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According to AH Ali, the Sunni/Shia split is not based on doctrine, but rather has been a long-running war of leadership succession.
The more salient distinction, in her view, is between "Mecca" Muslims who read the peaceful verses, such as there is no compulsion in Islam, versus "Medina" Muslims who read the warlike verses, which order you to confront unbelievers and either convert or kill them (or, if they are Jewish or Christian, offer them the option of paying a heavy tax).
The Quran contains many inconsistencies, and the standard manner of resolving them is to treat the later Medina period as having superseded the earlier Mecca period. Of 24 leading interpretations, all 24 hold that the later warlike approach is the correct reading.
Thus, she believes, it is ignorant to regard warlike beliefs as belonging only to "extremists," because such beliefs are in fact mainstream.
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Who is AH Ali?
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Google a h Ali Islamic reformation. Despite the flak she's taken, her book is extremely intellectually solid, as wd be expected of someone teaching Islamic studies at Harvard, highly recommended.
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According to AH Ali, the Sunni/Shia split is not based on doctrine, but rather has been a long-running war of leadership succession.
The more salient distinction, in her view, is between "Mecca" Muslims who read the peaceful verses, such as there is no compulsion in Islam, versus "Medina" Muslims who read the warlike verses, which order you to confront unbelievers and either convert or kill them (or, if they are Jewish or Christian, offer them the option of paying a heavy tax).
The Quran contains many inconsistencies, and the standard manner of resolving them is to treat the later Medina period as having superseded the earlier Mecca period. Of 24 leading interpretations, all 24 hold that the later warlike approach is the correct reading.
Thus, she believes, it is ignorant to regard warlike beliefs as belonging only to "extremists," because such beliefs are in fact mainstream.
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Who is AH Ali?
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Google a h Ali Islamic reformation. Despite the flak she's taken, her book is extremely intellectually solid, as wd be expected of someone teaching Islamic studies at Harvard, highly recommended.
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