Islam-current trends
October 30, 2009
“Islam: at war within itself” is a penetrating analysis of some current events in the Islamic world.
Recent months have seen a number of unexpected and extremely encouraging statements coming out of the Muslim world. Respected, mainstream Muslim leaders in a variety of countries have voiced opinions which are at odds with traditional, conservative Islam. They have challenged aspects of shari‘a and are calling for a liberal, modernist, enlightened Islam compatible with Western norms. Perhaps the most significant of all is a comment by a group of British Muslims calling for an end to the apostasy law and for full freedom in all religious matters.
From international authority on Islam, Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, Director of the Barnabas Fund. This is a must read. Full article at Islam: at war within itself.
One of the conclusions of the above analysis is the need to keep insisting on religious freedoms and human rights within Islamic communities. Interestingly, and also published yesterday, a call from the Vatican for Iran to respect the religious freedom of its Christian minorities: Pope calls for strengthening of religious freedom in Iran.
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