Sultan, that is quite comforting, that is actually the first "crack" necessary for any religion to adapt and develops with the times. Strict religious leaders (and not just in Islam) have feared the truth (look and Bruno, Gallileo Copernicus and may others (so as not to be blamed of mentioning only Christian thinkers, I'll add here Spinoza who was excommunicated from Judaism for teaching novel ways to think of the almighty) persecuted and some prosecuted for their revealing new truths) for long, and as long as they controlled their religious movement, they actually held their own people back. I fear that your point of view (no immutability and thus allowance for "development" of the faith) is still a minority, but in time, particularly in view of the spread of open communications such as the I-net, more and more people will come to think like you, and that will free Islam from extremists such as Omar, Bin Laden as well as some ultra conservative parts of the faith. Not that these will disappear, but like in al other religions, the extremists will be just that, fringes and not supported by large portion of the religion. This will actually strengthen slam, not weaken it.
Zeev |
