Andrius: I am keen to reach out to and engage Islamic independent thinkers. A very important and helpful concept is Ijtihad which means independent opinion or judgment. Islam is a faith that requires continuous reinterpretation. The purpose of new ages is to expand our interpretations.

FredKayiwa, July 2, 2007: It is a great opotunity for me also to start looking for islamic independent thinkers and they join this foum. I see many of them here in kampala. Thanks alot Andrius for this sipirit of also thinking about moslems

Islamic Independent Thinkers

Fresh Air interview with Ali Eteraz of both the US and Pakistan, Islamic reform.

Modern Figures who have passed away

• Mehdi Bazargan, 1907-1995, Prime Minster of Iran after the Revolution.
• Alia Shariati, Iranian sociologist, sociology of religion.

Where to find them?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Muslim_reformers 22 thinkers
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamization_of_knowledge
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_economics
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_science
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijma
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_movements_within_Islam
• The Institute for Secularization of Islamic Society. Contradiction in the Koran: Free Will or Predestination?, Sites critical of Islam.
• Free Muslims Coalition

InterFaith Understanding

John L. Esposito is university professor and founding director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, and author of Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam and What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam

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• EndeavorSummary=Reach out to Islamic independent thinkers and include and support them so that they might not be suppressed or ignored but instead we might appreciate Islam as one faith with many voices.

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