Reading the Qur'an: Ziauddin Sardar

*The Qur'an, the sacred text of Islam, is one of the most influential books ever published. Today its teachings are followed by more than 1.5 billion Muslims, who regard it as the Word of God, revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. For the last 1400 years it has shaped the law, politics and morality of Muslim societies around the world. In his new book, Reading the Qur'an, writer Ziauddin Sardar urges Muslims and non-Muslims to ignore their preconceptions about the text and read it again with fresh eyes. He says that all Muslims have the authority to interpret the text if they make the effort to understand it, not just an elite group of religious scholars. Emphasising that the Qur'an is not a static text, he argues that it needs to be interpreted anew by each generation. It should be understood both in the context in which it was revealed and in the context of our own times, taking into account how morality has evolved in the modern world.*



Why are Islamic spokesmen in the West lying about the Qur'an's "wife-beating" verse?
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/01/why-are-islamic-spokesmen-in-the-west-lying...

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