What is modern perception of Islam? Has Islam undergone changes?
This is a basic question which you have very rightly raised. Whatever be the religion, it has two basic aspects. One is the basic structure, which has fundamental principles. These basic principles of Islam have neither changed nor will they change in any time to come. What I mean by it is the Holy Quran. Whatever is mentioned in the Holy Book and Sunna is the eternal guidance and whatever is celestial guidance stays till the Day of Judgment because it is not man-made law. The characteristic of man-made law is that it gets outdated with the passage of time. Since human mind and vision cannot perceive the requirements and changes, which would come about after 100 years, so as soon as changes take place in human society, man-made laws continue to change in order to meet the changed requirements for survival. God-made law is permanent and immutable. It never changes. It is neither corrupted nor distorted. Its original text remains preserved as is the case with the Holy Quran and Hadith. T
