I've come across non-Muslims reflecting on the need for Islam to undergo some kind of reformation, not so many Muslims. So it is very intriguing to read this from Muslim Journalist Mansour al-Nogaidan "Islam needs a Reformation. It needs someone with the courage of Martin Luther. This is the belief I’ve arrived at after a long and painful spiritual journey. It’s not a popular conviction — it has attracted angry criticism, including death threats, from many sides. But it was reinforced by Sept. 11, 2001, and in the years since, I’ve only become more convinced that it is critical to Islam's future"
Of course, the issue is about who listens, agrees and does something about it ...
Losing My Jihadism:
Nous like scouse or French -oui? We wee whee all the way ... to mind us a bunch of thunks. Too much information? How could that be?
23 July 2007
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