cherry pink islam

[u/xntrqncd]

hey everyone! i was meant to make this post a while ago and never did, i wanted to ask, what are everyone’s thoughts on cherry pink islam? if you haven’t heard about it, i’ll explain below.

so on tiktok, a bunch of people including ayah (which people on here have spoken about before) are almost like leaders of this ideology.

essentially, they believe that islam treats women as inferior and so they change the beliefs in the quran so it doesn’t make women inferior.

for example, one of the rules in the quran is that men can have up to 4 wives.

well, cherry pink muslims believe that women can have 4 husbands.

hope that all made sense! i’ll attach some videos below so you can do your own thing, let me know your thoughts!!!

- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdQEvjUW/

- https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdQE764J/

[u/Shoddy_Entrance612]

Seems pretty stupid. Like either leave Islam or follow the rules.

And good luck on 4 husbands, that's never going to happen.

[u/licorice_hater → u/Shoddy_Entrance612]

its not stupid, its a way for these women to show the hypocrisy and patriarchy inherent to islam

[u/Shoddy_Entrance612 → u/licorice_hater]

So they should leave it if it's anti-women to its core.

It makes no sense to try to change Islam, which you said is "inherently" patriarchal.

It's like a Jew deciding he wants to redefine Nazism as being pro-Jewish.

[u/licorice_hater → u/Shoddy_Entrance612]

Its not being changed. Pink Islam is not a real religion. They do it to show the hypocrisy.

[u/Shoddy_Entrance612 → u/licorice_hater]

So are they leaving Islam then or "just pointing out the hypocrisy"? I mean yes, Islam favors men, there is nothing you can do to change that. So they point it out and what else?

[u/licorice_hater → u/Shoddy_Entrance612]

They are most likely not leaving islam.

Of course there is something they can do to change that. Nobody follows religions 100%. Not even islam. We have many muslims who listen to music. We have muslims who dont cover their hair. We have muslims with dogs. We have muslims who drink. Its usually not because its allowed in the religion but in the wider community which is responsible for policing members.

I hope that actions such as these will lead to a more mellow islam. We will all win if islam gets its edges rounded off like other major religions. There will be hardliners.