I refer to the Ikim article in The Star recently on whether religious choice is a matter of the dictate of fashion or taste. The writers then asks the loaded question: 'Is the belief that "religion is a matter of taste" true?'

As a Christian, I agree with their answer. There are indeed universal axioms. Objective truth does exist and, to the extent that religion expounds truth, it is either true or false. Obviously Islam, like most religions, teaches objective truth and therefore is not subject to 'taste' but rather to 'belief or faith'.