{"id":25445,"date":"2009-09-14T09:37:57","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T07:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=25445\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T07:17:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T07:17:48","slug":"comment-you-can-be-liberal-yet-a-conservative-muslim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/comment-you-can-be-liberal-yet-a-conservative-muslim\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment: You can be liberal, yet a conservative Muslim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Browsing the University Post site I came across an article titled Islamic research distorts Muslim image<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Later, I decided to write a response to it, especially on the identification of Muslims into practicing and non-practicing.<\/p>\n

I am an Egyptian female student studying at the University of Copenhagen. As a liberal Muslim, I don\u2019t cover my head with a scarf, yet I still perform Islamic practices like fasting and praying. <\/p>\n

I don’t like to cover or uncover any part of my body without a reason. Additionally, I believe that any religion or idea is true and good as long as it makes human individuals live and behave in a reasonable way. I consider myself liberal and strive to be a good person, and there are many other Muslims like me. <\/p>\n

However, the problem which is facing many Muslims is that that they are considered extremists if they are still practicing. <\/p>\n

This is wrong. I myself and many who practice Islam, may consider themselves liberal, but in a conservative way, that respects everyone and every thought no matter how it is different from Islamic practices. We want to communicate with all people in a constructive way. <\/p>\n

If you think objectively about what criteria define \u2018less tolerant\u2019 and \u2018extremist\u2019 individuals, you could say that the extremists are those that adopt a strict ideology by pointing fingers at different cultures and defining what\u2019s right and wrong practices from their point of view.<\/p>\n

So, using this definition, could we define some of the social practices here in Europe as less extreme and more tolerant?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have a definite answer.<\/p>\n

However, the idea that practicing a different belief, like Muslims do, means you are a bad person and an extremist, does not seem to me to be a tolerant idea that reflects a tolerant society. <\/p>\n

Nermin Ghith, MPH program-<\/p>\n

universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n

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