Only time will tell if he is sincere, and how much the nation’s Wahhabi clerics will allow him to do. But one statement from this article is flatly false: MBS says “there should be no punishment related to a religious matter except when there is a clear Quranic stipulation, and this penalty will be implemented […]
Maldives: Muslims attempt to murder former president who ‘has been an outspoken critic of religious extremism’
Here is yet another example of why we don’t see more genuine Islamic reformers. “Maldives: Islamic extremists behind attack on ex-president,” by Mohamed Sharuhaan, Associated Press, May 8, 2021: MALE, Maldives (AP) — A top official in the Maldives said Saturday that Islamic extremists were responsible for an explosion earlier this week that critically wounded […]
France: Imam supports niqab ban, Muslims threaten to kill him, put a bounty on his head
There are many in the West who indefatigably support the tiny group of moderate Muslim spokesmen, confident that they will affect the transformation of Islam. The reality is that because of Islam’s death penalty for heresy and apostasy, genuine Islamic reformers (as opposed to the legion of deceivers who insist that when Islam is properly […]
Algeria: Islamic scholar calls for ‘new reflection’ on Islamic texts, court wants him imprisoned for insulting Islam
Here once again is an example of why we don’t see more genuine Islamic reformers. “Algerian justice wants prison for academic accused of insulting precepts,” translated from “Justiça argelina quer prisão para académico acusado de insultar preceitos,” Noticias ao Minuto, April 1, 2021: An Algerian court today demanded “law enforcement,” that is, a sentence of […]
India: Muslims demonstrate against call for Qur’an reform, ‘We can sacrifice our lives for protection of the Quran’
Why does the Qur’an need this protection? The standard Islamic apologetic argument is that Allah has miraculously preserved the Qur’an from any corruption. Why would he need or require the believers to sacrifice their lives to protect it? Note also that these demonstrators are protesting against a call to remove the Qur’an’s violent verses. Think […]
Islamic scholar says ‘doctrine of extremists can be traced to specific tenets of Islam as historically practiced’
Nowadays the truth of what someone says is not based on its correspondence with reality, but upon the identity of the speaker. A small group of non-Muslims in the West have been saying what Yahya Cholil Staquf says here, but instead of being invited to speak at the United Nations and write in the Wall […]
Egypt reiterates refusal to link terrorist acts with Islam
Recall in 2015 the highly publicized call by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for a religious “revolution” and reform of Islam, a call that drew global accolades. Sisi declared, among other things: “Is it possible that 1.6 billion people [Muslims] should want to kill the rest of the world’s inhabitants – that is 7 billion […]
France: Imam gets thousands of death threats for calling beheaded teacher a ‘martyr for freedom of expression’
Kudos to Chalghoumi. His position in defense of the freedom of speech should be expected of every Muslim who enters a Western country. Instead, Westerners have kowtowed to Islamic supremacists, making it also risky for those Muslims who choose to respect the principles and laws of Western nations. One post in Arabic on Twitter read: […]
Reform in Islam?: Interviews with Islamic Theology Students in Turkey Tell a Different Story
A master’s degree thesis recently written in Turkey reveals the attitudes of the students at two Islamic studies departments concerning violence against women, polygamy and gender-based segregation in education. The findings of the thesis make us once again pose this significant question: Would an “Islamic reform” make the Muslim communities more humanitarian and a safer […]
“American Muslim Agenda: Muslims Together Building A Cohesive America”: Genuine Reform or Smokescreen?
Dr. Mike Ghouse has accomplished an amazing feat. He has become the final and perfect interpreter of Islam. At least he seems to feel that way. In his view, the essence of Islam is totally in keeping with liberal Western values. Islam has become a thoroughly American religion with scarcely any connection to the traditional […]