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Subject: The cult of Islam

urvoice1 21.04.14 - 07:13pm
11. The group is preoccupied with making money. 12. Members are expected to devote inordinate amounts of time to the group and group-related activities * +

urvoice1 21.04.14 - 07:13pm
13. Members are encouraged or required to live and/or socialize only with other group members.The most loyal members (the true believers) feel there can be no life outside the context of the group. They believe there is no other way to be, and often fear reprisals to themselves or others if they leave (or even consider leaving) the group. * +

urvoice1 21.04.14 - 07:15pm
So that's the definition of a cult established by Janja Lalich, Ph.D.and Michael D. Langone, Ph.D. in their famous article Characteristics Associated with Cultic Groups. * +

urvoice1 21.04.14 - 07:17pm
If you have read this far, you are probably nodding your head already. Let's take a closer look. * +

urvoice1 21.04.14 - 07:17pm
1. The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its leader and (whether he is alive or dead) regards his belief system, ideology, and practices as the Truth, as law. There is no doubt that Islam (like many religions...) encourages what might be fairly termed excessive and unquestioning devotion, as evidenced in this hadith from Bukari: The Prophet said None of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father, his children and all mankind. Sahih Bukhari 1:2:14 * +

urvoice1 21.04.14 - 07:19pm
2. Questioning, doubt, and dissent are discouraged or even punished. This, I think, is one of the most worrying aspects of Islam in that its adherents seem to lose all critical faculties - perhaps because of the infamous injunction in the Qur'an: * +

urvoice1 21.04.14 - 07:19pm
O ye who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the Qur'an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, Allah will forgive those: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing. Some people before you did ask such questions, and on that account lost their faith. (Qur'an 5:101-102) We should also remember that apostasy (leaving the religion) in Islam is considered a heinous enough crime for the punishment to * +

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