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ATLANTA (AP) – Emory University human rights scholar Abdullahi An-Na’im has
received a $371,000 Ford Foundation grant to fund a global survey of Islamic family law.
An-Na’im will lead up to 20 scholars in exploring how Muslim families reconcile the teaching of their faiths with the needs of their communities. They will look at the cultural and political factors that affect Muslim families, and the laws that affect Muslim marriage, divorce, women’s rights
and the custody of children.
An-Na’im expects the survey to produce some surprises about how Islam is practiced today.
“Personally, I challenge the assumption that Islam and secularism are incompatible,” he says. “This project will give us a chance to test our hypothesis.”
Abdullah An-Na’im, a Sudanese exile, is well known for his harsh criticism of Islamic law, or Shariah. He was a follower of the sect of Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, a Sufi leader who opposed the implementation of Islamic law, until Taha was executed for apostacy by the Sudanese government in 1985.
An-Nai’m has denounced Islamic law as a medieval code.” (Los Angeles Times,12/8/85)
Some of An-Na’im’s other pronouncements about Islamic beliefs include:
“Many aspects of sharia…are clearly ntenable today.” (L.A. Times,1/17/86)
“It is morally and politically untenable for Muslims to exercise a collective right to self-determination by applying shari’a. This…can be resolved through the drastic reform of Islamic law…” (Harvard International
Review, 4/1/97)
“All schools of thought, Sunni and Shia alike, agree in their denial of the full rights of citizenship to (women).” (Harvard
InternationalReview, 4/1/97)
“First, however, Muslims must appreciate the moral and political untenableness of a modern state based on traditional sharia; creative and vigorous debate and eformulation on Islamic jurisprudence and philosophy cannot begin until the false prophets of Islamic self-determination through sharia are exposed and discredited.” (Harvard International Review, 4/1/97)
“Shariah is not divine law, it is human understanding of divine sources. Religion is not totally divine because we put the word of God in human language.”
“I know it is possible to argue that Islamic law and traditions do not sanction terrorism…however, that has always been the prevailing
interpretation of Islamic sources.”
Do you think that a study by an individual with such a flawed understanding of Islam will be anything but biased and innacurate? If not, pass on your concerns to…
THE FORD FOUNDATION
Ms. Susan V. Berresford, President
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017 USA
Main Voice: (212)573-5000 Main Fax: (212)599-4584
Email: [email protected]
EMORY UNIVERSITY
William M. Chace, President
408 Administration Building
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Email: [email protected]
ATLANTA (AP) – Emory University human rights scholar Abdullahi An-Na’im has
received a $371,000 Ford Foundation grant to fund a global survey of Islamic family law.
An-Na’im will lead up to 20 scholars in exploring how Muslim families reconcile the teaching of their faiths with the needs of their communities. They will look at the cultural and political factors that affect Muslim families, and the laws that affect Muslim marriage, divorce, women’s rights
and the custody of children.
An-Na’im expects the survey to produce some surprises about how Islam is practiced today.
“Personally, I challenge the assumption that Islam and secularism are incompatible,” he says. “This project will give us a chance to test our hypothesis.”
Abdullah An-Na’im, a Sudanese exile, is well known for his harsh criticism of Islamic law, or Shariah. He was a follower of the sect of Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, a Sufi leader who opposed the implementation of Islamic law, until Taha was executed for apostacy by the Sudanese government in 1985.
An-Nai’m has denounced Islamic law as a medieval code.” (Los Angeles Times,12/8/85)
Some of An-Na’im’s other pronouncements about Islamic beliefs include:
“Many aspects of sharia…are clearly ntenable today.” (L.A. Times,1/17/86)
“It is morally and politically untenable for Muslims to exercise a collective right to self-determination by applying shari’a. This…can be resolved through the drastic reform of Islamic law…” (Harvard International
Review, 4/1/97)
“All schools of thought, Sunni and Shia alike, agree in their denial of the full rights of citizenship to (women).” (Harvard
InternationalReview, 4/1/97)
“First, however, Muslims must appreciate the moral and political untenableness of a modern state based on traditional sharia; creative and vigorous debate and eformulation on Islamic jurisprudence and philosophy cannot begin until the false prophets of Islamic self-determination through sharia are exposed and discredited.” (Harvard International Review, 4/1/97)
“Shariah is not divine law, it is human understanding of divine sources. Religion is not totally divine because we put the word of God in human language.”
“I know it is possible to argue that Islamic law and traditions do not sanction terrorism…however, that has always been the prevailing
interpretation of Islamic sources.”
Do you think that a study by an individual with such a flawed understanding of Islam will be anything but biased and innacurate? If not, pass on your concerns to…
THE FORD FOUNDATION
Ms. Susan V. Berresford, President
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017 USA
Main Voice: (212)573-5000 Main Fax: (212)599-4584
Email: [email protected]
EMORY UNIVERSITY
William M. Chace, President
408 Administration Building
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Email: [email protected]
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