Sadly, a voice of Reason in the Muslim community passes away. This is what needs to happen to Islam, not the Fascism that is slowly taking hold of it.
False Religion. Jesus Rules!
"And no state had the right to intervene with the way people lived and practised their faith as individuals. What was not acceptable was to use the power of the state to impose one particular interpretation of faith in the name of the collective will "
Great article.
I hope the followers of Madjid can continue in his footsteps. He was truly what islam is desperately in need of at this time.
Unfortunately, Islamic voices of reason don't get the sort of exposure in Saudi-funded madrassas that Islamic fanatics and crackpots do.
If the Saudis and Pakistanis were serious about ending terrorism, they'd be pushing for more men like this in their madrassas.
“Using religion as a tool of politics is dangerous for both politics and religion” he liked to say.
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A wise man. Some others:
"..a union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion..."
-Roy Black
"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit." (29)
- Thomas Paine
did u see this Doc?