Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts

[Yo Mama]

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7264903.stm)


Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam - and a controversial and radical modernisation of the religion.

The country's powerful Department of Religious Affairs has commissioned a team of theologians at Ankara University to carry out a fundamental revision of the Hadith, the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran.

The Hadith is a collection of thousands of sayings reputed to come from the Prophet Muhammad.

As such, it is the principal guide for Muslims in interpreting the Koran and the source of the vast majority of Islamic law, or Sharia.

I suppose it's a step in the right direction, though I'd be happier if we could just get over religion entirely as a species and get on with our highly technological lives.

[Bitchkoma]

Sounds good. I agree that a lot of the Hadiths sound invented and dodgy. There are even those that contradict the Qur'an outright.

[Yo Mama]

I have a feeling Turkey will be harassed by more fundamentalist governments in that part of the world.

But good on Turkey.

[Bitchkoma]

They will be harassed Saudi Arabia, no doubt. The other governments don't really matter -- they have no influence. The Saudi have been demonizing Turkey for a very very long time. Most of the regular Muslims worldwide have already been brainwashed to believe that Turkey is 'not Islamic' as it is. This will be the final 'prove' for the control freak House of Saud to convince the Muslim masses that Turkey is comprised of munafiqs (hypocrites).