Irshad Manji
and Osama bin Laden
By Zeeshan Syed
Via Email
I just read an article on
Irshad Manji and, though I agree with many of
her points regarding our ummah being in a state
of ignorance similar to the western world’s
ignorance during the medieval period, I do not
agree with her overly liberal stance.
Can one believe her advocacy of tolerance for
lesbians and homosexuals is an acceptable direction
for our religion? In my opinion, she is no different
from Osama Bin Laden. Both seek to reform Islam
in order to fulfill their inner desires. Osama
seeks to repeal the rules of engagement for war
laid out in the Qur’an and hadith in order
to fulfill his desire of defeating the West by
any means necessary.
Irshad, at the opposite extreme, seeks to make
Islam a boundless theology similar to Hinduism
which constantly mutates without consistency according
to contemporary times.
I do think that Islam indeed leaves room for reform
and not everything is etched in stone. However,
there are many, many things, as you are well aware,
that are laws to be fulfilled till the end of
times.
Should we distort the message just to fit in?
Did we forget that there were some prophets who
had only one follower? Should we also forget that
there were other prophets who had NO followers?
I think we should not seek alliances with decadent
figures such as Irshad for the sake of conquering
Islamaphobia. We should unite as true Muslims
who, may have faults, but acknowledge the Qur’an’s
divine words in entirety and I am 100% confident
that if we reach out to the non-Muslim sectors
of this country, Allah will Inshallah deliver
us
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