One of the ideas that comes across with the sentiment of this new militant Muslim left is that the religious community shouldn’t be viewed as religious, in fact there is the implicit assumption that religious authority comes out of religious democratisation and the galvanisation of mass opinion. On the back of this, British Islam is being misappropriated. The crystallisation of an indigenous religious practice is constantly ongoing, yet the Independent’s interview with the makers of the video would have us believe that British Islam actually has little to do with Islam and rather more about the need to prove our Britishness through embarrassing performances. The Independent tells us a good Muslim doesn’t need to conform to rules (I wonder if that goes for being a good citizen as well). In fact we should be thankful that our faith gives us the room to be British and Muslim. islamicate.co.uk/happy-between-the-puritanical-and-militant-left/
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 11:30:22 +0000
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