Comments on: Muslim Reception/Rejection of Modernity (Part 2) http://www.krisispraxis.com/archives/2007/08/muslim-receptionrejection-of-modernity-part-2/ To Understand Truth and to Attain the True Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:53:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dietrich http://www.krisispraxis.com/archives/2007/08/muslim-receptionrejection-of-modernity-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6219 Dietrich Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:32:31 +0000 http://krisispraxis.ath.cx/archives/2007/08/muslim-receptionrejection-of-modernity-part-2/#comment-6219 Whatever are "liberal" Muslims thinking when they dismantle the parts of Islam that are incompatible with modernity? How do they decide on their "selective appropriation of the rational structures and goods of Modernity without critically submitting their own traditional values to self-critique". Someone even reduce the definition of "kafir" to refer only to those hostile to a sober, religious way of life. They extend good will to religionists who practice a faith sincerely outside Islam. They thus ignore or explain away jihad so that the obligations of yearly attacks involving genocide, plunder and jizya are all obviated. What is happening? Jihad, in my understanding, resembles nothing more than genocide: the idea is to destroy the ability of the kufaar to reproduce their own kind, to have a homeland, a culture, a faith...anything that is an alternative to the one "acceptable" complete Arab-style lifestyle of the 7th (or you say 9th) century. How can you remove jihad (genocide) and still have Islam? Whatever are “liberal” Muslims thinking when they dismantle the parts of Islam that are incompatible with modernity? How do they decide on their “selective appropriation of the rational structures and goods of Modernity without critically submitting their own traditional values to self-critique”.

Someone even reduce the definition of “kafir” to refer only to those hostile to a sober, religious way of life. They extend good will to religionists who practice a faith sincerely outside Islam.

They thus ignore or explain away jihad so that the obligations of yearly attacks involving genocide, plunder and jizya are all obviated.

What is happening?

Jihad, in my understanding, resembles nothing more than genocide: the idea is to destroy the ability of the kufaar to reproduce their own kind, to have a homeland, a culture, a faith…anything that is an alternative to the one “acceptable” complete Arab-style lifestyle of the 7th (or you say 9th) century.

How can you remove jihad (genocide) and still have Islam?

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