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By Irfan Yusuf, published 29/6/2007Can't the Islam-haters out there find a more credible 'insider' to promote their cause than Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
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I went to that article you linked us to, and had a read.
I found this:
[Let's talk a little bit about politics and Islam. As one looks at your work, and looks at the sweep of Islamic history, it becomes very clear, again, that there have been different answers to this problem of whether to "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's," or whether the two, that is, religion and the state, should be combined. So help us understand that diversity within Islam, and help us understand whether the faith itself points in one direction or another.]
He continues:
[There are really two options. One is the example of the prophet Muhammad, in which religious belief and practice, community affairs, and politics all go together. There's one leader. There's one authority. This is the life of a small, integrated community. That example goes on through the centuries in all parts of the Muslim world. And since the eighteenth century and right down to the present, it's invoked as an ideal model. This is the "just" society.
The other model is one in which there is a separation of state and religion]
Quality analysis of the above quotes is beyond the word limit of a post, but suffice to say, I don't know of any understanding of State/Mosque in Islamic history or law which suggests it can be anything other than 'The Prophet, his example and Sunnah' ie.. OPTION 1 only.
This man demonstrates a very defficient understanding of Islam, and a very 'generalized' approach to history, making observations of the symptoms rather than connecting them to the roots.
He is scary if he is taken seriously.
FH. those 'new scholars' will probably end up losing their heads if 'certain Muslims' currently in jail get their way. (or from some similar fundamentalist Muslim in the country they are in)