Critical Thinkers for Islamic Reform

by Edip Yuksel (Editor), Arnold Yasin Mol (Editor), Farouk A Peru (Editor)

Centuries after the revelation of the Quran, we Muslims have accumulated more than ketchup on our noses. We have sunk in dirt until our eyebrows since we have traded the sound, liberating, and progressive message of the Quran, with the contradictory, enslaving and regressive dogmas of fabricated sects. This book is the by-product of "A Celebration of Heresy Critical Thinking for Islamic Reform", in Atlanta on March 28-30 of 2008. The thirty scholars and activists that contributed to this book do not necessarily agree on every issue. However, we all agree on the imperative of a radical reformation in the Muslim world. A reform under the guidance of the Quran with the light of reason, our Creator's greatest gift to us... God willing, we are planning to continue organizing these conferences under the title "Critical Thinking for Islamic Reform" and publish the articles of the participants in annual anthologies with the same title.

262 pages, Paperback

First published May 19, 2009

Reviews

[Ariz Ansari · Rating 2 out of 5]

The low rating was for the poor organization and coherency of the arguments for an Islamic Reform. It is a shame, for it combined some of the best intellectual scholars, heavy weights such as An Na'im and hopeful idealogues like Farouk A. Peru with writers that didn't display any notion of being self critical in their works. Many of the authors shine much brighter in their individual works, even the ones that resort to a more emotive appeal like Irshad Manji.