[Siuchingach]

I've never understood why the scholars of Islam can't be real men and admit that sometimes, old Mohammed just screwed up.

When, for instance, we in India screwed up with the caste system, when we realised it, we pretty much universally condemn it. All intellectuals, including the Hindu nationalist ones, condemn caste and caste discrimination in the harshest possible terms.

We can admit that the casteism and stuff like that in some part of the Mahabharat, or the Ramayana, or (most prominently) in the Puranas is not right, that it is not correct. We admit that our heroes had faults (though from the point of view of the society which created them, they were complete heroes), and that we reject those faults.

For instance, when, in the interpolated last book of the Ramayana, Rama kills a Sudra for performing penance not befitting his station, we reject that entire book. The VHP and RSS have unanimously and unequivocally condemned and rejected the Manu Smriti, which is a law-book which is casteist.

Why the hell can't the Muslims do the same? Admit that they made a mistake, and get over it? It'll be better for them in the long run, too.



Note that the above are rhetorical questions - I know that the entire superstructure of Islam will come crashing down if the foundations are cut away like this. But I'm saddened nonetheless.