The Trouble With Islam Today by Irshad Manji

The world sees Manji as a Muslim reformist, a celebrated professor from New York University – but to Jakim, the Islamic authority in Malaysia, because she is an LGBT activist, she is a deviant. The earlier book ‘The trouble with Islam’, later renamed ‘The trouble with Islam today’, was banned in 2009. But the Malaysian authorities banned it under section 7 subsection 1 of the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, on the grounds that it contravenes the teachings of the Qur’an and Hadith. Irshad Manji, a Ugandan-born Canadian author who claims she is a faithful Muslim, was in Malaysia recently to launch ‘Allah, kebebasan dan cinta’, the Malay translation of her book ‘Allah, liberty and love’. Irshad Manji in KL for her book launch - Photograph: So let’s stop playing God, reiterates Sarajun Hoda Abdul Hassan. It will also compel non-Muslims to start posing the important questions without fear of being deemed 'racists.' In more ways than one, The Trouble with Islam is a clarion call for a fatwa-free future.Join us on Telegram and Instagram for the latest.Īs Manji rightly says, God’s post is already filled and there is no vacancy. This book will inspire struggling Muslims worldwide to revisit the foundations of their faith. Her vision revives Islam's lost tradition of independent thinking. Manji offers a practical vision of how the United States and its allies can help Muslims undertake a reformation that empowers women, promotes respect for religious minorities, and fosters a competition of ideas.

Because if more of us don't speak out against the imperialists within Islam, these guys will walk away with the show.' 'Who is the real colonizer of Muslims - America or Arabia? Why are we all being held hostage by what's happening between the Palestinians and the Israelis? Why are we squandering the talents of women, fully half of God's creation? What's our excuse for reading the Koran literally when it's so contradictory and ambiguous? Is that a heart attack you're having? Make it fast. In this open letter to Muslims and non-Muslims alike, Manji asks arresting questions. In blunt, provocative, and deeply personal terms, Irshad Manji unearths the troubling cornerstones of mainstream Islam today: tribal insularity, deep-seated anti-Semitism, and an uncritical acceptance of the Koran as the final, and therefore superior, manifesto of God. For the love of God, what are we doing about it?'

If ever there was a moment for an Islamic reformation, it's now. We're in crisis and we're dragging the rest of the world with us. Islam is on very thin ice with me.Through our screaming self-pity and our conspicuous silences, we Muslims are conspiring against ourselves.

The Trouble With Islam Today by Irshad Manji