"ISIS is not Islamic

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What confuses is not the definition of Islam. They'll always be people who follow it one way and those who follow it another. I'm confused how so many young people hold strong beliefs on it. Is it lack of education?

I always thought that every new generation would become more and more agnostic. But it seems it's going the other way round in the Muslim community.

What is it Islam has that other religions don't? In the UK, I think it would be a serious struggle to find more young Christians that agnostics in the street.

As far I can tell, the thing Islam "has" is the property of being more inflexible. It's been mentioned that the Quran does not have as many peaceful passages which directly contradict the violent ones, as the bible has. So Christians can just take the peaceful part, make excuses for the violent part, and go with that. It's much harder while trying to say the Quran is the word of God while just flat out ignoring parts which have no balancing verses to cling to.

As a rough estimate, I'd say Christianity is generally going the route of co-opting science and bending to fit in with a secular culture, whereas Islam is generally resisting a lot more.

And I agree. Someone who blows themselves up is someone who believes in what they are doing, or else someone who is under extreme coercion. Making excuses as to how ISIS is not Islamic is a major barrier to progress.

Atlas: I can't even take what you're saying seriously. If you're trying to tell me the Quran is not open to interpretation, you're living in a fantasy world. The fact that you consider yourself an authority on what is and isn't a correct interpretation is quite amazing. It's no good trying to convince me, when not even two Muslims can agree on it all.

You're actually saying that the Quran is not allowed to be interpreted any way other than how you read it, to go so far as to exclude people from holding a religious view.