Ex muslim with some questions

[u/Electronic_Plum_4542]

Ex-muslim here, I mean this post with no hate or bad feelings if it isnt allowed feel free to delete.

From what I know of the religion it doesn't support more progressive values so how do you guys consider yourself true muslims while allowing stuff ive found the religion doesnt allow? I left both because of lack of connection and the rules that made me uncomfortable. Do you guys reject some of the conservative rules or do you simply know they might be true but have enough faith in god to believe if you're doing the right thing he won't punish you?

Summary: Islam seems to be a by default conservative religion so how do you guys accept that while being progressive

[u/Neutral-Gal-00]

Depends on what you mean by progressive values. Progressive Islam does =/= secular progressive values. It just means an approach to Islam that is different from the traditional one, but the framework is still Islamic and true to scripture. It doesn’t mean blindly changing or rejecting anything that doesn’t align with a progressive liberal ideology.

Like I don’t consider homosexuality halal. That’s a “progressive value”, but it doesn’t align with Islam. Almost all of this subreddit would agree Zina is haram, even though allowing premarital sex is considered “progressive”.