Comments on: Turabi pushes tired liberalism

By: bdr

bdr — Sat, 13 May 2006 07:03:27 +0000

i’ve heard that their are certain opinions in the Maliki madhab that permit the shaking of hands between men and women, which is why you find the practice common in places like the Sudan and Morocco.

By: Shamil

Shamil — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:36:18 +0000

Hasn’t Turbai been in jail for a while?

By: Thersites

Thersites — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:35:07 +0000

In fairness to Turabi, given that islam claims to make no distinction between religion and politics, presumably he is every bit as well-qualified in religion as he is in politics.

By: David T

David T — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:58:38 +0000

I am the spiritual leader of the Liberal Community.

But seriously, it does speak volumes when Bungalawla writes this puff piece for a genocidist, and presents him as essentially a religious leader, when he is - as Yusuf points out - pretty heretical in orthodox terms.

What Bungalawala means is “Hurrah for Sudanese Islamism”. He has just chosen to dress it up as “An Importantant Liberalising Doctrinal Development by an Influentual Scholar”, because he is writing in the Guardian, and wants to hoodwink its readers.

By: Thersites

Thersites — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:58:37 +0000

Is this the same Turabi who wanted to impose sharia on all Sudan in the 1990s and used mititary means and famine on southern Sudanese opponents? No honest person of any sex would want to shake his hand.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 02:22:06 +0000

He is merely their media rep, not one of the leaders. In fact, I’m not even sure what makes you a ‘Muslim leader’ these days.