Quora, narcissism and Islam

Answered Mar 10, 2016

Thanks for the A2A, but….
What??? WHAAAAAT????
Either you have no understanding about what the narcissistic personality disorder is about or you have no understanding of Islam or religion in general. Now as for some of the radical leaders in contemporary Islam, I think you could make a case for that. There certainly are many who exhibit some pretty extreme behavior patterns consistent with narcissism and its handmaidens, paranoia, delusions of grandeur and obsessive/compulsive disorder. That at very best is a twisting of the religious precepts to serve their own agenda.
The thing about religion is that it tends to be the very opposite of narcissistic. It is about the “other”, not about the self. Look at the five pillars of Islam: Faith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting and Pilgrimage to Mecca. They are all about getting past ones self, even self denial, and moving into closer relationship with Allah (God) and being a conduit of God’s blessing to the world. Narcissism is extreme self centeredness. Islam is extreme ‘other’ centeredness. Polar opposites.

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Ishmael Abraham

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Some researchers have discussed the correlation of healthy narcissism and industrial progress, so a lack of industrial revolution in Middle East is a sign of high self-annihilation. But Hadith teaches: wa linafsika alayka haqqun: Your biological and physical self has rights too. So, Islam has has a buffer to extreme Buddhist self denial which secular Buddhism seeks to cure which is already cured within sacred texts of Islam.

https://www.quora.com/Are-the-Contemporary-Muslims-Narcissists

BigMouth • 5 months ago

I am married to someone who has “talked to God.” He let’s me know that when the end times come (right around the corner), I will get what’s coming to me because I didn’t believe him. We were strong, traditional Catholics. He joined an internet cult that claims to be Catholic, and never looked back. The cult is a tight circle that has decided they are end-times prophets with secret knowledge, tells everyone else to WAKE UP and closes anyone with mainstream beliefs out. I am the one threatening to divorce. I am not a narcissist. This “article” has some truth, but my delusional husband would read this and see me in it. It’s dangerous to label a narcissist in a nutshell. Those abused by narcissists often need to employ their tactics to survive. It’s not as easy as 15 memes

Ishmael Abraham BigMouth

I am an orthodox Muslim electrical engineer from Pakistan, and my father is a man of faith but he suffers from narcissism due to an over critical mother who in turn suffered childhood trauma due to early death of her father. Before, I studied narcissistic pathology, I chose flight or fight, but now I have chosen the path of empathy and what Stephen Covey calls the third alternative. This alternative requires high EQ and high level of empathy. The bestsellers suggest that such people are too complex to be close to, but I think if we succeed in the missions impossible, we can make earth a better place to welcome the blessed advent of the Abrahamic King Messiah, peace be upon him.

http://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/galleries/15-narcissistic-religious-abuse-tactics.aspx

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