Bosnian: The Qur’an and Normative Religious Pluralism: A Thematic Study of the Qur’an ‎

Download or read book Bosnian: The Qur’an and Normative Religious Pluralism: A Thematic Study of the Qur’an ‎ written by Arif Kemil Abdullah and published by International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a multi-faith world, Islam is widely regarded as dogmatic and exclusivist. Yet in the Qur’an we ‎have a great and worthy example of how to live in diversity, of powerful scriptural tenets that lend ‎themselves precisely to engagement with those of other faiths. As such Islam has much to add to ‎the debate on Religious Pluralism. For Muslims the issue is a delicate one. Aside from being tolerant ‎and respectful of other faiths, advocating freedom of faith, and peaceful coexistence for all ‎humanity, Muslims have to intellectually engage on matters of religious truth whilst defending the ‎validity of their own Islamic tenets. This study is focused on the Qur’anic text. It explores the ‎Qur’anic conception of normative religious pluralism with a view to providing answers to questions ‎such as whether the Qur’an itself regards normative religious pluralism as a value system or simply ‎a method through which the Qur’anic world view can be actualized. In doing so the author corrects ‎some highly controversial misquoted, mistranslated, and/or quoted out of context verses of the ‎Qur’an, including the so-called verse of the sword and the perception of not taking non-Muslims as ‎friends. In reality, the Qur’an calls for freedom of faith and peaceful coexistence, but condemns ‎oppression, religious persecution, and those who initiate hostilities. In this way it not only invokes ‎human dignity, but restores it when it is violated.‎