I was reading this article (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/life/article1506559.ece) about religious intolerance in Islam today.
The author explains how Islam originally talked about tolerance including religious tolerance. Now Islam as we see it being practised is not very tolerant. Fanaticism is what comes to mind when I think of Islam.
Now if the prophet preached tolerance, where did this intolerance creep in to Islam? How did it happen? Who allowed it to happen?
What makes us (Muslims in this case) so sure that our way is the best? Especially when we were a recent entrant. If not for the fortunate discovery of oil in the middle east, where would Islamic countries (Let's take Iran, Saudi as examples or even UAE and Bahrain) be?
Coming back to my question, how was the basic tenet of tolerance in Islam (as mentioned by the author of the article in the link, Syeda Hameed) violated/modified subsequently? Is our basic insecurity the cause for intolerance? Rephrased, are all intolerant people basically insecure?
I think your last question rephrased as "Rephrased, are all intolerant people basically insecure?" just nailed it.. I think you are right.. insecurity led intolerance, although we would probably never accept it as a matter of fact .. If i asked my father, then i think I would probably get some kind of answer for the same.. mailing this post to papa.. :)
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