Cato Institute Senior Fellow Mustafa Akyol visited the Institute on Religion & Democracy on May 13 to speak on Islam’s Uncertain Path to Liberalism.
Akyol is author of Why, as a Muslim, I Defend Liberty.
Downloadable podcast audio can be accessed on IRD’s SoundCloud account below:
Comment by Thomas Thornton on May 20, 2024 at 3:23 am
If Mohammed was just preaching monotheism why didn’t he just become a Jew or a Christian?. If Muhammad believed in Jesus as the Messiah, why does the Quran, 600 years after the life of Jesus, create all kinds of novel, incorrect, statements contrary to the first century eye witnesses? The same goes for the Quran’s error-filled claims about the life of Abraham, Moses etc versus what was written a thousand years prior in the Bible.
Comment by Td on May 20, 2024 at 4:05 pm
Thomas- muhammad did not believe that Jesus is the messiah.
Comment by David on May 20, 2024 at 6:12 pm
“People of the Book, do not go to excess in your religion and do not say anything about God except the truth: the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was nothing more than a messenger of God, His word, directed to Mary, a spirit from Him. So believe in God and His messengers and do not speak of a ‘Trinity’- stop [this], that is better for you- God is only one God, He is far above having a son, everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Him and He is the best one to trust.”—Quran 4:171
Everyone believes their scriptures are correct.
Comment by MikeB on May 20, 2024 at 7:42 pm
I work with some liberal Muslims, they are willing to say anything to get ahead in business.
The women embrace anything we would think of as woke, especially racial things.
The men say all the right liberal words.
What they won’t do is stop hating Jewish people and Israel.
It’s all, “All religions live in peace!”
Until one brings up Israel…
Comment by David on May 21, 2024 at 8:16 am
“Those who believe, and those who are Jewish, and the Christians, and the Sabeans—any who believe in God and the Last Day, and act righteously—will have their reward with their Lord; they have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.” Quran 5:65
Comment by Thomas on May 21, 2024 at 9:04 am
Gandhi believed that Islam could be a religion of peace. I don`t think he was a fake. It all depends of how Muslims interpret their religion. The Quran does have passages of talk about violence. They do make sense in the context of a war to unify the Arabian Peninsula against the pagan tribes. Some Muslims have a more tolerant view of other religions, specially where there is religious diversity or in the western world. Of course, on a social level, there`s also cafeteria Muslims.