Comments by "Boarface Swinejaw" (@boarfaceswinejaw4516) on "Spectacles"
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@literallywheeler
its important to note that throughout history there has always been two islams, western and eastern, bedouin and persian, the latter generally representing a degree of multi-culturalism and the former being often more rigid and traditionalistic.
a lot of islamic history can essentially be summarized as a constant push and pull between hellenic-persian influence vs african-arabian influence, as well as the shia-sunni conflict.
Islam was not that disimilar from christianity for most of its history, with secular teachings, acadamia, growth of human rights and varied teachings and interpretations.
there is a reason why photos of iraq and afghanistan in the 1960s included women wearing skirts and no veils, and why some muslim countries, in particular turkey, even blazed ahead of some european countries in regards to women rights.
Islam, though characterized as "pure", was very much keen on modernization and progress as the rest of the world.
cue destabilization, colonization and religious conflict however and all that progress was steadily and rapidly undone, with shia governments (often times more secular) being overthrown by sunni militias and extremists.
Christianity, as a religious force, has declined in the western world, but as a cultural and political force, even if only because it tags along western political and cultural influence, it still a force.
and yeah, jesus would probably struggle to recognize modern christianity as being born from his own preachings.
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