Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Reformer Calls Muslims Out

Dr. Kamel Al-Najjar calls for some badly needed reforms in the Muslim world. Here's a sampling:
"If the Muslims are serious about presenting the radiant face of Islam, they must drop this false, hollow arrogance, and acknowledge their dark past and their even darker present. They must establish a global judiciary council whose function will be to punish any sheikh that issues a fatwa encouraging or permitting violence – whether physical or ideological... They must also re-interpret the Koran, putting the warlike verses – the verse of the sword and similar hadiths – in historical perspective as verses that are no longer valid...

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