The Future of Islam

[Fishman]

In my opinion the biggest power of islam in the near future lays in demographic boom. If muslims manage to keep this rapid growth, the muslim world will be more powerful.

Unfortunately this also means a youth bulge, which, coupled with the third world conditions of the Muslim world, may mean lots of angry young men...

A big population is not everything. The Middle East cannot support large numbers of people in its present state, some sort of seawater purifier is necessary to make enough fresh water to water the crops. Underground aquifiers in Saudi Arabia have only about 50 years left in them. And there is also the problem of sea level rise. The major Arab metropolis of Dubai is very close to sea level, and with the world in its current state building underwater hotels and palm-shaped low-lying islands may not be the best business scheme.

 

[chosen]

they were over the top and idnt know it...so it is time for the islamic missionary groups that you say exsist to go in and make them understand that they are over the top....many people I speak to are very turned off by islam because of incidents like these..I love the lord and anytime you can bring someone to a true love of peace and god I am happy..

 

[Amadeus85]

Unfortunately this also means a youth bulge, which, coupled with the third world conditions of the Muslim world, may mean lots of angry young men...

A big population is not everything. The Middle East cannot support large numbers of people in its present state, some sort of seawater purifier is necessary to make enough fresh water to water the crops. Underground aquifiers in Saudi Arabia have only about 50 years left in them. And there is also the problem of sea level rise. The major Arab metropolis of Dubai is very close to sea level, and with the world in its current state building underwater hotels and palm-shaped low-lying islands may not be the best business scheme.

Well, generally i see (near) future of islam in very bright colours. Muslim world will mean more than it did for example 30 years ago. The so called Renessaince of Islam is a reality. Nowadays alsmost every muslim country is more islamic than it was a decade ago or two decades ago. Even countries like Turkey or Malaysia are more islamic, (for example in clothes wearing by women, number of people attending to mosques etc). Islamic education and charities sponsored by oil rich arab states did a good job all over from Algeria to Philipinnes. In effects, countries that 25 years ago were rather culturally muslim, now they become more religious (vide Bosnia).
From the other hand, probably in 2020 A.D the demographic boom in muslim countries (especially arabs and central asia) will be finished. We also shold remember that the oil resources won't last forever.

 

[Fishman]

they were over the top and idnt know it...so it is time for the islamic missionary groups that you say exsist to go in and make them understand that they are over the top....many people I speak to are very turned off by islam because of incidents like these..I love the lord and anytime you can bring someone to a true love of peace and god I am happy..

These missionary groups are often completely non-political, from my experience they never talk about world affairs issues in lectures and stuff. So a lecture on the Teddy is out of the question. But I think this is really a good thing, dogmatising a particular view of the modern world and making it part of the religion is never good. I would hate it if somebody started saying that there is to be a correct Islamic view of world affairs. There is a correct attitiude to have, but no single view of the modern world is a dogma in Islam.

 

[barney]

Islam, from what I know of Muslims beleifs, is not going to change.

The future is the past, there will be no "future" because the present and the past are one and the same.
Islam is, has always been and always will be perfect. It is Gods unmallable word and therefore cannot ever change in any way. There is also no need to change anything. If there was a flawless diamond would you start recutting it imperfectly?

There will be no change and no "progress"

 

[chosen]

there may not be one "islamic world view"..but their are for certain things that are un-islamic..and calling for the death of a human who innocently made a mistke is very unislamic...so do not try to push any one islamic point of view..but point out and teach what is clearly unislamic as this clearly was....

 

[Fishman]

there may not be one "islamic world view"..but their are for certain things that are un-islamic..and calling for the death of a human who innocently made a mistke is very unislamic...so do not try to push any one islamic point of view..but point out and teach what is clearly unislamic as this clearly was....

It is still a rather political topic. Missionary groups usually concentrate on spreading religious practices such as praying the five prayers, zikr, zakaat and the special practices of various holy days such as the two Eids, Millaad-ul-Nabi, Ashura and Ramadan. There are frequent trips to stay in other cities to learn and preach, and there are often bigger trips to other countries as well. This is just my knowledge of Dawat-e-Islami and Tableeghi Jamaat here, other groups may include more politics.

 

[snakelegs]

from what i've heard, tableeghi makes it a point to stay away from politics.

 

[aadil77]

yh the biggest future change will probly be demographic, maybe more islamic tolerance in non-muslim countries, more halal food,

but this can also mean more non-practising muslims, more extrme imams/mullahs = more uneducated extreme muslims, hopefully these guys should come to their senses by then

 

[Bittersteel]

the future of Islam is dark.it has started to disappear,owing to liberalism,globalisation,etc.

 

[rehmans_mba]

Assalam wa alykum,

Islam is the Best regarded in the sight of ALLAH SWT
Because it teaches the real truth of life, purpose of life by removing bad things and allows to inculcate good things in our life.

Just assume who can teach these good ones" Charity, strengthening the weak and feeding them, respecting womens, feeeding and sheltering orphens, removing bad things in our life through good deeds...........etc list goes on ...

Note: though Islam teaches many morals, but today weak knowledge and less awareness has made few human being to follow some illogical things, Show-off and many more which ISALM Doesnt teach and Speak.
If these few understand what quran says and what is Our Prophet PBUH sunna then there will be no more misconception,refutation over Islam teachings prevails completely and fully over the world.

Future of islam: this subject can't be written with the cases which has happend earlier and happening on the face of this earth. as far as the interrogation or question " what will happen next?". no body knows, niether any of human being except ALLAH SWT. but yes as long as we have life on this earth and as long as A strong faith of ALLAH SWT and sunnah Of My & our Prophet PBUH prevails in our life, we can work on setting the real message of islam amoung ourselve and non-muslim brothers and sisters and we been working alahamdulillah.

From the point of the Endeavours putting by our brothers and sisters in spreading the real message of Islam, correcting misconception inshallah islam will be the only way of life for humanity.

May ALLAH SWT Forgive Me if i have or made any wrong in this writing and gudi me to the right Path.

Asslam wa Alaykum.:thankyou:

 

[The_Prince]

i want to know, what is a moderate Muslim, and what is a radical Muslim?

is a moderate Muslim one who does not want sharia? doesnt wear the hijab, hardly prays, doesnt support Muslim causes such as Palestine, Chechnya etc etc

and is a radical Muslim one who want sharia, one who wears the hijab or niqab, and one who supports Muslim causes such as Palestine and Chechnya etc etc?

hmmm if that is the case then 95% of Muslims are RADICALS.

the majority of Muslims want Sharia, and want Islamic ways, support Palestine, Chechnya, and every other Muslim being oppressed.

there seems to be a mis-understanding, often you see the news reporting the majority in the Muslim world want democracy, yes they do, but to them democracy is SHARIA, for them democracy is freedom and being able to worship freely and make a good living, that to them is SHARIA, because look at those Muslim countries where these ppl are questioned, its countries like egypt, indonesia etc etc all run by secular leaders who are dictators at times......these ppl want the opposite of that, and that is Islamic parties, sharia law, thats why Islamic parties in the mid-east are blooming as we speak.

 

[wilberhum]

Prince,
As for me, I don't define the difference between moderate and radical by what they want. I base it on what they are willing to do to get what they want.

 

[al-muslimah]

USD is Catholic? Boy you do need an education.

U need an education, at least he believes in something:giggling:

 

[al-muslimah]

i want to know, what is a moderate Muslim, and what is a radical Muslim?

is a moderate Muslim one who does not want sharia? doesnt wear the hijab, hardly prays, doesnt support Muslim causes such as Palestine, Chechnya etc etc

and is a radical Muslim one who want sharia, one who wears the hijab or niqab, and one who supports Muslim causes such as Palestine and Chechnya etc etc?

hmmm if that is the case then 95% of Muslims are RADICALS.

the majority of Muslims want Sharia, and want Islamic ways, support Palestine, Chechnya, and every other Muslim being oppressed.

there seems to be a mis-understanding, often you see the news reporting the majority in the Muslim world want democracy, yes they do, but to them democracy is SHARIA, for them democracy is freedom and being able to worship freely and make a good living, that to them is SHARIA, because look at those Muslim countries where these ppl are questioned, its countries like egypt, indonesia etc etc all run by secular leaders who are dictators at times......these ppl want the opposite of that, and that is Islamic parties, sharia law, thats why Islamic parties in the mid-east are blooming as we speak.

Thank you;D

 

[wilberhum]

U need an education, at least he believes in something:giggling:

The village idiot speaks again.

 

[al-muslimah]

The village idiot speaks again.

Face it at least I worship God?

 

[Elishar]

Ok, I think I need to clarify exactly what I am writing about.

Quite a few people commented that Islam will not change. Maybe the Qur'an and the Hadith will not change but how people interpret the scripture and how they act in accordance to scripture will change. What I want to know is how do you think Muslims will act differently in the coming generations. For example, are more or less Muslims going to join radical elements and participate in terrorist bombings in the future?

A few other people seemed to have a problem with the idea that Islam is going to go in a unified direction in the future. I don't believe that everyone in Islam is going to become more conservative or liberal but I do believe there will be a general trend or shift that is quantifiable and observable in the future. For example, in the past ten years there has been a major shift in America towards evangelical Christianity. That's not to say all Christians are more evangelical now, just that more Christians are evangelical in the way they practice their faith.

Basically what I'm looking for is the answer to two questions. Is Islam (or Muslims in general) going to become more or less radical (primarily referring to radicalism as a violent movement) and is Islam (or Muslims in general) going to become more conservative or more liberal in the future?

 

[wilberhum]

Face it at least I worship God?

What you worship is not god. You seam to worship hate.

 

[Amadeus85]

Basically what I'm looking for is the answer to two questions. Is Islam (or Muslims in general) going to become more or less radical (primarily referring to radicalism as a violent movement

)

It is very possible, mostly because of the great amount of young men between 15 and 25. Big amoung to young often unemployer men always cause troubles (vide in Europe in XVI and XIX century)

and is Islam (or Muslims in general) going to become more conservative or more liberal in the future?

More conservative i think.