hi everyone

[mralstoner]

Islam is a complex religion that cannot be summarised by one Ayah or one Hadith(and the question of whether those hadith are authentic is another issue all together) and many people who study the religion study it for their whole lifetimes n order to understand it and its teachings and standards...

This is easily refuted by the idea of memes. Memes (sticky ideas which get passed down from one generation to the next) have to be of certain quality in order to survive. Complexity and obscurity is, alas, not one of those qualities. Memes have to be clear and compelling. There's little room for nuance.

The reality of Islam is that (a) it is a very virulent and persistent meme and (b) for that to happen the ideology of Islam must be of a certain nature with inbuilt properties that promote its spread.

And here are those properties:

The Terrifying Brilliance of the Islamic Memeplex
http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2007/10/te...lamic.html