How do you feel about them? Are they distorting the teachings of Islam, or are they interpreting the spiritual and humane teachings of Islam in light of their contemporary time? If muslims adhere to their values, would that create good or bad societies in the muslims world?
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Just read the thread and watched the video. Women are not permitted to lead prayers. There are some schools of thought that DO allow it but only if it is a woman leading other women and even then she stands in the middle not in front of them.
Also where is the hijab? Salah is nullified without hijab. It is also nullified if read with any language other than Arabic.
If this is the values they promote then I’m sorry but that’s not Islam. They’ve made that up themselves.
Thank you for the response. I think most here would agree with you, and say they are un-islamic. I can’ say whats un-islamic or not, but I have come across a plethora of people (offline and online) who define themselves as muslims, but their views are quite unorthodox.
And he had an encounter with another unusual muslim (Hassan Radwan, who defines himself as Agnostic Muslim) recently
To be honest I find people who are willing to think outside of the box quite interesting. And I’m positive to those who (still) define themselves muslims in the spiritual sense, but not in the dogmatic sense. Obviously, I don’t expect most people here to agree with me.
There are plenty of people like this out there. Whether they are Muslim or not only Allah knows. But they all do the same thing. They try to change Islam to accomadate themselves and their ideas. The first person you mentioned listed his Islamic qualifications in one of his blogs. And uses those qualifications to justify his own interpretation of Qur’an. Which is interesting because being a student of classical Arabic wasn’t listed in his qualifications. In the end true guidance comes only from Allah. And Allah knows best.
