I’ve never read it, but I’ve heard it said the way the Koran is written it is not open to varying interpretations nor can that religion be reformed, as has been a constant process in the development of Christianity.
One of our fellow FReepers (I know him from elsewhere) recounted a true story about an all-boys class in Saudi Arabia who picked up their instructor and threw him out the window because he mentioned the fact that the Koran had undergone editing and change for centuries after the great big Mo croaked.
“nor can that religion be reformed”
This is the danger of Qaradawi. He is speaking of Islam as ‘progressing.’ As a Salafist, he embraces an almost mystical perspective on jihad, the ‘greening’ (AGW) version of Islam, social justice (crap), and so on. His fatwas and interpretations of the Qur’an, Hadith, Umma, and jurisprudence make way for the rabid framework of an Al Qaeda perfectly at home in a Sunni or Shi’ite environment. With the purposeful or moronic assistance of the present American Administration, nation states all around the Mediterranean are falling like dominos...to the MB, itself the progenitor of AQ. But we all know this now.
One of these days, we’re going to be up against this hard. It’s not just about Israel. I don’t have much tolerance anymore for those who don’t understand this. (Just a comment. Nothing about anything you’ve said here).
I am beginning, just beginning to think that with Libya, it’s about the money stash. And its oil. With other countries, it’s about the Suez and Gibralter, aka, trade and oil. And the Caliphate, of course.