I was truly saddened to hear what happened yesterday in Orlando. A day before this tragedy, a talented girl was shot to death on stage; and a day after, people going out to have fun had no idea they were being murdered.
I, as a Muslim, condemn this act. Yes, I admit it--my religion condemns homosexuality. But this Islamic law does not make sense to me, or to any of my other Muslim friends, and family. Why? Because our religion asks us to love, not to hate. What this disgusting fellow Mateen did, was truly unacceptable; and I hope he's in hell right now. Many of us regular, non-extreme Muslims view homosexuality as a natural thing people are born with; it's not a choice. I didn't choose to be straight, I just feel attracted to people of the opposite gender. I and over a billion of Muslims do not represent the terrorists who think they're doing the right thing; in other words--think of it like a classroom; where everyone gets punished for what one or two people did. Every single student didn't misbehave, it was only the minority who reside in Muslim countries. They're not Muslim--many people have wrong interpretations of Islam. In fact, real Muslims themselves have to still analyze the Quran. There's more to learn off of it; half of us reading it don't even know what is being said. The translations you all may find on the internet are very inaccurate; this religious book dates back to over a thousand years ago. We live in a new generation, new beliefs, new thoughts. Some live in the past, but we need to live in the future.
To really learn about Islam, don't look at CNN, FOX, Google, or some other source of the internet. The real source is at mosques and scholars. I am a Muslim who is not an extremist.
EDIT: I forgot to mention, victims of ISIS and other asshole terrorist groups are Muslims mostly. If you look in Muslim countries, many people are murdered every day, people are scared of them; they can't go outside and they have to live under so much extreme laws. Countries like Canada or the U.S, you'd see a lot of them living lives happily opposite to how they appear in those Muslim countries.
I, as a Muslim, condemn this act. Yes, I admit it--my religion condemns homosexuality. But this Islamic law does not make sense to me, or to any of my other Muslim friends, and family. Why? Because our religion asks us to love, not to hate. What this disgusting fellow Mateen did, was truly unacceptable; and I hope he's in hell right now. Many of us regular, non-extreme Muslims view homosexuality as a natural thing people are born with; it's not a choice. I didn't choose to be straight, I just feel attracted to people of the opposite gender. I and over a billion of Muslims do not represent the terrorists who think they're doing the right thing; in other words--think of it like a classroom; where everyone gets punished for what one or two people did. Every single student didn't misbehave, it was only the minority who reside in Muslim countries. They're not Muslim--many people have wrong interpretations of Islam. In fact, real Muslims themselves have to still analyze the Quran. There's more to learn off of it; half of us reading it don't even know what is being said. The translations you all may find on the internet are very inaccurate; this religious book dates back to over a thousand years ago. We live in a new generation, new beliefs, new thoughts. Some live in the past, but we need to live in the future.
To really learn about Islam, don't look at CNN, FOX, Google, or some other source of the internet. The real source is at mosques and scholars. I am a Muslim who is not an extremist.
EDIT: I forgot to mention, victims of ISIS and other asshole terrorist groups are Muslims mostly. If you look in Muslim countries, many people are murdered every day, people are scared of them; they can't go outside and they have to live under so much extreme laws. Countries like Canada or the U.S, you'd see a lot of them living lives happily opposite to how they appear in those Muslim countries.
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