those both within and without Islam that call for "reformation" are not really calling at all for anything like the Protestant reformation of Christianity but are in fact calling for a Reform Islam movement that would resemble Reform Judaism.He also proposes the term "Orthodox Muslim" as a better label for those muslims attempting to engage in such a process. The debate turns to the fact that Jews can also be thought of as an ethnic group in addition to a religious one, whereas thats not the case for muslims in the US (though in one sense it is a good approximation for muslims in Europe, on a country by country basis).
Muslims and modernity
Monday November 17, 2008
Categories: Islamerica
At Talk Islam, a great discussion has ensured (as tends to happen over there) about analogizing between Islam and other religions, especially when talking about "reformations" or about labels. Abu Noor points out,
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Muslims as an ethnic group?
I'm Christian, so please forgive my question if it's naive. But wouldn't an "ethnic" Muslim not be a Muslim at all? Is that why there is no such thing as a Muslim ethnicity, or is there some other principle here?
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