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Pastimes : History's effect on Religion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (404)	9/1/2005 1:25:34 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 520

I am looking into this and trying to see how it will shape up. You may want to google "Ayatollah Sanei". He was one of Khomeini's most trusted students. Over the past decade he has become one of the big critics of the Islamic republic and in his capacity as an Ayatollah, he has issues many fatwas that contradict the traditional interpretations of Islam (including those barring women from high positions in judiciary). See news.bbc.co.uk If the world currents give him a helping hand and his interpretations of Islam become main stream, then you will be seeing the effects of history on religion first hand. Another example is Ayatollah Montazeri who was originally hand picked by Khomeini as his successor, but has since been under house arrest for opposing the regime. See google.com So what we have here is somewhat like archbishops disagreeing with the Pope on the role of religion. Some possible outcomes are: (1) the current theocracy manages to choke all resistance and make their view of Islam stick. (2) Dissident clerics manage to overcome their opponents and in turn change the popular interpretation of Islam. (3) Pressure builds up inside the country and popular revolt overthrows the mullahs and the sequential backlash destroys much belief in religion on together (i.e. the country becomes fully secular).