Problems with Islam

A Quora answer

… ۚ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا ۚ…

“.… On this day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion.” (Qur’an 5:3)

• Islam is not just a religion of personal belief or personal practice of rituals.
• Islam is religion of community that provide state laws, a world order, and an outlook on the universe.
• Islam touches all aspects of life. It stated laws of what to do, what not to do, the likes and dislikes, what is permissible and freely open, and what is not allowed and prohibited.
• Islam gave a wide open space for human creativity, innovation and civil development, but not on account of God existence and His will and might.
• Islam states that human life is precious, but oneness and worship of God/Allah comes first.
• Islam recognizes self esteem, but modesty and self humility to other fellow Muslims and humans comes first.
• Islam tells us that selfishness is obnoxious, community comes first, more important than oneself or needs, because it is upon community to serve and protect the individual.
• Islam teaches us that knowledge is essential, and tells us ignorance is intolerable.
• Islam respects free trade and protects private ownership, but at the same time teaches us that to be generous and charity is divine.
• Islam is only attributed to the One and Only Almighty Creator of all things, including the universe that we know and that we don't, what is beyond, what was before and what is to be after. He is Greater than any thing, the One and Only true God, Allah (swt).

Don’t compare Islam to any other man made laws or manipulated religions, Islam is the only true religion.

My response

• It says it is a way of life, or a philosophy, however, philosophies are reasonable, while Abrahamic religions are dogmas, which can never be changed, even if reasoning goes against it. Then it seeks to break reasoning to defend itself.
• It provides state laws, but as a person who is dependent on a state, it is very oppressive that the state cannot accommodate my differences.
• To Islam, human lives are precious, but it is only prioritized after the worship of God. In other words, dissent can result in death.
• "Don't trust 'man made religions' or 'manipulated religions', Islam is the only true religion" - there is no proof for manipulation, because if so, the believers wouldn't be following them in the first place.
  • Besides, religion is simply a way of thought, so it doesn't matter what it was originally, it only matters what it is now. And what Judaism is now is that people believe the laws of Moses were not altered.
  • That is, simply changing the text doesn't become problematic, however, changing the historical claims, such as saying these are what Moses said, as opposed to we have corrected what Moses said, is wrong.
  • And I don't think Jews believe the laws of Moses were modified, so I don't see the problem.