| superchunk said: This is why the Islamic world needs its Renaissance from the Dark Ages its been in for the last 100 years. It needs this continued uprising that started in Tunisia and has engulfed Egypt. It needs to continue to overthrow the powers that were placed in control by European/US leaders after the world wars. Once this dictatorial yolk has been removed, the populace can then begin the journey of recovering their Islam from extremists and return it to what it used to be. To all those that think this is Islam and argue with me about the Qur'ans Mekkah vs Medina versus STFU. You don't know what your talking about or the history of the region. Extremism and intolerance has only been the controlling factor of the Islamic world for a little over 100 years. For centuries before that women held power and ownership of businesses along with equal rights at home and away as well as full education. Other religions were treated equally and allowed to practice openly as well as being held accountable to their own sets of laws and tried by their own judges/priests/etc. I pray that US and other western powers push strongly for Egypt to be overthrown and continue this path to a free and open Middle East. Taliban needs to be wiped out. They are the worst of the worst. |
I'm not certain whether the reformation that happened in the renaissance is entirely possible with Islam ...
From my understanding, in Islam Mohammed is the final prophet because he received the instructions from god and passed them down in written form in his lifetime; and because of this there is no need to interpret what is said in the Qur'an, and his actions in the Hadiths represent holy sanctioned behaviour. In other words, there is little leeway within Islam to allow for any reforms that would bring much of the Islamic world into modern thoughts and beliefs on a vast array of topics.
Now, this isn't to suggest that all Muslims maintain these beliefs; after all, most Muslims that were born and raised in western developed nations tend to be very secular in nature (in much the same way that most Chirstians in the developed world are more secular than religious).
