Basis Quote by Mustafa Akyol

“Gerber, who studied seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ottoman court decisions, points to examples of Ottoman muftis (official jurists) who, despite being paid by the government,…

— Mustafa Akyol

“As Islamic liberalism waned, and resistance arose against the West and its influence, that very resistance started to replace genuine religiosity as the basis…

— Mustafa Akyol

I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it.

— Mustafa Akyol

“The medieval Islamic world . . . offered vastly more freedom than any of its predecessors, its contemporaries and most of its successors. —Bernard…

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“According to Gerber, the Shariah principle here was unmistakably individualist: “The rights of the state are depicted as opposed to the rights of the…

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“Moreover, unlike the classical period, in which the Shariah was a check on the powers of the executive, it now became an instrument of…

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Turkey has never been colonized, so it remained as an independent nation after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

— Mustafa Akyol

The Qur'an not only lacks any earthly punishment for someone who abandons Islam, it even includes verses that imply that such a change of…

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“The Qur’an promoted work and trade and defined commercial profit as “God’s bounty.”38 The Prophet, himself a merchant, is on the record with such…

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In the 19th century, when Muslims were looking at Europe as an example, they were independent; they were more self-confident. In the early 20th…

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“The Prophet brought a message relevant for all ages, in other words, but he lived a life of his own age.”

— Mustafa Akyol

“Other problems in the Shariah, such as misogyny, come from the fact that Islamic law incorporated a great many medieval attitudes, customs, and traditions…

— Mustafa Akyol