Cato, brother, I beg you to cut back on the personal attacks on the forum. As much as we may agree or disagree, let’s try our best to keep the debate civil. Let’s try to make this place a community.
Jedi, I don’t disagree with what you said, either. My point is that the problem is bigger than just religion. Islam certainly has been used as a manifestation of the problem throughout history, time and time again. It has certainly been a means of oppression and exploitation, but it has also been used as a source of strength, unity, identity, values, etc. It’s a means to a number of ends. It facilitates a lot of different outcomes.
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considering that in ISLAM the sovereignty of Allah, the immutability of the KORAN and the perfection of MUHAMMAD are sacrosanct with the majority of Muslims which includes layperson and policy maker.
While I agree with you that this is what a majority of Muslims believe today, scrutiny and study is, I believe, helping to prove that what was codified as Islam in the 8th and 9th centuries is not always what has always been considered Islam from the inception of the teachings. A side topic, I know, but it contibutes to why I think it's important to note that Islam has not always been one thing, and does not always have to be one thing.
Anyway, I wouldn’t accuse yez in particular of only focusing on Islam, but it is an easy thing to do. It’s easy to miss the forest from the tree.