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Allah, Kebebasan Dan Cinta (2012)

by Irshad Manji(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

ZI Publications

review 1: Sebagai seorg pembaca muslim, buku ini sangat terpesong bagi saya dari segi agama. Penulis mencurahkn 100% berdasarkan pendapat dia dan bukannya rujukan daripada agama. Tapi seperti penulis mahu megubah persepsi muslim terhadap agama mereka sndiri. Bagi penulis dia mahu mengubah pemikran muslim kuno kepada muslim modern. Padahal tiada istilah tersebut dalam agama islam. Tidak hairanlah beliau seorang lesbian yang tinggal di negara barat yang mahukan kebebasan dalam islam. Pada pandagn saya, hanya 20% yg saya bersetuju dengn beliau terhadap agama islam. Malah bagi saya, beliau tidak meletkkan dirinya sebagai hamba Allah tapi banyak mempertikaikan agama Allah ini. Beliau seorang islam liberal.
review 2: Irshad doesn't have to sell to me. I am a 'heretic' too. ... moreBut there are areas where my heresy differs from her. That said, it is not my place to say if i am right or she is wrong. The fact is we will never know till the day of judgement. To the Mullah that vilified her, good luck when it is your turn to face your Creator. You should pray hard to hope you are right. Irshad is right AND wrong when she said the the Quran insist on people should pray but does not recommend ways of doing it. The Quran mentions it much, God wants his subjects to turn to him for all things through prayers, zikr, etc. The Quran also mention to perform prayer by standing, prostrating, etc. But not so specific as in when you should stand , prostrate and nothing said what is to be recited at which juncture. These are grey areas and is Gods gift to people. However there is a traditionally prescribed method of prayer. "Tradition" you can chose to follow or not, as there is no compulsion. [I hear screams of protest at this statement. The Hadith prescribed the 5 daily prayers. Yes, out of 6000,000 or so Hadith 1% was chosen and declared as pure. Now in statistics 1% is not an acceptable sample, EVER. When do we EVER have confidence in 1% possibility? Why should the confidence level be different just because it is with regards to faith?] And NO, the Quran does not prescribe 5 times a day prayer, just the time, at the beginning of the day, at the end of the day, at mid day. So essentially 'prayer' should be ALL the time not only limited to 5 times a day.It is true one can chose to communicate with their Creator in any language, not only arabic. Praying or 'talking' to God in your own language gives that extra edge because you understand what you are saying. and...you put faith in God that he understands you in whatever language you offer your prayers. I've always been aware of this but this point was driven home when I observed a man who was circumambulating the Kaabah in Mecca proclaiming, Allahu Akhbar in a not so precise pronunciation. Back home, someone who errs in their pronunciation as such would have been rapped for it. Which made me think, how can God not listen to him when this man has left kin and country, paid plenty just to be there at the Baitullah, to be close to his Creator, even if it is only for a short while here in this life.I rated this book 2 stars because 90% of the content is 'business as usual' for me. I did not quite enjoy her choice of quoting her emails as a way to put her points and issues across. However, I think it is a good read for people who are searching the alternative ways to the arab/saudi traditions; many muslims advocate as THE way. This book should provoke you to start searching, if not incite the desire to blow Irshad to smithereens with a hand grenade. Remember, the arabs of Saudi state are not from the lineage of the Prophet, the Royal family of Jordan is. less

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