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89-542: The CMU was started on August 20, 2006 following an unsuccessful attempt to resolve deep divisions in the Muslim Canadian Congress (MCC) board. The attempt failed when members representing one of the factions did not show up for the Board meeting called to resolve the differences and to elect a new executive. The board members who attended, which included all of the executive (including El-Farouk Khaki ) and

178-514: A black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action." Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, in accordance with their increasingly modern societies and outlooks, liberal Muslims have tended to reinterpret many aspects of the application of their religion in their life in an attempt to reconnect. This is particularly true of Muslims who now find themselves living in non-Muslim countries. Max Rodenbeck observed several challenges to "reform"—i.e. accommodation with

267-427: A divine text ( nass ilahi ), and became something understandable, a human text ( nass insani ), because it changed from revelation to interpretation ( li-annahu tahawwala min al-tanzil ila al-ta'wil ). The Prophet's understanding of the text is one of the first phases of movement resulting from the text's connection with the human intellect. Abu Zayd's critical approach to classical and contemporary Islamic discourse in

356-476: A heap and all too often at the point of a gun. In addition, traditional sharia law has been shaped in all its complexity by serving for centuries as "the backbone" of legal systems of Muslim states, while millions of Muslim now live in non-Muslim states. Islam also lacks a "widely recognized religious hierarchy to explain doctrinal changes or to enforce them" because it has no [central] church. Islamic modernism, also sometimes referred to as modernist Salafism ,

445-618: A justification for the emancipation of science and philosophy from official Ash'ari theology and that there is no inherent contradiction between philosophy and religion; thus Averroism has been considered a precursor to modern secularism. Ibn Rushd accepts the principle of women's equality. According to him they should be educated and allowed to serve in the military; the best among them might be tomorrow's philosophers or rulers. The 13th-century philosophical movement in Latin Christian and Jewish tradition based on Ibn Rushd's work

534-492: A large number of them were able to exercise their choice and to seek out facts with their minds. In his works, he portrays God as educating humanity from its childhood through its youth and then on to adulthood. According to him, Islam is the only religion whose dogmas can be proven by reasoning. He was against polygamy and thought that it was an archaic custom. He believed in a form of Islam that would liberate men from enslavement, provide equal rights for all human beings, abolish

623-591: A majority of the total board from the Toronto area (including Gary Dale ), decided unanimously to resign from the MCC and form a new, democratic organization. The CMU, while advocating separation of Religion and State, works with and within the Muslim community, engaging it in issues of human rights, human dignity, social justice and alternate progressive and inclusive visions of Islam. In doing so, it aims to instill joy in

712-442: A modern civilized society ought to be and what constituted by extension a civilized or "good Egyptian"; and his ideas on public interest and public good. Tahtawi's work was the first effort in what became an Egyptian renaissance ( nahda ) that flourished in the years between 1860 and 1940. In 1826, Al-Tahtawi was sent to Paris by Mehmet Ali . There, he studied at an educational mission for five years, returning in 1831. Tahtawi

801-600: A modern view of Islamic theology , ethics , sharia , culture , tradition, and other ritualistic practices in Islam. Liberal Muslims claim that the re-interpretation of the Islamic scriptures is important in order to preserve their relevance in the 21st century. The rise of Islam , based on both the transmission of the Quran and the life of Muhammad , strongly altered the power balances and perceptions of origin of power in

890-666: A prayer room was set up in Paris by gay Islamic scholar and founder of the group Homosexual Muslims of France, Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed . It was described by the press as the first gay-friendly mosque in Europe. The reaction from the rest of the Muslim community in France has been mixed, and the opening has been condemned by the Grand Mosque of Paris . Examples of Muslim LGBT media works are the 2006 Channel 4 's documentary Gay Muslims ,

979-525: A process called ijtihad . This can vary from the slight to the most liberal, where only the meaning of the Quran is considered to be a revelation , with its expression in words seen as the work of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in his particular time and context. Liberal Muslims see themselves as returning to the principles of the early ummah and as promoting the ethical and pluralistic intent of

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1068-456: A punishment for disobedience, Progressive Muslims have given many alternative interpretations of the verse, Quran 4:34. Riffat Hassan , has taken the view that qawwamun in the verse is not talking about men being superior to women, but rather is referring to men's role as breadwinners. Nushuz is interpreted as not referring to domestic disobedience but to a mass rebellion of all women against their role as child-bearer. Asma Barlas has taken

1157-517: A serious split in the summer of 2006 when several of its members and leaders left to form the Canadian Muslim Union . According to reports, the split occurred over questions of how the group engages with the broader Muslim community. The issue came to head over the MCC's position on the arrest of 17 Muslims in the 2006 Toronto terrorism case and objections by some MCC leaders to the MCC's participation in anti-war demonstrations during

1246-526: A share in Khums. Discrimination also exists in regards of intermarriage between persons of Arab and non-Arab lineages, as can be found in a number of fatwa sites. This is notably in direct contrast to the Prophet Muhammad's last sermon, "...All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over

1335-437: A similar view that qawwamun means moral guidance or caring, nushuz means disharmony, and that wa-dribuhunna has multiple meanings, such as "to set an example" or "to separate", and that "to beat" is "the worst one!" of all possible interpretations. Amina Wadud has stated that qawwamun refers to men's financial support of women while nushuz is referring to disharmony in the relationship. She interprets wa-dribuhunna ,

1424-455: A solution to a legal question. It is contrasted with taqlid (imitation, conformity to legal precedent). According to classical Sunni theory, ijtihad requires expertise in the Arabic language, theology, revealed texts, and principles of jurisprudence ( usul al-fiqh ), and is not employed where authentic and authoritative texts (Qur'an and hadith) are considered unambiguous with regard to

1513-424: Is "divinely inspired but ... human-authored". Saeed Nasheed writes: "The Qur’an is not the speech of God, just as the loaf of bread is not the work of the farmer. God produced the raw material, which was inspiration, just as the farmer produces the raw material, which is wheat. But it is the baker who turns the wheat or flour into bread according to his own unique way, artistic expertise and creative ability. Thus it

1602-612: Is a lewd act or sexual sin that can be proven by evidence and verified by a judge. According to his interpretation, 4:34 is about how a judge would punish a woman for a sexual crime, rather than about wifely disobedience. Fatema Mernissi cites Quran 33:35 as evidence for gender equality within Islam and several hadith to claim that while beating was permissible, the best Muslims would never beat their wives. Edip Yüksel in his Qauran translation, The Quran: A Reformist Translation , interprets qawwamun as "supporters" rather than as "guardians" or "in charge of", citing other Quran verses using

1691-417: Is a movement that has been described as "the first Muslim ideological response" attempting to reconcile Islamic faith with modern Western values such as nationalism , democracy , civil rights , rationality , equality , and progress . It featured a "critical reexamination of the classical conceptions and methods of jurisprudence" and a new approach to Islamic theology and Quranic exegesis ( Tafsir ). It

1780-441: Is called Averroism . Ibn Rushd became something of a symbolic figure in the debate over the decline and proposed revitalization of Islamic thought and Islamic society in the later 20th century. A notable proponent of such a revival of Averroist thought in Islamic society was Mohammed Abed al-Jabri with his Critique de la Raison Arabe (1982). Egyptian Egyptologist and renaissance intellectual Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (1801−1873)

1869-478: Is considered one of the early adapters to Islamic Modernism . Islamic Modernists attempted to integrate Islamic principles with European social theories. In 1831, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi was part of the statewide effort to modernize the Egyptian infrastructure and education. They introduced his Egyptian audience to Enlightenment ideas such as secular authority and political rights and liberty; his ideas regarding how

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1958-499: Is constructed with three concepts of Gnosis, equality and freedom . Commitment democracy appeared out of his lecture in Hoseyniyeh Ershad; a famous lecture with the name of Ummah and Imamate . According to him, an Imam is one who wants to guide humans not only in political, social and economic dimensions but also in all existential dimensions. He believes that Imam is alive everywhere and every time. On one hand, Imamate

2047-444: Is defined by Islamic scholars as being more radical than secular feminism, and as being anchored within the discourse of Islam with the Quran as its central text. During recent times, the concept of Islamic feminism has grown further with Islamic groups looking to garner support from many aspects of society. In addition, educated Muslim women are striving to articulate their role in society. Examples of Islamic feminist groups are

2136-405: Is not a metaphysical belief but a revolutionary guide philosophy. He added that Imam has to guide people not according to his desire like a dictator but to Islamic ideology and authentic values. Ijtihad (lit. "effort, physical or mental, expended in a particular activity") is an Islamic legal term referring to independent reasoning or the thorough exertion of a jurist's mental faculty in finding

2225-456: Is not available online. Despite this split, MCC continued its work of promoting secularism, and its members and directors continue to face opposition from those following political Islam. Some of its members have also received serious threats from unknown individuals. Tarek Fatah was its communications director and spokesperson until he resigned from the board in August 2006 and Farzana Hassan

2314-581: Is one of inclusiveness and diversity". In Australia, Nur Wahrsage has been an advocate for LGBTI Muslims and founded Marhaba, a support group for queer Muslims in Melbourne, Australia . In May 2016, Wahrsage revealed that he is homosexual in an interview on SBS2 ’s The Feed , being the first openly gay Imam in Australia. In Canada, Salaam was founded as the first gay Muslim organization in Canada and

2403-539: Is represented under the umbrella of human rights. Many Muslim majority countries have signed international human rights treaties, although the impact of these largely remains to be seen in local legal systems. Muslim liberals often reject traditional interpretations of Islamic law, which allows Ma malakat aymanukum and slavery . They say that slavery opposed Islamic principles which they believe to be based on justice and equality and some say that verses relating to slavery or "Ma malakat aymanukum" now can not be applied due to

2492-468: Is the best way to observe sharia ; "enforcing [sharia] through coercive power of the state negates its religious nature, because Muslims would be observing the law of the state and not freely performing their religious obligation as Muslims" says Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, a professor of law at Emory University and author of Islam and the secular state : negotiating the future of Shariʻa . Moreover, some scholars argue that secular states have existed in

2581-444: Is to change social foundations, institutions and even all the norms of society namely culture, morality and desires etc. in simple word, Syasat want to make exist the people. On contrary, there is no making in politics. In other words, politics is the following of having people not making them. Of course, Shariati prefers Syasat on politics because the former is more progressive. He considers making human (Ensan Sazi). In fact, his utopia

2670-403: Is to legitimise" rulers' actions in religious terms. Modernism differs from secularism in that it insists on the importance of religious faith in public life, and from Salafism or Islamism in that it embraces contemporary European institutions, social processes, and values . Quranists reject the hadith and follow the Quran only. The extent to which Quranists reject the authenticity of

2759-473: The 2006 Israel-Lebanon War where flags of Hezbollah and Hamas were raised along with posters of Iranian leader Ahmedinejad and Hezbollah leader Nasrallah . The entire executive and most of the board members eventually resigned. The CMU was formed the next day. CMU's philosophy of Liberal Islam is similar to the MCC's but with what they claim is their intention to work "within the Muslim community". CMU has been dormant since 2011. The slate of its officers

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2848-483: The Islamic revivalist movement of the 18th–19th centuries. Liberal and progressive ideas within Islam are considered controversial by some traditional Muslims , who criticize liberal Muslims on the grounds of being too Western and/or rationalistic . The methodologies of liberal and progressive Islam rest on the re-interpretation of traditional Islamic sacred scriptures (the Quran ) and other texts (the Hadith ),

2937-557: The Muʿtazila , "particularly their idea of the created Qurʿān and their tendency toward metaphorical interpretation". Abu Zayd strongly opposed the belief in a "single, precise and valid interpretation of the Qur'an handed down by the Prophet for all times". In his view, the Quran made Islamic Arab culture a 'culture of the text` ( hadarat al-nass ) par excellence, but because the language of

3026-406: The Quran . The verse includes the phrase that "there is no compulsion in religion". Immediately after making this statement, the Quran offers a rationale for it: Since the revelation has, through explanation, clarification, and repetition, clearly distinguished the path of guidance from the path of misguidance, it is now up to people to choose the one or the other path. This verse comes right after

3115-675: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan , founded by Meena Keshwar Kamal , Muslim Women's Quest for Equality from India, and Sisters in Islam from Malaysia, founded by Zainah Anwar and Amina Wadud among other five women. In 2014, the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) issued a fatwa declaring that Sisters In Islam, as well as any other organisation promoting religious liberalism and pluralism, deviate from

3204-633: The Sunnah varies, but the more established groups have thoroughly criticised the authenticity of the hadith and refused it for many reasons, the most prevalent being the Quranist claim that hadith is not mentioned in the Quran as a source of Islamic theology and practice, was not recorded in written form until more than two centuries after the death of the Muhammad, and contain perceived internal errors and contradictions. Quranists believe Muhammad himself

3293-466: The Throne Verse . A combination of Islam and feminism has been advocated as "a feminist discourse and practice articulated within an Islamic paradigm" by Margot Badran in 2002. Islamic feminists ground their arguments in Islam and its teachings, seek the full equality of women and men in the personal and public sphere, and can include non-Muslims in the discourse and debate. Islamic feminism

3382-494: The Enlightenment , reason and science, and the separation of religion and politics—that the other two Abrahamic faiths did not have to grapple with. He said: [W]hereas Christian and Jewish reform evolved over centuries, in relatively organic and self-generated—albeit often bloody—fashion, the challenge to Islam of such concepts as empirical reasoning, the nation-state, the theory of evolution, and individualism arrived all in

3471-585: The MCC came out against a Canadian Human Rights Commission complaint made by several youths associated with the Canadian Islamic Congress against Maclean's Magazine for publishing an allegedly Islamophobic column by Mark Steyn saying that "The reaction of the CIC has only given credence to his premise - that Muslims in the West cannot accept the values of individual freedom, a free press and

3560-505: The Mediterranean region. Early Islamic philosophy emphasized an inexorable link between religion and science , and the process of ijtihad to find truth — in effect, all philosophy was " political " as it had real implications for governance. This view was challenged by the "rationalist" Muʿtazilite philosophers , who held a more Hellenistic view, emphasizing reason above revelation, and as such are known to modern scholars as

3649-496: The Muslim world since the Middle Ages. Islam is often described as possessing a "decidedly egalitarian spirit", and "in principle egalitarian, recognizing no superiority of one believer over another by birth or descent, race or nationality, or social status". Nonetheless, Muslims known as Sayyids (those accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ) have special privileges in Islam, notably of tax exemptions and

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3738-405: The Muslim world surrounding ijtihad continue to the present day. The advocacy of ijtihad has been particularly associated with Islamic modernists . Among contemporary Muslims in the West there have emerged new visions of ijtihad which emphasize substantive moral values over traditional juridical methodology. The verse ( ayah ) 256 of Al-Baqara is a famous verse in the Islamic scripture,

3827-440: The Muslim world, reactions of Muslim intellectuals to the pressure of secularization also varies. On the one hand, secularism is condemned by some Muslim intellectuals who do not feel that religious influence should be removed from the public sphere. On the other hand, secularism is claimed by others to be compatible with Islam. For example, the quest for secularism has inspired some Muslim scholars who argue that secular government

3916-663: The Qur'an sparking "controversy and debate". While not denying that the Qur'an was of divine origin, Zayd argued that it was a "cultural product" that had to be read in the context of the language and culture of seventh century Arabs, and could be interpreted in more than one way. He also criticized the use of religion to exert political power. In 1995 an Egyptian Sharia court declared him an apostate , this led to threats of death and his fleeing Egypt several week later. He later "quietly" returned to Egypt where he died. According to scholar Navid Kermani "three key themes" emerge from Abu Zayd's work: Abu Zayd saw himself as an heir to

4005-421: The Quran is not self-explanatory, this implied Islamic Arab culture was also a culture of interpretation ( hadarat al-ta'wil ). Abu Zayd emphasized "intellect" ( `aql ) in understanding the Quran, as opposed to "a hermeneutical approach which gives priority to the narrated traditions [ hadith ]" ( naql ). As a reflection of this Abu Zayd used the term ta'wil (interpretation) for efforts to understand

4094-409: The Quran, while in the Islamic sciences, the literature that explained the Quran was referred to as tafsir (commentary, explanation). For Abu Zayd, interpretation goes beyond explanation or commentary, "for without" the Qur'an would not have meaning: The [Qur'anic] text changed from the very first moment - that is, when the Prophet recited it at the moment of its revelation - from its existence as

4183-608: The Quran. The reform movement uses monotheism ( tawhid ) as "an organizing principle for human society and the basis of religious knowledge, history, metaphysics , aesthetics, and ethics, as well as social, economic and world order". Liberal Muslims affirm the promotion of progressive values such as democracy , gender equality , human rights , LGBT rights , women's rights , religious pluralism , interfaith marriage , freedom of expression , freedom of thought , and freedom of religion ; opposition to theocracy and total rejection of Islamism and Islamic fundamentalism ; and

4272-752: The burka and niqab is "a practice that marginalizes women." In April 2008, the MCC criticized the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) for its stating a claim by the Canadian Islamic Congress that Maclean's magazine was publishing Islamophobic articles. The MCC stated that "the OHRC has become the virtual organ of Canada’s Islamist organizations and that it has taken sides in the bitter struggle within Canada’s Muslim community where sharia-supporting Islamists are pitted against liberal and secular Muslims" and that "the OHRC decision had

4361-469: The celebration of identities as Muslims and as Canadians with social consciences & a commitment to social justice. The CMU has hosted a number of events including several mixed-gender woman-led Friday afternoon prayers and has co-sponsored a "Peace Iftar " with Salaam each Ramadan since 2006. They have also partnered with other groups for various events such as public forums with Tariq Ali on October 15, 2006 and November 14, 2008 . The CMU also

4450-460: The daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad is as a role model for Muslim women around the world and a woman who was free . She was described as , 'the symbol of a responsible, fighting woman when facing her time and the fate of her society.' Also, he criticised Western liberal democracy for its direct relationship to the plundering of Third World nations and instead promoted Commitment Democracy. Commitment Democracy was, according to Shariati,

4539-551: The fact that the world has changed, while others say that those verses are totally misinterpreted and twisted to legitimize slavery. In the 20th century, South Asian scholars Ghulam Ahmed Pervez and Amir Ali argued that the expression ma malakat aymanukum should be properly read in the past tense. When some called for reinstatement of slavery in Pakistan upon its independence from the British colonial rule , Pervez argued that

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4628-431: The fields of theology , philosophy , law , politics , and humanism , promoted modern Islamic thought that might enable Muslims to build a bridge between their own tradition and the modern world of freedom of speech , equality ( minority rights , women's rights , social justice ), human rights , democracy and globalisation . Ali Shariati Mazinani ( Persian : علی شریعتی مزینانی, 23 November 1933 – 18 June 1977)

4717-567: The film production company Unity Productions Foundation, the 2007 and 2015 documentary films A Jihad for Love and A Sinner in Mecca , both produced by Parvez Sharma , and the Jordanian LGBT publication My.Kali . The definition and application of secularism , especially the place of religion in society, varies among Muslim countries as it does among non-Muslim countries. As the concept of secularism varies among secularists in

4806-586: The finger prints of its pro-Islamist commissioners who have close association with the Canadian Islamic Congress. It is not just the commissioners, but we have reason to believe that there are staff on the OHRC that support sharia law and endorse the CIC’s positions." It has also joined International Coalition Against Blasphemy Laws. MCC officers profess serious reformation in Islam. MCC also supports Canada's secular democracy, and continues to be

4895-677: The first speculative theologians of Islam ; they were supported by a secular aristocracy who sought freedom of action independent of the Caliphate . By the late ancient period, the "traditionalist" Ashʿarīte theology had in general triumphed in Islam. According to the Ashʿarītes, reason must be subordinate to the Quran and the sunnah . Ibn Rushd , often Latinized as Averroes, was an Andalusian polymath . Being described as "founding father of secular thought in Western Europe", he

4984-439: The freedom to choose the best of these interpretations. It is claimed Muhammad never beating his wives and his "conflicted response" to this revelation shows that God revealed it out of necessity (to restrain existing violence against women) rather than out of approval, and that it remains best to refrain from violence entirely. Khaled Abou El Fadl claims nushuz is better understood as "a grave and known sin" and in 4:34, this

5073-423: The government of Imam Ali . For explaining better the commitment to democracy, he at first divides between two concepts. One of them is Syasat and the other is politic. Syasat is a philosophy by the government that want to have the responsibility of changing and becoming the society, not its being and existence. In fact, Syasat is a progressive and dynamic thing. The aim of the government in the philosophy of Syasat

5162-542: The implementation of Shariah law in civil law in Ontario and supporting the country's same-sex marriage legislation. The group also promotes gender equality and was involved in organizing a Muslim prayer session in which the prayers were led by a woman, Raheel Raza. It has also been critical of Islamic fundamentalism and has urged the government to ban donations to Canadian religious institutions from abroad arguing that doing so will curb extremism. The Congress suffered

5251-441: The importance of citizens defending the patriotic duty of their country. One way to protect one's country according to Tahtawi, is to accept the changes that come with a modern society. Egyptian Islamic jurist and religious scholar Muhammad Abduh , regarded as one of the key founding figures of Islamic Modernism , broke the rigidity of the Muslim ritual, dogma, and family ties. Abduh argued that Muslims could not simply rely on

5340-425: The interpretations of texts provided by medieval clerics, they needed to use reason to keep up with changing times. He said that in Islam man was not created to be led by a bridle, man was given intelligence so that he could be guided by knowledge. According to Abduh, a teacher's role was to direct men towards study. He believed that Islam encouraged men to detach from the world of their ancestors and that Islam reproved

5429-521: The issue of women wearing the Niqaab saying "It is not a requirement of Islam that Muslim women stay covered completely" and that women should be assured that not wearing the hijab is not a sin. In October 2009, the MCC called for a ban on burka and niqab (though not the hijab), saying that they have "no basis in Islam." Spokesperson Farzana Hassan cited public safety issues, such as identity concealment, as well as gender equality , stating that wearing

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5518-495: The machine, if considered one of two curves of history, belong to the second period of history. The first period is collective ownership. However, Shariati gave a critique of the historical development of religion and the modern philosophical and ideological movements and their relationship to both private ownership and the emergence of the machine. In addition to socialism, he believed in women's rights , as evidenced in his book Fatima Is Fatima , where he argued that Fatima Zahra

5607-650: The major Muslim voice against political Islam in Canada. Liberal Islam Liberalism and progressivism within Islam involve professed Muslims who have created a considerable body of progressive thought about Islamic understanding and practice. Their work is sometimes characterized as "progressive Islam" ( Arabic : الإسلام التقدمي al-Islām at-taqaddumī ). Some scholars, such as Omid Safi , differentiate between "progressive Muslims" (post-colonial, anti-imperialist, and critical of modernity) versus "liberal advocates of Islam" (an older movement embracing modernity). Liberal Islam originally emerged out of

5696-428: The methodology of medieval Islamic thinker Ibn Arabi , believes that "God may intend all meanings, but it does not follow that he approves of all meanings." Using this, she believes that the Quran has to be ambiguous, as if it wasn't, there would be no room for human responsibility. Using this, she claims that Allah did intend for all meanings of wa-dribuhunna , including beating, and that true human morality comes from

5785-616: The past tense of this expression means that the Quran had imposed "an unqualified ban" on slavery. Liberal Muslims have argued against death penalty for apostasy based on the Quranic verse that "There shall be no compulsion in religion". In January 2013, the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD) was launched. The organization was formed by members of the Queer Muslim Working Group, with

5874-459: The patriotic responsibility of citizenship. He uses Roman civilization as an example for what could become of Islamic civilizations; at one point all Romans are united under one Caesar but split into East and West. After splitting, the two nations see "all its wars ended in defeat, and it retreated from a perfect existence to nonexistence." Tahtawi understands that if Egypt is unable to remain united, it could fall prey to outside invaders. He stresses

5963-484: The propagation of values such as democracy and human rights are not mutually exclusive, but rather should be promoted together. Most liberal Muslims believe that Islam promotes the notion of absolute equality of all humanity, and that it is one of its central concepts. Therefore, a breach of human rights has become a source of great concern to most liberal Muslims. Liberal Muslims differ with their culturally conservative counterparts in that they believe that all humanity

6052-430: The question, or where there is an existing scholarly consensus ( ijma ). Ijtihad is considered to be a religious duty for those qualified to perform it. An Islamic scholar who is qualified to perform ijtihad is called a mujtahid . Starting from the 18th century, some Muslim reformers began calling for abandonment of taqlid and emphasis on ijtihad , which they saw as a return to Islamic origins. Public debates in

6141-508: The religious scholar's monopoly on exegesis and abolish racial discrimination and religious compulsion. Muhammad Abduh claimed in his book Al-Idtihad fi Al-Nasraniyya wa Al-Islam that no one had exclusive religious authority in the Islamic world. He argued that the Caliph did not represent religious authority, because he was not infallible nor was the Caliph the person whom the revelation

6230-549: The right to offend... How ironic and how unfortunate. For Steyn's thesis could as easily have been disproved by the traditional means of rational debate." Earlier that year, the MCC came out against a proposal by John Tory and the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party to publicly fund faith-based schools accusing the Tories of " pandering to clerics". The MCC has also been outspoken on

6319-574: The second in the world. Salaam was found in 1993 by El-Farouk Khaki , who organized the Salaam / Al-Fateha International Conference in 2003. In May 2009, the Toronto Unity Mosque / el-Tawhid Juma Circle (ETJC) was founded by Laury Silvers, a University of Toronto religious studies scholar, alongside Muslim gay-rights activists El-Farouk Khaki and Troy Jackson. Unity Mosque / ETJC is a gender-equal , LGBT+ affirming. In November 2012,

6408-406: The slavish imitation of tradition. He said that the two greatest possessions relating to religion that man was graced with were independence of will and independence of thought and opinion. It was with the help of these tools that he could attain happiness. He believed that the growth of western civilization in Europe was based on these two principles. He thought that Europeans were roused to act after

6497-640: The support of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Several initial MASGD members previously had been involved with the Al-Fatiha Foundation , including Faisal Alam and Imam Daayiee Abdullah . The Safra Project for women is based in the UK. It supports and works on issues relating to prejudice LGBTQ Muslim women. It was founded in October 2001 by Muslim LBT women. The Safra Project's "ethos

6586-476: The teachings of Islam. According to the edict, publications that are deemed to promote liberal and pluralistic religious thinking are to be declared unlawful and confiscated, while social media is also to be monitored and restricted. As fatwas are legally binding in Malaysia, SIS is challenging it on constitutional grounds. Traditionally interpreted as mandating wives' obedience to their husbands and beating as

6675-523: The term " salafiyya " to refer to their attempt at renovation of Islamic thought, and this " salafiyya movement" is often known in the West as "Islamic modernism," although it is very different from what is currently called the Salafi movement , which generally signifies "ideologies such as wahhabism ". Since its inception, Modernism has suffered from co-option of its original reformism by both secularist rulers and by "the official ulama " whose "task it

6764-516: The word often translated as "strike" or "beat", as being used in a non-literal sense. Laleh Bakhtiar , in her Quran translation, The Sublime Quran , translated wa-dribuhunna as "to go away from" or "to leave", claiming the verse recommends husbands to leave their wives if there are irreconcilable disagreements and differences. She cites prophetic biographies claiming Muhammad never beat his wives and talking about his respect for women, and other Quran verses like 2:231. Laury Silvers, based on

6853-421: The word. Furthermore, he believes nushuz is not referring to disobedience, but instead an extramarital affair or marital disloyalty, citing Quran 4:128. Finally, he claims idribuhunna does not mean beating, but rather means separation, saying beating would not make sense with Quran 30:21 stating that marriage is tranquil. Moderate Islamic political thought contends that the nurturing of the Muslim identity and

6942-457: Was a Quranist and the founder of Quranism, and that his followers distorted the faith and split into schisms and factions such as Sunni , Shia , and Khawarij . Some Muslims (Saeed Nasheed, Abdul Karim Soroush , Sayyed Ahmad Al-Qabbanji, Hassan Radwan) have argued for taking "the bold step of challenging the very idea that the Qur’an and Sunna are infallible", and asserting that instead the Qur'an

7031-440: Was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who focused on the sociology of religion . He believed that Socialism was compatible with Islam and, in fact, that it was from the beginning. It seems that his eagerness to explore socialism began with the translation of the book Abu Zarr : The God-Worshipping Socialist by the Egyptian thinker Abdul Hamid Jowdat-al-Sahar (ar:عبد الحميد جودة السحار). According to this book, Abu Dhar

7120-661: Was appointed director of the School of Languages. At the school, he worked translating European books into Arabic. Tahtawi was instrumental in translating military manuals, geography, and European history. In total, al-Tahtawi supervised the translation of over 2,000 foreign works into Arabic. He even made favorable comments about French society in some of his books. Tahtawi stressed that the Principles of Islam are compatible with those of European Modernity. In his piece, The Extraction of Gold or an Overview of Paris, Tahtawi discusses

7209-530: Was given to; therefore, according to Abduh, the Caliph and other Muslims are equal. ʿAbduh argued that the Caliph should have the respect of the ummah but not rule it; the unity of the umma is a moral unity which does not prevent its division into national states . Mohammad Abduh made great efforts to preach harmony between Sunnis and Shias . Broadly speaking, he preached brotherhood between all schools of thought in Islam. Abduh regularly called for better friendship between religious communities. As Christianity

7298-755: Was known by the nickname the Commentator for his precious commentaries on Aristotle's works. His main work was The Incoherence of the Incoherence in which he defended philosophy against al-Ghazali 's claims in The Incoherence of the Philosophers . His other works were the Fasl al-Maqal and the Kitab al-Kashf . Ibn Rushd presented an argument in Fasl al-Maqal ( Decisive Treatise ) providing

7387-618: Was one of many groups who presented a position statement to the Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform in 2007. They endorsed some form of proportional representation as a key to electing a more representative government. This article about an organization in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an Islamic organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Muslim Canadian Congress The Muslim Canadian Congress ( French : Congrès musulman canadien )

7476-586: Was organized to provide a voice to Muslims who support a "progressive, liberal, pluralistic, democratic, and secular society where everyone has the freedom of religion ." It was formed in December 2001, in the wake of 9/11 by a group of Toronto area liberal and secular Muslims led by Tarek Fatah . It is a Muslim organization in Canada that stands for "separation of religion and state in all matters of public policy." The group gained prominence by opposing

7565-414: Was that Islam by nature is a revolutionary ideology. Therefore, Islam could relate to the modern world as an ideology. According to Shariati, the historical and original origin of human problems was the emergence of private ownership. He believed that in the modern era, the appearance of the machine was the second most fundamental change in the human condition. In fact, private ownership and the emergence of

7654-545: Was the MCC's president from August 2006 until April 2010. Munir Pervaiz assumed the position of President in 2015. Farzana Hassan and others continued to be its director with Fatah recognized as the founder of the MCC enjoying the full support of its directors. In 2006, the Muslim Canadian Congress supported the campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel . The Congress also compared Israeli policies to South African apartheid . In 2007,

7743-563: Was the first of several Islamic movements – including secularism , Islamism and Salafism – that emerged in the middle of the 19th century in reaction to the rapid changes of the time, especially the perceived onslaught of Western Civilization and colonialism on the Muslim world. Founders include Muhammad Abduh (1849–1905), a Sheikh of Al-Azhar University for a brief period before his death in 1905, Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani (1838–1897), and Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817–1898). The early Islamic Modernists (al-Afghani and Muhammad Abdu) used

7832-538: Was the second biggest religion in Egypt , he devoted special efforts towards friendship between Muslims and Christians. He had many Christian friends and many a time he stood up to defend Copts . Egyptian Qur'anic thinker, author, academic Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd is one of the leading liberal theologians in Islam . He is famous for his project of a humanistic Qur'anic hermeneutics , which "challenged mainstream views" on

7921-545: Was the very first socialist. Then, Shariarti's father declared that his son believed that the principles of Abu Dhar are fundamental. Even some thinkers described Shariati as the modern-day Abu Dhar in Iran. Of all his thoughts, there is his insistence on the necessity of revolutionary action. Shariati believed that Marxism could not provide the Third World with the ideological means for its own liberation. One of his premises

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