Mustafa Akyol
While no Muslim worthy of his name would lose his respect for God, the Prophet Muhammad, and other symbols of Islam, he might well refrain from using legal prosecution or violent reaction to those who do not show the same respect. My basis for this claim is nothing other than the holiest source of Islam, the Quran.Collection: Legal
The main bone of contention is whether Islamic injunctions are legal or moral categories. When Muslims say Islam commands daily prayers or bans alcohol, are they talking about public obligations that will be enforced by the state or personal ones that will be judged by God?Collection: Legal
I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it.Collection: God
Those who hope to nurture genuine religiosity should first establish liberty.Collection: Liberty
Disapproving and boycotting is the Quranic thing to do, whereas violence and threats are not.Collection: Violence
Rage is a sign of nothing but immaturity. The power of any faith comes not from its coercion of critics and dissenters. It comes from the moral integrity and the intellectual strength of its believers.Collection: Integrity
The Arab Spring has heightened the ideological tension between Ankara and Tehran, and Turkey's model seems to be winning.Collection: Spring
Even touching Erdogan is a form of worship.Collection: Touching
It is no secret that many Islamic movements in the Middle East tend to be authoritarian, and some of the so-called 'Islamic regimes' such as Saudi Arabia, Iran - and the worst case was the Taliban in Afghanistan - they are pretty authoritarian. No doubt about that.Collection: Islamic
There are strengths in Islamic tradition. Islam actually, as a monotheistic religion, which defined man as a responsible agent by itself, created the idea of the individual in the Middle East and saved it from the communitarianism, the collectivism of the tribe.Collection: Islamic