Islam's appeal to its adherents is somehow linked to its complete grouporientedness, its emotional comfort, its all or none theology, its fanatical fervor. The followers pass this faith onto each successive generation. No world faith has a modern grip on its believers in this way.
The followers' utter devotion to their faith, and their complete certitude that they are the one true faith gives them unbreakable unit, and immense power in the world. The downside is that its followers cannot maverize, cannot moderate and cannot modernize.
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