Lounge Daddy Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 (edited) how would this fit in on the Islamic world theater? Esp as intolerant as general Islam seems to be? [quote]Dr. Bassam Tahhan, a Syrian-born French professor of Arabic literature, teaches at the prestigious Henri IV secondary school in Paris and is an expert on the Koran. In his numerous lectures and interviews, he advocates "Protestant Islam," which he defines as Islam that allows freedom of thought and permits questioning the Sunna, abrogating hadiths not grounded in the Koran, and reinterpreting the Koran in light of modern values... --- from article[url="http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD119806#_edn1"] HERE [/url]and [url="http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD119806"]HERE[/url][/quote] Edited July 7, 2006 by Lounge Daddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lounge Daddy Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 'Protestant Islam' Is it possible? Is it practicle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avemaria40 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 That would be interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortify Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 It wouldn't work because its a step towards disbelief. The solution is not to change islam into something it never was. If one has problems with it, one should leave it, period. There already is a protestant islam, several actually. Wahabis and neo salafis being the main groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akalyte Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 oh great, now thats all we need 30,000 splinter sects from "protestant islam". This should be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 (edited) The problem is not so much with becoming a "Protestant" Islam, but coming to terms with modernity. Catholicism (and Christianity in general) managed to do it. The Islamic world can as well, although it's going to be tough because much of the Islamic world still hasn't entered modernity, in terms of technology, for example. Edited July 10, 2006 by Era Might Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman82 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 At one time in the US military, weren't Muslims considered "Protestants" because there were only chaplains for Catholics, Orthodox, Jewish, and Protestants, with Protestants considered the "everything else" group? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Man, that's terrible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jswranch Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Prot vs Muslim: Atleast in Islam, one is supposed to practice sola scriptura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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