doing things. God says " There is no compulsion in religion" as well as "Your matters are to be negotiated between yourselves"