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Why is this Important?
It is important because we have to know the
environment we are part of, what is good and what is
bad in the society and what is “accepted culture” in the
society. Only then we will be able to define where we
were before religious study and where we are or will be
as a religious student/graduate.
So, time to review some realities around us… From now on
I will describe my thoughts and behavior before study and after
I started my study in Al-Mustafa University.
First of all I will tell you how I was behaving and
what kind of approach I had towards other people. I
was born in a Muslim country and everyone used to
call themselves Shia of Ali. I was following the
society and accepted this as a normal thing. I never
questioned anything and accepted everything as part
of ultimate truth. Later I started reading and
understood that whatever I witnessed around me is not
representing Islam, Of course this heavily affected my
behavior towards the society.
As I am religious (I have belief in Allah (swt) and
practice Islam) independently from me I was judging
people based on their belief and religious practice.
Regular reading of Quran was giving me idea about
human being and society. A
s I live in the country which is deemed to be a Muslim
country, I was expecting all of the people to practice Islam
completely but not seeing this in practice made me think of
the verse 16 in chapter Al-Hadid: