The Modernist Menace To Islam by Daniel Haqiqatjou

Simply put, the Muslim Skeptic wants traditional Islam —as an intellectual tradition, as a spiritual tradition—to be taken more seriously in the world today, by Muslims and kuffar alike. Why? Because many Muslims have major obstacles crippling their faith, e.g., liberalism, secularism, scientism, etc. Many kuffar, too, have these obstacles preventing them from accepting Islam or, short of that, respecting the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Quran and the Islamic way. So let’s take down these obstacles. As Muslims, we understand the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, the Quran, and Islam as clearly beyond anything commonplace or within the realm of purely human, natural possibility. Imagine something of such beauty, power, and awe-inspiring splendor that to merely look upon it, one knows this is from beyond…this is from the Creator. This is the level of enchantment, amazement, and love we have or should have for our deen. The question then becomes, why isn’t everyone else seeing what we see? Why is everyone seeing barbarism and incivility, etc.? And there are a variety of reasons, but a major reason is these obstacles. So let’s address that problem in the best way