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knb comments on [POLITICS] Jihadism and a new kind of existential threat - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: knb 25 March 2015 06:39:26PM *  1 point [-]

Perhaps someone who knows more about Bahaism (without being one of them) could tell whether promoting Bahaism might be a way to stop violent Islam.

Islam has a pretty effective internal system for suppressing religious innovation. Religious innovation in traditional interpretations of Islam carries the death penalty. Bahai is an interesting, very progressive religion in a lot of ways, but they are heavily persecuted throughout the Muslim world and cannot proselytize openly.