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| Olde Tyme Religion |
| Muslim reform |
| 2017-04-07 |
| [DAWN] ISLAM, with about 1.6 billion followers all over the globe, is currently the second largest religion in the world. Despite its prominent presence on the world map, its followers are performing poorly on the global indices of education and literacy, scientific advancements and innovation, and social development. The poor performance on these global indices highlights serious challenges for Moslems in coping with the modern world and moving along with progressive societies. While this needs immediate attention and a comprehensive evaluation of the causes for the poor performance as well as corrective action, Moslem masses in general do not take it as a serious matter. Poor performance on those indices appears to be of least concern to them. This attitude seems to be rooted in a strong sense of belonging to religion; this is further augmented by the belief that questioning is forbidden in religion and one must accept whatever is conveyed. Consequently, any misery, humiliation or decline faced by Moslems, individually or collectively, is blamed on their lack of adherence to the framework conveyed by religion. |
| Posted by:Fred |