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This thread is created to separate what started in topic regarding 'no gender equality in Islam'.

The main difference between a spiritually wise and a religious people is that a spiritual person understands why s/he following certain path and her/his action in daily life are based upon his proper understanding of righteousness, but a religious person, on the other hand, is the one who blindly follows her/his perception of a religion.

Now the question arises: Is one better than the other?

Definitely spirituality is better than religion as you can see religion causes a lot of conflicts among people. If all these religious people, who are fighting today, were spiritually wise, there wouldn't be any religious fights in the world.

Let's take examples of homosexuality and polygamy. A spiritual person would understand that even though s/he may not agree with these, the other people have right to do so as long as these actions of other people do not harm someone else in any way. But a religious person would use religion as an excuse to harm a homosexual person and to justify polygamy, although s/he doesn't even understand why a religion is saying homosexuality is wrong and polygamy is right.

Bro mack, I think you are partly wrong, religion does bring spirituality to the one who pracitces and believes inthe religion.
Here I would want to say that the only thing the West is afraid of Islam is its "spirituality". Since other religions are running out of gas Islam's spirituality stil stays as a visible force.

I read a very interesting book by Jacob Needleman called "The Lost Christianity" wherein he says that almost all monks and priests, reverands and bishop he met claim that Christianity is getting emptier day by day and they are interested in other religions.

We cannot simply ignore the commandments of Allah no matter how liberal we get. God/Allah has meant for Adam and Eve and not Adam and Steve, if simply this was the case the "reciepient" males would be pregnant, but they are not??? Polygamy is Islam is a provision, however you are allowed only one but if you have the means you can marry more than one, but you have to do justice to all of them (if you can).

In antiquities, people of all religion used to have many wives and one-man one-woman relationship in purely anglo-saxon.