About Qatari haircut rules: Truthfully, I don't know.
About dictation of haircuts by Islam: No, no and no. I think the only sect that even advocates this is Wahabiism
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Qaza' is frowned upon here by the religious conservartives, especially the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party (but not haram, you can see tons of Malaysian youth sporting Qaza' hairstyles)
And our Beram does sport a Qaza' haircut and is married to a Jew (maybe, is this true?) Win-win all around :cheery...
A person who breaks Ramadan/violates the fasting rules (shagging wives before iftar, for example) must do the first one. Failing that, they can do the third punishment, and finally if they're too skint, they must exercise the second option.
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A recent fatwa said in this case, you have two options:
i) Follow the sunrise/sunset times
ii) Follow the fasting times for Mecca
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Thanks! I've never obtained access to any of these stories, since they're often blurred out by the Malaysian educational system. I'd like to learn about the disadvantages of Islam too (instead of 'Islam is the best and has no disadvantages, who says otherwise is an infidel' view espoused by most...
The Daesh are either impostors, wannabe zealots who don't have a clue when it comes to learning their own religion, or practice an extreme form of Wahabiism (just like the Taliban during their reign in Afghanistan)
I seem to recall a story where they asked a Christian couple if they're Muslims...
This is not true. And from which source did you get this story? I'm not sure if this story even exists. But I'll try to answer it anyway: Muhammad espoused peace and egalitarianism (the Islam we see today in Arabia aka Wahabiism which demonizes women is a result of centuries of politicisation by...
Well, I'm a Malaysian citizen, and Muslim since birth (though I consider myself more liberal than most Muslims here)
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