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Islam and the Quran
a community, a natural sense of loss gets inculcated in
their minds. It makes them feel that they have lost out
on something important for their progress. This, along
with lack of interaction with the outside world and the
receiving of selective information over the news toxically
combines into a feeling of being unwelcomed in their
own domicile country. No community could progress
with such a mindset. They need to realize that there
is an equal opportunity for everyone in this country –
from primary education to jobs – it needs to be availed
through hard work.

68 Does Islam prohibit art and music?

rt and music are your personal choices. Islam does not
Ainterfere with this, as it is not in the domain of faith.
Islam neither prescribes these as lawful nor unlawful.

69 If someone committed shirk, is it

punishable and do we have the right to

implement this punishment. Is this what

Allah desires from us?

his is entirely wrong. Nowhere in the Quran is it
Twritten in the Quran that one who does shirk (associate
partners with God) should be killed or punished. This
is highly baseless. This is a deviation from the freedom
that human beings have been given by God in this world.

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