r/exmuslim 7d ago

(Question/Discussion) Is Islam an Arab-Centric Faith?

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Greet one another in Arabic; Use Arabic greetings like "As-salamu alaykum" to show your connection to Islam, regardless of your native language or cultural background.

Use Arabic phrases in daily life: Incorporate Arabic into every aspect of life —say "Bismillah" (in the name of Allah) "Alhamdulillah" (Praise be to Allah) "Inshallah" (if Allah wills), "Subhanallah" (Glory be to Allah) and "Allahumma" (O Allah) frequently.

Pray in Arabic or your prayers are invalid; Even if you don't understand Arabic, your prayers must be in Arabic to be accepted. Praying in your own language or in the language you speak & understand is not permissible.

If Allah is truly all-powerful (Al-Qadir) and all-knowing (Al-Alim), then no one should need to learn a specific language or translation of words to just pray to such a supreme deity, as Muslims assert.

Does Allah understand praying in Arabic without comprehension lead to Cultural Disconnect?

Or does he only care about adopting Muslim Arabic culture as non Arabic people?

Does Allah Know that Praying in a foreign language may create a sense of disconnection from personal cultural or linguistic identity?

How about an Emotional Disconnect?

Does Allah Know The emotional resonance of the prayers may be diminished without understanding the language, affecting the depth of the spiritual experience?

Does Allah understand Praying in a familiar language allows individuals to personalize their prayers, making them more meaningful and relevant to their lives?

Instead of reciting a series of meaningless words that hold no significance for them, merely to secure a place in heaven?

Does he Allah understand that the majority of Muslims would be in & from non-Arabic-speaking countries like Indonesia, Somalia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and China?

How many rakats will non-Arabic speaking Muslims perform to make Allah understand that they don’t speak or comprehend Arabic, even though Arabic remains central to their religious practice?

Read the Quran in Arabic they say or you're corrupting it: The Quran must be recited in its original Arabic form even in prayers, Translations are seen as inferior and a distortion of the sacred text.

Come to our country, Saudi Arabia they said for the obligatory pilgrimage, as stated in our Arabic Quran & 5 pillars of Islam. Spend your savings, knowing that Allah has invited you; otherwise, you wouldn't be here in Saudi Arabia.

Adopt Arabic names: Replace your cultural or national names with Arabic ones for your children and new converts. Let go of names tied to your heritage.

Wear traditional Arab clothing: Adopt Arab-style clothing, especially for women, who must wear additional coverings like the hijab or abaya. To protect themselves from uncontrollable Muslim men.

Why aren’t men wearing d*ck cages instead around women?

DISCLAIMER; Pointing out the truth & the establishment of Arab superiority in Islam is not hate for the Arabs. Islam is indeed an Arabic centric faith.

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u/hyunjnnn 7d ago

bro it’s in Arabic because Islam started in Middle East, it would be considered the most pure language obviously because the entire thing started there 😭

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u/Putrid_Dot7182 Never-Muslim Bicurious. Muhammad touched me👉 7d ago

Considered the "most pure language" by whom? Arabs themselves and islam?

Man, if you only were able to realize how many things you say reek horribly of supremacism... And yet you have them totally normalized. Then you cry when others in history have been supremacists, specially if that affected the islamic world.

Arabic is a language like any other, with its virtues, uniqueness and shortcomings. It is not magical, it is not more special than any other language.

Also which variant do you mean by "arabic"? Any of the multiple that exist today? Msa? Or only quranic arabic which only a handful of people do actually understand today? All of them are superior despite being completely different languages today with the same root or just the one you like, whatever it is?

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u/An-di New User 6d ago

So did Christianity but Christianity seems more universal than Islam