//Lightbulb, Yes, Islam certainly dictates – but where freedom of choice is concerned, women draw the short straw every time. You’ve posted this, not to discuss it as a social issue, but with the specific intention of demonstrating that Islam holds all the answers. Sadly for you, it’s backfired, because by your own admission, you’ve actually succeeded in confirming that Islam restricts personal liberty and dominates all. //
No Naomi, i have posted it to discuss it as BOTH a social issue and a religious issue. It just so happens that you have seen me mention islam and you have, as usual, resumed your continuous criticisms of islam, as, lets face it, that is all you want to do. Even if i had not mentioned islam, i am 99% certain you would have brought it up, or another religion as, for an atheist, you seem a bit too interested in religion.
Also yes, Islam does dictate, however through dictating what people should do, it actually gives more freedom as well as more, overall positive things. Now this is going of topic, but i feel i should mention some of these things. Firstly, islam says that alcohol and drugs are forbidden. Now, to a druggee or someone who drinks, they may see this as "restricting freedom". However it had been proven and it is obvious that alcohol and drugs are bad for health and for society. Trust me, you get rid of alcohol and drugs, you get rid of at least half of societys problems.
Islam forbids pork. For people who eat pork this may be seen as restricting freedom, yet science has proven that pork can be unhealthy
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/03/01/pork-consumption-prohibitions.aspx
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/perfect-health-diet/201202/is-pork-still-dangerous
Islam also forbids sex outside of marriage. Many people may see this as restricting freedom and dictating life, but as obvious, sex outside of marriage can have lots of negative effects as well, such as marriages breaking, disease etc.
So islam and other religions to dictate things, yet this is not a bad thing, yes, it is only bad for those people who believe they are above religious people as they believe that there is no god, so therefore no restrictions. But through having no restriction, a lot of people are suffering and society is suffering and you may not admit this, but there are people who do admit that due to the supposed "freedom", people are in fact less free and are suffering as a result.