(June 10, 2021 at 11:02 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: So all those political problems in the middle east have nothing to do with islam.
Sure.
Well, yes. If the same Islamic country or empire can have both a golden age and a not-so-golden age, then clearly Islam is an irrelevant factor.
(June 10, 2021 at 12:32 pm)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote: At work
Oh no don't you see? It was all those other surrounding cultures *Cough* Victim complex *Cough* that brought about the ruination of such "Golden timez" and led inexorably to the ISIS of today because 'Reasons' and the Muslim world just can't catch a break to dig itself out of the fundamentalist hole they're in.
Oh wait! That would also possibility, kind of mean no 'Litteral' interpretation of the Koran.
Much as they havd current interpretive kin in the Christian fundamentalist counterpart.
ISIS's interpretation of Islam follows a specific branch known as kharijite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharijites
It's an extreme interpretation of sacred texts and is in no way justified.
