Hundreds of Muslim scholars from 120 countries gathered in Morocco and drew up a formal statement on the rights of religious minorities in Muslim lands.
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What do Muslim leaders think about terrorism?
Have you read the “Amman Message”? Developed by Muslim scholars in 2004/5 and signed by Heads of State from Muslim countries around the world and the most senior Islamic scholars from each country. Click on the link below:
How Islamic is the self-proclaimed “Islamic State”?
Who is qualified to say how Islamic is the self-styled “Islamic State”? Click on the link below to hear what leading Muslim scholars from around the world have written in a joint “Open Letter” on the subject.
Hard Questions
The Church of Ireland held a national in-service training day in Dublin in 2006
at which Chris Hewer spoke and later contributed a paper (see Introduction to
Islam on this website). There were several “Hard Questions” left hanging on
this day, which were answered in collaboration with Dr Jabal M Buaben, the
Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in
Birmingham. They were published in the Church of Ireland Journal, June
2006.
Questions such as:
How can Muslims balance believing in God as “The Merciful, The
Compassionate” with assenting to the execution of a man or woman for
adultery?
Can you explain the use of the fatwa: for instance in the case of Salman
Rushdie and The Satanic Verses or the man recently condemned to death
for converting to Christianity?
We hear of many conflicting reports about the treatment of Muslim
women in different countries; what is from Islam and what is cultural?
Are suicide bombers correct in their understanding that Paradise awaits
them as martyrs in the cause of Islam?
What really constitutes jihad in Islamic teaching? Is all the talk of “Holy
War” today justifiable according to the Qur’an and are there other ways
of reading the text?