If Muslims just put new meanings on the passages they do not like in the Qur’an you will have created a man made hybrid religion. That would be feasible for only those Muslims that do not really believe their scriptures literally came from God anyway. We have those people in Christianity as well, they have a man made hybrid Christianity that is devoid of any salvation. When all religions do what you suggest we will have Universalism but no truth. Not that there was any truth in Islam to start with, but true Christianity is truth.

What is suggested is that man redefines the scriptures and accepts what he wants and rejects what he does not want. That is what the emerging Christianity movement teaches. It should be clear that when man becomes the judge of God you may have a religion but you will not have the word of God. Not that Islam ever did.

So I hope you see where what he suggests, takes world religion. The main religions of the world will merge into a man defined universal set of guidelines for the sake of world peace and security. They will throw out the baby with the bath water.

Of course your not going to get fundamentalists of any religion who actually believe their scriptures to agree to this so I guess the compromisers will have to have world wars and round-ups to eliminate all those who refuse to change. Gee, that’s exactly what those into “New Spirituality” believe will happen.

Anyone else seeing a trend here?

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Moreover, Fitna’s concluding challenge is one that should be immediately taken up collectively by moderate Muslims. It is beyond dispute that certain verses of the Qur’an, and moreover, the Muslim tradition, are the direct source of Islamism and the current civilisational conflict with the West. While simply removing parts of the Qur’an per Mr Wilder’s suggestion, is unlikely to occur, moderate Muslims can nonetheless accept Mr Wilder’s challenge by working towards new hermeneutical approaches to the Qur’an and other sources of Islam. To a degree this is already occurring through the work of moderate Muslim scholars such as Abdulahi Na’im, Amina Wadud and Ahmed Subhy Mansour who are developing Islamic solutions to combat Islamism and putting forth alternative approaches to the Qur’an and Islam. But as the Islamist reaction to Fitna grows, moderate Muslims must not only accept the Fitna challenge, but must also play a central leadership role in ensuring that the blame for Fitna is not placed on Mr Wilders, but squarely on the shoulders of Islamists. For moderate Muslims, this is a defining moment.