A critical analysis of the Modernists and the Hadeeth ... - Islam House

7. Another sect that is part of the Modernist trend is the
'Hadeeth-Rejectors'. While the disease of abandoning hadeeth is
found amongst all modernists to varying degrees, hadeeth-rejectors
have gone further in their blanket rejection of either all or most
hadeeth, which is why they innovate ideas even stranger to Islam to
the extent that they seek to re-interpret even basic worship like salaat
and siyaam.
[Detailed discussion in the next section]
8. 'Neo-Modernists' or Progressives. They are the new wave of
westernized-individuals claiming to be 'Muslim reformers', with a
singular message to re-define Islam in a manner that suits the
sensitivities of Western culture and values.
Amongst them are U.S. or European based academics,
journalists, self-styled activists, and others - all enticed by the
lucrative opportunities arisen out of the media's voracious appetite
for apologetic muslims speaking about 'problems within Islam.'
Some of these individuals are not even from Muslim
backgrounds like those who are Ismailis or Qadianis; or others who
are soofi charlatans, raafidah, Iranian communists, Egyptian
modernists, or other non-practicing secular individuals with
rudimentary knowledge of Islam.
Together they form a political movement dubbed
'Progressive Muslims' that has no consistent aims or agenda apart
from making statements that are opposed to Islam or Muslim
interests, like having a women lead a mixed gathering of men and
women for a Friday khutbah at a church, to invite a Christian pastor to
give the Friday khutbah, to express support for homosexual
marriages, to support the banning of niqaab and to throwing
accusations against Islamic charities and organizations.
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