"Make yourself the measure between you and others. Thus, you should desire for others what you desire for yourself and hate for others what you hate for yourself... Do not oppress as you do not like to be oppressed." ~ Imam Ali Islam aims higher than the "Golden Rule" by calling for one to constantly work on improving themself. It is actually a very individualist religion because everything comes back to ones own intention and the push for that to always be better. Spiritual self improvement is fundamental is what separates a beleiver from a righteous person. See this post from a few werks ago for a little more on when I mean when I talk about Islam and individualism: View quoted note → What has been recognized by some of us on SAIFnostr is that Islam has been severly neutered over the past century (or more). كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرْهٌۭ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ شَيْـًۭٔا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تُحِبُّوا۟ شَيْـًۭٔا وَهُوَ شَرٌّۭ لَّكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ We talk a lot about the pillars of Islam but have basically remained silent about jihad out of fear toward the kafr whose weapons now dominate in cyber (and if you thing GCC money can buy access to change things on Meta or X or Google then I have a crypto project you might be interested in). Go ahead and talk all you want about hijab, zakat, hajj, even salat. But never forget that jihad is also wajib. It is halal to resist against opression and injustice. But sure, life in that kafr cyber prison is just so good. Allah did not promise you hijra would be easy! And don't think just because you live in a "muslim" country you are safe. They are some of the most oppressive and digitally occupied places on the planet.