Message #11681

[iwan rse]

Yeah I know, Malaysia is going crazy.  But Kassim Ahmed doesn't nurture the typical Malaysian ideas on Islam .. so I gather from most of his works such as this one.

yes, but he and the rest of malaysian quranic are a bit careless though. They didnt aware that the khalifa 19 theory is a hoax, they misinterpretate the 'split the moon' verse and said it happened before doomsday, not during Muhammad era. Also Edip Yuksel is editor and publisher of Kassim Ahmed book, I hopes he dont influence Kassim too much...

Those Malaysian quranic including Kassim Ahmad believe that Muhammad is not the last Rasul (messenger)...because the verse you know very well (that Muhammad is Allah messenger and the final prophets). They believe that Allah still send rasuls to refresh ppl memory. In the other hand, unlike khalifa, none of them think or declare themselves as a new messenger

The Malaysian Quranist website (other than Kassim) is e-bacaan here
http://www.e-bacaan.com/artikeli_0.htm
unfortunately only minority is available compared to the one in malay language.

A very good article in e-bacaan is their debate with mainstream ulema who declare them apostate
http://www.e-bacaan.com/artikeli_FinalD0.htm

the good thing is they are very open minded. If you find there is something wrong with their thought you can simply tell them and they will response rather quickly

so they are mixed bag, 90% of the stuff are very good, but they misinterprete one or two things....