for some reason they translate this as new islam even though "Haqq" means truth or true.
Interesting. The underlying premise would probably then be that Islaam was "originally" pure and valid but was not well maintained at some point.
That is not an unusual association, either. I understand that "Shin" in Japanese has a similar boundary meaning that may be translated as either "new" or "true". It features into at least one religion's name, too: Jodo Shinshu is supposed to be the "true/new" Jodo Shu.
Of course, much of Islaamic doctrine deals with a near-phobic worry that God has at least twice offered a "true" revelation to humans and they blew it in keeping that revelation "pure and true". Islaam's most meaningful differential is supposed to be that
this time they are blessed with a reassurance of eternal incorruptibility of the revelation itself (the Qur'an).
In that respect, the very idea of a new/true/pure Islaam is inherently problematic, as well as unavoidable and necessary. One more built-in conflict factoring into the makeup of Islaam.
Anyway In this science fiction world Islam has more or less become super humanist and is supposed to recreate the "golden age of Islam." Of course anyone who knows about the history of Islam in depth will know that the Golden age of Islam never happened.
And in some respects that is its strength. The absence of concrete history to back up Islaam's ambitious claims motivates adherents to resign to the need to "keep true" despite the "unfair" opposition of the "unfaithful". Listening to historical facts would be consorting with the kuffar.
Then again, there is also the ever-reliable refuge of claiming that Islaam is indeed perfect, but the human element just keeps failing to be up to its promise.
It is quite the perfect trap, actually. People are expected to sign into it from a very early age, before having any clear notion of what the doctrine says. Then they learn from gradual bits and pieces that they are supposed to feel guilty for their human frailty that sabotage's God's perfect plan even as they should profess their complete faith in that said plan is both necessary and somehow sure to materialize nevertheless.
It is nurturing insane guilt, made into an art form for the distraction and entertainment of the masses.
Anyway I was just wondering what everyone thought of the possibility of this being Islam's future? I personally think it sounds like ridiculous SJW propaganda but that is just me. If you don't think this is even remotely possible what do you think Islam's future holds?
Islaam's future can only take three directions, and it shows.
1) A sizeable contingent will simply keep suffering, until it realizes that it no longer wants to. That is what is happening with the growing number of ex-Muslims that unfortunately have learned to associate religion with Islaam and therefore often decide to have no association with religion at all.
2) Some Muslims will indeed rehabilitate Islaam or at least attempt to do so. We see that mainly in the Bahai Faith, which IMO is for all intents and purposes Islaam in detox mode.
More often than not such efforts will simply (and painfully) fail, though; Islaam is simply too clumsy and self-contradictory for anything else to happen. There will be a lot of sorrow before relief becomes possible.
3) For a very long while, most Muslims will simply keep indulging their familiar if wasteful ways. Islaam has very few merits, but it is nothing if not resilient. Much of it consists of choosing the protection of the doctrine's survival at the expense of its validity.
