Violence Brings Forth Debate On True Nature Of Islam
Click here for reuse options!Only days later, Saudi Arabia sent an opposing message: On Friday, a young Saudi was whipped 50 times in a public square in the city of Jiddah, the first of what will be 20 such weekly rounds of lashes. That, along with 10 years in prison, is his sentence from the kingdom’s religious-based courts for insulting Islam, based on posts on his blog criticizing prominent clerics close to the monarchy.
The contradiction points to the difficulties at a time of a growing debate within Islam about whether and how to reject a radical minority that some fear is dragging them into conflict and wrecking the faith.
Western critics are increasingly brazen about suggesting there is something inherent in Islam that is sparking violence by some of its adherents. Most Muslims reject this, arguing that the tumult of the post-colonial Middle East has created fertile ground for radicalism among people whose faith is fundamentally one of peace.Nonetheless, the past year has seen increasing voices among Muslims saying their community must re-examine their faith to modernize its interpretations and sideline extremists. As much as recent attacks in the West, the rise of startlingly vicious violence by Sunni Muslim militants in the name of Islam against fellow Muslims, including Sunnis, brought it home for many Muslims that something must change in religious discourse…
The most prominent call came days before the attack, when Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi gave a speech to Muslim clerics saying interpretations developed over centuries have made the Muslim world a “source of worry, danger, killing and destruction in the whole world.” He called for a “religious revolution” to modernize the faith…
Al-Qaida and the Islamic State group roughly take elements from two relatively modern strands. One is the writing of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood thinker Sayed Qutb, with its tenets that Muslim society has fallen from faith and violent jihad must be waged to bring “God’s rule.” The other is Wahhabism, a reform movement with a strict, literal and uncompromising interpretation of texts aimed at purging Islam of innovations. Wahhabism became the official doctrine of Saudi Arabia, which has promoted it around the Muslim world.
State religious institutions across the region, meanwhile, are widely criticized as stagnant. Government control has undermined their credibility among both liberal Muslims and militants. That was clear when Saudi Arabia’s top religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, condemned the Paris attack and called it “unacceptable under any justification.”
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KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker January 11th, 2015 at 11:00
Well, it’s about time.
rg9rts January 11th, 2015 at 12:08
You missed the round and round I had with a loon yesterday.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker January 11th, 2015 at 12:00
Well, it’s about time.
I’m not holding my breath though, because so many of today’s accepted superstitions (religions) demean and subjugate women and force their nonsense on everyone else in society.
rg9rts January 11th, 2015 at 13:08
You missed the round and round I had with a loon yesterday.
rg9rts January 11th, 2015 at 12:07
Lottsa luck with that one…its all about power and dominance…maintaining the status quo.
rg9rts January 11th, 2015 at 13:07
Lottsa luck with that one…its all about power and dominance…maintaining the status quo.
fahvel January 11th, 2015 at 13:01
how does one re-evaluate faith? Faith in itself rejects thought, logic, science, compassion etc – when kindness replaces all the theological garbage spewed by all cults, then, and only then, will there be a possibility of a peaceful world – I feel sorry for all the grandchildren.
fahvel January 11th, 2015 at 14:01
how does one re-evaluate faith? Faith in itself rejects thought, logic, science, compassion etc – when kindness replaces all the theological garbage spewed by all cults, then, and only then, will there be a possibility of a peaceful world – I feel sorry for all the grandchildren.
edmeyer_able January 11th, 2015 at 13:15
45 Examples of Muslim Outrage About Charlie Hebdo Attack That Fox News Missed
It’s not fair of the network to say that Muslims have been quiet over the tragedy.
http://www.alternet.org/media/45-examples-muslim-outrage-about-charlie-hebdo-attack-fox-news-missed
Suzanne McFly January 11th, 2015 at 15:03
Great list, thanks for sharing.
fancypants January 11th, 2015 at 17:38
18. Saudi Arabia:The country expressed “deep sorry” in response to “this cowardly terrorist attack which is incompatible with Islam religion.”
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I cant say Saudi Arabia ever took any responsibility for what some of their citizens did to nyc At least they are responding quicker these days
Bunya January 11th, 2015 at 19:33
Interesting that Dubya was in bed with the Saudis on 9/11. Food for thought.
fancypants January 11th, 2015 at 20:31
you learn from the best Unfortunately some punish the teacher when they least expect it. Lessons in life
edmeyer_able January 11th, 2015 at 19:40
Still waiting for georgies and dickies apology.
fancypants January 11th, 2015 at 20:27
by now we know Saudi Arabia take any responsibility I guess this also means UBL was an orphan ?
Jake January 11th, 2015 at 18:53
I suppose this is a good start – but many seem to be more “outraged” that their religion is used as the excuse for the action – in other words – they are the victims. Not one of the 45 examples ,for instance, made reference to the massacre in the Kosher Supermarket – or to the religion of those victims – I think we can guess why.
Religion IS the problem.
TAX the CHURCHES.
edmeyer_able January 11th, 2015 at 19:05
Religion isn’t the problem, it’s the misinterpretation of it that is the problem.
edmeyer_able January 11th, 2015 at 14:15
45 Examples of Muslim Outrage About Charlie Hebdo Attack That Fox News Missed
http://www.alternet.org/media/45-examples-muslim-outrage-about-charlie-hebdo-attack-fox-news-missed
Suzanne McFly January 11th, 2015 at 16:03
Great list, thanks for sharing.
fancypants January 11th, 2015 at 18:38
18. Saudi Arabia:The country expressed “deep sorry” in response to “this cowardly terrorist attack which is incompatible with Islam religion.”
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I cant say Saudi Arabia ever took any responsibility for what some of their citizens did to nyc At least they are responding quicker these days
Bunya January 11th, 2015 at 20:33
Interesting that Dubya was in bed with the Saudis on 9/11. Food for thought.
fancypants January 11th, 2015 at 21:31
you learn from the best Unfortunately some punish the teacher when they least expect it. Lessons in life
edmeyer_able January 11th, 2015 at 20:40
Still waiting for georgies and dickies apology.
fancypants January 11th, 2015 at 21:27
by now we know Saudi Arabia take any responsibility I guess this also means UBL was an orphan ?
edmeyer_able January 11th, 2015 at 20:05
Religion isn’t the problem, it’s the misinterpretation of it that is the problem.
edmeyer_able January 11th, 2015 at 18:37
Breivik killed 77 in Norway & no-one asked me as a white male of Christian background if I felt the need to condemn it
edmeyer_able January 11th, 2015 at 19:37
Breivik killed 77 in Norway & no-one asked me as a white male of Christian background if I felt the need to condemn it