Maajid Nawaz, Irshad Manji, and the Call for a Muslim Reformation
In the wake of unimaginable atrocities committed by militants of so-called ISIS or ISIS sympathizers and other terror groups around the world, a number of reform-minded Muslims are calling for an honest conversation about links between Islamic doctrine(s) and human rights abuses. Maajid Nawaz and Ir...
| Published in: | Politics, religion & ideology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2018
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Politics, religion & ideology
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 305-325 |
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| Summary: | In the wake of unimaginable atrocities committed by militants of so-called ISIS or ISIS sympathizers and other terror groups around the world, a number of reform-minded Muslims are calling for an honest conversation about links between Islamic doctrine(s) and human rights abuses. Maajid Nawaz and Irshad Manji are two prominent voices advocating the revival of the Islamic tradition of ijtihad (independent reasoning) in hopes of bringing about a twenty-first-century Muslim reformation. They take issue with the term ‘Islamophobia,’ which they consider an unnecessary burden that stifles any open discussion of Islam and its demerits. Criticism of Islam or any other religion or ideology, following Nawaz and Manji, must be upheld, and should be viewed as consistent with the secular right to freedom of expression. In other words, Islam should not rise above criticism. Such a stance affirms that religious doctrines and/or cultural practices—in contrast to the people who adhere to such doctrines or engage in such practices—do not in themselves have rights, for such rights are granted to people, rather than to ideas or ideologies or cultures. Human rights must assume priority over religious and/or cultural rights. |
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| ISSN: | 2156-7697 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21567689.2018.1524327 |