tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post6538576754838127518..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: contra scotosisKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-71054439348557929122018-03-09T09:56:07.393+09:002018-03-09T09:56:07.393+09:00Well, you're one of the few people I know who ...Well, you're one of the few people I know who would have gotten both parts of that.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-90699183513474805302018-03-08T12:14:15.988+09:002018-03-08T12:14:15.988+09:00And this is why you're my friend: you slip a C...And this is why you're my friend: you slip a Carl Spackler reference alongside a mention of Rumi.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-68444844239799803902018-03-08T11:54:25.184+09:002018-03-08T11:54:25.184+09:00I've always found Sufism fascinating--it does ...I've always found Sufism fascinating--it does indeed strike me as a reformist movement of sorts. And the Sufis also have <a href="http://www.rumi.org.uk/poetry/" rel="nofollow">Rumi</a> going for them, which is nice.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-5711182835125894402018-03-07T12:09:59.887+09:002018-03-07T12:09:59.887+09:00For a long time, the talk has been that "Isla...For a long time, the talk has been that "Islam needs a Reformation." This general sentiment has taken on several specific flavors, as you can imagine, but one of the most compelling is the idea that, if a Reformation is to occur, it needs to sprout from within and not be imposed from without because, per basic human psychology, Muslims won't accept an imposed Reformation (they would also, of course, balk at the use of such a redolently Christian term)—and understandably so. I've mentioned, once or twice on this blog, the notion that something like that may already have occurred with the advent of Sufism. Mainly, I've argued that Sufis start from the same scriptural bases as other Muslims, but interpret the scripture and doctrines mystically, thus leading to a radically pacifist strain of Islam. (This has also been why I've stood against conservatives who argue that Islam is inherently toxic and irredeemable. There's nothing at all necessary about the violent strains of Islam we see today, and Sufism stands as evidence for my view.)<br /><br /><a href="http://bighominid.blogspot.kr/2017/07/what-liberal-reformist-muslim-looks-and.html" rel="nofollow">I once embedded a video interview</a> with a liberal Muslim who wants to reform Islam from within. He's got his work cut out for him!Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-42922520529897242882018-03-07T11:16:42.967+09:002018-03-07T11:16:42.967+09:00Good read. I found this paragraph to be an eye-ope...Good read. I found this paragraph to be an eye-opener:<br /><br />"Contrast this with the constitution that the U.S. government helped write for post-Taliban Afghanistan, which showed no awareness of the opposition of Islamic and Western law. That constitution contains soaring tropes about human rights, yet it makes Islam the state religion and sharia a principal source of law—and under it, Muslim converts to Christianity have been subjected to capital trials for apostasy."<br /><br />I had no idea this was the case. Kind of mind-blowing.<br /><br />I wonder what the answer here is. There are some pretty violent passages in the Old Testament (the Israelites on more than one occasion were ordered by God to essentially commit genocide, for example), but I'm pretty sure I've never heard of Jews stoning someone for, say, adultery. What has to happen in the Islamic world to leave behind the elements that are unacceptable in our modern world?Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com