Egyptian researcher: ‘Islam has a problem with other religions, human rights, civil values, and personal liberties

It would be interesting to see a “moderate Muslim” spokesman in the West, one of the legion who hoodwink conservatives by claiming that Islam, rightly understood, is peaceful and benign, discuss or debate these assertions with Islam Behery, or try to refute what he says here. Instead, they will ignore it. Now, why is that?

“Egyptian Researcher Islam Behery: Mainstream Islamic Scholarship Is Radical, Leads To Terrorism – It Seeks To Wage Jihad, Spread Islam,” MEMRI, January 29, 2023:

https://www.memri.org/tv/egyptian-researcher-behery-islamic-jurisprudence-needs-reform-terrorism-jihad

Egyptian researcher Islam Behery said in a January 29, 2023 interview on Sky News Arabia (UAE) that like other fields of study, Islamic jurisprudence will not survive if it does not undergo reform….

Islam Behery: “[Islamic] heritage is the problem — the man-made ideological heritage. Any religion, any field of science, anything that cannot be reformed… They call [Islamic jurisprudence] ‘science,’ and I accept this, but science can be reformed. Any field of science that cannot be reformed is dead and should be studied as history. They claim that Islam is suitable for all times and all places, and I agree wholeheartedly. But right now, how is it ‘suitable for all times and all places’? Simply put, if we wanted to put labels on it, Islam has a problem with everything in our lives. Islam has a problem with women. This leads to many other problems, but Islam has a general problem with women.”

Behery: “Islam has a problem with man-made laws and constitutions. Islam has a problem with the modern state — or even with the notion of a state with a flag and with borders. Islam has a problem with the economy, with banks, with interest, which they call ‘usury’… Islam has a problem with medicine, science, modern achievements, organ transplants, and all that. Islam has a problem with other religions, with human rights, with civil values, and with personal liberties.

“Islam has a problem with everything in our lives. And yet, in their view, it is suitable for all times and all places. Unless this religion undergoes reform, it will have no followers left.”

“The religious institutions are teaching this heritage, and it is forbidden to defy it or criticize it. The problem is not only that they oppose the enlightened, reformist movement. The problem is that this heritage that they are defending is what gave rise to ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Al-Jama’a Al-Islamiyya in the 1970’s, and the Muslim Brotherhood before them. This is beyond doubt. This fountain never dries, and the religious establishment defends this same heritage, which is its foundation. The religious establishment ostensibly condemns these terrorist acts, but knowingly or not, it serves as the main source for all these terrorist groups.

“We could say that extremism is an ideology. It is not terrorism, but it leads to terrorism — a person implementing what he believes in. In my opinion, extremism is more dangerous than the actual terrorist acts, because after all, even if there are hundreds of thousands [of terrorists], there are still millions of Arabs. But the real problem is the extremism that is in the hearts — the ideology. Even if it appears that someone is leading an ordinary life, he could be thinking that everyone in the world is an infidel, except him. This is a completely extremist idea. Let’s put these ideas in the right context. Extremism is the most intense manifestation of any idea. Who came up with these ideas, consolidated them, spread them? The four schools of Islamic jurisprudence that believe that all the religions in world — if you can even call them ‘religions’ — constitute heresy, and are just like not believing in God at all, and only Islam allows you to enter Paradise. Isn’t this extremism?”

Interviewer: “So these four schools of Islamic jurisprudence are responsible for what is happening now?”

“The entire world are infidels, the Jihad… Where do these ideas come from? From all four schools of jurisprudence, as well as from the books of Hadith and books of exegesis, without the slightest doubt. If you ask someone, even from the official religious establishment, about Jihad, he says [we will wage Jihad] when we become stronger — then we will raid the world and spread Islam.”

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islam has “no problem” with “man-made” **laws** that mozlums claim a piece of filth long dead made which would make him king of the dung heap.

islam is from satan the devil and has no business in any “place and time.” It is unsuitable for all times and places, as it is evil, demonic, death-dealing filth.

“islam is from satan the devil and has no business in any “place and time.” It is unsuitable for all times and places, as it is evil, demonic, death-dealing filth.”

It’s an evil, man-made religion, and your constant assertions about it being from Satan place you in the same camp as “Allah’s” whack-job slaves.

Islam–like all religions–was concocted not by some guy in the sky–but by human beings who lived a long time ago.

He may be a researcher but who is Islam Behery? What is he seeking? What does he think Islam should become? I

He says “Islam has a problem with other religions, with human rights, with civil values, and with personal liberties.”

He also says: “They claim that Islam is suitable for all times and all places, and I agree wholeheartedly.”

So which is it? Is Islam suitable for modern times or to people who believe in human freedom? Obviously not.

As for his math, he says even if there are hundreds of thousands of terrorists, there are millions of Arabs. What does one have to do with the other? Just one percent of one percent of one million Muslims = ten thousand. Remember wat fewer than two dozen Muslims achieved on 9/11/2001. Many of their fellow Muslims cheered them on.

Good to see this man getting stuck into islam. To my mind, islam is a load of primitive, barbaric and hate filled garbage. When I read parts of the Koran, the main impression I had was that it was full of hate for all non-believers and it was a murderous hatred with those calls for Muslims to go and kill the non-believers. So I would say that islam definitely has a problem with any person who does not believe in that foul god of islam and its other rubbish. Then there is all the primitive crap like the pedophilia with the child brides, the misogyny where women are treated like crap and all the other barbaric content of islam. islam needs to go. It wants a 7th centrury Arab lifestyle when we are living in the modern and enlightened world. A 7th century Arabian way of life doesn’t suit modern, civilised human beings. If islam ever succeeds in imposing its garbage on us all, it will be a hideous dark age for humanity.

The *people in charge of things* keep re-writing old books…the ones they don’t ban from being read…such as the James Bond series, and those children’s books that use the words for girl and boy,, etc. Because, they say, they need to fit today’s world and the values of today’s world, with its ideas that people are any gender they want to be or none at all; and men can have babies,.etc

But, the book mozlums read and worship gets a huge pass, even when it is made clear that nothing in it fits with anything except the evils it produces in people, by making them believe they have rights to murder and rape that others don’t have..

I’m sorry, Tim. I meant to write your name and my eyes are so blurry….Tim, not the.

This looks like a job for....Captain Obvious!

Bet he had to think for almost 10 seconds to figure that out.

Another news, the sun sets in the west.

4 posted on 02/28/2023 5:32:10 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)

“Researcher” huh.

That would mean Mohammed was the 1st community organizer.

We have a problem with those who wish to destroy our faith and us.

7 posted on 02/28/2023 5:36:01 AM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nationThat of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")

Islam IS the problem.

8 posted on 02/28/2023 6:49:24 AM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)

Islam remains mired in 6th century tribalism and has yet to have a Reformation or an Enlightenment. The West and its Christian religions evolved and gave us the concepts of individual freedom, human rights, and freedom of conscience.

I beg to differ.

Muhammadanism has no problem with other religions, human rights, civil values, and personal liberties, ... so long as the dhimmis all pay their jizya and observe sharia law.

Comply ... or die. The choice is yours.

The Knights Templar understood this.

We need them back-———

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