Islam: The Mutation Timeline (700 AD – 2025)

7th Century (600s)
Before: Islam is a military-political movement under Muhammad. Forced conversions, assassinations like Ka'b bin al-Ashraf, caravan raids, and state-backed violence are routine. The Qur’an is fragmented and passed down orally.
After: Islam emerges as a tribal conquest ideology. There is no compiled Qur’an. No one calls it a “religion of peace.”

8th–9th Century
Before: Massive hadith collection efforts begin. Bukhari and Muslim gather oral reports. Sharia law is codified. Apostasy punishable by death. Slavery, wife-beating, and child marriage all legalized.
After: Islam becomes more rigid. Quranic variants are eliminated. Legalism replaces earlier fluidity. The doctrine tightens.

10th–11th Century
Before: Muslim theologians notice contradictions between the Qur’an and the Bible. Ibn Hazm invents the “Bible is corrupted” claim to preserve Islamic credibility.
After: This is the first major doctrinal pivot. Instead of re-examining the Qur’an, Islam invents a defense mechanism to guard its narrative.

12th–13th Century
Before: Thinkers like Ibn Taymiyyah reject rationalism and reinforce strict Islamic orthodoxy. Jihad doctrine resurfaces. Greek philosophy and Christian theology are condemned.
After: Islam turns inward and hardens. Resistance to intellectual challenge becomes doctrine. Salafi roots are planted.

14th–15th Century
Before: The Ottomans and Mughals rise. Dhimmitude, forced conversions, and the jizya tax on non-Muslims are institutionalized.
After: Islam remains a theocratic legal system backed by military power. No reinterpretation is tolerated.

16th–17th Century
Before: Islam’s empires begin to crumble under European pressure. Colonization, scientific progress, and political fragmentation expose its internal weaknesses.
After: Cracks begin to show. Literalism holds, but the intellectual dominance fades. Reformist seeds are sown.

18th Century
Before: Wahhabism emerges — a reactionary movement to revive 7th-century Islam. Partners with the House of Saud.
After: Islam attempts a hard reset. Reform is rejected. The goal is revival by force, not by evolution.

19th Century
Before: The Islamic world confronts modernity: printing presses, secular governments, global Christianity, and scientific advancements.
After: Islamic apologists scramble to align the Qur’an with science, human rights, and liberal values. The contradictions begin piling up.

20th Century (1900s)
Before: The Ottoman Caliphate collapses. Secularism rises. The Muslim Brotherhood calls for a global caliphate. Liberals push for reinterpretation.
After: Islam fractures. Fundamentalists call for jihad and sharia. Progressives rewrite doctrines. The internal divide deepens.

21st Century (2000–2025)
Before: The internet exposes hadith, Qur’anic contradictions, and Muhammad’s biography to global scrutiny. Ex-Muslims rise in visibility.
After: Islam splits completely. One side clings to the harsh original. The other sanitizes Muhammad into a peace advocate. The religion that emerged in the 7th century is no longer recognizable.

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Summary: The Death of Original Islam

Islam began as a political ideology of conquest and law.

Over 14 centuries, it was reshaped — not by revelation, but by pressure: from philosophy, colonization, science, and now the internet.

A religion claiming to be final, perfect, and timeless should not need centuries of reinterpretation, spin, or scholarly damage control.

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Final Judgment: Immutable God or Evolving Myth?

If Allah never changes,
Why has Islam mutated in every generation?

If Muhammad delivered the final, perfect message,
Why does it keep getting reinvented just to stay relevant?

Unchanging truth doesn’t evolve.
Only man-made systems bend, edit, and adapt under cultural pressure.

And that’s exactly what Islam has done — for 1,400 years straight.

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Mauao Man is a blog created by a New Zealand writer who believes in following the evidence wherever it leads. From history and religion to culture and society, Mauao Man takes a clear, critical, and honest approach — challenging ideas without attacking people. Whether exploring the history of Islam in New Zealand, the complexities of faith, or the contradictions in belief systems, this blog is about asking the hard questions and uncovering the truth.

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