WTH is a mainstream Muslim?

[Lamagoodle]

Mainstream muslim= traditional muslims= 99% muslims.

Nothing wrong with that.
Deviants ( wahabi inspired kamakazi ideology )make up the remaining 1%.

[Colonel]

@perfect - If somebody decides to put every Muslim in the "terrorist basket" then that's their problem and I personally couldn't give a toss what they think of me, I'll never go out of my way to please such a retarded person by calling myself "mainstream Muslim", SMH to be honest I see it as an insult.

Alxamdullilah we don't have this lack of confidence in the UK.

[SultanOrder]

But what if it is in your interest to label yourself as a mainstream muslim, and correct the misconceptions, wouldn't doing so be an inteligent thing to do and not lack in confidence.

[1nemansquad]

Lamgoodle, i disagree with you. no traditional Muslim would call him or herself a mainstream Muslim, i'm a traditional Muslim and i'm nothing more than a Muslim with no label, i will not use coded terms that was created by the Jewish media and its allies to divide Muslims even more than they already are to describe myself

[Colonel]

But what if it is in your interest to label yourself as a mainstream muslim, and correct the misconceptions, wouldn't doing so be an inteligent thing to do and not lack in confidence.

How could it be in my interest to do so?

Misconceptions you say? I can play that game too and view every Christian as a peadophile.

[grandpakhalif]

Mainstream muslim means American approved Islam, such as union, NHG etc.

[Based]

Mainstream Muslim would mean a Muslim whose beliefs are in the majority, right?

[Lamagoodle]

Lamgoodle, i disagree with you. no traditional Muslim would call him or herself a mainstream Muslim, i'm a traditional Muslim and i'm nothing more than a Muslim with no label, i will not use coded terms that was created by the Jewish media and its allies to divide Muslims even more than they already are to describe myself

Inemansquad, yes, you are a mainstream muslim i.e. you belong to the majority of muslims who worship Allah, pray, pay zaka, etc. You are not among the few who have abused the basic principles of our faith; you don't condone suicide bombings, you don't label other muslims as kaafirs, mushrikiin etc. You don't devise Fatwas on women driving cars, or buying bananas from the market etc.

The deviants wahabists are not mainstream.

[SultanOrder]

But what if it is in your interest to label yourself as a mainstream muslim, and correct the misconceptions, wouldn't doing so be an inteligent thing to do and not lack in confidence.

How could it be in my interest to do so?

Misconceptions you say? I can play that game too and view every Christian as a peadophile.

Well for example there are a lot of people who genuinely don't know that much about Islam, and have been victims to generalizations. A percentage of these people might be receptive to Islam, but if your unwilling to clear up their misconceptions you've lost them. Also clearing up a misconception will help them to be less hostile to islam, and even know better to fall for those media tricks. All that does you good, atleast it should.

[Keyblade]

Mainstream Muslim would mean a Muslim whose beliefs are in the majority, right?

bingo

[1nemansquad]

Based, no it doesn't mean that to the individuals who introduced the term

Lamgoodle, i'm not a mainstream Muslim, i don't believe in putting labels on myself other than just being a Muslim

[Based]

I'm not really interested in arguing semantics bro.

Mainstream means mainstream, there's nothing sinister about it.

You should be more worried about "progressive" Muslims

[Colonel]

But what if it is in your interest to label yourself as a mainstream muslim, and correct the misconceptions, wouldn't doing so be an inteligent thing to do and not lack in confidence.

How could it be in my interest to do so?

Misconceptions you say? I can play that game too and view every Christian as a peadophile.

Well for example there are a lot of people who genuinely don't know that much about Islam, and have been victims to generalizations. A percentage of these people might be receptive to Islam, but if your unwilling to clear up their misconceptions you've lost them. Also clearing up a misconception will help them to be less hostile to islam, and even know better to fall for those media tricks. All that does you good, atleast it should.

I don't think you need to call yourself a mainstream Muslim to teach people about Islam or clear some misconceptions. Then again Americans are pretty retarded when it comes to any matter which happens outside their state. An exaggeration perhaps but like I said i've never heard this here nor the term "moderate muslim" so it could be something that only happens across the pond.

[Lamagoodle]

Based, no it doesn't mean that to the individuals who introduced the term

Lamgoodle, i'm not a mainstream Muslim, i don't believe in putting labels on myself other than just being a Muslim

Onemansquad, mainstream = majority nothing to be angry about.

I doubt that you and the sheikh who proclaimed a fatwa on women shopping fruits (Banana, cuccumber) could fall into the same categorisation.

[union]

some people really need to leave la la land and accept the reality that there's no uniformity inside Islam outside a few basic fundamentals.