I've seen simalar questions, but here is a difference. If you have noticed, MANY dangerous cults have been gone after by governments and shut down. A cult is defined as one or more of many elements..., I've listed the most serious 3. See if any or all fit ISLAM....
1. The religion controls what it's believers are allowed to know.
2. The religion threatens it's members with death if they leave or convert to another religion (remember Jim Jones in Giana?)
3. The religion promotes violence in it's teachings.
Many cults have been shut down by governments. whether 1,000 members or 1,000,000 members makes no difference.
Kookie cults are not defined by the number of it's members.
And anyone answering this question with the old "look at the middle ages with the christian church", give it a rest with that answer. This is 2007, not the middle ages...and to use that is just a diversion from the question.
2007-07-01
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