User talk:Liminalboy

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Removal of unqualified Tabs
Please remove the Tab on Islam on this page.

As a scholar of the Druze and living as a member of this community, it is deeply troubling to see this tab appear on a page about the Druzes.

In many countries, Druzes are recognised as an independent religion, with their own system of courts that do not follow Sharia, and Druzes do not hold any real Islamic beliefs (e.g.: (1) reincarnation, (2) elevation of prophets like Jethro, (3) no special or overriding importance on Muslim sites or places of importance to that faith, (4) belief in luminaries like Plato, (5) lack of prayer facilities/practices (Druzes do not pray in Mosques because Druze philosophy is quite critical of religious symbolism, indeed, some posit that Druzes do not place an importance on prayer at all- which leads back to the quality of immanence - the belief that all people embody good, and by doing good to others, there is no need to "pray" in order to find communion with God).

Three core precepts of the Druze faith make it rather difficult to harmonise with Islam:

Prohibition of polygamy (in contradiction to Islamic systems of belief and practice) Prohibition of slavery (the 'Jethro' fable, and again, leading back to the equality of men and women, and essentially, the unity of all humankind) Absolute separation of Chruch and State (which invalidates their application of Sharia to civil affairs, or any others)

Moreover, Druzes have also endured persecution by Muslims over a considerable period of time. These are not confined to the events like the Lebanon Civil War, but during and following the genealogy of the faith itself, when Druzes were forced to conceal their faith becuae of their differences from Islam.

Please pay attention to historical sensitivities and remove the tab.