Brave, Young and Muslim - Thomas Friedman, NYT
"There's no bigger idea for the Muslim world today - and consequently for all of us - than reopening the gates of independent thinking, or 'ijtihad,' " she said. "That's the main point of my book - to show that Islam once had a pluralistic tradition of critical debate and dissent, and that we Muslims need to rediscover this tradition to update Islam for the 21st century. That's not being radical. That's being faithful."
"There's no bigger idea for the Muslim world today - and consequently for all of us - than reopening the gates of independent thinking, or 'ijtihad,' " she said. "That's the main point of my book - to show that Islam once had a pluralistic tradition of critical debate and dissent, and that we Muslims need to rediscover this tradition to update Islam for the 21st century. That's not being radical. That's being faithful."
posted by John B. Chilton at 3/03/2005 08:29:00 PM
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Jean-Pierre:
Thank you for the complement.
Regarding respect and open-minded attitude, my occasional quotations from Reinhold Niebuhr point toward a similar concern. That is, the tendency of Christian sects(Niebuhr's primary audience) to lack what he calls religious humility, the ability to leave room for different views. He, I think, was thinking mainly of conflicts within Christianity, and between Christian and Jew, but it is a universal concern.
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