This was a good post brother. It was a bit ahead of its time which is perhaps the reason there are so few comments. One thing I did note was from the following passage,

“It is interesting that Haroon mentioned that those who are scientifically minded might flock to a non-traditional interpretation of Islam. (Made further interesting by the mere fact that I just recently posted about those interested in science being attracted to Sufism)”

Perhaps Haroon did include Sufism as “non-traditional” interpretation of Islam. There are those with that opinion, although I am not one of them. I realize this is an old post and may have been reconciled long ago but it was a good find nonetheless.

As a side, I think I am going to reference you more, I have only referenced your writings a few times over the years. I have been reading some of your older posts for a few weeks now and there are a lot of items that could be and some that need to be rehashed.

maa’ salamah

Interesting post!