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Originally Posted by Jaysh
That's what they always think/say/claim. 
If you had said that 'converts are not the ONLY ones...', then I'd definitely agree with you. But you said 'convert's aren't the offenders...', I gotta disagree with that.
Every group of people tends to mix their culture into Islam, INCLUDING converts. Oftentimes, converts try to mix their 'post-enlightenment' thinking and modernism into Islam. |
My bad bro I meant to say main offenders...sorry bout that. I'd still like to know what your definition of Eurocentrism is, insha'Allah.
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Originally Posted by jinnzaman
There is no "Islam", there are IslamS and each interpretation is just as subjective as the other but some more so than the rest.
Traditionalism doesn't have an exclusive hold on truth, but in my opinion, its better than anything else out there.
Also, rejecting hadeeth can be construed as kufr.
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No one is rejecting Hadith..not me anyway...I've been doing a lot of thinking recently and reading and just thought i'd share my view and hopefully start a discussion.
Also Its interesting to see how different people/races/cultures view the din.
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Originally Posted by Salika
The concept of only looking at the Qur'an and seeing as the be all end all is an overly simplistic concept which can lead to much confusion. It begs the question "who's interpretation of the Qur'an?" and "what if the Qur'an does not explicitly speak about such a matter?"
Also, many people who view the Qur'an as the be all end all tend to use their own personal views of what the Qur'an should be. This is very indivudalist (a very modern/Western concept) which is contrary to the sunnah.
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Feel free to expand on your first point as I'm intruiged.