re: #351 zombie

So say you. But what authority do you have within Islam? Your laissez-faire Western-style opinion goes in complete contradiction to the leading scholars of Islam in Egypt and Saudi Arabia who insist that Islam is inseparable from sharia.

Who gets to determine the true nature of Islam? The most respected leading Islamic scholars in the world, or Western Christians like Karen Armstrong who want to emphasize the touchy-feelie aspect of Islam and paper over the inconvenient parts?

It seems to me the any religion’s leading scholars must necessarily be the ones who define the religion. Not some outsiders who want to shape the religion to match their wishes for it.

Could you be any more sycophantic in your pleading for “leading scholars” (once in each paragraph!) to arbitrate the terms of our lives, and possibly deaths?

Do you know any Muslims? One?

You’re usually a clear thinker, but it looks to me as though recently, School has gotten in a few good blows for the unchallengable authority of, School, of course.

What authority do I have in Islam? Do you prefer to argue ad verecundiam?