Ian Kluge wrote:
RE "The Trouble With Islam Today" by Irshad Manji, recommended by Albert:
I also highly recommend this book.
Manji asks the tough, unavoidable questions that need to be dealt with both
within contemporary Islam and outside of it. Her advantage is that she is a
Muslim who speaks from direct experience and not only from observation. I've
heard many of the same issues raised by my friend Nadia, a former Egyptian;
as a young and free-thinking Muslim woman, she corroborates Manji's account.
The book has been translated into over 20 languages at this time and has
earned her death-threats from inside the Canadian Muslim community. (That,
of course, simply reinforces one of her major points about today's Islam and
tolerance.)
Best wishes,
Ian Kluge
Thus, we see Islam has run it's course. The Mission of it's
establishment was completed. It appears unconsciously to try to address
issue for which it has no answers. It's interesting to me while
following the links from her website and others that it is predominantly
woman that are standing up and voicing the opposition, which by
implication puts the man in the role of defending the mixture of
tradition with modernity. Even if 3/4 of the Muslims in the world were
to join these woman they would not find the answers in Islam. Maybe
eventually Islam will take the route of Christianity and become a bit
player in a secular society. That movement is already underway and will
gather steam as the Mullahs in Iran are not delivering the historic
beauty to society.
Regards,
Albert
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