You read my mind

Reader comment on item: [The Issue of Compulsion in Religion:] Islam is What Its Followers Make of It

Submitted by Harry F Stark (United States), Oct 3, 2004 at 13:56

Fine analysis (you read my mind) - a while back, after hearing much about how the Koran is interpreted and applied, I wote myself a note: "As with all religions, Islam is made animate by its practitioners. Islam is what its followers do."

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