Re: Too Extreme
I think what he means is that modernity has made for questioning everything a norm … In the past some things were taboo … In the past some things just had to be followed out of respect or tradition … But a new wave that we need to address is the fact that everyone is asking … “Why” … And non rational answers are not good enough … So I think he is looking for rational ways to defeat the rational arguments … What has happened though is the normal reaction to rationalism is strictness in the other direction, that people will do takfir purely because others feel the need to question or use logic to make deductions. So to find a balance it is better to engage with the “questioning” people rather than ostracise them from society by giving them a name tag. In reality people are looking for guidance when they say … 3 rakahs are better than 2.