Let us be clear why Christianity and Judaism, in the twenty-first century, generally lend themselves to a pick-and-mix treatment: its because they have more or less been wrenched through a two-part grinder called Secularism and the Enlightenment. That metaphor might be a violent one but what has emerged from the other end of the machine is far more peaceful and humane than what was fed in: religions which can be picked apart, consumed and discarded as an individual human sees fit. And that is what is required of Islam, urgently. How will we know when this job is done? Well, when we meet beer-loving, pork-eating, atheist Muslims who pray exactly no times a day and in no particular direction, and we dont consider that a contradiction, that will be a good start. Saif Rahman Saif Rahman is a Strategic Consultant, HCMA founder (Humanist & Cultural Muslim Association) and author of The Islamist Delusion
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 07:51:23 +0000
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