This was gonna be a forum topic [url=http://www.therevival.co.uk/node/3572]reply to this topic[/url], but I had second thoughts, thought it would be better as a blog.

I have been holding a reply to this topic for a while... but I will put it here now...

Been doing a little reading lately.

Some people suggest that the triumph of the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash%27ari]Ashari[/url] school of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalam] islamic philosophy[/url] is to blame for the lack of pondering in the Muslim Community, and maybe even its fall from grace.