Re: Want to pray 3 times a day? Well here's a fatwa!!!
you sounds like a scholar yourself with immense understanding of islam. mind sharing your understanding and interpretation with us unfortunate ones? any book u've written that i can read to know the modern evolved and fit-for-this-world islam version? my understanding was that islam is a way of life and not some piece of cloth you can change every hour. if you think islam is not fit enough for this changing world and your needs then i guess you should try other religions which are up-to-date with todays demanding world. islam is old fashioned anyways. :p
Nope, no understanding of Islam.. Sorry...
I have started to write an idiots guide to Islam, not sure if yor interested.. I havent published it yet, its in its infancy right now, but I hope to one day market it to the many self diluted idiots out there with a chip on their shoulder soon... Which is a pretty big market:)
Only personal perspective. Logic dictates that any belief system, if it is to be relevant, should be able to fit into the modern world. Any belief sytem, be it Islam or Atheism, loses its relvance as soon as it loses the capacity to change in accordance with the changing world.
The simplest Analogy I can give is.. Would you wear a T Shirt in the Winter? I doubt it...
Now im not emphasizing that people only pray three times and mix in the other prayers of the day, but we certainly shouldnt shy away from evaluating and assesing our religous beliefs so they can be adjusted to meet the demands of our modern world.
Islam is only old fashioned when people refuse to change their understanding of Islam... Islam has to be understood in the context of the modern world otherwise it has no place. Now im not asking anyone to dump their beliefs, only reevaluate and reinterpret those beliefs so that Islam can play a more relvant role in the modern world.
Islam is a way of life... But that doesnt mean you cant reinterpret that way of life. Islam isnt written in stone, interpretations can change. Its people who fear change who generally get left behind... And lets face it, to say that the Muslim world has been left behind is a rather huge understatement.