I am not sure what you exactly meant, reforming Islam? I am for reforming Islam
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So reform or not? Tough to say, if it is done in an honest way it could work but I doubt so.
hello Closet., my goodness gracious you write well. That question I asked over a 1000 times in many online forums as well as in discussions at dinner table. I STILL DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER..
And now after 15 years of reading Quran reading hadith, reading Islamic history and reading enchiladas of other religions, I tell you this those educated Muslim folks who read Quran, Hadith and who judge Islam independent of their background and try to reform Islam have ended up like this
UNAPOLOGETIC PERSON who shouts at Muslims. That is worst case.
The best case is, some folks may end up
like this guy who tries his best to poke holes in Islam and yet tells every one that he is A-- Muslim. I don't know what the hell it means.
Now there is another case and this third type has very large number Muslim folks. They don't care what is there in Quran, they don't care who was/were Prophet/s of Islam, who actually they were and what he/they did(they only know names). They just don't care. They are just cultural Muslims. That means they know very little about Islam and they don't want know except Islamic festivals. May be they may donate some money to those RASCALS who make money and control Islam out of those two mosques in sand land. And some times they may support so-called Islamic causes such as going against Israel or some other countries that have large Muslim Population.
So that question of your's.,
I am not sure what you exactly meant reforming Islam? is very difficult to answer. In fact see all these links
So we have zillion people saying that .. But I don't know the answer and I am searching for answer. So here are my suggestions to reform Islam ..
1) One way is THROWING AWAY COMPLETE HADITH out of Islam and checking out some verses saying "that these verses were added in to Quran by ROGUES OF ISLAM after the death Prophet of Islam" (that goat ate Quran verses excuse)
2) second way is completely reinterpreting Quran. in fact re-translation or even modification of Quarn is needed., That is what My friend Mughal try to do
What Mughal did was wonderful, completely RE-CODING Quran. So reforming Islam and Muslims is possible if we put his translation in to action with a billion Muslim folks. That is possible but now in the present times, If he tells that in a Mosque about that Quran, he will be da..da...da...
The another policy often Politicians of Non-Islamic nations use is that
DADT policy for the sake of elections.. Well that is not going to work. In fact it will lead to deadly conflicts across the globe.
So the problem continues dear Closet and my suggestion is,
YOU SHOULD STAY IN CLOSET for some more time. Now you tell me, you say
" if it is done in an honest way it could work" So what does it mean? what is honest way and how do you proceed doing it?
And in your view which is easier? Reforming Islam or reforming Muslim folks?
with best wishes
yeezevee
Topic: About calls for reforming Islam