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What is needed is a move beyond tradition, nothing less than a reform movement to bring the core concepts of islam into the modern age, a muslim reformation to combat not only the jihadist ideologues but also the dusty, stifling seminaries of the traditionalists, throwing open the windows to let in much-needed fresh air.... it is high time, for starters, that muslims were able to study the revelation of their religion as an event inside history, not supernaturally above it.... broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.
-Salman Rushdie
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What Is Needed Is A Move Beyond

Salman Rushdie
What is needed is a move beyond tradition, nothing less than a reform movement to bring the core concepts of islam into the modern age, a muslim reformation to combat not only the jihadist ideologues but also the dusty, stifling seminaries of the traditionalists, throwing open the windows to let in much-needed fresh air.... it is high time, for starters, that muslims were able to study the revelation of their religion as an event inside history, not supernaturally above it.... broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.
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