I think you and I have been raised in completely opposite ways then. See my family was a namesake Muslim family to say the least.many of my close relatives are Non Muslims and my dad himself was far from a practicing Muslim and even made derogatory statements about Islam, and Muslims, and made sure our upbringing was far away from "Islamic" Thank God I never let myself then be influenced by him!
In fact when I actually started seeking knowledge about Islam did I come to know the many different sects and misinterpretations of the faith. Truly what we had been taught was falsehood to say the least. The true Islamic deen, as revealed by Allah to our Prophet, is no where near to being the harsh and extreme religion that many of the so called Imaams and sheikhs make it out to be.
I think you and I have been raised in completely opposite ways then. See my family was a namesake Muslim family to say the least.many of my close relatives are Non Muslims and my dad himself was far from a practicing Muslim and even made derogatory statements about Islam, and Muslims, and made sure our upbringing was far away from "Islamic" Thank God I never let myself then be influenced by him!
In fact when I actually started seeking knowledge about Islam did I come to know the many different sects and misinterpretations of the faith. Truly what we had been taught was falsehood to say the least. The true Islamic deen, as revealed by Allah to our Prophet, is no where near to being the harsh and extreme religion that many of the so called Imaams and sheikhs make it out to be.