Islam adapted flexibly to diverse societies, like Christianity did.

Evidence

Islam looks different in each of these regions and countries, largely because as it spread, people imbued it with their own local customs and traditions. The Sufi Islam practiced in northern India is quite different from the Shi’a Islam practiced in Lebanon, which is in turn different from the Sunni Islam practiced in Pakistan. Even within a single branch of Islam there are customs and practices that vary by region and across time. Thus, the Islam of seventh-century Arabia is different from the Wahhabism that exists today in Saudi Arabia. Religious texts may be more or less fixed, but all of the world’s religions, including Islam, have changed and adapted based on historical transformations. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 160 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Islam has varied regionally and adapted to historical transformations. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 160; Islam adapted to survive across widely varying political and economic systems; Islam’s survival required endless adaptation to diverse polities and economies (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Islam has varied regionally and adapted to historical transformations. #corroborates (0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 160
• Islam adapted to survive across widely varying political and economic systems #corroborates (0.92)
• Islam’s survival required endless adaptation to diverse polities and economies #corroborates (0.92)
• Islam’s historical survival required it to be endlessly adaptable and reinterpretable #corroborates (0.90)
• Islam met ancient river-valley societies, unlike Christianity meeting new lands #complicates (0.78)
• Christianity adapted to Europe but not to non-Western cultures. #qualifies (0.75)
• Widely varied Islamic societies nevertheless shared similar education and governance. #qualifies (0.72) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 145