What percentage of Muslims do you think are REALLY Muslim?

Question

I live in Australia, most Muslims I see practice a distorted westernized version of Islam (eg. they only pray when it suits them, many girls wear make up and tight clothing, but still wear a headscarf - kind of a contradiction, many drink alcohol, sleep with kafour, and gamble, ETC(they seem more Munafiq than Muslim)... and many more have melted into the Western social fabric of Australia and say that Islam is too old fashioned but still call themselves Muslims, but live like regular Westerners. I have met very few Muslims who REALLY practice Islam and make it the integral part of their life....what is happening here? why is Islam slipping away from these people? is this a global trend or just a phenomena in Western countries? any thoughts or opinions?

Answer 1

Assalamua'laikum,
Apparently it looks as if a meagre 0.1% are the real muslims in their vast majority and mostly appear to be munafiqs by dint of their unislamic practices, but this is a misnomer and shouldn't be called as such. At the most one can brand them as sinful, but sin doesn't rob them of their islam, and there is a strong likelyhood that the accuser may be himself a bigger sinner. This is because a muslim remains a muslim unless he believes contrary to an islamic belief. In that case he is called an apostate.It is sinful to call an ordinary and poorly practising muslim a non believer because he is still a believer though commits sin. Such muslims have Allah Subhanahus' door always open for their repentance. Allah is very kind who affirmed in Quran that he will forgive every sincere repenter except the one who assigns partners to HIM. This is a very delicate issue for the one who criticises a muslim without a valid reason---rather he tries to usurp the right of a muslim to exist in islam with honour unless poved otherwise.

Syed Ahmed Razavi Qadri
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Answer 2

It is a global trend, but it started earlier in "western" places. But since when is Australia west of the middle east?

Same thing happened with the Christians in these "western" countries.

Answer 3

It is difficult to say. Often when people are younger and are exposed to their education, new ideas and peer pressures they tend to stray away from their religions for a spell. I sure did as well as many I know. Many find their way back eventually and go back to more traditional roots as they get older. As an analogy I grew up with the Beatles, Stones, Deep Purple CCR et al in my teens and twenties but went back or over to the classical and celtic type music later on.
I some ways religion is like that.
I hate to use this analogy since I feel he is a poor example of a Muslim but you will notice when you see pictures of Ben Laden as a young fellow in his 20's he too had western dress, your typical disco style hair do and facial whiskers of the 70's disco era but look at him now!

Finally in America about half to 60% of the p[opulation believe in a higher power and go to church. In Canada 43% go to services. In Europe 20 - 2% go to church or believe in God but you know what? All the mosques in these countries are full on Friday prayer day.

Regards,

Michael Kelly

Answer 4

The end is near, that's why all these crazy things are happening. People are getting distracted by evil.
I am from the UK and I agree with what ur saying, there are many people who say they are Muslim but they do very unislamic things, like drinking, drugs and sleeping around. I see alot of girls here wearing a head scarf but the rest of their clothing is skimpy tops and tight jeans. I asked a girl that I used to work with, why do u wear a scarf but all that immodest clothing? She told me 'it's in fashion'. I was thinking, 'well why bother wearing the scarf if ur going with the fashion'?
Then on the other hand I think it is only up to Allah to judge, we cannot judge other people. We are only responsible for our own actions. I admit, I have not been 'religious' all my life, in fact, I only became more aware of my religion and beliefs after the death of a relative. Since then, I prayer Salaah regularly and recite Quran and try to live my life the best way I can, according to Islam.

90-91: O Jama'at-ul-Momineen those things which benumb the human intellect e.g. wine etc. and easily acquired money e.g. through games of chance (2/219), animals sacrificed upon altars and divining arrows (5/3) are abominable and devised by Shait'an, so refrain from them in order that you may be prosperous. Shait'an only wants to breed enmity and spite amongst you by means of wine and games of chance and to hold you back from adhering to Allah's laws, particularly Sal'at. Will you not refrain from them?

92: You should obey Allah Almighty and His Rasool i.e. the Divine order established by the Rasool, and be on your guard. If you turn away you should know that the Rasool's responsibility is only to deliver the message.

93: Those who believe and do good shall not be blamed for what they may have taken before. If in future they refrain from eating what is unlawful, continue to believe, do good and adhere to Allah's laws, they will lead a virtuous life. Allah Almighty likes those who lead such lives.

Answer 5

Its like the Christians who carry out hate crimes; including killing homosexuals, or the pro-conflict republican christians. And the proportion is that maximum fundamentalist, conservative Christians are warlike, ignorant, stupid, narrow minded and dogmatic. an identical is going for fundamentalist Muslims. There are the two Christians and Muslims alike who persist with the authentic process peace and loving God, and frown upon people who're over-non secular and take each and every passage to its center. by no potential heard of a Christian blowing himself up? attempt people who bomb abortion clinics and kill human beings. Or people who're violent and kill homosexuals. Or the black-Christian church homes who're racist against non-blacks and homophobic. same with the white christians of yesteryear who enslaved blacks and stole the lands from the indigenous. have self belief me the "Christ" followers are not so harmless in history the two no count number what the apologists say.

Answer 6

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This the world, here there is singing and dancing.

Man will not understand the drama that is going on here.

Only a very, very, very, small few will understand the beauty
that awaits man, if man truly wants to become "A True Human Being.

It befits women of all spiritual traditions to understand the definition of the word "Modesty", and follow with "Wisdom".

"Believe in God, don't pretend to believe in God, its the pretending that gets man into so much trouble!"

Answer 7

Needed: a definition of what comprises a "real" Muslim. Most of the practices you decry are not haram, at least according to the Qur'an.

Answer 8

as society goes on so does everything else. instead of the world becoming a better place it has become worst. it is up to us muslims to try to change it one step at a time. people today worry too mush about what the trend is as to oppose to what is right.

Answer 9

Might as well ask how many Christians are really Christian, seeing as most of them don't follow huge chunks of their own holy book anymore.

Answer 10

Probably about the same percentage of Christians who are REALLY Christians. Which isn't many!