Killing of Farkhunda

[Hope]

as cows were so important economically people invented various special rules around them based on superstitious outlooks. Imo.

Were they invented around superstitious outlooks, or were the outlooks created to reinforce the commonsense attitudes.

[Udayana]

They are a sort of corruption. If the reasons for a particular behaviour change, or facts or logic behind beliefs no longer applies, best to change to improved outlook or methods, not hang on the traditional way out of ignorance or fear.

[dadvokat]

So you couldn't find any examples of Christian mobs lynching someone for allegedly burning a bible ?

Have you?  It's perhaps worth remembering that Christians don't regard the Bible in the same way as Muslims do the Qu'ran, so would be far less likely to lynch anyone for burning a Bible.  In fact, I suspect that more Americans (Christians and non-Christians) would lynch someone for burning the Stars and Stripes than a Bible.

Or perhaps islam needs to go through reformation like Christianity did?

Actually I think it might be, though it could easily tip the other way or obliterate itself completely. Either way the ructions are extremely bloody and dragging the rest of us in too.

Can't mention the R word lest NS like that father hacket character in Father Ted comedy series who reacts when certain words like Feck and arse or girls or drink are used will awaken from his slumber and hurl a volley of abuse denouncing all and sundry. No doubt reformation in Christianity did lead to wide scale violence with millions of people killed in Europe but it led to better things? There needs to be greater tolerance in Islam with more respect for women, gays and non Muslims - more Sufism rather then Wahhabism. More tolerance for apostasy and less for child marriages. More rationalism and logic as opposed to blind subservience and worship of Mohammed. The schism between Sunni and Shia which has divided islam over 1400 years needs to be healed. Islam has failed its adherents with a handful of extremely oil rich countries but with majority of its people being extremely poor with hundreds of thousands trying to flee sub Saharan countries for a better life in Europe. An Islamic enlightenment would be good for its people. More freedoms, secularism, Equality, tolerance...

[trippymonkey]

For a greater tolerance in Islam one would have to reject 3/4 of what the book 'says' !!!!

It's a book of its time & has little relevence any more, like most religious books they see only a little way into the future !!! Unfortunately ?!!?!?