I heard the editor in cheif of a new magazine called; Critical Muslim being interviewed on the World Service last night and a jolly nice chap he sounded too, being encoragalbe of free thinking, democracy with responsibilty and education, womens rights and all that. One of the fun features in the first issue is called: Top 10 Fatwahs, a tongue in cheek look at clerical rulings. Also, it carries interviews with young Muslims from across the Ummah who focus on their wants and desires for the future. I'm going for arson rather than a bombing of their offices as a first attack. Still, might be worth a subscription in the meantime.
http://www.musliminstitute.org/critical-muslimwell .. I read quite a bit from Ziauddin Sardar.. Let us put
his link here .
Reading The Qur’an
Ziauddin Sardar’s new book which offers a fresh interpretation of the Qur’an with emphasis on context as well as on plurality and inclusiveness. Sardar uses several different methods, from traditional exegesis to hermeneutics, critical theory and cultural analysis to draw contemporary lessons from the Sacred Text on a wide range of topics, from power and politics, the rights of women, suicide, domestic violence, sex, homosexuality, the veil, to freedom of expression, science and evolution. Published in May by Hurst and Co, London, and Oxford University Press, New York...
well Sardar sahab says ., That is how you are supposed to read Quran .. and
I say don't use that word.."SACRED TEXT" to any book forget Quran., or every book including that American Magazine "Play boy" is also sacred..