Can Islam Be Reformed?

Townhall.com ^ | August 2, 2011 | Dennis Prager

[Charlespg]

Can Islam Be Reformed?

No

[Ernie Kaputnik]

“Can Islam Be Reformed?”

Not without a few strategically placed nuclear warheads. The only thing Islamofascists respect is violence. Their faith teaches them this. (I dare anybody to prove me wrong.) The only way to convince them of their folly is to subject them to the wrath of god.

Israel understands this fact better than the anybody. It's a miracle that Israel hasn't turned Iran, Syria, Egypt, and the West Bank into a radioactive sandbox. Israel has shown tremendous and unbelievable restraint in not laying waste to their enemies.

And yet, we have President Mawgli (and his wife “Balou the Bear”} telling Israel to drop its pants and bend over.

Just my opinion.

[Da Coyote]

No to the Nth power.

Where N is a very large number.

It is a corrupt, alien infection on human brains and should be treated as such.

[Rummyfan]

NO.

[Puddleglum]

I think modern Islamic fundamentalism is feeding mostly on post-colonial nationalism, which in turn is riding whatever horse will take it the farthest - in this case, radical Islam. It is a marriage of convenience but one that will not be easy to annul - one party will not want to let the other leave - one party is expoloiting the other to try to establish Pan-Arab hegemony.

[Oratam]

A part of believes the elites think they can reform Islam through unrestricted moslem immigration into the west. As if exposure to our easy-going ways would have any effect on so insular a people.

[mosesdapoet]

Prager is an intersting guy but his “happiness hour” segment has me reaching for the dial. Likewise Catholic clergy who refuse to discuss the subjet. Both certainly the latter do not bring up Gods Gift To Mankind free will
http://www.theusmat.com/islamandfreewill.htm

[Wyatt's Torch]

Exactly correct. Amen.

[Elendur]

Can Islam be reformed? I do not agree with Lord Cromer. I believe it can.

Islam can be reformed if Muslims are willing to re-write their holy book.
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it is IMPOSSIBLE to reform Islam.
the Quran CANNOT be rewritten.
it was NOT written by men. not even by inspired men.

it is LITERALLY the words of Allah himself.
to rewrite a single word, is blasphemy!!!

ANY Imam, Sunni OR Shia, can tell you that.
Prager FUNDAMENTALLY doesn’t understand Islam.

...and Fred Hayek and Steve Van Doorn are VERY correct. great “muslim” thinkers, were almost always MINO’s. often converts. revisionists have made Spain what it was not.
Prager has some false statements, and taquiyaa, and outright muslims propaganda in his “reasons”.

[nuconvert]

There are muslims who believe it can be reformed. They already practice a reformed version of it themselves.
So, the answer is yes.

[Little Ray]

You can’t “reform” Islam.

Every word in the Koran was “dictated” to Mohammed by “Allah” (more likely by a demon). Changing even a single word or denying a single tenet is heresy punishable by death. Even the language is specified - Allah speaks Arabic; the only valid Korans are in Arabic. That doesn’t leave much room for “reform.”

I would as soon try “reforming” the human-sacrificing, cannibalistic Aztecs.

[Travis McGee]

And a snowball could remain frozen in hell.

[BigFinn]

Absolutely NO. In deeper study, you would realize it is a religion that is actually a morphing of a former Babylonian religious system that is against the Creator itself. It is from the beginning. It is Nimrod. It is the Tower of Babel. It is what the Bible calls “Mystery Babylon”. It is the worship of idols, it is the worship of the ruler of this present world, it is the worship of non other than Satan/Lucifer/Devil (whatever you want to call it.). Jesus said.. “by their fruits you will know them”. Boy, was He ever spot on. Islam’s fruits are displayed for all to see. Islam is ungodly, unholy and antichrist. The Bible also tells us, both OT and NT that it will be totally destroyed and His Kingdom will come. We are seeing that unfold as foretold. God tells us the end from the beginning in His word... so that you might believe.

[Travis McGee]

Muslims CAN NOT “rewrite” the koran. They believe it is literally the word of god, directly from god. Every letter.

In fact, muslims believe the “real” koran sits on a table in heaven, and god dictated it directly to mohammed.

So no re-writing is possible, not even one paragraph. Muslim believers would brand as an apostate and kill any muslim who even suggested rewriting one line of the koran.

[Travis McGee]

There are muslims who believe it can be reformed. They already practice a reformed version of it themselves. So, the answer is yes.

Ridiculous. Muslims in private may do as they wish. But if they even suggested "reforming" islam they would be murdered.

I'm sure there were millions of peace-loving Germans in Germany in 1937. They had zero influence on events, because they had no voice.

That is the position of peace-loving muslims today.

[Elendur]

yes. true. and there are Catholics who have reformed the Catholic church, and support abortion and ordain women priests.
...they are not considered Catholics by anyone inside the Church, and probably qualify as ex-communicated heretics.

1.5 billion Muslims, and EVERY Imam i know, would call the “muslims” you mention, “apostates”.

...and we all know the penalty for that in Islam...

[Cronos]

Islam has been re-formed. in the 1700s Wahab came and returned Islam to the blood-thirstiness of the 600s and 700s. the Wahabbis (Saudi Arabia) led to the Moslem Brotherhood and AlQaeda

Note that any reformation will be an increase in fundamentalism

[Redleg Duke]

With a few judiciously placed nucs, there is a possibility.

[nuconvert]

“But if they even suggested “reforming” islam they would be murdered.”

Obviously the people mentioned in the article are still alive. And there are many others not mentioned.
A recognized reform obviously isn’t going to happen overnight, and will get people killed.
That’s part of the evolution of a religion.

[B4Ranch]

Daddy, please tell me why?

A young Arab boy asks his father, "What is that weird hat you are wearing?"

The father said, "Why, it's a 'chechia' because in the desert it protects our heads from the sun."

"And what is this type of clothing that you are wearing?" asked the young man.

"It's a 'djbellah' because in the desert it is very hot and it protects the body." said the father.

The son asked, "And what about those ugly shoes on your feet?

His father replied, "These are 'babouches", which keep us from burning our feet in the desert."

"Tell me," added the boy.

"Yes, my son?"

"Why are you living in Dearborn , Michigan and still wearing all this s***?"