There is not one Islam. This statement leads us to the question: what Islam predominates? Judging from what we can see in Arab countries, we can say that most of them are fascist, dictatorship, monarchies and autocracies. Some of them were radicalized by theocrats like in the case of Iran or Afganistan under the rule of Taliban. However most of Muslim countries are run by secular dictators like Assad in Syria, Mubarak in Egypt before his fall, Saddam Hussain in Iraq or monarchs in Gulf States. In many ways they have fueled radical Islam.... that Quran is open for interpretation for every Muslim. Because we do not have real clergy in Islam. Islamic clerics created system I call pseudo-clergy. Quran does not empower any clergy. It was development of Islamic tradition. Quran does not impose any mediator between man and God. Imam means a teacher and not a leader.

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Islam is waiting for its Luther

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Ben