RE: IS: "Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting&q...
May 15, 2015 at 11:04 am
(May 15, 2015 at 9:12 am)robvalue Wrote: Islam is exactly what Muslims make it, nothing more, nothing less. As an abstract entity, it doesn't mean anything at all.
I don't think anyone has the authority to say what "Islam" is and isn't. Anyone can call themselves a Muslim and no one can rule that they are not. All you can say is what Muslims are currently like. If 36% of Muslims want Sharia law, then those Muslims are a dangerous, barbaric group. You could say that current Islam has very dangerous elements.
A major part of those who are Muslims now are also what Islam had been and is has made them. As an abstract entity, Islam is a set of customs, beliefs and world views that might have been what Muslims of the past had made them, but is also making major facets Muslims what they are now.
