New Muslim and Catholic Fatwas

“To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny” Joseph Addison, 1672-1719


Muslim scholars are meeting in Turkey to rewrite the Koran. They want to delete some things that may not have been said by Mohammad. Why did they wait this long?

So, now the Muslims are trying to rewrite the Koran to bring it into the modern world. Good. Sounds like a modern day Nicene Creed in the making. Maybe Muslim women will be allowed to drive a car.

Just read where some Islamic leader issued a "Fatwa" about a behavior. So many Fatwas to follow, where does one begin?

Now Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church have issued some new Christian "Fatwas". Imagine, polluting is now a sin. And so is genetic engineering. Should we just sit by and live with God's mistakes?

Another new sin mentioned in the Catholic Fatwa is "causing social injustice". That last one will cover anything. There will be a lot of confessing in the future.

It appears the Church's socialism is showing. Political correctness has infected religion. They also change with the wind. They will do anything to keep their memberships and dues. Between 2000 and 2008, over 1200 Catholic schools in the U.S. closed. Sex scandals have plagued the Catholic Church. The new political correctness will help recruit and keep members.

Here are the new sins for the Catholics. --"Polluting, genetic engineering, obscene riches, taking drugs, abortion, pedophilia and causing social injustice. The original seven deadly sins defined by Pope Gregory the Great in the sixth century were: pride, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, wrath and sloth".

I just hope the new sins do not become laws, like Blue laws prohibiting work on Sunday because it was a sin. The church wanted one day per week to brainwash their members and collect donations.

Other sins mentioned in the bible, torah, and koran are often forced into laws upon people who are not members of a church.

Charles Tolleson
------------------------------------

Turkish scholars aim to modernize Islam's Hadith
By Yigal Schleifer Tue Mar 11,

For centuries, the Hadith – a collection of the words and deeds of the prophet Muhammad – has guided Muslims in their daily lives and served as a basis for Islamic jurisprudence, offering direction on everything from hygiene to war.
The Hadith deals with events that took place some 1,400 years ago, but an ambitious Turkish project is aiming to reinterpret them to create a collection addressing modern-day concerns and stripping out elements that many theologians say contradict the Koran and Muhammad's teachings.

Observers here say the project is part of a continuing effort by a growing segment of Turkish society to reconcile faith and modernity – a struggle being played out among Muslims worldwide, from African immigrants in Paris to young Arabs in Saudi Arabia.

Many Islamic scholars even say that parts of the Hadith have been falsely attributed to Muhammad and that while many Hadith interpretations may have applied in the early Islamic period, particularly regarding women and Islam's relation to other religions, they deserve a new look.

"There have been things that people say the prophet did or said which conflict with the Koran," says Ismail Hakki Unal, head of the Hadith department at Ankara University's divinity school, where the Hadith project is centered and is increasingly known as a hotbed of liberal Islamic thinking. "The Koran is our basic guide. Anything that conflicts with that, we are trying to eliminate."

As an example, Mr. Unal mentions Hadith-based interpretations that say it is forbidden to teach women to read or write, or that they are of "lesser mind and faith."

"The issue of women being of lesser mind and faith was something that was accepted in those days without any argument, but it is not today, which is one of the reasons that we are trying to eliminate it," he says. "We are saying that this is not in line with how the prophet lived and the Koran itself, so it cannot be accepted."