Islam

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Do you think Ilhan Omar's goodness is necessarily in spite of her religion?

I think anyone's goodness is necessarily in spite of their religion.  The further individuals move from the tenets of their tradition belief, the easier they are to get along with. Ms. Omar doesn't advocate chopping off the hands of thieves, for instance. Marvin Heir doesn't support the stoning of adulterers. Hell's bells, even the current Pope has said it's not his place to judge gay people.

Nothing has changed regarding what these three religions have to say about hand chopping, stoning, and homosexuality.  What has changed is the rejection of the more unsavoury elements of these religions by people like Omar.  She is a good person for rejecting part of her religion as opposed to embracing it.

Boru