[lit-ideas] Islamism and Islamism
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:34:53 -0800 (PST)
She identifies the core
Muslim texts-Koran, hadith, sira-their codification
into Islamic Law (i.e.,
Shari'a), and the orthodox interpretation of this
sacralized literature by
seminal Muslim jurists-noting Ibn
<http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=4495&search=bostom>
Taymiyya's "pure" Islamic exegesis, specifically-as
being responsible for
the incompatibility between Islamic and Western
values.
*This is not at all what the site you gave says. This
author contends that: "Any fair, objective comparison
must conclude that relative to the Hanbali jurists Ibn
Qudama and Ibn Taymiyya, Al-Ghazali is at least as
bellicose in his pronouncements on jihad war, and more
bigoted and oppressive in his stated guidelines for
the treatment of the vanquished non-Muslim dhimmis."
Hirsi Ali's response to the standard non-sequitur
apologetic about the
putative existence of, "different Islams", is
unequivocal:
"No that is an erroneous idea . If one defines Islam
as the religion founded
by Muhammad and explained by the Koran and later by
hadiths, there is only
one Islam that dictates the moral framework."
*Setting aside that Hirsi Ali is not familiar with the
idea that a single text can have different
interpretations, she doesn't even seem to know that
there are different Ahadith texts being used by
Muslims. I agree with you that the Muslims who manage
to get publicity for their views in the West are not
likely to be taken seriously in the Muslim world, and
probably wouldn't be in the West if they were not born
Muslims.
As for Ibn-Warraq, I doubt that he even exists.
O.K.
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