Comments on: “Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts” http://ahmadiyya.org/WordPress/2008/02/26/turkey-in-radical-revision-of-islamic-texts/ Mon, 12 May 2008 16:23:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Abdul Momin http://ahmadiyya.org/WordPress/2008/02/26/turkey-in-radical-revision-of-islamic-texts/#comment-1778 Abdul Momin Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:00:43 +0000 http://ahmadiyya.org/WordPress/2008/02/26/turkey-in-radical-revision-of-islamic-texts/#comment-1778  There is also this interesting news in The Dawn dated 2-26-2008. The news header for this news item reads: <strong>20,000 scholars term terrorism un-Islamic: Declaration issued at Darul-Uloom Deoband </strong>Let us pray and hope that things start moving in the right direction. Let us also hope that the Deobandi followers in Pakistan are able get this message. But to understand the unique intellectual message of Islam,  critical thinking is required and for that, secular education has to be prevalent in Muslim societies. The need is for Islam to be "wrestled away" from ignorant and corrupt political and religious leaders, who have nothing to offer except fear and mind control of the Muslim masses.  There is also this interesting news in The Dawn dated 2-26-2008. The news header for this news item reads:

20,000 scholars term terrorism un-Islamic: Declaration issued at Darul-Uloom Deoband

Let us pray and hope that things start moving in the right direction. Let us also hope that the Deobandi followers in Pakistan are able get this message.

But to understand the unique intellectual message of Islam,  critical thinking is required and for that, secular education has to be prevalent in Muslim societies. The need is for Islam to be "wrestled away" from ignorant and corrupt political and religious leaders, who have nothing to offer except fear and mind control of the Muslim masses.

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