Почему «настоящий ислам» — удобная выдумка

You've probably seen something like this dozens of times already. In the morning, news about the arrest of Islamists; in the evening, a publication in the feed or a comment from a friend about real Islam and the religion of peace. Two messages, different sources, opposite tone. One is frightening, the other is calming. They seem to be

arguing with each other, but they are not arguing. This is a single system. Islamism and correct Islam. bad and good. This pair of categories is so deeply understood that it seems a natural description of reality, like north and south. It is impossible to remember the moment when you adopted it. Nobody [clears throat]

remembers how they learned their native language, and therefore no questions arise. Today we'll talk about where this pair came from, who put it together, why it was put together, and why it's still going strong, even though it's supposedly been out of commission for 200 years. Let's start with the thought that comes to mind first

. Let's formulate it as simply as possible. There is real Islam, a peaceful faith, billions of ordinary people, family, fasting, prayer, no one is bothered. And there is some distortion. Fanatics who stole this faith, distorted it and hide behind it . The first is religion, and the second is politics, crime, anything but

religion. And the main argument that makes this picture indestructible is that a billion people can’t be wrong. If Islam is what terrorists shout about, how can we explain the billion who are simply living? This seems like common sense, not opinion. Any decent person thinks so. I won't argue with that head-on. I'm interested in something