The doubts
Questions people actually carry, in the words they actually use. Each one has a short answer you can read in a few minutes, and sources you can check yourself. Find yours below.
The doubt
Where it starts
Answer
Read
“The hadith are full of inhumane and absurd material. I do not think they can be taken as true.”
Scriptural
2 min read
“My kindest friends were never Muslim. Am I supposed to believe they are all going to hell?”
Identity
2 min read
“I asked my teacher whether we just have to believe without knowing if any of it is true. He said yes.”
Intellectual
2 min read
“I cannot follow a religion that keeps producing terrorists and calls itself merciful.”
Intellectual
2 min read
“I hate wearing the tudung. It is hot, it is uncomfortable, and I cannot see what it is for.”
Emotional
2 min read
“I learned that women cannot be witnesses in the Syariah courts, or that a woman's word counts for half of a man's.”
Scriptural
2 min read
“Qur'an 4:34 says a man may beat his wife if she does not do what he wants. That is horrible.”
Scriptural
2 min read
“I was taught that a father or grandfather can marry a girl off to whoever he wants, without asking her.”
Scriptural
2 min read
18 doubts answered so far. If yours is not here, it is not because it cannot be answered.