Ijtihad, Rethinking Islam *Maududi’s Children: How the intellectuality of Political Islam turned into the brutality of faithful fascism <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1474>*
Though no Pakistani has been flogged for the offence of consuming and selling alcohol ever since 1981, the Shariat Court’s verdict must have come as a blow to the architects of Zia’s Islamisation process that was largely based on Maududi’s politico-religious thesis of an ‘Islamic state.’ A state whose blueprint, many Islamic scholars opposed to Maududi-ism maintain, does not exist in the Qu’ran and is only a generation of Maududi’s imagination. *Waiting for reason *There are a number of progressive Muslim scholars, especially in Turkey, Egypt, Malaysia, Algeria and Indonesia, who seem to be making deeper inroads in the 21st century Islamic reformist psyche. In Pakistan *Javed Ahmed Ghamdi*, the London-based *Ziauddin Sardar* and respected intellectual, *Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy* can be named. In their work on Islam they have taken a scientific and a strictly academic approach, and are not immune to openly question the historicity of the Laws of Islam that have been handed down to us from the 8th century onwards; or a history and versions of the Shariah that started to appear almost two centuries after the demise of the Prophet. To them the Muslims need to have an interpretative relationship with the Holy text. According to Sardar, for example, we have been relying on an age-old interpretation of the Qu’ran, one that is ice-capped in history. The context of this interpretation is of the 8th and 9th century Muslim societies. *It needs to be radically updated through ijtihad.* -- *Nadeem F. Paracha* 1 Comments More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1474> Islam,Terrorism and Jihad *Politicians preying on south Kashmir tragedy <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1470>* Violence in Shopian fuelled by a bitter struggle for power Islamist cleric claims Shopian deaths were state-sponsored murders First wave of rioting in Shopian reportedly set off by NC workers *By Praveen Swami* More...<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1470> Radical Islamism & Jihad *Hafiz Saeed: Politics, not law, set him free <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1469>* This, of course, is the dilemma of using criminals and terrorists to further the state’s agenda: they become an embarrassment or, worse, turn against their handlers. It has always struck me as ironic that people like Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar use random violence against the innocent as a tool, while claiming the protection of the Constitution when they are arrested. Thus, while people like them organise terror operations targeting ordinary citizens, when caught they demand their habeas corpus rights guaranteed under the Constitution….The sad reality in Pakistan is that when the state wishes to hold an individual, nobody is beyond its reach. So when people like *Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, Masood Azhar and Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid* fame are released by our superior courts on grounds of insufficient evidence, we have the right to ask what’s going on. Some of these people have publicly urged their misguided followers to commit violent acts, so to pretend they should get the benefit of the doubt is dangerous legal sophistry. Finally, the Army has taken off its gloves in the fight against extremism. And if new laws are required to combat this menace on the judicial level, Parliament must do whatever it takes. -- *Irfan Hussain* 2 Comments More..<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1469> Islam,Terrorism and Jihad *Taliban Stir Rising Anger of Pakistanis <http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1467>* ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A year ago, the Pakistani public was deeply divided over what to do about its spreading insurgency. Some saw the Taliban militants as fellow Muslims and native sons who simply wanted Islamic law, and many opposed direct military action against them. But history moves quickly in Pakistan, and after months of televised Taliban cruelties, broken promises and suicide attacks, there is a spreading sense — apparent in the news media, among politicians and the public — that many Pakistanis are finally turning against the Taliban. -- *Sabrina Tavernise* *Attacked, Pakistani Villagers Take On Taliban* PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Villagers are rising up against the Taliban in a remote corner of northern Pakistan, a grass-roots rebellion that underscores the shift in the public mood against the militants and a growing confidence to confront them…. The uprising is not the first time that Pakistanis have formed their own militias to stand up to the Taliban, and previous efforts have often collapsed largely because the government and military did not come to their aid. -- *Sabrina Tavernise and Irfan Ashraf* More.<http://www.newageislam.org/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1467> -- Syed.Asadullah --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Asalam o Alaikum, You Are Receiving This Message, Because You Are A Member Of FOCUS ON ISLAM, A Google Group [..:: The Best Group For Nice Islamic Mails ::..] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ You can Post Your Comments and Suggestions to Me [Moderator of this Group] on this email address: [email protected] To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/focusonislam/ To post messages/mails to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Please forward our Mails to Your friends, and convence them to join our Group. 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