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[...] there can be no a priori moral framework in a modern democracy [...]

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam

[...] pluralism implies religious tolerance, not unchecked religious freedom.

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam

[Islam] is the dynamic conviction that a person's spiritual and worldly responsibilities are one and the same, that an individuals duty to the community is indistinguishable from his or her duty to God.

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam

The Islamic Reformation is already here. We are all living in it.

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam

All these schools of though gradually transformed into legal institutions, the diversity of ideas and freedom of opinion that characterized their early development gave way to rigid formalism, strict adherence to precedent, and an almost complete stu...

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam

Muhammad was not yet establishing a new religion; he was calling for sweeping social reforms. He was not yet preaching monotheism; he was demanding economic justice.

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam

Certainly the shahadah contained an important theological innovation, but that innovation was not monotheism. With this simple profession of faith, Muhammad was declaring to Mecca that the God of the heavens and the earth required no intermediate wha...

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam