I like to read Theodore Dalrymple articles. It is a pen name for a psychiatrist who worked in the British prison system until he retired recently. He had a lot of experience dealing with Muslim prisoners over there. Among other things, he said the Muslim youth there lived lives just like other British hooligans and did not practice their faith at all unless it enabled them to get special privileges or avoid hearings because of holidays and such. In other words, they were foul-weather or opportunistic practitioners of Islam and ate, drank and fornicated with the best of the regular British youth of their generation at all other times.
I doubt whether it is all that different here.
It is hard to imagine that anyone who has not been immersed since birth in Islam could actually believe in all their craziness but people will PRETEND to believe in all sorts of things if it suits their purpose to do so. Even among those who call themselves Christians a sizable percentage simply claim the name because they benefit in some way by doing so.
I suspect that the incidence of pretended belief in Islam far exceeds what is observable among Christians and that is high enough. There must be a high percentage in Islam who would love to walk away from all of it but fear for their lives if they do.
I like to read Theodore Dalrymple articles.
Me too, he's wonderful!
It is a pen name for a psychiatrist who worked in the British prison system until he retired recently. He had a lot of experience dealing with Muslim prisoners over there. Among other things, he said the Muslim youth there lived lives just like other British hooligans and did not practice their faith at all unless it enabled them to get special privileges or avoid hearings because of holidays and such. In other words, they were foul-weather or opportunistic practitioners of Islam and ate, drank and fornicated with the best of the regular British youth of their generation at all other times.
I doubt whether it is all that different here.
Based upon MarMema's post at #21 it seems that you've nailed it.