TheGreatGatsby
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Your Islamic contemporaries disagree:
Is Smoking Allowed in Islam?
What Does Islam Say About Smoking?
The reason why smoking is haraam - islamqa.info
Mormons are forbidden to drink coffee. Plenty of Christian sects forbid alcohol and dancing and playing cards. Interpretation.
I don't think you've interpreted more than rationalized. The Q'ran clearly forbitd activities that harm the body. Smoking would certainly qualify.
If you were Muslim, I'd accept your rationalization as something that was suitable to your life view. But because you aren't, I suspect this is smokescreen for your real objection, which is that the people in those videos don't fit your assumption that all Muslims fit a very narrow stereotype. And if you had to abandon that stereotype, you'd have to rethink your view of Muslims.
That's fallacious thinking. My viewpoint is not correct or incorrect based upon a personal decision. And your stereotype argument is further fallacious on all fronts.
So you say. Make your case.
There's no case to make. I stated the fact outright as your fallacious logic was evident.
Now, I challenge your views on Islam. You know that it is an oppressive force and yet you cling to it. Why? There's no possible good rationale.