Essay On Liberalism In Islam

Liberalism in Islam opposing the Principles in Al Quran Al-Qur 'an acts as a constitution and it is the highest source of Islamic law. All other sources, Ahadeeth, Fiqh, Seerah, Tareekh, etc. will serve only as a commentary and useful aids in following the constitution that is the Qur 'an. Nothing can be equal to the words of Allah. In some issue, the Al-Quran is silent about it. That does not mean that Allah has forgotten to place something in the Qur’an, It is clear that Allah’s intention is to gives our human to express our mind and collective genius to solve our own problem. For example, the system of ‘democracy’ is practiced here in Malaysia. In order to understand the interpretation of the Al-Quran, there are some scholar who emphasize on the aspect of history, there

According to Kurzman, it was only in the nineteenth century that liberal Islam began to distinguish itself clearly. There are few bodies in the eighteen century that made a big impact towards Liberal Islam, there are a group of people conducting the movement known as the ‘revivalism’ which sought to get rid of unoriginal interpretation of the Qur’an. Unlike the revivalist, the liberal aimed to widens the scope of interpretation of the Qur’an in order to get in line with their faith and modernity. Liberal Islam demanded the absence of binding interpretation of Qur 'an of earlier scholar as accord to them, those principle was far behind and no longer applicable in today’s sophisticated world. Liberal Islam is in the opinion that in interpreting the Qur’an, it should not be bound with disciplines like Asbab Nuzul, Nasikh wa al-Mansukh, interpretation of the prophet, Sunnah, and his companion. Time flows and Liberal Islam consider that the al-Quran is only relevant to the Arabs during their time, and it was outdated to be practiced in today’s