The Failed Theology of Modern Islamism – The Case Against Islamism https://ioir.org/the-failed-theology-of-modern-islamism/ We read in A Short History of Islam how since the end of the Second World War, Islamism, a hard-line version of Islam financed with hundreds of billions of dollars by Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich states, has become the dominant version of Islam … Read more
International Organization for Islamic Reform (IOIR) Press Release 18 March 2024 Announcing a new front in the fight against Islamic extremism internationalorganisationforislamicreform.org Founded in the autumn of 2022, IOIR was created by an international group of Muslim scholars and intellectuals, tired of the endless posturing of hard-line Islamists which over the past 50 years has … Read more
The Case for Islamic Reform ************************************** (DISCLAIMER:- Terms such as “Islamic Reform”, “Muslims Reform”, “Reformist Muslims”, “Islamists”, “Islamic Reform Movement”, “Progressive Muslims” etc. are recent and still unclear. I Personally see the term “Islamic Reform” problematic because it makes many Muslims think that we are talking about a “Reformed” new Islam – so they go … Read more
Why is it impossible to reform Sharia law? Hasan Mahmud Global Consortium ‘Resolve Network’ in a research survey in Bangladesh found that more than 80+% of the respondents believed that corruption in the country would be reduced if Sharia law was in place. A Pew Research Center survey in 2011-12 found similar numbers – (both … Read more