On 10/14/05, Scott Saylors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gilberto Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I still see you moving away from what the Bahai faith says about the
> Quran, towards what secular Westerns say about the Quran in a way
> which undermines how Muslims understand Islam.
> > I am not redefining Islam at all, but Islam may have to re-define itself
> > in adapting to the future.
Gilberto:
Of course you are redefining Islam.
> Peace
> Dear Gilberto,
> Frankly, I do not have the power to re-define Islam.
That seems like a word game. When I say you are redefining Islam I
don't mean that you will go to Iran and that the people there will
make you an ayatollah. What I am saying is that in the course of the
conversation you are claiming to support "Islam" but in reality you
are trying to defend a vision of "Islam" which is radically different
from the understanding of orthodox Muslims and undermines that
understanding.
>From a certain point of view that is "typical" for the Bahais I've
been communicating with in these forums, but you specifically were
going further because you are actually questioning the Quran in a way
I hadn't seen before from a Bahai.
So it seemed like you were bending over backwards to attack something
in Islam... going further than is normal for the Bahai faith.. because
there are numerous places in the writings which say the Quran is
authentic.
-Gilberto
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