VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Dinah|DATE|1376689630|CONTENT|Mona came perilously close to saying ‘religion is the problem, not the answer.’  Unfortunately, there are hundreds probably thousands out there who will say, ‘that’s not my kind of Islam.  Real Islam is about love, peace etc. etc.’  Many theists of whatever variety seem to think that a pure, flawless form of their faith exists somewhere, which is the ‘real’ religion, the one they believe in.  This of course is nonsense.  Religions are man-made, and the only forms of those religions which exist are the ones that are practised in the here-and-now.  Religions should not be judged on what their apologists say they do, think they do or would like them to do, but by observing what they actually do and how their adherents behave.  Islam is doing very badly on that basis at the moment, providing a classic example of what happens when a religion gains too much power, and mixes with politics.|IP-ADDRESS|79.71.120.200|MODERATIONFLAG|