And to everyone on this thread...EVERYONE...relax a tad.
Anyone in the entire world can say "hey I worship/followtheactionsof 'insert name of philosopher/famous bloke here', but he used to rape/murder/mutilate etc so I'm going to do that too", and anyone who says that is a complete moron. Just because a minority of people, who believe in one god, Allah (swt), and believe that Muhammad (pbuh) was his messenger, decide to take certain aspects of his life completely out of context, and use these aspects to justify their own inhumane, immoral sins, does not necessarily mean that the teachings of Islam are the root of his choices to rape, murder etc.
The teachings of Islam depend a lot on choice. If someone chooses to take certain actions done by the Prophet (pbuh) out of context and use these actions to justify his wrongdoings, then go ahead, but it doesn't change the FACT that they are wrongdoings, as the Quran teaches. Islam does not teach to abuse young girls - sick, twisted minds of human are the ONLY root behind this, and the ONLY person to blame if someone is murdered, raped etc, is the one who inflicted the torture upon them, not the inspiration or the victim or anyone else.
There is absolutely no harm and only good in taking actions Muhammad (pbuh) did whilst he was alive, and doing them today for good. Eg, giving to the poor, liberating women, being humble, being generous, and so on. I also don't see how a male growing a beard is a problem either lol. So this is why we follow the actions of Muhammad (pbuh), because the ones highlighted and most commonly mentioned in hadiths and the quran are only those that are good for us.
So let's stop blaming an entire religion. If someone decides to go and, idk, massacre a school, should we blame the first ever people to do a massacre, or should we blame HE WHO COMMITTED THE MASSACRE? Logic people. Come on, get with it. People on this website are meant to have a mean ATAR of like 95-97, let's reflect it in our arguments yeah?
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