I knew nothing about Islam or Muslims. I stumbled across the Yaqeen podcast and this gentleman. Completely changed my perspective. Have even started to consider looking to attend a Mosque to learn more.,(reply>), This isn’t the REAL Islam.,(reply>), @TheGamingAlong Pretty damn sure I won't be the one crying when people wake up to this scam lol,(reply>), @Anomaly_Echelon7 Cry,(reply>), @Anomaly_Echelon7    <br>Thank you for the level-headed, well-worded comment it helps me understand better where you're coming from. I also tried my best to give you a explanation of my belief. Understanding each other is the only way we can achieve true peace, because selfishness is the root of all evil. Let's revise your points:<br><br>I disagree that Islam is a drug (which is perhaps insinuating that Islamic beliefs are nothing but a placebo effect), but I agree that it can be abused by certain people to feel good about their wrong-doings.<br><br>First off, in Islam, pork is not banned because "God dislikes it" that would indeed be some B.S. Pork is prohibited for Muslims based on the same principles as fasting: to show the strength in your belief of the creator by resisting the desire to eat from sunrise to sunset. So as to show it is not anymore important in this world than your belief in him and his command. As to why pork specifically, I have no idea, nor do I think it is feasible for human to discern the wisdom of God. <br><br>Secondly to your point, is the fact that Muslims eliminate pork from the menus that feed people from all kinds of beliefs and cultures. I more than agree that it is completely unjust to force someone to follow your beliefs just because they visit a country that has a majority population of your belief. Forget world ethics, even Islam teaches not to do this in the Qur'an. Rules in Islam apply to Muslims ONLY. Not just this, but so many Islamic teachings get downright ignored by Muslims born in certain families like: Jihad, LGBTQ-phobia ect., just because it's the way their fathers and forefathers behaved. Jihad states that a Muslim is only allowed to kill a person who has killed someone very dear to their heart, even still, it is disliked to kill in Islam and forgiveness is greatly rewarded. And here we have "Muslims" mass-murdering innocent lives on the daily.<br><br>Thirdly, the woman in Islam. It is hard to speak on this since I am a man myself but will admit that being a Muslim woman you are among some of the best women on the planet. I have met all kinds of women of all races, beliefs and cultures, never have I met women more respectful and understanding of their religion than Muslim women. Don't know what your source was, but I have asked real Muslim women in real life what they think about wearing the headscarves and all of them said they feel proud and happy to wear them. They said they feel this way because the wisdom behind wearing headscarves and dressing up decently is to preserve their beauty only to the eyes that deserve to see it. I didn't sense any brainwashed answers and everything they said felt honest and genuine. This also made sense to me since the world is full of pervy men that if I was a woman I wouldn't want their eyes on me. They also explained that there are families that will take this to the extreme by covering the woman by head to toe in hijab and is not necessary and compulsory in Islam. But the young Muslim women are re-educating their fathers and forefathers about what is compulsory and what is not and you can see that slowly things are changing. But it's looking like change will remain forever slow, as most Muslim women can't even think of talking back to their fathers, as the fathers couldn't bear to hear the fact that they have been living with the wrong beliefs all this time.<br><br>To sum it up, Islam has nothing but good characteristics. But many who follow it or claim to follow it, simply do not attempt to understand it's rules or purposefully misunderstand them for their convenience. And as a result the religion they end up following is not Islam, but the religion of their father and forefathers. And it is the actions of such people, that Islam gets painted in a bad light making it difficult for Muslims who actually try to practice their religion sincerely.,(reply>), @ORCA Religion is just a virtual drug that makes you feel better even for your wrong doings and even if you're in a bad situation. Yes, it has some positives to it like spreading peace and making people feel like they have a higher purpose in life. But at the end the only thing it consistently does is to persuade one from seeking truth even though Omar said something in the lines of Islam helping people seek truth in this Podcast which is an Obvious lie. Furthermore, it restricts the free will of a person for no reason, like why tf is Pork banned by Islam? Because god hates it or some shit? B.S. and I don't even wanna start with what it does to a Woman's free will and to people who are LGBT. It has also taken off Pork from a few Danish school cafeteria menus as a result of a few Muslim parents who have made complaints against schools for serving pork, why the hell are they immigrating into non Islamic countries and demand they follow Islamic values? This has to be stopped right now before they immigrate more and take power only to have people executed for what they are and half the population be forced to wear something they don't want to.<br><br>To sum it up, it has a few good characteristics but it's nothing compared to what it can bring upon to the advanced western civilization during modern times.