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From: Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>
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Subject: [OT] Is Islam going to fade away on its own?
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:53:44 -0500
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The YouTube algorithm threw this video my way just now and I decided to 
listen to the first few minutes. I ended up staying to the end because 
the presenter made an intriguing case for why Islam might reform itself 
into a much more moderate faith on its own primarily because of the 
Internet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN2Ae0iroRI [18 minutes]

The presenter indicates that he was born into Islam but left the faith - 
as many others have - as a result of contact with other ideas on the 
internet.

I'm not completely sold on this notion yet by any means but I can't deny 
that it is attractive. I'd rather that Islamists came to see that their 
culture is in need of massive reform on their own rather than having to 
have that dawn on them as a result of losing more and more violent 
confrontations with non-Muslims.

-- 
Rhino