I grew up in a muslim house , but prayer was never crazy enforced or anything , I still don't even pray 5X a day , maybe max 4 when I'm feelin good or as little as just 1 I do believe in God , but I have some doubts about Hadith (and yes yes this technically makes me Kafir to many muslims) but I never talk about it. I firmly believe christianity made Jesus more than man and Islam made muhammad morally sketchy - both religions essentially have their own leap of faith. The thing is, I've recently been getting into it and going deeper and honestly I'm so torn , Islams practices are resonating more and more with me (minus Muhammad sometimes but hopefully I get my doubts about him cleared) BUT I effing hate muslims - they are incredibly judgy, preachy, and nitpicking every little thing "why dont you have a beard? Kafir!" , "how dare you buy coffee from so and so chain - they support israel!" (bitch I have a gift card) and so on. The irony is - the same types of girls and dudes that judge for me for this are behind me in line ordering haram chicken at a fast food place or buying coffee from the same place! I like praying (just maybe not 5X), I like the Quran, but I hate the stress of being a modern muslim - you're supposed to be a social justice warrior AND you can't mingle with people of other cultures essentially. I went to a mosque and they take it super seriously but that makes me think - why am I always trying to bend over backwards to a group of people that essentially keep moving goal posts until you move all the way out to a middle eastern country while enjoying cushy western lives themselves. It just feels like the blind leading the blind in many ways and I'm just so tired. If I'm essentially committing sin every day by not praying, always behind the 8-ball, why am I still doing this? Should I quit and pick a new one?
>>33834605Do whatever you feel is right. It sounds like you are just waiting for someone to nudge you away from islam.
>>33834614I think I want to go but my name always reminds me of it like a spectre / ghost and my family is NOW strictly religious as they got old -- basically I can't leave without burning bridges and looking like a massive dick
>>33834605The retarded thing here is you let these Muslim diaspora fools cloud your judgement about Islam.I am Muslim, but not a diaspora guy who migrates to other people's land to bother them and practice blatant hypocrisy, I'm comfortable in my own homeland.I'll tell you this : Keep reading the Quran and look at what it contains in detail, search up online for the interpretations of passages that are vague.Being Muslim does not mean you're supposed to be a social justice warrior, or supposed to hate Jews, or not mingle with other cultures. That shit is all political, due to the Israel Palestine stuff. Being Muslim is about having belief in God (Allah is just one of his names in the human tongue, for all we know he has no name or his true name is unknown since he predates concept of names and language), it's about being stoic and disciplined (5 prayers a day is exactly for that), about helping those in need within reason (zakat), about believing Muhammad was the last prophet, about fasting Ramadan from dawn to dusk, about not giving up because this world is a test by God.You don't gotta go and grow that beard, or wear a burqa, or whatever. Having modesty and dignity is enough.You can actually choose to not follow Hadiths if you have doubts and it's okay, only the Quran is infallible.Islam is basically the key to the societal collapse you people have in the West, with foids getting all riled up against men, birthrate dropping, people commiting suicide like it's going out of style, people losing purpose and drive, fags and trannies everywhere (just for the record : they're supposed to be disowned by society or urged to stop that lifestyle in Islam, not thrown off buildings like some savages do), etc...Whatever else you do is your choice.Even going to the mosque is not mandatory, you can pray at home.Whatever you do, don't let the hypocrites push you out of your faith, and don't become one of them. Do your thing.
>>33834605>modern muslimThat's mainly the corrosive effect of Western society.Save up money in the West, then go back to your ancestral country and enjoy the ridiculous purchasing power you'll most likely have.
>>33834605>It just feels like the blind leading the blindthats religion, dumbass>point the finger and then commit the same sinyet to meet a muslim who wasn't dumb as a rock or a disengenuous snake>should i change sidesalmost there...
>>33834605OP, what religion you profess and the jewish question are two very different things. The Gazans are being genocided for being arabs in a land occupied by jews. It's a race war. Ironically, the jews are not totally wrong when they accuse their enemies of being nazis. Practially every race that encounters the jews ends up hating them. The arabs there are a mix of religions. Also, Isn't it interesting how it's the Shia (Iran, the Houthis and Hezbollah) in particular, who are the only outsiders fighting in support of the Palestinians. The Sunni countries neighbouring Israel won't do anything.>t. Rambled a bit, I know, and only tangentially relevant to your question.
>>33834605Religion is 100% hypocrisy. Always. The more someone will show off his pious ways, the bigger of a sinner they are. The only people who maybe really believe all this nonsense are literally mentally ill. Just like someone who actually believes in alien abduction. All else is just performative.
>>33834605islam has some good stuff (unless you're a woman)which one would u pick? (and where do you live?)
>>33834605you're breaking free of the bounds of religion, they want you to play their game and live within this ecosystem that offers you free salvation points for doing certain deedsthe reality is the reality though - muslims are pricks, as you experienced on your own flesh.You need to live to be a good personsimplelive to be a good persongood person means, not being a cunt, not being abrasive, not having such strong fervor about specific topics to the point where you dedicate your life to meaningless pursuits.Who the fuck cares about some war happening far away? who cares?you wake up in the morning, you have your two eyes, you have your two legs, you have your two arms, you are still alive. You need to be happy and thankful for this, and you need to use ALL of your power - to maintain it. And to maintain your mental health as much as your physical one because the two are interlinked. You take care of your body, you also take care of your needs to socialize, to have good interactions, to be a good person. You become classy. You become wanted. People like having you around. You don't fake it, you're just happy to be there and happy to be part of society.So in that regard I will say - connect to people who are nice to you. Let go of all this bullshit, people thinking that they will get some redemption by praying - but actually constantly sinning, in how they behave, in how they are as a person.Be compatible with societybe a good force for the people around yoube a good personforget about god, live to be a good influence on people around you through example - behave well, be classy. Muslims ain't classykeep it up chud
