ISLAM AND THE NEGATION OF CLOSE-MINDEDNESS, AND BACKWARDNESSRigid and inflexibility of minds and thoughts is to sow the seeds of discord upon Islam’s appearances and it will inhibit the growth and exaltation of Islam. If we look at the future of Islam with the same wisdom and insight that the finding fathers of the Shiite jurisprudence possessed, it would be most desirable and exalting. Having a backward and reactionary outlook will have no incentive for development. Basically, the advancement of Islam without taking note of rationality is not acceptable.