The Doomsday Ideology of ISIS

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6. Some Muslims would agree with you.

Stuff written after Mohammed's death is in the hadiths, not the Koran. The hadiths, "sayings of the Prophet," are supposed to be quotes from Mohammed with a direct chain of evidence leading back to Mohammed and the original author of the hadith.

And if you believe that, you may also believe that I'm in Paradise preparing 144 virgins for us right now.

Being able to show a direct linkage back to Mohammed is hugely prestigious in Islam. So it's not surprising that by the 10th century, just a couple hundred years after the religion was invented, the hadiths had already turned into a giant headache. Many were obvious forgeries inserted to benefit specific families or push political agendas. So just like the Xian Bible, the hadiths had to be gone thru and "purified." Which didn't work for very long, like all such projects.

Today, some Muslims believe all hadiths are as sacred as the Koran. Others believe they're all unnecessary additions to the original Word Of Allah and should be junked. And many Muslims, again, treat the hadiths exactly the same way Xians treat the Bible - they pick and choose which hadiths are "authentic," based on their own ideas and prejudices.

For the 1.5 people out there who may be interested, the Hanafi collection is considered one of the most authoritative hadith compilations.