A khutbah is a sermons made on Friday in a congregational mosque
before the special prayer (salat al-jum'ah). The custom goes back to the
time of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Khutbahs are mostly given from
a minbar or a series of small steps that represent as a pulpit.
I am pondering the various issues raised at
this site, progressiveislam.org.
It would be possible for someoone to re-design Islam, into, let us say, a
reform version, which might be called, Isntlam. I am quite serious. Well,
the new name is somewhat humerous. The conservatives would protest
that the new religion ISN'T Islam. And we could reply, "Quite right you
are! It isn't Islam, it is Isntlam." I say it would confuse the conservatives
considerably. They would be at such a loss for words. Kind of like that old
Abbot & Costello routine, "Who's on first base, what's on second, I don't
know's on third."
In the interest of post brevity, which pleaseth hamsters and Laury, I shall post this also at
Today there is a talk about reform in the Muslim world. But actually the
whole world need reform. Corruption and injustice is every where in the
world. There are some Western writers who say that Islam itself must be
reformed. According to them reform in Muslims societies will come when
Muslims open themselves up for everything Western. One writer said
bluntly that Muslims should not be against “homosexuals, secularists,
short skirts, dancing, evolution theory.” According to him Muslims society
shall not progress unless Islam allows “kissing in public places, bacon
sandwiches, cutting-edge fashion, movies, music, freedom of thought,
beauty, love.”
One may ask, are they talking about reform or corruption? For us reform
is nothing but obeying Allah, going back to the authentic message of the
Qur'an and the Sunnah. Of course, we must meet the challenges of the
modern times, such as use of reason and rational thinking, understanding
human progress and the social, economic, political and environmental
changes. As Muslims we must continue looking at these changes and see
how we can adopt them or adapt them within our Islamic framework
through the process of Ijithad. Our basic sources of authority, however,
are the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah and we must remain hold them
firmly.
Sitaram raises his hand and asks, "Might I interest you in som Isntlam?"
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