I was born and raised Catholic (Western Belarusian and Irish parents) and I went through a once-a-week religious class, but never felt especially attached to Christianity. I became an atheist over time and have been going through difficulties currently and I find that I still have a faith deep down. I’m interested in Islam because I read a tiny bit of the Quran as a kid out of curiosity (during the height of Islamophobia in the US, George Bush, early Obama era) and found that it wasn’t “terrifying and inhumane” as Fox News would say on the TV set at my grandparents’ condo. What resources would you point to for a beginner/ on the fence person to learn about Islam? Thank you in advance.
Do you know which books were suggested? I can’t find the vid on YT and I checked Hakim’s goodreads book recommendations online and couldn’t find much about Islam besides one or two books about the rise of Islamic Leftism. And because Hakim is a one word name, and a common name at that, I had trouble finding the OG vid online
Its not a video, its one of those community/comment posts. Its his latest post actually.
Why the hell does YouTube make community posts impossible to link to?
they clearly do not have enough budget to pay someone to implement it
Because platforms don't want users attention to leak outside of their closed garden. It's an explicit decision.
Contast example from a search for "Social media external link closed garden"
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3149193/wechat-begins-open-its-walled-garden-rivals-allowing-links-one-one
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/18/tech/twitter-ban-social-media-links/index.html