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Reform of Islam. Forty Theses for an Islamic Ethics in the 21st Century

Translated from the German by George Stergios
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 2019


Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2019
Copyright Year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-3-95994-056-6
ISBN-Online
978-3-95994-057-3
Publisher
Gerlach Press, Berlin
Language
English
Pages
209
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
  1. I Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
  2. II The Pathological State of Islamic Identity No access Pages 5 - 10
  3. III The Guardians of the Temple No access Pages 11 - 16
    1. 1 The Past as History is Always a Self-interpretation of the Muslim in His Everyday Reality. No access
    2. 2 The “Holy Scripture” is Always Autonomous. The Quran Does not Speak by Itself: It is the People No access
    3. 3 Every Muslim Woman and Man has the Freedom to Interpret the Quran as She or He Wants. No access
    4. 4 A Reform of Islam Needs Courageous Reformers. No access
    5. 5 The Heritage of Islam Must be Open to Research. No access
    6. 6 The Quran Itself Speaks of the Need to Reform Islam. No access
    7. 7 Reform of Islam Means Adapting it to Modernity. No access
    8. 8 Self-critique and the Critique of Islam is a Declaration of Love. It is a Nuanced Exercise of Reas No access
    9. 9 The Quran as God’s Word has Become over Centuries the Human Word. No access
    10. 10 Those Who Respect the Quran Cannot Take it Literally. No access
    11. 11 Since the Word of God Needs Supplementation, the Quran Must be Thought Anew in a Modern and Human No access
    12. 12 The Quran is Only Eternal and Timeless as the Foundation of Humanistic Ethics. No access
    13. 13 Islam is not a Universal Religion, for the Quran is a Religious Scripture Addressed to the Arabs. No access
    14. 14 The Proper Creed of Islam is: “I Attest, There is no God But Allah.” (20:14) No access
    15. 15 The Quran Itself Emphasizes the Truth of the Torah and Gospels. No access
    16. 16 Muhammad is Just a Man Like Everyone Else. (18:110) No access
    17. 17 To Err is Human: The Prophet, Too, Made Mistakes. No access
    18. 18 The Hadith Arose Two Centuries After the Death of the Prophet From Political Motives. No access
    19. 19 The Reform of Islam is a Constant Struggle Against the Obfuscation of Reason. No access
    20. 20 Until Today, Blind Imitation is an Attempted Coup Against Reflective Reason in Islam. No access
    21. 21 Muslims Do not Need Scholars as Intermediaries Between God and Human Beings. No access
    22. 22 The Mosques Must Finally be Liberated from Imported and Self-made Imams. No access
    23. 23 God is not a Tyrant Who is Eagerly Waiting to Punish People. God is Love, Mercy and Grace. No access
    24. 24 Islam is More than the Five Pillars and the Doctrine of Faith, Namely, it is also Good Conduct. No access
    25. 25 God has Liberated the Human Being to Freedom. No access
    26. 26 God has Bestowed on People Freedom of Expression. No access
    27. 27 Freedom of Religion also Applies to Islam. No access
    28. 28 No One has the Right to Declare Other People Unbelievers. No access
    29. 29 The Principle that “the Dignity of Man is Inviolable” also Applies to Islam and Muslims. No access
    30. 30 Dialogue Among Muslims is Inevitable Since There is no Chosen Religious Community in Islam. No access
    31. 31 Reconciled Diversity in the Dialogic Encounter: to be Religious Today Means to be Interreligious. No access
    32. 32 No Religion Possesses Absolute Truth and no Human Being has the Key to Paradise. No access
    33. 33 Islam has not Made Women Free Human Beings, but Slaves of Men. The Women of Islam Must Rise up No access
    34. 34 The Headscarf is not a Religious Requirement, but Rather a Historical Product of Male Rule. No access
    35. 35 Not the Quran, but the Male Reign of Conservative Islam Forbids Women to be Active as Imams No access
    36. 36 Islamism has a Great Deal to do With Islam. No access
    37. 37 Islam Unreformed is not a Religion of Peace. No access
    38. 38 The Identity Crisis of Islam is Home-made. We Muslims are not Victims. No access
    39. 39 Humanistic-modern Islam Shares the World With Other Religions and Worldviews. No access
    40. 40 Only a Liberal Islam is Sustainable. No access
  4. V Epilogue No access Pages 193 - 196
  5. Notes No access Pages 197 - 202

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