The future of islam

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jan 5, 2011 at 06:46

Erich wrote

>"Authentic texts," I imagine, will have to be placed in a light that, one way or another, de-emphasizes and marginalizes them...or many Muslims will just reject much of their faith's origins, period. Perhaps a whole new use of the doctrine of "abrogation" may set in, by which all that causes shame and harm and constant conflict, will be seen, effectively, as abrogated.

Sorry it will not work this way because the nasty stuff in the Qur'an abrogates the less nasty stuff (so ayat al-sayf or the infamous Q9:5 abrogates the "no compulsion" or Q2:256) and more significant is that the islamic historical tradition is so vast that you are can find (in the words of Patricia Crone) the A but not the A and only Allahu a3lam (only Allah knows) to just about any issue and as I have stated before that as per some Muslim mullah in London that Muhammad was a Monarchist and he is supposed to have some "authentic" sources to support his point of view! Go figure. Which means that the only way out is to dismantle the whole damn thing and this is what I believe will happen and we will be left with only mythical islam or Sufi Islam

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