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Turkey's attempt to revise the Hadith

A BBC news report on 26/2/2008 on radio and on-line reported that the Department of Religious Affairs at Ankara University Turkey was preparing to carry out a fundamental revision of the Hadith, citing that it would be “a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam - and a controversial and radical modernisation of the religion. The directorate's deputy director says that the BBC report misportrayed their work, speaking with Zaman on Wednesday , Dr. Mehmet Görmez, the directorate's deputy director, said: "Our project is not aimed at effecting a radical renewal of the religion, as is claimed by the BBC. Our objective is to help our citizens attain a better understanding of the hadith. Though I underlined several times during our interview with a BBC reporter that our project cannot be considered a reformation of Islam, he distorted the facts, saying Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam -- and a controversial and ra

Strange are the Ways of My Lord!

Readers are suggested to read the passage in perspective to the vilification of Islam by its enemies and the growth of Islamic spirit in Muslims . In the Name of Allah, The most Beneficent, The most Merciful Islam thrives in adversities. So, thank you adversaries, for your actions are helping us to move almost effortlessly in uniting the Muslim world under the umbrella of a single Khalifah. Had you not been so aggressive in opposing Islam, our work would have been that bit laborious. Apart from the help we are getting from you, we derive the conviction in the correctness of our path and the frailty of yours. The desperation of Erdogan(s) and Bush(s) around the world is too evident to be concealed. The most docile and unassuming Muslim is sitting up and asking, "What is it that the enemy is dead afraid of us? Which is that power in us that we have ourselves not recognized yet, while the enemy has morbid fear?" The answers to these prying questions presume that Islam is a p