# Is Islam actually free of idol worship?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-islam-actually-free-of-idol-worship/242731>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 29, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-islam-actually-free-of-idol-worship/242731 "2004-04-29T19:52:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-islam-actually-free-of-idol-worship/242731/81 "2004-05-04T00:30:57Z")

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> [@wisernow](#):
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> Muslims are known to be intolerant to reasoning of their faith. Analysis or criticism of the Koran or its contents in any way is anathema to a Muslim in general. Healthy discussion is impossible when one is emotionally charged and refuses to see any point of view other than what he has been ingrained and indoctrinated with.

Muslims don’t like analysing their faith? Have you ever been to a traditional madrassat, an Indonesian pesantren or a large mosque? Discussion and analysis of Islam is pretty much what goes on there all day. If you mean that Muslims tend to be a bit edgy about people who speak no Arabic tendering their own translations of fundamental principles, I would think that they would have a right to be intolerant to this. However, in this thread, I don’t think they ( **Bibliovore, aldebaran** ) have been.

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> Will a moderater please close this thread! I am done!

No, your argument is done, the discussion continues. Just sit back and learn something…

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