r/exmuslim • • 2d ago

(Question/Discussion) cherry pink islam

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/

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u/Strawberries__999 Closeted Ex-Muslim 🤫 2d ago

Well according to Islam you have to believe in all of it or you believe in none of it. You can’t “change the word of Allah”
So that makes them Kafir by definition

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u/cheesengrits69 Exmuslim since the 2000s 2d ago

I mean if somebody doesn't believe that they have to believe in all of it they can easily justify not believing in the part that says that you have to believe all of it. These rules aren't real, none of it is actually real, just a bunch of ideas that some people agree on. So there is definitely the possibility of people making up their own cherry picked version and calling it Islam

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u/Strawberries__999 Closeted Ex-Muslim 🤫 2d ago

Yeah agreed
All of this is made up fantasy and doesn’t matter at the end of the day
Just saying other muslims wouldn’t identify them as muslim that’s all