▲ | inglor_cz 10 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
I demolished nothing. The Islamic Republic of Iran a) considers itself Islamic, b) it is indeed ruled by scholars of Islam, c) bases its policy and politics on Islam. You say that they are basically heretics and that the majority of Muslims don't agree with them. So what. I haven't said that all Muslims want to destroy Israel for religious reasons. If I want to be extra precise, the Islamic Republic of Iran is compelled by Islam as of its own understanding to destroy Israel. And given that there is no central authority in Islam that would issue binding declarations on what is Islam and what is Heresy, this is basically the norm in the Islamic world. Every nation and community practices Islam as it understands it, which means quite a lot of internal diversity. | |||||||||||||||||
▲ | handfuloflight 10 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Your original claim: Iran's hostility stems from 'Islamic' ideological doctrine. Your new claim: Iran follows 'Islam as of its own understanding' and there's no central authority to define what's Islamic. So you've just admitted that Iran's version isn't representative of Islam generally and that there's no authoritative way to call their interpretation 'Islamic'. That every community 'practices Islam as it understands it'. This demolishes your original point even further. If anyone can interpret Islam however they want with no central authority, then Iran's actions tell us nothing about 'Islamic' doctrine, they only tell us about Iran's political choices wrapped in religious language. By your own logic, I could point to: Indonesia, the largest Muslim country, which is democratic and has peaceful relations with Israel. Or the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, who've normalized relations with Israel. Jordan, Egypt: these have peace treaties with Israel. I could point to these and say they represent 'Islam as of their own understanding' just as validly as Iran does. You've essentially argued that Iran's interpretation is just one of many possible interpretations with no special claim to authenticity. That's the opposite of your original claim that Iran's hostility flows from Islamic doctrine. You started by claiming Iran represents Islamic teaching. Now you're saying every Muslim community makes up their own version. Pick one: you can't have both. And you still haven't provided a single citation of actual Islamic doctrine supporting violence against Jews, which was the original challenge. | |||||||||||||||||
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