The Source of Muslim Extremism

Huffington Post in 2016 published an article titled “The Source of Muslim Extremism” authored by Mike Ghouse (described as “a speaker, thinker, and a writer” who “offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day”). He argues that all violence and intolerance committed “in the name of Islam is coming from a single source; the secondary books (hadiths) . The Quran is the only authentic book and we cannot go wrong with it. Until we reject those other books, we don’t have a prayer.”

We are afraid of questioning the old-time scholars, many of whom WROTE the hadiths they attribute to prophet Muhammad after some 250 years of his death. Allah promised to protect the Quran, not the hadith.

We believe that the main source of terrorism in the Muslim World and in the West is due to these secondary sources, and like Ghouse, we believe that "If we want Islam to be Islam, a religion of peace, we need to muster the courage to stand up and reject those interpretations that are anathema to the pluralistic nature of Islam. Those secondary books are mistakenly elevated to be divine by a few Muslims. Bold actions are required"... “Let’s stick to the Quran, we simply cannot go wrong,”