![]() ![]() ![]() It defines itself separately from modernists by stating that they are aiming to. Africa are leading, not following the United States” (quoted in Duderija, pp. In reference to the book, ‘Progressive Muslims’ by Omid Safi, there is a notion that there needs to be change. When it comes to actually implementing a progressive understanding of Islam in Muslim countries, particular communities in Iran, Malaysia, and S. ![]() Several Muslim academics and activists, led by Omid Safi, an Islamic Studies professor. But lest you think it’s all about American Islam, Safi wrote this in an article that same year: “Progressive Muslims are found everywhere in the global umma. Efforts are underway to build institutions for progressive Muslims. What they do have in common, at least in terms of this label, is that they and others contributed to a sort of manifesto in 2003 – a book Omid Safi edited, entitled, Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender and Pluralism. ![]() All but one (Farid Esack, and maybe Amina Wadud nowadays) are academics teaching in American universities. Summary / Excerpt: “Duderija announces that for the second half of the book he will be “drawing on the works of leading progressive Muslim thinkers such as Khaled Abou El Fadl, Omid Safi, Farid Esack, Ebrahim Moosa, Kecia Ali, Amina Wadud, and others” (p. ![]()
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