Quran- Islam is a Game Changer : “And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea and provided for them of the good things and preferred them over much of what We have created, with [definite] preference.” – Quran, 17:70 Allah has honored all the children of Adam. Not only Muslims, not only men, not one race or nation, not only the wealthy or beautiful, but all humans. As for the nature of man, Allah says, “[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay. So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration.’” – Quran, 38:71-72 A being into whom Allah breathed cannot help but be noble by nature. Yes, we humans are corruptible and shortsighted, but we don’t have to be. Our nature is pure. We can, at times, rise above our own foolishness and become great. When it comes to morality, Islam takes the approach of trusting human beings to live by values like compassion, justice, fairness, help forthe poor, brotherhood and sisterhood, devotion to God, and non-attachment to material luxuries. That’s what Islam is supposed to be! This is why certain oppressive cultural practices found in parts of the Muslim world are so abominable.I’m talking about so-called honor killings, female genital mutilation, denial of education to women, violence against religious minorities, etc. These practices must be abolished. They are anathema to everything Islam represents. Islam came to promote an idea of human dignity based on: 1- Our relationship with Allah; 2- The love and mercy we show one another; 3- The utilization of our free will for a higher purpose.

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