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One wonders if there will be a Fatwa coming Asra's way.
From Asra Nomani at The Daily Beast:
Go read the whole thing.
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Get Over the Quran Burning
One wonders if there will be a Fatwa coming Asra's way.
From Asra Nomani at The Daily Beast:
On the plan to burn Qurans this weekend, I say to Muslims: Let's get over the symbolic insult and deal with the very real issues of literal interpretations of the Quran that are used to sanction domestic violence, terrorism, militancy, and suicide bombings in the name of Islam.
Gen. David Petraeus has weighed in, saying that the planned burnings by the Rev. Terry Jones' congregation in Florida will endanger U.S. soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. But I believe that there is something that endangers Americans and American soldiers even more: certain passages that—when read literally—pit Muslims against Americans and the West.I believe the Qurans are being burnt because we, as Muslims, haven't dealt sincerely and intellectually with very serious issues that certain Quranic passages raise, particularly in the West. These include verses—when literally read—that say that disobedient wives can be beaten “lightly,” that Muslims can't be friends with the Jews and the Christians, and that it's OK to kill converts from Islam.
We, as Muslims, need to tear a few pages out of the Quran—symbolically, at least, by rejecting literal adherence to certain problematic verses.
The Christian faith had to deal with problematic verses from the Book of Deuteronomy that sanctioned violence. Jews have had to confront rigid readings of the Old Testament that sanctioned stonings. Muslims, too, must re-interpret verses that aren't compatible with life in the 21st century.
Look at one literal reading of the 34th verse of the fourth chapter of the Quran, An-Nisa, or Women. "[A]nd (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them," reads one widely accepted translation. Based on a literal reading, Saudi scholar Abdul Rahman al-Sheha concludes that when dealing with a “disobedient wife,” a Muslim man has a number of options. First, he should remind her of “the importance of following the instructions of the husband in Islam.” If that doesn't work, he can “leave the wife's bed.” Finally, he may “beat” her, though it must be without “hurting, breaking a bone, leaving blue or black marks on the body and avoiding hitting the face, at any cost.”
Such appalling recommendations occur because we haven't yet universally drawn a line in the sand, as Muslims, and said that this verse may have been progressive for the seventh century when women were supposedly beaten indiscriminately, but it isn't compatible with the modern day, if read literally. Instead, we do something called the "4:34 dance," suggesting that the light beating be the result of everything from hitting a woman with noodles (yes, you read that right) to a traditional toothbrush, called a “miswak,” from the root of a plant.
Go read the whole thing.
- Asra Nomani Is A Feminist Muslim And Terrorism Is Saudi Arabia's Fault
Asra Nomani, in an interview with Bill Maher, recently said that she’s a “Liberal, Feminist Muslim”. She also claimed that there is an “ideology” in Islam that is violent and basically insinuated that Saudi Arabia is more or less responsible...
- The Quran's Last Word On Non-muslims
AS YOU probably know, some verses of the Quran have been abrogated. The abrogation principle basically says that when something from a later chapter (known as a sura) conflicts with something from an earlier chapter, the later one is the better one. Have...
-
And I say we stop sending them any and all kind of aid. We can use the money here better anyway. Yep, that'll work for me. FARS: Egyptian MP Urges Arab States to Protest at Quran Burning by Cutting Ties with US TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Egyptian legislator...
- Youth Training, The Koran, And Mein Kampf
Is Islamofascism truly a hijacking or a perverson of Islam? The peaceful Meccan verses which many Muslims choose to follow were abrogated by the later militant Medinan verses, especially Sura 9: "....Kill those who join other gods with Allah wherever...
- East Lansing - Letter To Ed. "they Should Know They Can Embrace Islam, But Cannot Get Out"
Moderate muslims? Sure, but they have be APOSTATES. Otherwise the Quran and Hadiths are a complete conscience substitution set Via Jihadwattch Islam or death I read Le Roy Barnett's letter ("Muslims, speak up," June 26) about Muslims' opinion...