I subscribe to the "Five Articles" of English Deists:
1. Belief in the existence of a single supreme God
2. Humanity's duty to revere God
3. Linkage of worship with practical morality
4. God will forgive us if we repent and abandon our sins
5. Good works will be rewarded (and punishment for evil) both in life and after death
25:36 And the true servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk the earth with humility and when the ignorant address them, they respond with words of peace.
Yeap; the great thing with New Zealand; most female Muslims don't feel out of place given that there are very few women in New Zealand who wear revealing clothing - assuming the getup is casual clothes with a hijab. If you wear the whole KSA/Chidor thing then you're going to stand out no matter what city you're in
Your deism tenets are very close to Islam, you might as well say the Syahada kalimat and revert to Islam.
We can sort out your other issues later
Well, I'm doing my homework right now - having read more and more, realising that Islam isn't as simple as: this is 'the islam'. I'm recognise now that Islam is a lot more diverse than Westerners give it credit for.
And I'd have to say I'm on the liberal end of the spectrum but that doesn't mean I'm an 'everything goes' kind of person; one needs to have restraints in ones life to maintain perspective on what life is really about.
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